MSSI 2026 Application

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13th Biennial Medieval Slavic Summer Institute (MSSI)

To fill out this application you will need to:

Upload a current curriculum vitae/c.v.*
Upload unofficial transcripts of your coursework*
*File formats .pdf, .doc, .docx will be accepted; max file size is 5 MB.
Provide the name and contact information of your academic advisor and request that they email a letter of recommendation on letterhead to hilandar@osu.edu
Write a statement of purpose focusing on your academic background, scholarly interests, and objectives.
1. Indicate why you are interested in attending the Medieval Slavic Summer Institute.
2. Indicate what, if any, experience you have had working with medieval Slavic texts and with manuscripts of any tradition.
3. Please list all modern and pre-modern languages you have studied and rate your comprehension level.
4. Please include a list of any courses you have had relevant to medieval studies and to Slavic, Byzantine, and Orthodox culture and history.
5. Please indicate if there are particular types of texts you would like to study during the MSSI. Please specify genres, titles, recensions, timeframe, etc.

Personal Information

Last Name (official)

First Name (official)

First Name (preferred)

Email (preferred)

Email (secondary optional)

Phone

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Country

Postal or Zip Code

Institutional Information

Are you an Ohio State University applicant?

Non-Ohio State Applicant Information

Institutional Affliation

Will you need housing during the MSSI?

Your Proposed Date of Arrival

Your Proposed Date of Departure

Do you need to receive credit hours for your participation in the MSSI?

Academic Level - pre-MA, post-MA, PhD.ABD, PhD, etc.

Upload Your Curriculum Vitae (CV)

File formats .pdf, .doc, .docx will be accepted; max file size is 5 MB.

Upload an unofficial transcript of courses

File formats .pdf, .doc, .docx will be accepted; max file size is 5 MB.

Please indicate your knowledge of Old Church Slavonic

(none, elementary, intermediate, advanced)

Do you want to be considered for financial support?