Applications Open for MA Programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (University of Illinois)

Deadline: December 1, 2023

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our interdisciplinary master’s degree programs, combining both language and area studies.
We offer several degree programs:
An MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES);

A dual-degree MA (REEES) / MS Library & Information Science program, in partnership with Illinois’ nationally-ranked School of Information Sciences (the iSchool);

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UCIS Postdoctoral Fellowships in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: December 15, 2023

UCIS Postdoctoral Fellowships in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

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The University of Pittsburgh is offering two postdoctoral fellowships in the arts and humanities (1 position) and the social sciences (1 position) to begin in August 2024 for scholars whose work focuses on Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia. These fellowships are two-year appointments that are renewable for a third year. Fellows will be expected to pursue their own scholarly work and participate in the academic and intellectual activities of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES), as well as the Department with which they become affiliated.

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Applications Open for MA Programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (University of Illinois)

Deadline: December 1, 2023

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our interdisciplinary Master’s degree programs, combining both language and area studies.
We offer several degree programs:
An MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES);

A dual-degree MA (REEES) / MS Library & Information Science program, in partnership with Illinois’ nationally-ranked School of Information Sciences (the iSchool);

Graduate Minors in REEES and Balkan Studies.
All of these programs provide students access to one of the nation’s great public universities, one that is particularly well known for its expertise in the study of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia.
At Illinois, you will find:
A renowned public research university, with a campus community of over 33,000 undergraduate and 15,000 graduate students;

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Grad Programs: Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies (University of Kansas)

Deadline: January 5, 2024

The Department of Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas invites applications to its MA and PhD programs.

We have vibrant graduate programs in Slavic languages, linguistics, literatures, and cultures, with extensive expertise in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, and Ukrainian. We also offer courses in Persian and Turkish. MA students can choose between two concentrations: Slavic Languages and Literatures or Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. PhD students can benefit from our comprehensive program in Russian literature, as well as one of the few full-service Slavic linguistics programs nationally. We also welcome students interested in pursuing a PhD concentration in another literature that the department offers, such as Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, or Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian.

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Grad. Program: Slavic Languages and Literatures (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign_

Deadline: December 18, 2023

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 our graduate program. Qualified students beginning their graduate career at Illinois are guaranteed five years of financial support, contingent on satisfactory progress. Support includes fellowships, teaching, research and graduate assistantships, summer stipends, and the opportunity for an editorial assistantship at Slavic Review, the world’s leading English-language academic journal in our discipline, which is based on our campus. We also welcome applicants who have completed an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures or related fields.

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Grad. Program: Funded PhD Opportunity in Russian, Soviet, Post-Soviet, Eurasian and East-European Studies: Durham University (UK)

Russian Studies at Durham University, UK (https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/modern-languages-cultures/undergraduate-study/language-areas/russian-studies/) invites applications for PhD studentships through the AHRC-funded Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership. We welcome applications from outstanding candidates who can demonstrate evidence of academic excellence, as well as evidence of sufficient research skills to undertake the project.

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Ph.D. Program in Slavic and Eurasian Literatures and Cultures (Yale)

Deadline: December 15, 2023

Yale University’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures invites applications for its Ph.D. program in Slavic and Eurasian literatures and cultures. The deadline for admission is December 15, 2023. More information about the admissions process can be found on the website for the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Yale University’s Slavic Department is one of the most dynamic in the United States and takes great pride in the creative and forward-thinking scholarship of its faculty and students. Our graduate program values interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives on Russian, East European, and Eurasian literatures and cultures. While maintaining a foundation in the study and teaching of language and literature, the Department sees both as embedded in a global context and a broad network of cultural production. In coursework, exams, professional training, mentoring, and intellectual life, our graduate program seeks to provide its students with the knowledge, skills, and vision to become engaged, innovative Slavists and Eurasianists for the twenty-first century.

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New Research Fellowships (Center for Jewish History)

Deadline: February 19, 2024

The Center for Jewish History is proud to announce the creation of an expanded fellowship program. The program features four new endowed 10-month fellowships in addition to one existing 12-month fellowship and two short-term fellowships. The seven fellowships constitute the nucleus of a projected Institute for Advanced Jewish Historical Research.

The fellowships will support original research using the collections of the Center’s five partners: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute. Preference will be given to those candidates who draw on the archival and library resources of more than one partner institution. The fellowships are open to a range of senior scholars, early career scholars, and advanced graduate students who have completed all the requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree apart from the dissertation.

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Grad Program: Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (Georgetown University)

Deadline: November 1, 2023; December 1, 2023; January 15, 2024; April 1, 2024

The Master’s Degree Program at Georgetown’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) brings together scholars, practitioners and students working on contemporary and historical issues affecting Eurasia and beyond. Through multidisciplinary coursework on the politics, history, language(s) and culture(s) of the region, the CERES MA educates professionals prepared to engage with global challenges and supports innovative research on current issues facing the region.

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MPhil and PhD Opportunities in Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge

Deadline: October 11, 2023

The Slavonic Studies section in the University of Cambridge invites applications from qualified students for a 1-year MPhil or 3-year PhD in Slavonic Studies, beginning Autumn 2024. 

The Slavonic Studies section engages in the advanced study of Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, with an emphasis on cultural history from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is home to a dynamic annual programme of public lectures, research seminars, conferences, and exhibitions. Its intellectual vitality is particularly evident in the fields of pre-modern East Slavic culture; Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian Literatures of the 19th and 20th centuries; Slavonic linguistics; Nationalism Studies; history of science and medicine; print culture; and film and visual culture. We encourage applications from students who work comparatively across Slavonic cultures and languages, as well as those who focus on individual ones. 

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