Schools with strong graduate history?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi everyone!</p>

<p>I am wanting to find a school with a strong graduate program in Russian history and I'm finding it to be a very overwhelming and daunting task on my own. Does anyone have any suggestions or experiences to share?</p>

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<p>Check out Stanford University <a href=“https://www.stanford.edu/dept/DLCL/cgi-bin/web/dept/slavic[/url]”>https://www.stanford.edu/dept/DLCL/cgi-bin/web/dept/slavic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>This post is all “iono, but here are some ways you could get closer to knowing.” I hope you find it helpful! I wish I could be more authoritative.</p>

<p>If your school has any professors of history, they are much more likely to know than the people on this (undergraduate-focused, although that’s not always apparent) forum. Especially in fairly small niches, there may be clear rankings, but they won’t necessarily be published or known to people outside the field.</p>

<p>Professors you should talk to at your college (or graduate students you like; ask what other programs they were considering):

  1. Russian history
  2. Other Slavic / eastern European history
  3. Russian language
  4. Other Slavic language
    Corollary to 3 and 4: If your school doesn’t have any and you don’t already know some Russian, you should maybe consider your reasons for doing this.</p>

<p>If your school’s offerings are limited in all those 4 areas, maybe go to your career services office. I don’t think they’re always the best on this, but they should be more help than nothing.</p>

<p>I think for Russian history, you might not be applying to work so much with an entire department as with one or two professors. (That might be true of graduate school in general.) Do you have a preferred period of Russian history? Have you read any books or articles on it lately? Where does the professor who wrote it work? Where were they educated? Etc. If that turns up too few, try finding conference proceedings and finding the work and education of the presenters. I could only find this one (on modern Russian history) within the first 30 seconds of Google, but it’s one place to start. [Place</a>, Space and Power in Modern Russian History: A Conference in Honor of Abbott Gleason : The Watson Institute for International Studies](<a href=“Upcoming Events | Watson Institute”>Upcoming Events | Watson Institute) [Place</a>, Space and Power in Modern Russian History: A Conference in Honor of Abbott Gleason : The Watson Institute for International Studies](<a href=“Upcoming Events | Watson Institute”>Upcoming Events | Watson Institute)</p>

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<p>Thanks M & exultationsy!
exultationsy, your post was quite helpful. I’ve talked to a few of my Prof. but the schools ( and theirs ) main focus is “Border History” (I’m in El Paso)
My preferred area is Imperial Russia and the Romanov’s but I’m also interested in ancient Russia… basically anything prior to the revolution. I appreciate you taking the time to google some info for me! Thanks again!</p>

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<p>Have you searched in CC to see if this topic has already been discussed?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/983552-phd-programs-russian-studies.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/983552-phd-programs-russian-studies.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Harvard, Columbia, Michigan, Duke, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Indiana, Berkeley, Illinois, Stanford, North Carolina, U Washington, Kansas, maybe, Pittsburgh</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>Columbia
Harvard
Chicago</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford
Michigan
Berkeley</p></li>
<li><p>Duke
Princeton</p></li>
<li><p>Indiana
Illinois</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>In addition to thibault’s list in post #7, I also hear Yale has a very strong Russian Language and Studies department.</p>