Dr. Gail Lenhoff

Professor

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Biography

Gail Lenhoff is a Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures at UCLA. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature with a focus on Russian, French, and German modernism from the University of Michigan in 1971. Lenhoff continued her academic journey at the same institution, where she earned a Master's degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures in 1974 and a Ph.D. in 1978, specializing in Medieval Russian Languages and Literatures. Her research primarily focuses on Medieval Russian Literature from 988 to 1700, exploring themes in Byzantine, Kievan, and Muscovite political economic history, Orthodox liturgy, and theology. She has a keen interest in iconography, textual criticism, and form criticism. Lenhoff offers a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including subjects such as Medieval Russian History, Russian Drama, and surveys of 17th to 19th Century Russian Literature, providing students with insights into the rich literary traditions of Russia.

Research Interests

Medieval Russian Literature Byzantine Political Economic History Kievan Political Economic History Muscovite Political Economic History Orthodox Liturgy Theology Iconography Textual Criticism Form Criticism

Courses

Undergraduate Russian Civilization Medieval Russian History Russian Drama Dostoevsky Tolstoy Nabokov Graduate Medieval Russian Literature Seventeenth-Century Russian Literature Eighteenth-Century Russian Literature Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature Introduction Analysis Literary Texts Proseminar Greek Foundations Russian Culture History Narrative Saints Kiev Northeast Rus’ Topics Muscovite Culture Topics Seventeenth-Century Literature Topics

Requirements for University of California Los Angeles

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:160
Analytical Writing
Required:5
Overall
Required:5
TOEFL
Total
Required:87
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree Strong background in Economics and Mathematics
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.