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Welcome to Russian and East European Studies

Russian and East European Studies is part of the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies.  The Programme runs two masters courses, research projects, and a number of workshops and conferences each year. The University of Oxford has a long tradition of research and teaching in the REES field built up by many distinguished scholars, including Isaiah Berlin. There is a large scholarly community with interests in this field and currently over 60 doctoral students working on the region.

General enquiries can be sent to: rees.enquiries@area.ox.ac.uk

Learn more about graduate admissions on the Oxford University channel on YouTube. Follow links on the right hand side of the YouTube page to learn more about 'Academic Life', 'Colleges', 'Life in Oxford' and 'Funding'.

Application deadlines for entry in 2012/13

18th November 2011

20th January 2012

9th March 2012

Further information about the admissions process for entry in 2012/13 is available on this site under 'Prospective Students' and via the Graduate Admissions website . 

Calling REES Alumni!

We are updating our records and would like to hear from all REES alumni so that we can invite you to REES events and hear your news.

Please get in touch with alexia.lewis@area.ox.ac.uk

Latest News

  • Dr Gwendolyn Sasse awarded large Leverhulme Trust Project on Migration

    Dr Gwendolyn Sasse, SIAS, DPIR and Nuffield College, has been awarded a three-year Leverhulme Trust Project on Political Remittances: Understanding the Political Impacts of Migration. This project aims to complement the research on the types and impacts of economic remittances.


    Updated: 20 Jan 2012  Read more...
  • St Cross College MPhil Scholarship

    St Cross College has announced a new MPhil Scholarship for students of the Humanities and Social Sciences division, who will  begin their studies at the University of Oxford in 2012-13 . Prospective students for the MPhil in Russian and East European Studies, will therefore be eligible to apply for this college scholarship. Please visit MPhil Scholarship page of the St Cross website for further information and details on how to apply.


    Updated: 08 Dec 2011  Read more...
  • Dr Sasse will chair a discussion about revolutions and art at Modern Art Oxford

    Ukraines Orange Revolution in 2004 became a crucial moment for a new generation of Ukrainian contemporary artists. Jerzy Onuch, Director of the Polish Cultural Institute, New York, provided a platform for these artists in the midst of the mass demonstrations in the centre of Kyiv. He and Dr Olga Onuch, Petro-Jacyk Post-Doctoral Prize Fellow, University of Toronto, will bring this experience to life in a conversation with Dr Gwendolyn Sasse, Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
    Updated: 13 Jun 2011  Read more...
  • AHRC Early Career Fellowship Award

    Dr Nicolette Makovicky has been awarded an AHRC Early Career Fellowship for the project 'Re-making the Gorale: Regional Identity, European Union cultural policy and new models of 'entrepreneurial' citizenship in the Carpathian borderlands'. The fellowship will run from June 1, 2011 until February, 2012.
    Updated: 01 Jun 2011  Read more...
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Events Calendar

Week of Monday 23 January 2012

Monday 23rd

The Soviet Construction of a Borderland Identity in Azerbaijan before the Second World War

Political development and state building in Georgia: the last twenty years

Tuesday 24th

Czelaw Milosz: Guilliver of the 20th Century

Wednesday 25th

Thursday 26th

REES Forum: The Post-Communist Middle Class

Class Inequalities in Health and Social Welfare Affecting the Elderly in Russia: Have they Increased in the Transition Period?”

Svoi and čužie:defining key Russian social categories

Friday 27th

The political and legal dimensions of foreign investment in Russia

Saturday 28th

Sunday 29th