Graduate Study and Financial Aid at the U. of C

[Daniela S. Hristova]

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of
Chicago invites applications to its graduate programs, which offer the M.A.
and Ph. D. with specializations in Russian, Polish, and Czech literatures,
Slavic, Baltic, and Balkan linguistics, as well as our new track in
Interdisciplinary Studies. The main thrust of the new track is the study of
the history and criticism of interdisciplinary approaches to literature and
the visual arts.  The Slavic Department also has a joint degree program with
the Department of Linguistics which has been producing successful graduates
for over 25 years.  The Department sponsors the annual Slavic Forum, a
student-organized conference with national and international participation.
 The Department teaches Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, Old Church
Slavonic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian regularly
while Albanian, Georgian, Lak, Lithuanian, and Romani are also available at
varying intervals. Other Slavic, Balkan, and Baltic languages are also
covered in our linguistics courses.

Financial aid is available in various forms. Century Fellowships provide
full tuition and a generous stipend for four years.  University Fellowships
provide tuition and a more modest stipend for four years; Century
Scholarships provide full tuition for four years. The Department also has
access to Foreign Language Area Studies Title VI Fellowships, which provide
generous aid packages and are renewable on a yearly basis pending funding.
In addition, all students who complete the first year successfully are
guaranteed full tuition for the next three years and are eligible for
various stipends.  After the first year, students who have taken the
department's course in second language acquisition are also eligible to work
as drill instructors and lecturers in language courses.  Students can also
participate in the University's Little Red Schoolhouse writing program,
which qualifies them to teach in the Humanities Core.  Advanced graduate
students also have the opportunity to teach Russian Culture and to act as
course assistants in various literature courses. Tave Fellowships enable
those students who compete successfully to design their own courses. The
Humanities Division offers travel stipends to students giving papers at
conferences, and support for Czech and Slovak language study is provided by
annual awards from the Department's Procházka Funds.  The Division also has
Harper, Whiting, and Mellon fellowships to support students at the
dissertation stage.

Applications must be received by 28 December in order to be guaranteed
consideration for financial aid. Prospective applicants can get more
information and apply on-line at

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/admissions/.

For additional information about the Slavic Department, please visit our web
site <http://humanities.uchicago.edu/depts/slavic/>

or contact the Department via
e-mail < slavic-department at uchicago.edu >,
telephone (773-702-8033)

or write to
Graduate Studies
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
The University of Chicago
1130 E. 59th St.
Foster 406
Chicago, IL 60637

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