Russian

Course Overview

The PhD Russian at Queen Mary University of London is a postgraduate programme designed for postgraduate students passionate about bridging cultural boundaries. Based in Tower Hamlets, England, this Russell Group university offers a research-led approach to learning, with a 3-year full-time and part-time structure. Research areas include: Russian film, issues of cultural identity, and literary history, broadly conceived. Research areas of interest include: 18th, 19th and 20th Century Russian literature (in particular Karamzin, Zhukovskii, Gogol, Tolstoi, Chekhov, Zoshchenko, travel literature, non-fiction literature); Soviet cinema (especially documentary, Dziga Vertov and wartime cinema); landscape design in Russia; modernity and its ruins; the Russian intelligentsia and the elite in their relation to power; Russian folklore; Polish literature. A minimum ielts score of 7.0 is required for admission. Graduates from this programme benefit from strong career prospects, with 75% of graduates in employment or further study.

What You'll Learn

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Graduate Outcomes

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