[aaus-list] Graduate Study in Ukrainian

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

Dear Colleagues,

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS) at the 
University of Alberta (Canada) invites applications for graduate 
study in the Ukrainian Culture, Language and Literature Program, 
which offers both MA and PhD degrees.  Literature students can pursue 
a degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in 
Ukrainian; students interested in linguistics can complete a program 
either in Slavic Linguistics or in Slavic Applied Linguistics.

The department's Ukrainian literature courses cover all periods, from 
Kyivan Rus' to post-colonial Ukraine. Linguistics courses study 
Ukrainian in the context of West and East Slavic languages, offering 
also a perspective on the current sociolinguistic situation in 
Ukraine.  The program includes courses devoted to Ukrainian-English 
translation of literary and non-literary texts.

Literature scholars in the Ukrainian program conduct research on 
Early-Modern culture; Romanticism; Modernism and Avant garde; the 
writings of Soviet Ukrainian dissidents; Postcolonial and 
Post-imperial cultural spaces; as well as on Postmodernism. 
Linguistic research focuses on discourse, pragmatics, gender 
linguistics and language pedagogy. All four professors are conversant 
with other Slavic and European cultures and take a comparative 
approach to the study of Ukrainian disciplines. Students may combine 
Ukrainian with the study of Comparative Literature, French, German, 
Italian, Polish, Russian, and/or Spanish, as well as Ukrainian 
Folklore. They may also pursue degrees in Translation Studies and in 
Humanities Computing.

The department provides a vibrant international environment for 
learning.  Graduate students in Ukrainian study literary or applied 
linguistics theory together with students in other disciplines. They 
also learn to teach Ukrainian as a second language in a general MLCS 
course devoted to language pedagogy. Graduate students in the 
department organize an annual international conference, devoted to 
topics of their own choice.  Among the various journals housed in 
MLCS, is Canadian Slavonic Papers. Thus, graduate students also have 
the opportunity to learn about the production of a scholarly journal.

The University of Alberta is an ideal place for the study of 
Ukrainian subjects. The Slavic holdings of our libraries are among 
the richest in North America.  The History and Classics Department 
has several historians who work on Ukraine, the Russian Empire, as 
well as on Ukrainian-Canadian topics. The university has a formal 
exchange with the University of Lviv.  It is also the home of the 
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, an important research center 
devoted to historical disciplines and diaspora studies. The program 
and the university regularly welcome internationally recognized 
scholars in Ukrainian studies as guest speakers and visiting 
lecturers.

Graduate students in the Ukrainian program have held some of the most 
prestigious scholarships offered by the University of Alberta. MLCS 
offers the Vasyl' Stus Graduate Recruitment Scholarship to promising 
applicants. Financial support is also available in the form of 
Teaching and Research Assistantships.  Students wishing to enter the 
Ukrainian program with financial support in September 2009 should 
apply by January 2, 2009.

Feel free to contact the staff of the Ukrainian Program to discuss 
your research interests and visit their respective pages:

Oleh Ilnytzkyj  <http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/mlcs/staff-ilnytzkyj.htm>

Alla Nedashkivska 
<http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/mlcs/staff-nedashkivska.htm>

Natalia Pylypiuk  <http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/mlcs/staff-pylypiuk.htm>

Irene Sywenky  <http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/mlcs/staff-sywenky.html>

For more information about pursuing graduate degrees in Ukrainian, 
please contact Natalia Pylypiuk, Graduate Advisor for the Ukrainian 
Program, at  <natalia.pylypiuk at ualberta.ca>


Natalia Pylypiuk
Modern Languages & Cultural Studies  [www.mlcs.ca]
200 Arts, University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E6