Course summary
Our PhD Russian and East European Studies programme will enable you to carry out a piece of significant, original research under the supervision of our academics. Staff in Russian and East European Studies conduct research of an interdisciplinary nature across a broad range of subjects, including:
- 19th and 20th-century literature and intellectual history;
- Soviet and post-Soviet cinema and the media;
- Gender studies;
- Memory studies;
- Nationalism and ethnic politics historically and in the post-communist period;
- Post-communist transition in East Central Europe.
- Our staff's externally-funded current research projects include:
- Reframing Russia for the Global Mediasphere: From Cold War to Information War (AHRC);
- Russian Nationalism and the Ukraine Crisis: The Impact of Nationalist Actors on Russian Foreign Policy (The European Commission);
- Self-Sustained Civil Society in Eastern (and Western) Europe (the British Academy).
Entry requirements
A Bachelors (Honours) degree at 2:1 level or above (or its international equivalent) in a related subject; and a UK Master's degree with an overall average of 65% or higher, with a minimum of 65% in the dissertation and with no mark below 55% (or its international equivalent) in a related subject.
Fees and funding
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Provider information
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL