Head (Slavic studies section): Dr Marko Pavlyshyn
Fields of research
The Slavic studies section conducts and supervises research in Slavic literary and cultural studies and in Slavic linguistics. Members of the section also have research interests in the areas of comparative literature and cultural studies, as well as European studies.
Research in the field of literature focuses on Russian and Ukrainian literature, as well as comparative literature and literary and cultural theory in relation to Slavic literatures and cultures.
Linguistic research covers a wide spectrum of topics, both modern and historical, in Slavic and general linguistics, with special emphasis on contrastive linguistics and the morphology of contemporary Slavic languages.
Members of staff and their fields of special interest
Jonathan E M Clarke Theory of formal grammar; problems in inflectional morphology; history of Slavic linguistics.
Marko Pavlyshyn Contemporary Ukrainian literature and culture; issues in post-Soviet culture; Slavic cultures in Australia; rhetoric.
S Millicent Vladiv-Glover Comparative literature in relation to Russian and other Slavic literatures in a European context; modernism and the avant-garde; modern Slavic drama; the Lotman-Bakhtin school of structuralism; postmodernism in post-Soviet Russian culture.
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates are required to write a thesis on a topic approved by the section. The research programs of PhD candidates must lead to an original contribution to the study of language, literature or culture, and students will be encouraged to acquire a wide range of special skills ancillary to their subject; they will also be encouraged to engage in some teaching.
A PhD thesis is normally 60,000-90,000 words in length and is written in English.
Master of Arts
The MA is undertaken by thesis on a topic approved by the section. All students will be expected to report regularly to their supervisor throughout the year and are encouraged to attend postgraduate seminars and present papers on the subject of their research. The MA thesis is normally 40,000-60,000 words in length and is written in English.
Entry requirements
Applicants will normally have an honours degree with a grade of H2A or above in the relevant discipline or the equivalent.
The library
The Monash University library has a large collection of books in the literatures and cultures of the Slavic countries (especially Russia, Ukraine and the countries formerly comprising Yugoslavia) and in Slavic linguistics. There is a well-established inter-library loan system.
Conferences
The Slavic section runs conferences in its disciplinary areas and encourages its graduate students to participate in these and other appropriate conferences. Proceedings of such conferences have frequently been avenues for publications by graduate students.
Research abroad
The Slavic section has links to universities and other scholarly institutions in Slavic countries and assists graduate students in making arrangements to conduct research abroad.