CFA: Slavic or Slavic/Film Studies PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Deadline: January 15, 2023

The University of Pittsburgh Slavic Department invites applications to its graduate program, which provides a full range of courses, with strengths in contemporary Russian culture and cinema. Our program has supported dissertations in such diverse areas as contemporary Russian prose, Soviet postmodern culture, Thaw cinema, Soviet civic poetry, Belomor prison culture, post-Soviet philosophy, the Soviet anekdot, and Stagnation-era television serials.  Applications should be submitted by Sunday, 15 January 2023 electronically at https://gradcas.liaisoncas.org/apply/.  For more information, see https://www.slavic.pitt.edu/graduate/graduate-requirements.

PhD students help organize the annual New East Cinema Symposium (https://neweastcinema.pitt.edu/).  Alongside primary study towards the degree, students typically are mentored in obtaining MA or PhD certificates in one or more of six interdepartmental programs:

1. Cultural Studies (http://pitt.edu/~cultural/): 35-40 course offerings a semester; the most extensive cultural studies program in the US

2. Digital Studies & Methods (https://dsam.pitt.edu): 23 faculty affiliates in digital methods (humanities & social sciences); 3 core courses; 8 pre-approved electives

3. Film and Media Studies (http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/): courses in both critical studies and film/video production

4. Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies (http://www.wstudies.pitt.edu/): activism, pedagogy, and scholarship

5. Jewish Studies (http://www.jewishstudies.pitt.edu/): 10-15 courses per semester

6. Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/): a NRC center funded by the US Department of Education

 

By PhD conferral, students will typically have teaching experience in culture, cinema, language, and literature courses (team-taught and stand-alone formats).  PhD recipients have received academic job offers or post-doctoral fellowships in such institutions as Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Princeton, Stanford Humanities Center, University College London, University of Southern California, University of Texas Austin, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Williams, and William and Mary.  Other PhD recipients have competed successfully for senior academic administrative positions in International Studies, for work in Russian media analysis consulting in the public sector, and in private secondary education. 

 

Film/Slavic PhD.  Students with a primary interest in film may apply to Pitt’s Interdisciplinary Film & Media Studies PhD (concentration in Slavic), thus working towards a single PhD in two disciplines. For information, see http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/graduate/interdisciplinary-phd. Application to the Film & Media Studies PhD degree may be made either a.) as an initial application at https://gradcas.liaisoncas.org/apply/ (enter “Film Studies-PHD” then scroll down to “Doctor of Philosophy in Film and Media Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures (Fall 2023)”; OR b.) as an application to the Slavic Department and (after preparatory coursework) for later internal transfer to the Film & Media Studies PhD.  In case of questions, please be in touch with Film and Media Studies graduate administrator (filmandmedia@pitt.edu; 412-624-6564) or the Slavic contacts below. 

 

In case of questions, please write to Prof. Nancy Condee, Slavic Director of Graduate Studies, condee@pitt.edu or Prof. Bella Grigoryan, Slavic Chair, grigoryan@pitt.edu.