Course summary
Could your exploration of Russian and East European languages, cultures and histories influence how future scholars understand the importance of this region? As a PhD research student of Russian or Russian and East European Studies you will benefit from our interdisciplinary links with other institutions through our partnership with the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES), which is funded by AHRC, ESRC, HEFCE and SHEFCE and spearheaded from Glasgow. CRCEES also awards studentships at all postgraduate levels and runs an annual research forum and summer school especially for the postgraduates of its member institutions. We also have strong links with academic institutions in Russia, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia, which our students are able to utilise along with further travel opportunities which exist through the Universitas 21 programme and the Monica Partridge Bequest. Our research is interdisciplinary and our interests include the following areas:
- History and culture of early Rus and Muscovy
- History and culture of Byzantium
- Literature of exile and migration
- Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav literature and cinema
- Literature and culture of Central Europe and the Habsburg monarchy
- Russian émigré history and culture in the interwar period
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Modern Russian literature
- Popular music
- Late Soviet and post-Soviet culture
- Histories of childhood and youth in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
- Soviet and post-Soviet cinema
- Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav cinema, nationalism, memory and national identity
- Russian cultural policy
Modules
Before you start your research degree you will have completed a research-preparation masters degree in a related discipline and have agreed your research topic with a main supervisor and co-supervisor. You will work with this team closely for the duration of your study and are welcome to consult any other member of the department whose research seems of relevance to your own work. You are required to attend all departmental research seminars and special lectures and deliver at least one paper of your own each year, usually at the annual Postgraduate Forum or at a work-in-progress seminar. At the end of three years’ full-time registration, plus one year optional writing-up, you will have written a thesis of between 80,000-100,000 words on a topic which makes a significant contribution to the sum of knowledge on Russian and East European languages, culture and history.
Entry requirements
2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social science subject – we would usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a masters degree in a relevant subject.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Provider information
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
Course contact details
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