New York University's Department of Russian & Slavic Studies is pleased
to announce a fully-funded field of doctoral study in Comparative
Literature or History:
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL SPECIALIZATION IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE,
HISTORY, AND CULTURE (ISR)
Applications will be considered in Fall 2009 for study beginning in Fall
2010 with a five-year full-funding support package. Candidates should
apply either through NYU's Department of Comparative Literature or
through the History Department, specifying their interest in ISR.
ABOUT THE COURSE OF STUDY:
Students will have the option of earning the PhD in either Comparative
Literature or History, thereby providing for a strong grounding within a
discipline while also encouraging the kind of innovative work made
possible
by disciplinary cross-over. In addition to pursuing coursework in the
chosen
department, students will have the opportunity to take classes in the
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, including specially-designed
interdisciplinary seminars. The curriculum will be structured to take
advantage of intellectual resources for the study of Russia across
NYU--not
only in the Departments of Russian & Slavic Studies, History, and
Comparative Literature, but also in Anthropology, Music, Politics,
Hebrew
and Judaic Studies, and others.
Our curriculum will allow graduate students in Comparative Literature
and
History to develop a coherent focus on Russia within their discipline of
choice. We aim to encourage a broad understanding of the field, taking
account of the various contexts in which Russia can be studied. With our
faculty's expertise in cross-cultural literary comparison, the
multi-national nature of the tsarist and Soviet empires, Eurasian
studies,
the role of ideology in the Russian experience, film and visual studies,
cultural theory, and the very idea of "Eastern Europe," NYU will foster
a
flexible and expansive appreciation of Russian culture, as well as a
wide
sense of geographic context and comparison.
In addition to a broad range of courses and the opportunity to work
closely
with faculty, graduate students will benefit from a funded colloquium
bringing together Russia-focused scholars--faculty and PhD candidates
from
all disciplines--from across the greater New York area. Students will
also
have full access to courses offered through the Inter-University
Doctoral
Consortium (Columbia University, CUNY, Princeton University, Rutgers
University, Stonybrook, Teachers' College - Columbia, Fordham
University,
and The New School for Social Research).
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Anne Lounsbery
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Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Study
Department of Russian & Slavic Studies
New York University
13-19 University Place, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 998-8674
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