Russian (PhD, MPhil) at University of Bristol

The Department of Russian has an outstanding record of research. We pride ourselves on our strong, active research culture, and 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 and Russophone literature from the 18th century to the present Russian and Soviet film and visual culture Soviet history Stalinist culture and the Stalin cult British-Soviet wartime relations (1941-45) Literary and cultural theory Issues of cultural identity (semiotics of space, perceptions of time and of modernity) Transnational and decolonial approaches Urban studies Gender and sexuality in Russian literature and culture Translation studies Media studies Medicine and the body in literature and visual culture Late-19th and early-20th-century Czech literature and visual culture Russian intellectual history from the 19th century to the 20th century.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Modern Languages  |  Duration: MPhil: one year full-time, two years part-time. PhD: up to four years full-time, up to eight years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: January 2027, September 2027, January 2028.  |  Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

MPhil: a standalone, one-year (full-time) research degree. Students will undertake their own research project, concluding in the submission of a 25,000-word dissertation. Students may have the option to audit units from our taught master's programmes if they are relevant to their research.

Career pathways

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; some graduates take up careers in translating and interpreting.

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