Deadline: March 30, 2020
ASEEES is offering travel grants for ASEEES members to present at the 2020 MAG International Congress on June 23-25 in Minsk, Belarus: www.aseees.org/programs/summer-convention-travel-grant
Call for Nominations: 2020 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Award
Deadline: April 1, 2020
ASEEES Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award honors members of the profession who have made major contributions to the field through scholarship of the highest quality, mentoring, leadership, and/or service to the profession. The prize is intended to recognize diverse contributions across the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies field.
The deadline for nominations is April 1: www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/distinguished-contributions-award
Funding: ASEEES Internship Grant Program
Deadline: February 17, 2020
Thanks to the generous support of the US-Russia Foundation, ASEEES is pleased to announce the new Internship Grant Program: www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-internship-grant-program
This program provides MA, PhD, and professional school students and recent graduates with grants that make it possible for them to accept unpaid or underpaid internships in areas directly related to Russian studies. The program promotes the entry of young scholars with considerable Russian studies expertise into sectors outside of traditional academia. These internships must be in the US and should be substantial in duration and responsibilities, lasting two months for summer internships and four months for internships during a semester in the regular academic year. The grant offers $2,000 a month, to be paid directly to the grantee during their internship. ASEEES is also working to secure funding for a similar program to support internships related to non-Russian aspects of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
CFP: 2020 Annual ASEEES Convention (Washington, DC)
Deadline: (Extended) February 17, 2020
- Because February 15th falls on a Saturday, the deadline is extended for ALL panel, roundtable, individual paper, lightning round presentation submissions to February 17, 11:59pm PT: www.aseees.org/convention/cfp
- Please carefully review the rules for participation.
- ALL individual paper and lightning round presentation submitters and panel/roundtable organizers in the US and abroad MUST be ASEEES members in order to submit a proposal. Please review the membership rules for participation. Renew your membership today: www.aseees.org/membership/individual.
- Starting this year, we are accepting film screening proposals online. All film screening proposals and affiliate group meeting requests are due by April 1.
- Other ancillary event space requests must be submitted by August 3.
- Looking for a panel to join or need paper presenters, chairs, or discussants? See the Panel/Paper Wanted Board.
- With any inquiries about the convention, please contact Margaret Manges, the convention manager, at aseees.convention@pitt.edu If you need assistance logging into the ASEEES members site or are experiencing other technical difficulties, please contact aseees@pitt.edu
Study Abroad: Faculty Opportunities/Custom Programs with Council on International Educational Exchange (Russia)
Deadline: Ongoing
In addition to semester and summer programs, the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) offers custom programs in Russia. Our experienced onsite staff work with faculty and study-abroad advisors to plan and deliver rigorous, culturally rich, safe—and enjoyable—programs. We offer many options to ensure a top-quality program that meets your academic requirements and provides U.S. students with total immersion in a fascinating cultural experience.
Continue reading “Study Abroad: Faculty Opportunities/Custom Programs with Council on International Educational Exchange (Russia)”Job: Teach English in Vladimir, Russia (The American Home)
Deadline: March 1, 2020
1) American English Program Teaching Positions – Application Deadline March 1, 2020 (www.serendipity-russia.com/teach.html)
The American English Program has been helping Vladimir residents to learn English since 1992 and currently has more than 600 students each semester who are taught by 10 American and 4 Russian teachers.
PROGRAM BENEFITS: monthly stipend, room and board with a Russian family, three hours per week of one-to-one Russian lessons with experienced instructors, thorough teacher orientation and ongoing teaching support from 2 full-time teacher supervisors, textbooks customized specifically for our program, a pleasant and well-equipped teaching environment, full Russian visa application support, complete on-site administrative support from an excellent Russian staff, and much more.
TEACHER OBLIGATIONS: Plan and teach four (possibly 5) 1½ hour classes that meet twice a week, hold office hours, present a brief “Saturday lecture” on any aspect of American culture, airfare to and from Moscow, visa fee, obtain TESOL certification.
Continue reading “Job: Teach English in Vladimir, Russia (The American Home)”Resource: SMARTool for Learners of Russian
Announcing the SMARTool for learners of Russian (Strategic Mastery in Acquiring Rich morphology Tool), a free open-source resource you can find here: https://smartool.github.io/smartool-rus-eng/.
SMARTools: Strategic Mastery in Acquiring Rich morphology: Tools for language learning
Many languages have “rich morphology”, meaning that words can have many different forms to signal grammatical categories such as case, number, tense, etc. Rich morphology presents a challenge for second language learners because even a basic vocabulary of a few thousand words can entail mastery of over a hundred thousand word forms. This is particularly the case with Slavic languages like Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Croatian, Baltic languages like Lithuanian and Latvian, and Uralic languages like Finnish and Estonian, but not irrelevant for a Romance language like Spanish with large paradigms for verbs. However, only a handful of the potential forms of any given word occur frequently, while the remainder are rare (some vanishingly so).
Continue reading “Resource: SMARTool for Learners of Russian”Prof. Dev. : Webinar: Academic Job Market in Russian Language, Literature & Culture
Event Date: February 25, 2020
The Academic Job Market in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture: Preparation, Pitfalls, and Pathways
led by Karen Evans-Romaine
Tuesday, February 25, 4:30-6:00 PM EST
Register now
On the academic job market in Russian? Karen Evans-Romaine, professor of Russian in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic and director of the Russian Flagship program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison will talk about applying for academic positions in Russian language, literature, and culture, including documents that go into the dossier, preparing for first-round and campus interviews, and other aspects of the job application process. There will be plenty of time allotted for questions.
Register at https://actr.wildapricot.org/event-3736856
The webinar is free for current ACTR members ($15 fee for non-members)
All registered participants will receive access to the webinar recording. Register even if you cannot attend the webinar live.
Certificate of participation will be emailed upon request
Conference: Community-Based Heritage Language Schools: Promoting Collaboration and Advocacy Among Educators (Washington, DC)
Event Date: October 10, 2020
Community-Based Heritage Language Schools:
Promoting Collaboration and Advocacy Among Educators,
Families, and Researchers
American University, Washington, DC
Informative sessions and practical workshops for school administers, teachers, and researchers will include best practices for effective instruction; engaging with state and national organizations and embassies to advocate for your school; engaging and collaborating with parents and community members; hiring, training, and retaining effective teachers; and gaining language recognition for students through the Seal of Biliteracy and the Global Seal.
Would you like to be a conference sponsor or exhibitor at the conference? Do you have any questions?
Please let us know! joy@peytons.us
Registration will begin in June 2020.
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Job: Short-term Paid Summer English Teaching Opportunity in Moscow
Deadline: February 2020
«Our Children» Education Center
Our camp has been working since 2016. All teachers are native speakers from USA and Great Britain. We need creative, energetic native English-speakers with experience teaching children or working at a summer camp. The job will last 4-5 weeks. After the completion of this 4-5 week contract, teachers will have the opportunity to remain in Russia on their own time and at their own expense until their visa expires (possibly for two more months). Talented teachers may have the opportunity to remain in Russia to teach for the «Our Children» Education Center for the 2020-2021 school year.
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