June 10- Aug 5, 2007 in Pushkinskie Gory, Russia

*Please note: application deadline extended to Feb. 15, 2007

A unique program designed exclusively for Graduate Students and recent PhDs!

Mikhailovskoe Slavic Scholars is an innovative new program designed to meet the professional development and language study needs of individuals who are pursuing a career in Slavic studies. The program is intended for graduate students, junior faculty and recent PhDs who already possess advanced level Russian language proficiency, but who are looking for additional intensive language training and stimulating topics courses. Through a rigorous 8-week program of advanced language and literature courses, participants will work toward developing the professional-level Russian language skills necessary to give professional papers and conduct literature and culture courses in Russian. In addition to completing coursework (see below), participants will have an opportunity to develop and deliver an academic lecture in Russian on a topic of their choice at a symposium at the end of the program.

2007 Course offerings:

• Registers of Russian Philology: Syntax and Stylistics (Weeks 1-8)
• Пушкин в Михайловском (Weeks 1-2)
• Русский формализм и структурализм (Weeks 3-4)
• Раннее Советское кино: 20е-30е годы (Weeks 5-6)
• Борис Акунин: между высокой и массовой литературами (Weeks 7-8)

Applications due: February 15, 2007. Notification by March 1, 2007

Estimated program cost: $4900 (including room, board, one meal/day; not including airfare)

Program cost will depend on the number of participants, but shall not exceed $5500 (not including airfare).

At this point, scholarships are not available. Applicants are encouraged to apply for summer FLAS funding for the program from their home universities.

Contact program coordinators Laura Little and Molly Thomasy at pushkin@slavic.wisc.edu

The 2007 Mikhailovskoe Slavic Scholars Program is a partnership between the Wisconsin Center for Pushkin Studies (UW-Madison), and the Piligrim Humanitarian-Cultural Center in St. Petersburg.