CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

Professional Development: Vivid Project (for teachers of less-commonly-taught-languages)

Deadline: Applications received before July 15, 2024 will receive first consideration

The ViVID Project

A Full Year of Professional Development

Join a cohort of 10 LCTL Instructor Fellows
Learn from and with our core faculty
Open to LCTL instructors currently employed anywhere in the U.S.
Get a stipend of $100 per month for participating throughout the year

The ViVID Project provides opportunities for teachers of less-commonly-taught languages to form a lasting virtual community and use video-based feedback to develop skills in reflective teaching and peer observation.

More information

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

CFP/Conference: 9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (University of Hawai’i)

Deadlines: August 31, 2024 (Wkshps + Talk Story Sessions); September 30, 2024 (General Sessions)

The Department of Linguistics and the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are pleased to announce the…

9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation:

Navigating new realities in diaspora communities

March 6-8, 2025

Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA

http://www.icldc-hawaii.org

One notable achievement of the modern language documentation and conservation movement has been the (re)centering of community in language work. Rather than viewing language as an abstract system, documentary practice increasingly begins with the community, is guided by the community, and contributes to ongoing maintenance of language in the community. At the same time the nature of community is changing. Global forces of migration and urbanization have resulted in the displacement of language teachers and learners from their traditional communities, and in many cases these diaspora communities are now larger than the original communities from which they arose. And yet, whether intentionally or not, the practice of language documentation and conservation has largely ignored the diaspora in favor of more traditional undisplaced communities.

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

CFP/Conference: Telling Stories about the Dark Past

Deadline: August 15, 2024

Södertörns Högskola, Stockholm, 12-13 September, 2024

Storytelling takes place everywhere: in books, films, songs, magazines, and everyday conversations, as well as in school textbooks, in museums, and in academic research. But some stories are difficult and nearly always incomplete: stories about the past, and especially, about atrocities in the past. This is particularly noticeable in Eastern Europe, where constructions or reconstructions of national historical memory remain controversial, sensitive, and contested. Memories of past events tend to be fundamentally political. Governments establish or close museums of national trauma, promote some interpretations of historical events while rejecting or even legislating against others, erect or dismantle statues of national heroes, and institute new days of national commemoration. This conference will explore different uses of stories of the past, in a number of different contexts (in media productions, educational settings, academia and politics). This two-day conference at Södertörns Högskola in Stockholm seeks to attract established scholars, early career researchers, and PhD students conducting research on the Baltic countries or Central and Eastern Europe (including the Balkans).

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

Acad. Job: Full Time Lecturer in Russian (University of North Georgia)

Deadline: Open Until Filled (Start date: August 1, 2024)

The Department of Modern Languages at the University of North Georgia invites applicants for a Full-time Lectureship (with benefits) in Russian, on its Dahlonega campus with the possibility of teaching on multiple campuses. The appointment starts August 1, 2024.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to teach a wide range of undergraduate courses in Russian language, culture, and literature, with a minimum course load of 24 credit hours per academic year.
The ability to successfully incorporate technology at all levels of instruction is highly desirable.

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

CFP: Ethics in Aesthetics in Times of Crisis (Princeton Graduate Student Conference)

Deadline: July 7, 2024

Princeton University Graduate Student Conference, September 27-28, 2024

The Art of Answerability:

Ethics as Aesthetics in Times of Crisis

Co-organizers: Kathleen Mitchell-Fox, Melvin Thomas, Yazhe Yang, Princeton UniversityInter arma silent Musae (“in times of war the Muses are silent”) – does this phrase still ring true today? To paraphrase Adorno, is writing poetry after Auschwitz “barbaric?” What can or should art do in today’s world of high-speed intercultural communication and, moreover, in times of crisis? For Mikhail Bakhtin, art and life were supposed to “become united” in an act of aesthetic answerability. Answerability to what, or better yet, answerability to whom?

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

Job: Program Associate (Kennan Institute)

Deadline: July 12, 2024

The Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute seeks a Program Associate to take a leading role in working, with the Program Director and Deputy Director, in defining Kennan Institute (KI) strategic goals related to activities in and around Russia, Ukraine and the region.

This position closes on July 12, 2024, or after 100 applications have been received. For full qualifications and instructions on how to apply, please view this position on USAJobs: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/797890900. Only applications submitted through USAJobs will be considered.

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

Grad Program: Junior Visiting Researcher/Doctoral Candidate

Deadline: July 20, 2024

Employment opportunity: If you are in possession of an MA degree and interested in gender and literature, come work with us on the new project of the EDGES/GEMMA/GRACE consortium: EUTERPE: European Literatures and Gender from a Transnational Perspective, a Marie Curie Doctoral Training network.

As Coordinator of the EUTERPE Project, the Department of Gender Studies at the Central European University (CEU, Austria), invites applications for a Junior Visiting Researcher / Doctoral Candidate position. The successful applicant is offered a 48-month term of doctoral studies of which max. 25 months are financed from the EU-funded EUTERPE project according to EU rules and min. 23 months are financed from CEU Doctoral Stipend according to CEU rules. The successful candidate will be based at the Department of Gender Studies in Vienna.

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

Conference/CFP: ICCEES XI World Congress: ‘Disruption’

Deadline for Submissions: October 31, 2024

The International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) is proud to announce that its upcoming XI World Congress will be hosted by University College London around the theme of “disruption”. The regions covered by ICCEES are currently navigating a period of profound change and rupture, particularly in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Recent events have shown the need to disrupt conventional approaches to thinking about, studying, and researching these regions – their histories, cultures, languages, politics, economics, infrastructures, and societies. Place-specific knowledge is as vital as ever in understanding how local and regional processes interact with transregional and global dynamics. At the same time, the need to reassess our methodologies, assumptions, and perspectives has never been more urgent. It is against this backdrop of transformation that we invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners to engage in conversations that push the boundaries of conventional understandings of past events and contemporary developments.

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024

Job: Criminal Investigator (Department of Homeland Security)

Deadline: July 3, 2024

As a Criminal Investigator, at the full performance level, you will perform the following duties:

Conduct and coordinate high-level comprehensive investigations involving individuals, groups, or large organizations operating at a local, national, or international level.
Use electronic surveillance, interviews, polygraph examination, and physical surveillance to obtain evidence in investigative cases.
Make arrests, confront multiple suspects, and secure scenes sometimes under potentially dangerous and hazardous environments.
Take part in securing signed statements, affidavits, and documentary evidence for inclusion in reports or case records.
Prepare sworn testimony on behalf of the government in criminal and federal grand jury cases.
Communicate with native speakers, including the general public and/or law enforcement entities in support of investigative activities.

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024

CFP: 22nd Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies

Deadline: September 10, 2024

The UCLA Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies Committee invites current graduate students and recent graduates (MA or PhD within the last two years) to present their research at the 22nd Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies on February 21, 2025. Research papers will be accepted on all aspects of Armenian studies, including but not limited to language, literature, history, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, economics, and art history. Papers that make use of comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged.