Category: Job Postings

Deadline: November 1, 2021

The department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the area of post-Soviet Russian literature and culture. In addition to a Ph.D. by August 2022 and significant scholarly potential, native or near-native fluency in Russian and English is required. The successful applicant will be expected to teach both graduate and undergraduate courses, including courses in the University’s general education program.

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Deadline: October 31, 2021

The Department of Russian at Dartmouth College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Russian Studies, to begin July 1, 2022. We are especially interested in applicants with expertise in post-Soviet and contemporary literature, language, and culture; with a focus on the non-Russian cultures of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; or on ethnicity/nationality/race in the former Soviet bloc. Qualified candidates must have a Ph. D. in Slavic languages and literatures or a related field at the start of appointment; native or near-native fluency in Russian and English; and the ability to teach language at all levels.  In addition to specialized courses that reflect their research interests, the person in this position will also be expected to teach core courses in Russian literature and culture and to lead the joint (with the Government Department and the Irving Energy Institute) Foreign Study Program to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Irkutsk. Faculty are also expected to be actively involved in contributing to the vital intellectual and extracurricular life of the department. Qualified candidates should demonstrate initiative and organizational experience as well as willingness to serve the larger College community. For a full description of the position and to apply, please see https://apply.interfolio.com/92353.

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Deadline: Open Until Filled

Working on behalf of the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation (IPLC), https://ivpluslibraries.org/, the Web Collection Librarian coordinates the IPLC Web Collecting Program, a collaborative collection development effort to build curated, thematic collections of freely available but at-risk web content in order to support research at participating Libraries and beyond.

The Web Collection Librarian will perform the operational work of maintaining and growing the existing 30 collaborative IPLC thematic web collections and building new web collections–including web harvesting, website owner notifications, quality assurance, description and organization, disclosure, assessment, preservation, and outreach for public use–while working closely with IPLC stakeholders to help coordinate the collaborative Program. The ideal candidate is a focused and detail-oriented information professional with outstanding communication skills and demonstrated experience with collaboration, equally suited and committed to in-depth web collection building and high-profile collaborative outreach with IPLC participants and the research library community. 

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Deadline: Open Until Filled

Stanford Libraries is seeking a full-time Head Librarian for Bowes Art and Architecture Library.  The Libraries values are rooted in a commitment of mutual respect, the idea that every member of the staff has something to contribute, and that learning is constant.  We seek a team member who is ready to share their skills and perspectives.

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Deadline: Open Until Filled

The University of Central Asia seeks to fill in a full-time position at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration. In your role as a Research Assistant, you will be contributing to IPPA’s research and training projects in the area of economic and social studies.

Main Duties and Responsibilities 

• Research Fellow is expected to carry out the following duties:
• Assist IPPA project staff in its various functions, including project support, document drafting and research assistance;
• Work with financial reporting programs;
• Collect and process qualitative and quantitative information related to the economic and social development of the Central Asian countries through desk research and relevant communications with national and international stakeholders;
• Draft research papers and reports as required;
• Update material on a regular basis for the University’s electronic library and databases;
• Assist IPPA staff with different logistical and organizational activities.

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Deadline: August 31, 2021

Summary of Position and Key Responsibilities
The University of Central Asia (UCA) seeks to fill the full-time position of Director of the Aga Khan Humanities Project (AKHP).  AKHP, launched in 1995, has advanced a bold approach to teaching the humanities through courses that are interdisciplinary, rather than multidisciplinary, focusing on specific skills of reasoning and aesthetic appreciation. Interdisciplinary learnings offer a coherent exploration of reality that cuts across various disciplines of humanities that include, literature, history, social sciences, music, architecture, drama, poetry, folklore, and whatever in the natural sciences is concerned with human origins and human consciousness.

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