New PhD Opportunity in Russian Studies at New York University

[Anne Lounsbery]

New York University's Department of Russian and Slavic Studies is pleased to
announce a new, fully-funded field of doctoral study in History or
Comparative Literature: 

INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL SPECIALIZATION IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE, HISTORY,
AND CULTURE

Applications will be considered in fall 2008 for study beginning in Fall
2009 with a five-year full-funding support package. Candidates should apply
through NYU's History Department or Department of Comparative Literature,
specifying their interest in this field.


ABOUT THE COURSE OF STUDY:

Students will have the option of earning the PhD in either History or
Comparative Literature, thereby providing for a strong grounding within a
discipline while also encouraging the kind of innovative work made possible
by disciplinary cross-over. In addition to pursuing coursework in the chosen
department, students will have the opportunity to take classes in the
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, including specially-designed
interdisciplinary seminars. The curriculum will be structured to take
advantage of intellectual resources for the study of Russia across NYU-not
only in the Departments of Russian and Slavic Studies, History, and
Comparative Literature, but also in Anthropology, Music, Politics, Hebrew
and Judaic Studies, and others.

Our curriculum will allow graduate students in History and Comparative
Literature to develop a coherent focus on Russia within their discipline of
choice. We aim to encourage a broad understanding of the field, taking
account of the various contexts in which Russia can be studied. With our
faculty's expertise in cross-cultural literary comparison, the
multi-national nature of the tsarist and Soviet empires, Eurasian studies,
the role of ideology in the Russian experience, film and visual studies,
cultural theory, and the very idea of "Eastern Europe," NYU will foster a
flexible and expansive appreciation of Russian culture, as well as a wide
sense of geographic context and comparison.

In addition to a broad range of courses and the opportunity to work closely
with faculty, graduate students will benefit from a funded colloquium that
is being established in order to bring together Russia-focused
scholars-faculty and PhD candidates from all disciplines-from across the
greater New York area. Students will also have full access to courses
offered through the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium (Columbia
University, CUNY, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Stonybrook,
Teachers' College - Columbia, Fordham University, and The New School for
Social Research).

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Anne Lounsbery (anne.lounsbery at nyu.edu)
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Study
Department of Russian & Slavic Studies, New York University
13-19 University Place, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone 212.998.8674

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