PhD Russian 48 months PHD Programme By University of Bristol |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

48 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

21,900 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

25 Jul, 2026Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The Department of Russian has an outstanding record of research. We pride ourselves on our strong, active research culture, and the research interests of staff span a broad range of disciplinary emphases.


We can support postgraduate research in many areas within the following broad fields:


  • Russian and Russophone literature from the 18th century to the present;
  • Russian intellectual history from the 19th century to the 20th century;
  • Russian and Soviet film and visual culture;
  • Soviet history;
  • Stalinist culture and the Stalin cult;
  • British-Soviet wartime relations (1941-45);
  • Literary and cultural theory;
  • Issues of cultural identity (semiotics of space, perceptions of time and of modernity);
  • Transnational and decolonial approaches;
  • Urban studies;
  • Russian Orthodox theology and culture;
  • Gender and sexuality in Russian literature and culture;
  • Translation studies;
  • Media studies;
  • Medicine and the body in literature and visual culture;
  • Late-19th and early-20th-century Czech literature and visual culture.
  • Recent and ongoing projects by our postgraduates include:



The history of Soviet translation theory;


  • Translatorial visibility and agency in the post-editing process through the lens of feminist translation studies;
  • Contested feminisms in Soviet, Post-Soviet and contemporary Russian translations of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath, 1976-2010;
  • The corporeality of mourning in post-Soviet women's prose;
  • Blood and the body in the Bolshevik utopian project.


Our postgraduates are a key part of the research community and are integrated into the research activities of the Department, the School of Modern Languages and the faculty.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Modern Languages

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The Department of Russian has an outstanding record of research. We pride ourselves on our strong, active research culture, and the research interests of staff span a broad range of disciplinary emphases.


We can support postgraduate research in many areas within the following broad fields:


  • Russian and Russophone literature from the 18th century to the present;
  • Russian intellectual history from the 19th century to the 20th century;
  • Russian and Soviet film and visual culture;
  • Soviet history;
  • Stalinist culture and the Stalin cult;
  • British-Soviet wartime relations (1941-45);
  • Literary and cultural theory;
  • Issues of cultural identity (semiotics of space, perceptions of time and of modernity);
  • Transnational and decolonial approaches;
  • Urban studies;
  • Russian Orthodox theology and culture;
  • Gender and sexuality in Russian literature and culture;
  • Translation studies;
  • Media studies;
  • Medicine and the body in literature and visual culture;
  • Late-19th and early-20th-century Czech literature and visual culture.
  • Recent and ongoing projects by our postgraduates include:



The history of Soviet translation theory;


  • Translatorial visibility and agency in the post-editing process through the lens of feminist translation studies;
  • Contested feminisms in Soviet, Post-Soviet and contemporary Russian translations of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath, 1976-2010;
  • The corporeality of mourning in post-Soviet women's prose;
  • Blood and the body in the Bolshevik utopian project.


Our postgraduates are a key part of the research community and are integrated into the research activities of the Department, the School of Modern Languages and the faculty.

Admission Requirements

176+
67+
3.3+
6.5+
88+
MPhil: An upper second-class degree (or international equivalent). Please note, acceptance will also depend on evidence of your readiness to pursue a research degree.

MPhil/PhD: A master's qualification, or be working towards a master's qualification, or international equivalent. Applicants without a master's qualification may be considered on an exceptional basis provided they hold a first-class undergraduate degree (or international equivalent). Applicants with a non-traditional background may be considered provided they can demonstrate substantial equivalent and relevant experience that has prepared them to undertake their proposed course of study.



English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our profile level C.

25 Jul 2026
4 Years
Jan
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
  • Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Tuition fees

Domestic
5,106 GBP
International
21,900 GBP

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