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Read more at: Apply Now for MPhil and PhD Study in Cambridge’s Slavonic Department

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.

Read more at: Bringing Ukraine to the Screen: The Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film
Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

Bringing Ukraine to the Screen: The Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

On 6 and 7 November 2015 the Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film once again offers UK audiences a unique opportunity to experience some of the best of Ukrainian cinema. Free and open to the public, the event is organised by Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an academic centre in the Department of Slavonic Studies at Cambridge.

Read more at: Record Enrollment for Open Classes in Polish
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Record Enrollment for Open Classes in Polish

The innovative course in Polish Studies offered by the Department of Slavonic Studies is among the most popular in the entire Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages at the University of Cambridge. This year the Department’s open classes in the Polish language have also seen record enrollments. These Polish classes are free and open to all members of the University of Cambridge. They are made possible with the kind support of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London.

Read more at: 'A Sense of Place' Public Lecture Series Begins on 15 October
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'A Sense of Place' Public Lecture Series Begins on 15 October

Over the past decade the Department of Slavonic Studies has hosted a regular lecture series exploring a selected theme in Russian and East European Studies: Consumer Culture, National Identity, Display, Resistance. On Thursday 15 October we initiate our newest thematic lecture series: 'A Sense of Place'. Lilya Kaganovsky (University of Illinois) will give the inaugural talk of the series, entitled “The Arctic in the Russian Imagination”, on Thursday 15 October, at the Umney Theatre in Robinson College at 5:30pm. All welcome!

Read more at: Department Launches 2015-16 Public Events Season
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Department Launches 2015-16 Public Events Season

The Department of Slavonic Studies organises a vibrant and dynamic series of free, public events in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian Studies every year. The 2015-16 events season was formally launched with a sold-out public lecture by Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick at Trinity College’s Winstanley Theatre on 9 October 2015.

Read more at: Department of Slavonic Studies Ranked Top in UK

Department of Slavonic Studies Ranked Top in UK

The University of Cambridge has been judged the best in the UK for Russian and East European Studies in the 2016 University Subject Tables compiled by The Complete University Guide.

Read more at: Head of Department Dr Rory Finnin Wins Teaching Award

Head of Department Dr Rory Finnin Wins Teaching Award

Dr Rory Finnin, University Senior Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies and Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies, won an award in the Lecturer category at the 2015 Teaching Awards organised by the Cambridge University Student Union (CUSU). In 2015 the CUSU Student-Led Teaching Awards saw 265 nominations from students who submitted testimonies about why their chosen member of staff deserved to win. The winners, who were judged by a panel of students working alongside CUSU, were presented with their awards at a ceremony in the Old Schools on Tuesday, 12 May.

Read more at: Vice-Chancellor marks Cambridge's close ties with Poland
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Vice-Chancellor marks Cambridge's close ties with Poland

The University of Cambridge marked its close bonds with Poland with the unveiling of a new statue in the presence of Vice-Chancellor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz and Polish Ambassador Witold Sobków. Also attended by Lecturer in Polish Studies Dr Stanley Bill, the event celebrated the achievements of Polish science and the recent launch of the new initiative in Polish Studies at the Department of Slavonic Studies. Read in full to view a short film commemorating the event.

Read more at: Postgrad Daria Mattingly Wins Best Doctoral Paper Prize at 2015 ASN Convention

Postgrad Daria Mattingly Wins Best Doctoral Paper Prize at 2015 ASN Convention

Daria Mattingly, a PhD candidate in the Department of Slavonic Studies working with supervisor Dr Rory Finnin, has won an award for the Best Doctoral Paper on Ukraine at the 2015 Association for the Study of Nationalities Convention in New York City. Her paper was entitled ‘“Idle, Drunk and Good for Nothing”: The Cultural Memory of the Holodomor Rank-and-File Perpetrator’. Congratulations, Daria!

Read more at: Postgrad Katie Sykes Wins Wood-Whistler Medal and Scholarship

Postgrad Katie Sykes Wins Wood-Whistler Medal and Scholarship

The Department of Slavonic Studies is pleased to announce that Katie Sykes, a first-year PhD student working with supervisor Professor Simon Franklin, has been awarded the 2015 Wood-Whistler Medal and Scholarship. Congratulations, Katie!

 

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