Graduate study in the Ukrainian Culture, Language and Literature Program, U of Alberta

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

Dear Colleagues and Students,

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS) at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) invites applications for graduate study in the Ukrainian Culture, Language and Literature Program, which offers both MA and PhD degrees.  Literature students can pursue a degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in Ukrainian; students interested in linguistics can complete a program either in Slavic Linguistics or in Slavic Applied Linguistics.

The department’s Ukrainian literature courses cover all periods, from Kyivan Rus' to post-colonial Ukraine. Linguistics courses study Ukrainian in the context of West and East Slavic languages, offering also a perspective on the current sociolinguistic situation in Ukraine.  The program includes courses devoted to Ukrainian-English translation of literary and non-literary texts.

Literature scholars in the Ukrainian program conduct research on Early-Modern culture; Romanticism; Modernism and Avant-garde; the writings of Soviet Ukrainian dissidents; Postcolonial and Post-imperial cultural spaces; as well as on Postmodernism. Linguistic research focuses on discourse, pragmatics, gender linguistics and language pedagogy. All four professors are conversant with other Slavic and European cultures and take a comparative approach to the study of Ukrainian disciplines. Students may combine Ukrainian with the study of Comparative Literature, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and/or Spanish, as well as Ukrainian Folklore. They may also pursue degrees in Translation Studies and in Humanities Computing.

The department provides a vibrant international environment for learning.  Graduate students in Ukrainian study literary or applied linguistics theory together with students in other disciplines. They also learn to teach Ukrainian as a second language in a general MLCS course devoted to

language pedagogy. Graduate students in the department organize an annual international conference, devoted to topics of their own choice.  Among the various journals housed at the University of Alberta, is Canadian Slavonic Papers. Thus, graduate students also have the opportunity to learn about the production of a scholarly journal.

The University of Alberta is an ideal place for the study of Ukrainian subjects. The Slavic holdings of our libraries are among the richest in North America.  The History and Classics Department has several historians who work on Ukraine, the Russian Empire, as well as on Ukrainian-Canadian topics. The university has a formal exchange with the University of Lviv.  It is also the home of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, an important research center devoted to historical disciplines and diaspora studies. The program and the university regularly welcome internationally recognized scholars in Ukrainian studies as guest speakers and visiting lecturers.

Graduate students in the Ukrainian program have held some of the most prestigious scholarships offered by the University of Alberta. MLCS offers the Vasyl' Stus Graduate Recruitment Scholarship to promising applicants. Financial support is also available in the form of Teaching and Research Assistantships.  Students wishing to enter the Ukrainian program with financial support in September 2013 should apply by December 1, 2012.

Feel free to contact the staff of the Ukrainian Program to discuss your research interests and visit their respective pages:
Oleh Ilnytzkyj  <http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/mlcs/staff-ilnytzkyj.htm>
Alla Nedashkivska  <http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/mlcs/staff-nedashkivska.htm>
Natalia Pylypiuk  <http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/mlcs/staff-pylypiuk.htm>
Irene Sywenky  <http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/mlcs/staff-sywenky.html>

For more information about pursuing graduate degrees in Ukrainian, please contact Oleh Ilnytzkyj, Ukrainian Graduate Advisor, at  <oleh.ilnytzkyj at ualberta.ca>

Also, please visit the Graduate Page of our program:
http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ukraina/graduate/

With best wishes,
Natalia Pylypiuk, PhD, Professor
Ukrainian Culture, Language & Literature Program
[www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ukraina/] 
Modern Languages & Cultural Studies, University of Alberta
President of the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies





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