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Russian and East European Studies

Russian and East European Studies

Manchester has one of the oldest and best established centres for the study of Russia and Eastern Europe in the UK. REES offers coverage of history, society, culture, media, film and politics in Russia, the former Soviet Union, Poland and Southeast Europe, as well as comprehensive instruction in the Russian and Polish languages. REES has now been officially assessed in the UK's independent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) as the best department in the nation for research in its field. Our undergraduate courses offer valuable area studies expertise and concrete transferable skills that can be used in numerous spheres of employment immediately upon graduation. They also provide a comprehensive foundation for further study at the postgraduate level, including our own MA in Russian and East European Cultures and Societies, and numerous opportunities for PhD research.

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Information about our courses

Undergraduate courses
Postgraduate taught courses
Postgraduate research programmes  

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Research

Staff in Russian and East European Studies conduct research of an interdisciplinary nature across a broad range of subjects, including Medieval Slavic Cultures; nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature and intellectual history; Soviet and post-Soviet cinema and the media; Russian and Soviet popular culture; gender studies; nationalism and ethnic politics in Russia and Eastern Europe historically and in the post-communist period; and post-communist transition in East Central Europe. The Discipline of Russian and East European Studies constitutes a core group of the Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, which facilitates collaboration in research across the North of England.

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Current students

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