Graduate Study in Ukrainian

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

Dear Colleagues,

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS) at the  
University of Alberta (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 in  
MLCS, 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 2009 should  
apply by January 2, 2009.

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 Natalia Pylypiuk, Graduate Advisor for the Ukrainian  
Program, at  <natalia.pylypiuk at ualberta.ca>


Natalia Pylypiuk
Modern Languages & Cultural Studies  [www.mlcs.ca]
200 Arts, University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E6




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