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Apply Now for MPhil and PhD Study in Cambridge’s Slavonic Department

The Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge is currently accepting applications for MPhil and PhD study.

The Department offers innovative graduate teaching at the MPhil and PhD levels in the advanced study of Poland, Russia and Ukraine and in comparative studies, with an emphasis on cultural history from the Middle Ages to the present day. Our graduates have a noted record of achievement in scholarship and consistent success in securing posts at Europe's best universities.

The intellectual vitality of the Department of Slavonic Studies is particularly evident in the fields of Pre-Modern East Slavic culture; Polish, Russian and Ukrainian Literatures of the 19th and 20th centuries; Slavonic Linguistics; Nationalism Studies; Film and Visual Culture; Memory Studies; and Sensory History. It is home to a dynamic annual programme of public lectures, research seminars, conferences and exhibitions.

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Slavonic News

Transforming Polish Language Studies

6 March 2025

We are very pleased to invite you to a one-day conference on "Transforming Polish Language Studies: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities".

Former graduate student Stefan Lacny awarded BASEES PGR prize

20 February 2025

Stefan Lacny, a former graduate student in the Department of Slavonic Studies at MMLL, has received the annual prize for Best Scholarly Article by a Postgraduate Student from the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies.