Graduate Programs

Explore Our Graduate Programs

Our excellent faculty, coupled with our strong Slavic library and museum collections, makes the UO an ideal place to study. REEES offers two pathways for graduate students: an interdisciplinary master's degree and a graduate certificate. Many of our graduates have been accepted to prestigious PhD programs, while others have launched successful careers in a range of fields.


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Master’s Degree

Within our dynamic interdisciplinary master's program, graduate students explore Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies through courses in a host of departments across the UO, from anthropology and art history to political science and religious studies.


Graduate Certificate

UO students with a special interest in Russia, Eastern Europe, or former Soviet Eurasia can pursue a REEES graduate certificate in conjunction with their primary degree.


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Courses

Graduate courses in REEES give students the opportunity to concentrate on one of three broad fields: Russian Literature; Russia and Eastern European History; or Contemporary Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. Learn more about our graduate courses and Russian language offerings.


Graduate student Chutong Liu

Where Does “South” Start in Central Asia?

"Central Asia faces, on the one hand, the task of re-shaping its own national identities and, on the other, the difficulty of defining their position on the world stage. The coexistence of internal barriers and external constraints makes Central Asia one of the territories that reflect and experience the interlinked nature of today’s world, where the most historically “natural” political practices no longer accord with international norms."

—Chutong Liu, doctoral student in Comparative Literature, winner of the NYU Jordan Center's Graduate Student Essay Competition

 


Funding Your Studies

Most graduate students in the MA program receive funding through graduate employment. Learn more about funding your graduate studies.

Funding and Research Support

Prepare for a Career

Graduates from our MA program have done exceedingly well in finding jobs worldwide. Our department offers many resources to help students launch exciting careers.

Career and Professional Development


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Our Graduate Students

Connect with peers in the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies program and find helpful resources for our graduate community.

Resources for the Graduate Community


Events

Let's Talk - Wednesdays 2-4PM @ BCC
Dec6
Let's Talk - Wednesdays 2-4PM @ BCC Dec 6 Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center
Special Collections Research Fellows Speaker Series: Zoey Kambour, 2023 Martha Thorsland Baker Fellow
Dec21
Special Collections Research Fellows Speaker Series: Zoey Kambour, 2023 Martha Thorsland Baker Fellow Dec 21
Reading by Claire Luchette & Morgan Thomas
Jan10
Reading by Claire Luchette & Morgan Thomas Jan 10 Knight Library
Special Collections Research Fellows Speaker Series
Jan18
Special Collections Research Fellows Speaker Series Jan 18
New Media and Culture Certificate Open House
Jan22
New Media and Culture Certificate Open House Jan 22 Knight Library
Wine Chat: "The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture"
Jan25
Wine Chat: "The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture" Jan 25 Capitello Wines
Never Convicted, Never Prosecuted: How Traitors Wrote Their Way Out of Prison and Into Lost Cause Mythology
Jan30
Never Convicted, Never Prosecuted: How Traitors Wrote Their Way Out of Prison and Into Lost Cause Mythology Jan 30 McKenzie Hall
Winter Career & Internship Expo
Feb1
Winter Career & Internship Expo Feb 1 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Guest Worker: Lives across Borders in an Age of Prosperity, 1919-75
Feb13
Guest Worker: Lives across Borders in an Age of Prosperity, 1919-75 Feb 13 McKenzie Hall
Poetry Reading by Aaron Baker 
Feb14
Poetry Reading by Aaron Baker  Feb 14 Knight Library