The PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures at UVA trains scholars to conduct original research on Russian literature, Slavic linguistics, and post-Soviet cultural history. With access to rare archives, expert faculty, and comparative frameworks, students develop dissertations that span topics from medieval manuscripts to modern media. Graduates pursue careers in academia, government, translation, and cultural institutions.
Archive-based study of samizdat literature and underground presses
Critical race theory applied to Soviet film and performance
The politics of translation in Stalinist publishing policies
Comparative study of Baltic vs. Russian postcolonial identity formation
Psychoanalysis and trauma in post-Soviet autobiographical fiction
Exilic narratives and memory in émigré Russian literature
Linguistic hybridity in contemporary Polish-Ukrainian border regions
Digital reconstruction of banned Soviet-era theatre scripts
The literary aesthetics of political dissent in post-Yugoslavia
Slavic mythology in gendered interpretations of folklore
Advance global Slavic research and Russian literary scholarship through UVA’s interdisciplinary PhD program.
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