Russian and Slavonic Studies
Jenny Skipper, Shamen Poles at Olkhon Island, Siberia, Russia
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Russian and Slavonic Studies in Nottingham has a long and distinguished history, starting in 1916 when Nottingham became one of the first universities in the UK to teach Russian
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Russian can be studied from beginners’ level and post GCSE/AS, as well as post-A level
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We teach Serbian/Croatian from beginners’ to degree level
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We offer a wide range of modules on the history, literature and visual culture of Russia and South-East Europe, from the medieval period to the 21st century
- Students can choose different placements options on their Year abroad in Estonia, Latvia or Armenia
- We offer research supervision in Russian, Serbian/Croatian and Slovene, on a wide range of topics, from the early medieval period to the present day, from history and politics to iconography to contemporary popular culture
- We have a strong and supportive postgraduate community which will welcome you and help you to develop
- We offer a range of taught MA courses
Our research is interdisciplinary and our interests include the following:
- History and culture of early Rus and Muscovy
- History and culture of Byzantium
- Literature of exile and migration
- Yugoslav and Post-Yugoslav literature and cinema
- Literature and culture of Central Europe and the Habsburg Monarchy
- Russian émigré history and culture in the interwar period
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Modern Russian literature
- Popular music
- Late Soviet and post-Soviet culture
- Histories of childhood and youth in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
- Soviet and post-Soviet cinema
- Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav cinema, nationalism, memory and national identity
- Russian cultural policy
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