Category: Graduate Programs

Deadline for Applications: January 1, 2019

Prepare for an International Career at the University of Kansas!

The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Kansas is now accepting applications for the M.A. program in Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies for Fall 2019. The deadline to apply to the M.A. program to be considered for funding is January 1st. For more information and to apply, visit their website.

The KU Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) is nationally recognized as one of the leading institutions for the study of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The two-year M.A. program offers future professionals a comprehensive and interdisciplinary knowledge of Russia, Ukraine, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and countries of the West Slavic (Poland, Czech Republic) and South Slavic (Balkan) regions. Students will gain advanced language skills and the ability to understand and analyze the complex events, history, and politics of the region. REES graduates have become leaders in a wide range of fields, ranging from higher education and government service to work in NGOs and the private sector. An accelerated graduate program is available for students wanting to complete their REES MA within a 12-month or 18-month period. The accelerated FASt track is open to all graduate students, but specifically designed for Foreign Area Officers (FAOs).

Funding and Internships

• Apply for a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) at Russian Review, the renowned Russian Studies Journal, housed in CREES
• Gain experience as a CREES/FMSO Security Analyst Intern, utilizing regional expertise and target language skills in the analysis of security related issues
• Apply for the Bramlage and Willcoxon Scholarship, an annual fellowship of up to $4,000 for graduate students with a strong connection to Kansas
• Study the Ukrainian language with the support of the Jarosewycz Scholarship, which awards up to $3,000 towards Ukrainian language classes
• Apply for the George C. Jerkovich Award, for graduate students who show a strong dedication to the study of Southeast Europe and the Former Yugoslavia ($1,500 per semester)
• Study the Russian language with the support of the Clowes Russian Language Awards
• Inquire about Graduate Teaching Assistantships in other departments (CREES students have received graduate teaching assistantships in Slavic, Humanities, and other language departments. Additional Graduate Research Assistantships have also been available in conjunction with research grants won by REES-affiliated faculty).

For more information about these funding opportunities, as well as additional graduate school fellowships, please visit the website.

International Engagement

• Learn from 50+ affiliated faculty, who have conducted field work & research in the region
• Participate in excellent study abroad programs in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Kazakhstan
• Pursue a joint M.A. degree in Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (REES) and a J.D. in Law
• Consider combining the M.A. degree in REES with a Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity (12 hours)
• Attend a wide variety of international events and lectures by prominent speakers
  Benefit from small classroom size, individualized guidance, and flexibility to design the program that best fits your interests and career goals

If you have any questions about the application process or our program in general, contact

Clare Thoman- Graduate Academic Advisor
College Office of Graduate Affairs, University of Kansas
1440 Jayhawk Blvd, Bailey Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-9814 | clarethoman@ku.edu

Vitaly Chernetsky- Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies, University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-2359 | vchernetsky@ku.edu

Deadline for Applications: December 15, 2018

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Washington invites applications to its M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Literature and Slavic Linguistics starting in Fall, 2019.

We seek students who have had at least four years of Russian language training and other related coursework (although those with less will still be considered). We also welcome applicants who have completed an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures (or related fields). Please note we require a Skype interview, conducted partly in the relevant language, as part of our application process.

We offer our top applicant a three-year initial funding package (1 year of tuition/fee waiver and a generous stipend, plus two years of TAships/RAships).

Please note our recently revised PhD program aims for a more immediately research-focused five-year degree, in which students in their second year prepare a PhD reading list of primary and secondary sources, with an annotated bibliography of these materials to follow in the second and third years. In the third quarter of the third year students take two written exams closely related to their field of study. In the fall of their fourth year students compose a dissertation prospectus; that same quarter students take their oral exam, which covers the annotated bibliography and the prospectus. They then have the rest of year four as well as year five to finish the dissertation. Continue reading “Grad Program: M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Literature and Slavic Linguistics (U. of Washington)”

Deadline for Applications: January 15, 2019

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia welcomes applications for three graduate programs—the MA in Contemporary Russian Studies, the MA in Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures. The MA in Contemporary Russian Studies offers courses in Russian literature, language, culture, history, politics, art history, religious studies, and sociology, as well as further study in advanced Russian language. The MA and PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures train graduate students

Among the distinctive aspects of UVA’s graduate programs in Slavic is rigorous training to a high level of proficiency in Russian language. Students have Oral Proficiency Interviews at each level of study. Students may attend regular Russian teas, take a role in the Russian play, participate in meals and events at the 24/7 Russian-language Russian House, and a host of other events. The University makes funds available for graduate students to organize events related to Slavic cultures and to support foreign-language study and dissertation research abroad.

Other strengths of the UVA Slavic program include the opportunity to work with a distinguished faculty. Areas of faculty expertise include museum studies, prison-camp literature and gulag studies, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, intellectual history, Russian philosophy and religion, and literary cartography. Students enjoy an effective faculty-student mentorship program and an excellent library collection with highly responsive acquisition services.

UVA’s Slavic graduate students form an active community. They run a speaker series, host professionalization workshops, organize an annual conference, publish a newsletter, and enjoy convivial social gatherings.

UVA offers generous five-year funding packages for PhD students. The Department occasionally has partial funding and work opportunities for MA students. Depending on their language proficiency, UVA PhD students typically gain experience teaching language at various levels, as well as assisting in teaching undergraduate literature and culture courses. Other opportunities for support are available through related departments and programs.

The deadline for on-line applications is January 15, 2019.

For information about Slavic programs and the application process, please visit the Slavic Department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/, or contact Director of Graduate Studies Edith W. Clowes at: clowes@virginia.edu or eec3c@virginia.edu.

Deadline for Applications: January 10, 2019

Dodge Assistantships at the Zimmerli Art Museum for Graduate Study in the Department of Art History, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ

The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University offers Dodge Graduate Assistantships to doctoral candidates admitted to the Department of Art History who are committed to research on unofficial art of the former Soviet Union. Established in 2002 with a generous endowment from the Avenir Foundation in honor of Norton T. and Nancy Dodge, this assistantship program provides full tuition, fees, and health benefits, as well as an annual stipend for living expenses, to graduate students (known as Dodge Fellows). Travel funds for research and language study abroad, as well as for participation in conferences, are also available to Dodge Fellows by formal application.

Dodge Fellows are eligible for five years of assistantship funding. During the course of the first three years, students work 15 hours a week in the Zimmerli’s Russian and Soviet curatorial offices; the subsequent two years support dissertation research and writing without any work obligation. Continue reading “Grad Program: Dodge Assistantships (Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers)”

Deadline for Applications: December 1, 2018

Known and respected worldwide, the Middlebury Institute’s graduate degrees prepare students for international careers in translation, interpretation, and localization management.

The Russian Translation and Interpretation Department at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, CA invites candidates to join their master’s programs in Conference Interpretation, Translation and Interpretation, Translation, or Translation and Localization Management. Applicants with professional experience and/or a degree in Russian-English translation and interpretation may be eligible to complete the degree in only two semesters through advanced entry. Scholarships are available to cover some tuition costs. Continue reading “Grad Program: MA in Translation (Middlebury)”

Deadline for Applications: December 31, 2018

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Slavic literatures and cultures to apply to the graduate program. Qualified students beginning their graduate career at Illinois are typically offered five years of financial support (contingent on satisfactory progress), including fellowships, teaching, research, and graduate assistantships, summer support, and the opportunity for an editorial assistantship at Slavic Review. The department also welcomes applicants who have completed an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures or related fields. Continue reading “Grad Program: Slavic Lang/Lit (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)”

Deadline for Applications: December 31, 2018

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at The Ohio State University welcomes applicants to their Integrated M.A./Ph.D. program for Autumn 2019. The Department offers graduate students a stimulating intellectual environment and generous financial support. Columbus is a vibrant, contemporary, and liveable city, and the historic Ohio State campus features outstanding library and research collections, up-to-date new and renovated classroom, meeting and athletic facilities, beautiful old trees and sustainable landscaping, and convenient transportation connections within the city and the region.

The graduate course offerings appeal to a broad range of intellectual interests, with three major areas of concentration: Literature and Culture, Slavic Linguistics, and Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Department faculty have expertise in classical, modernist, Soviet, émigré, and postmodern Russian, Central European, and South Eastern European literatures, film, and interdisciplinary cultural studies; transpositions of literature into other media; gender and feminist studies; digital humanities; print media; national identity; bilingualism; language and memory; pedagogy; the structure and history of the Slavic languages; Balkan linguistics; medieval Slavic texts; and morphology. The department also encourages graduate students to pursue interdisciplinary studies within and outside the department and to work with faculty in the departments of Comparative Studies, Linguistics, Political Science, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Psychology, and Teaching & Learning. Topics of current and recent dissertation projects include: history in Russian opera; prison spaces in Russian literature; the criminal song; the detective novel; autobiographical memory, identity, and immigration; language development in heritage speakers; and acquisition of pragmatic skills during study abroad. Ohio State also hosts the annual Midwest Slavic Conference, which enables graduate students to present their research to a national audience right on campus.

The Ohio State program offers graduate students a wide range of teaching opportunities. Students receive extensive teacher training in all levels of language, literature, film, culture, and themed courses, and have access to many resources for professional development, including research awards and support for travel to conferences. Our M.A./Ph.D. program prepares students for both academic and non-academic professions. Ph.D. graduates of the program in recent years have obtained academic positions at such institutions as Arizona State University, Brigham Young University, East Carolina University, the University of Hawaii, the University of Pennsylvania, William and Mary, and the College of Wooster. Others have found positions both domestically and abroad in the fields of government, administration, business, international education, and medical insurance. The department offers workshops on non-university careers and facilitate networking with program graduates who have chosen careers in editing, government, secondary school teaching, and translation work.

Prospective applicants should have a background in Slavic Studies or a related field.  Candidates for admission should give evidence of academic excellence and intellectual promise, as measured by criteria such as undergraduate grades, scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), evaluations in letters of recommendation, and the quality of the writing sample. The department particularly pays attention to the candidate’s undergraduate performance in Russian and/or other Slavic languages and in related subjects. All incoming graduate students are expected to teach Russian language as their first TA appointment and will be interviewed in Russian prior to their admission to the program.

The primary degree granted by the Department is the Ph.D. Those interested in an interdisciplinary M.A. in Slavic Studies should consider applying to the master’s program at Ohio State’s Center for Slavic and East European Studies, which draws on faculty from across the university to prepare students for East European-related careers in government, the military, and the private sector. See http://slaviccenter.osu.edu/index.html.

To learn more about the Department and how to apply see https://slavic.osu.edu/graduate- studies/prospective-students. Other inquiries should be addressed to Angela Brintlinger, Graduate Studies Director, at brintlinger.3@osu.edu. Applications must be received by December 31 to be considered for funding.

Deadline for Applications: January 6, 2019

Russian Studies at McGill invites applications from talented students.  As part of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, they offer a uniquely multi-cultural and interdisciplinary environment. Students and faculty are committed to open, culturally informed dialogue among national and across intellectual traditions.

Continue reading “Grad Program: Ph.D./MA in Russian Studies (McGill)”

Deadline for Applications: December 1, 2018 (Priority Deadline)

The University of Southern California department of Slavic Languages and Literatures invites applications from well-qualified students.

Basic information about the faculty and program is available on the web site – http://dornsife.usc.edu/sll/  For information on how to apply, please see http://dornsife.usc.edu/sll/how-to-apply/. The department offers excellent opportunities for graduate support leading to the PhD, starting with standard five-year packages that include three years of fellowship support and two teaching years, tuition, and health insurance.

Applicants who wish to start graduate studies in the fall semester should apply by December 1 to receive priority consideration for fellowship funding.

Funding for graduate study at USC is generous but competitive, and deadlines for application matter. Applications will be accepted through March for the following fall semester, but the chance receiving funding diminishes significantly after January. The financial support is intended to fund the entire course of PhD study (see Financial Support) and only those students whom are able to be funded are admitted.

The Slavic department at USC is internationally known.  The department’s dynamic faculty have wide-ranging research interests with particular concentration in Russian literature and culture of the modern era.  In addition to the core of faculty whose focus is literature (Greta Matzner-Gore, Sarah Pratt, Kelsey Rubin-Detlev, Thomas Seifrid, and Alexander Zholkovsky) there is a specialist in eastern European cinema (Anna Krakus). Next fall they will also be joined by Professor Colleen McQuillen, a scholar of Russian modernism, who comes from the University of Illinois at Chicago. They also anticipate making another senior hire in the next year.  They department offers competitive funding, with five years of support (3 on fellowship, 2 teaching) which includes tuition and health insurance.

Additionally, the Los Angeles area itself, with its abundance of cultural resources makes USC an exciting place at which to do graduate work (for a sampling of the areas attractions, see http://dornsife.usc.edu/life-in-la/).