Dr. Valerie Kivelson

Professor

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Biography

Valerie Kivelson is the Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of History at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the history of medieval and early modern Russia, including areas such as cartography, witchcraft, and political culture. Kivelson's notable publications include 'Desperate Magic: Moral Economy Witchcraft Seventeenth-Century Russia' and 'Cartographies Tsardom: Land Meanings Seventeenth-Century Russia', which have contributed significantly to the field of Russian history. In 2014, she received the Michigan Humanities Award and has served as a Steelcase Research Professor Fellow at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities. Kivelson has also been recognized with several prizes, including the 2007 Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies and the Bainton History Theology Prize from the Sixteenth Century Society Conference for her achievements in historical scholarship.

Research Interests

Experience

Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

— Present

University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI

Serving as a faculty member specializing in medieval and early modern Russian history.

Awards

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Michigan Humanities Award

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Heldt Prize

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Bainton History Theology Prize

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
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  • Academic Statement of Purpose
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Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science