Welcome
The University of Leeds has a long Russian Studies tradition; our Department was founded in 1918. Whilst mindful of this tradition, we are pioneering a dynamic twenty-first century approach to the subject, with a multi-media, cross-discipline combination of historical, political, social issues and artistic practices, led by our staff’s latest research.
In 2008 we introduced a new Russian degree programme, that has been praised for its academic rigour, breadth and variety, as well as its ability to equip the modern Arts graduate to be well placed to find employment. It features innovative modules reflecting the latest developments in language teaching, and incorporates subjects important to the modern world, such as visual culture and media, without sacrificing attention to the fundamentals of literature and cultural history.
The programme allows progression in four main thematic areas:
Language, Literature, Visual Culture and Russian Thought.
You can see a more detailed outline of the Russian programme, in our Undergraduate section. For a full list of programme combinations, please see our Admissions page.
The latest undergraduate Russian course newsletter is now available to download. Please click here for your copy
The images used on this website are taken from The Cyrillics, a collection of works created by artists from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Each image is dedicated to a letter of the Bulgarian alphabet. The project was supported by the National Programme for marking the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union in 2007. The images are reproduced here with the permission of the State Culture Institute under the Minister of Foreign Affairs
News
Dr Ekaterina Chown joins us from Sheffield in Semester 2 as replacement for Dr Vlad Strukov while he is on research leave. In addition to teaching Dr Strukov's seminars, she will be supervising final year dissertations, year abroad projects, and undertaking some language teaching.