Graduate study at UIUC

[Harriet Murav]

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The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign currently offers courses of study leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Slavic Languages and Literatures. Our program offers opportunities for cultural and interdisciplinary studies and study in more than one Slavic language and literature. The faculty specialize in 18th & 19th Russian literary history, film and visual culture, Czech and Polish modernism, Jewish Studies, Soviet and post-Soviet culture, as well as specific authors. 

In addition to a specialization in Russian, we also offer concentrations in Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian, Bulgarian, and Yiddish. The Department maintains close ties with other campus units, including the federally funded Russian, Eurasian and East European Center; the Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory; the Department of Gender & Women's Studies; the College of Media; and the Program in Jewish Culture and Society. Students are encouraged to receive a graduate minor or certificate from one of these units, or to create an individual minor. 

The University of Illinois library and its Slavic collection is the third largest in the country, and is a unique resource that attracts scholars from all over the world with its Summer Lab and other events. The Slavic Reference Service provides students and faculty with superb research assistance. 

The Department has a vibrant atmosphere enhanced by the international character of the graduate student body. The Russian Studies Circle (kruzhok), now in its 10th year, brings together faculty and graduate students working on Russian literature, culture, history, anthropology, and the visual arts, for informal discussions of works-in-progress, recently published books, and works by authors visiting the UIUC campus. Past guests include Svetlana Boym, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Alexei Yurchak, and Cathy Popkin, among others. Our annual Graduate Student Conference gives students an opportunity to share their work with faculty and students from UIUC and beyond. 

Financial aid is available to qualified students, who may receive five-year packages of support, including fellowships, Research and Teaching Assistantships. 

For more information, contact Harriet Murav, Director of Graduate Study hlmurav at illinois.edu<mailto:hlmurav at illinois.edu>. Or see http://www.slavic.illinois.edu/, to apply, see http://www.grad.illinois.edu/admissions/apply.

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