Prospective Graduate Handbook (PDF)

In addition to our existing Ph.D. curriculum, which stresses work in a single national language and literature, we have launched a new track which allows for comparative work in two Slavic literatures, enriched by an additional program of interdisciplinary study.

Slavic Literatures and Cultures [NEW Ph.D. Track]

This track is designed to allow students to pursue work in two East European literatures and cultures, enriched by interdisciplinary perspectives.

• The primary Slavic literature may be Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Czech, Polish or Russian.
  
• The second literature may be one of the above or another East European literature taught in the Department (e.g. Yiddish).
  
• The third component of a students' program will comprise relevant work in another discipline, e.g. History of Art or Architecture, Cinema, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Anthropology, History, or a Social Science.
  

During their first year of graduate study, students will develop an individualized plan of study, in consultation with faculty mentors, integrating the three components noted above into a coherent intellectual plan for studying the selected literatures in their cross-cultural contexts.

Questions? Please contact the Graduate Coordinator at 734-764-5355, or slavic@umich.edu

We have strong intellectual connections to the fields of comparative literature, literary theory in its various forms (from Romantic, Realist, Symbolist, Formalist, and Structuralist poetics to post-structuralist approaches), history, philosophy, social sciences, linguistics, and language pedagogy.

We have scholars working in many related disciplines including History, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, and Near East Studies. These scholars are brought together for research projects, symposia, brown bags, and interdisciplinary teaching by major centers and institutes.

The Graduate Student Advisor is Olga Maiorova. She may be reached via email at maiorova@umich.edu, or by telephone at 734-764-5355. Professor Maiorova's bio page.

The Graduate Student Coordinator may be reached at slavic@umich.edu, or by telephone at 734-764-5355.