Scholarships to do Russian Studies at the European University at St. Petersburg

[Sergei Erofeev]

Dear SEELANGers,

We have good news for Finnish citizens who wish to study in Russia.
Could you please forward this information to anyone who might be
interested? Such people may live and study anywhere, the eligibility is
a BA and Finnish citizenship.

Sergey Erofeev, European University at St. Petersburg

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THE KONE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EUSP 
The European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP) is pleased to invite
applications for KONE Foundation Scholarships to study for one year at
the International MA in Russian and Eurasian Studies (IMARES). The Kone
Foundation Scholarship for EUSP covers stipend, tuition fee, travel
costs and insurance. Eligibility: Finnish citizenship, BA or equivalent.
Deadline: 30 April, 2010. For more information about IMARES,
scholarships and application procedure visit www.eu.spb.ru/international
or write to imares at eu.spb.ru

IMARES, an advanced graduate program for students who already hold a
B.A. degree or its equivalent, provides training in the politics,
economy, society, and history of Russia and neighboring Eurasian states.
It combines high standards of teaching in English by Russian and
international faculty with advantages of living in St. Petersburg,
Russia's cultural capital. A separate teaching module on Empire and
Islam is offered in Kazan, the city where Slavic and Turkic
civilizations meet. We offer a comprehensive and varied curriculum.

In 1998 this program began as M.A. in Russian Studies. More than 250
international students have taken our Russian Studies courses and about
85 M.A. degrees have been awarded.

Courses offered in 2010-2011

DIVISION 1: 
Politics and Economy 
* Security Threats in Eurasia: Armed Conflicts, Terrorism, and Extremism

* The State, Violence, and the Mafia in Comparative Perspective 
* Energy Security and Russian Politics 
* Comparing Capitalisms 
* International Relations and International Security in Russia and
Eurasia 
* Politics in Post-Soviet Eurasia 
* Post-Soviet Political Economy 
* Russian Foreign Policy 
* State Building in Russia and Eurasia 
* Society and Politics in Central Asia
DIVISION 2: Society and History 
* The Political Culture of the Russian Revolution 
* Islam and Nationalism in Eurasia 
* Siberia: An Introduction to the Region 
* Russian Media, Culture and Society 
* Doing Fieldwork in Russia 
* Russian Political and Social History 
* A World History of the Caucasus, 3000 B.C.E. - 2009 C.E.
TEACHING MODULE IN KAZAN: EMPIRE AND ISLAM 
* Ethnicity and Culture in Soviet and Post-Soviet Tatarstan 
* Imperial Histories, Eurasian Political and Intellectual Controversies

The European University at St. Petersburg is a non-state (private)
graduate college set up in 1995 for the purpose of advancing training
and research in economics, anthropology, history, political science,
sociology, and history of the arts.

THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE COURSE 

Classes begin during the first week of September in the Fall Term and
the first week of February in the Spring Term. Applicants can choose the
starting date. They have to meet the deadline for submitting
applications accordingly: April 30, 2010 to start in September 2010 or
October 30, 2010 to start in February 2011

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