Russian and East European Studies PhD

Our PhD Russian and East European Studies programme will enable you to carry out a piece of significant, original research under the supervision of our academics.<br/><br/>Staff in Russian and East European Studies conduct research of an interdisciplinary nature across a broad range of subjects, including:<br/><br/><br/>- 19th and 20th-century literature and history of Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia;<br/><br/><br/>- Soviet and post-Soviet cinema and the media;<br/><br/><br/>- Russian state propaganda and disinformation;<br/><br/><br/>- post-Soviet Russian and East European popular culture and music;<br/><br/><br/>- memory studies;<br/><br/><br/>- nationalism and ethnic politics historically and in the post-communist period.<br/><br/><br/>The discipline of Russian and East European Studies constitutes a core group of the Cross-Disciplinary Russian and Eurasian Studies Network, which facilitates collaboration in research and postgraduate teaching and supervision among relevant members of staff across the Faculty of Humanities at Manchester.<br/><br/>Our staffs externally-funded current research projects include:<br/><br/><br/>- (Mis)Translating Deceit: Disinformation as a Translingual, Discursive Dynamic (AHRC);<br/><br/><br/>- Eurasian Poles and Periperies in Transformation (UKRI). <br/><br/><br/>A focal point for our research activity is a regular research seminar, which features a mix of internal and external speakers, and promotes debate between staff and postgraduates across the full spectrum of their research interests.<br/><br/>We run a research grouping on Russian Media, Propaganda and Disinformation .