US Students Show Renewed Interest in Russian Studies

RIA Novosti: "... he didn’t realize he was part of a national trend that experts say is a small but significant sign of revitalized American interest in all things Russian..."

Abramovich Tops List of Most Charitable Russians

MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich is Russia’s most generous philanthropist, having spent $310 million on charity out of his fortune of $12.8 billion in the past three years, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

U.S. Needs a Russia Strategy

Andrei P Tsygankov (San Francisco State University) for The Moscow Times: "The new conventional wisdom among Russia experts in the U.S. seems to be that the agenda of the two sides' relationship will have to be limited to issues of nuclear arms control."

Testimonials

Vincent Hyland, Summer school 2010

There is nothing quite like leaving your dormitory, with it’s 19th-century facade, and walking down the street every morning for «sirniki» and «chai» and then grabbing your «Rossiiskaia Gazeta» and running off to take classes on Russian history and culture in a marble palace!

International MA in Russian and Eurasian Studies (IMARES)

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Whether because of global energy concerns, regional and ethnic conflicts, economic growth, migration, East-West relations, or political unpredictability, the Eurasian space continues to attract international attention. The International MA in Russian and Eurasian Studies (IMARES) at EUSP is designed to meet this strong interest by engaging the many analytical challenges posed therein.

IMARES provides training in the politics, economy, society, and history of Russia and neighboring Eurasian states. It combines the highest standards of teaching in English by Russian and international faculty with the advantages of living in St. Petersburg, Russia’s cultural capital. A separate teaching module on Empire and Islam is offered in Kazan, the city where Slavic and Turkic civilizations meet. We offer a comprehensive and varied curriculum.

IMARES, an advanced graduate program for students who already hold a B.A. degree or its equivalent, offers training and research opportunities as well as firsthand experience to get a close feel for Russia and the many other countries in the wider region. In 1998 this program began as M.A. in Russian Studies. More than 250 international students have taken our Russian Studies courses and about 120 M.A. degrees have been awarded.

IMARES Advisory Council

Harley Balzer, Georgetown University
Dominique Colas, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
Alexander Etkind, Cambridge University
Markku Kivinen, University of Helsinki
Stephen Kotkin, Princeton University
Michael Urban, University of California — Santa Cruz
Alexei Yurchak, University of California — Berkeley

International MA in Russian and Eurasian Studies (IMARES)
European University at St. Petersburg
3 Gagarinskaia Street
191187 St. Petersburg, RUSSIA
Tel./fax +7 (812) 386 7648
e-mail: imares@eu.spb.ru

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Application

Would this cause a problem if my application and the recommendation letters come in at different times? Should I wait to send my application until the recommenders are ready with their letters?

You can submit your application in portions. Your recommenders can email their letters of recommendation to imares@eu.spb.ru at different times before the deadline (30 April or 30 October).