Graduate Study in Contemporary Russian Literature and Culture

[David J Birnbaum]

Graduate Study in Contemporary Russian Literature and Culture

The Slavic Department at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications 
to our MA/PhD program in Russian literature and culture. While our 
department provides a full range of courses, our focus on contemporary 
studies has supported recent dissertations on such topics as Soviet 
postmodernist culture, Russian feminist theory, the Soviet anekdot, 
television serials, and Thaw cinema. All PhD recipients in the past ten 
years have received academic job offers or prestigious post-doctoral 
fellowships.

Graduate students obtain extensive training and mentoring and they 
participate regularly in international conferences even at a relatively 
early stage. They may also help organize the annual Russian Film Symposium 
(http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu) or edit and publish the Department's journal, 
Studies in Slavic Cultures (http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sisc/). Alongside 
their primary course of study within the Department, graduate students also 
typically obtain MA or PhD certificates in any of several interdepartmental 
programs, including Cultural Studies (http://www.pitt.edu/~cultural/), Film 
Studies (http://www.pitt.edu/~filmst/), Russian and East European Studies 
(http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/), and Women's Studies 
(http://www.pitt.edu/~wstudies/). By the time they receive their PhD, 
students will typically have obtained teaching experience in culture, 
cinema, language, and literature courses in both team-taught and 
stand-alone formats.

Financial aid (non-teaching fellowships and teaching assistantships) is 
available to qualified applicants. The application deadline is 15 January 
for full support consideration; applications will be accepted until 1 
February. Applications must be submitted electronically at 
https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=up-as .

For more information about academic programs, faculty, students, alumni, 
application procedures, and deadlines see http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/ . In 
case of questions, please write to: Christine Metil, Administrative 
Assistant, metil at pitt.edu; Professor Nancy Condee, Director of Graduate 
Studies, condee at pitt.edu; or Professor David J. Birnbaum, Chair, 
djbpitt at pitt.edu.

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1417 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
Tel: 1-412-624-5712
Fax: 1-412-624-9714
Email: slavic at pitt.edu
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/

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