Full time
4 years
SEP-24
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Russian Language
Research
Programme overview
The Department of Russian has an outstanding record of research. We pride ourselves on our strong, active research culture, while the research interests of staff span a broad range of disciplinary emphases.
We can support postgraduate research in many areas within the following broad fields:
Russian literature from the 19th century to the present
Russian intellectual history from the 19th century to the 20th century
Russian film and visual culture
Soviet history
British-Soviet relations
Literary and cultural theory
Issues of cultural identity (semiotics of space, perceptions of time and of modernity)
Urban studies
Russian Orthodox theology and culture
Gender in Russian literature and culture.
This research degree is also available via distance learning.
Careers
A large number of graduates from this programme develop careers in higher education or work on high-level research projects in the field of Russian and Czech; some graduates take up careers in translating and interpreting.
For this course (per year)
£4,758
For this course (per year)
£20,700
PhD: A master's qualification, or be working towards a master's qualification, or international equivalent. Applicants without a master's qualification may be considered on an exceptional basis provided they hold a first-class undergraduate degree (or international equivalent). Applicants with a non-traditional background may be considered provided they can demonstrate substantial equivalent and relevant experience that has prepared them to undertake their proposed course of study.