Graduate Studies
Applying to MML | M.Phil in Russian Studies
Applying for the MPhil in Russian Studies
PLEASE NOTE: The MPhil in Russian Studies is no longer accepting applications, as this program will be suspended indefinitely from the 2013-2014 academic year. The office of Graduate Studies will contact any students who have already applied to the program about the status of their applications.
It will still be possible for students to take graduate modules and to write dissertations on topics in Russian literature and culture at Cambridge, but they will now do so within the framework of the MPhil in European Literature and Culture. Students who wish to do graduate work in Russian should apply to the MPhil in European Literature and Cultures.
Although it is too early to have a confirmed and complete list of modules that will be available next year, at least four graduate modules on Russian topics will be offered in 2013-2014. The topics most likely to be on offer in 2013-2014 include the following:
The Culture of Pre-Petrine Russia (Convenor: Professor Simon Franklin)
Twentieth Century Russian Culture: Literature, Visual Art and Politics (Convenor: Dr Jana Howlett )
Madness in Russian Culture (Convenor: Dr Rebecca Reich)
Nationalism and Literary/Cultural Production in Eastern Europe (Convenor: Dr Rory Finnin)
Russian and Soviet Cinema OR Contemporary Russian Culture (Convenor: Dr Susan Larsen)
Some components of the Core Course and several of the existing comparative modules for the MPhil in European Literature and Culture also address Russian material. The latter include:
RS/EUROLIT: The Modern City (Convenor: Professor Andrew Webber)
RS/EUROLIT: Marginalities in the Nineteenth Century (Convenors: Professor Alison Sinclair, Dr Nick White)
RS/SMS: Urban Cinematics (Dr Francois Penz)
Students with questions about the possibilities for pursuing research interests in Russian topics within the MPhil in European Literature and Culture are encouraged to contact the current Course Director of the MPhil in Russian Studies, Dr Susan Larsen (sl545@cam.ac.uk).
