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

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Acad. Job: Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian (Middlebury College, Vermont)

Deadline: February 1, 2025

The Department of Russian invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, one year position to begin in Fall 2025. Research specialization is open. Applicants should demonstrate an ability to teach Russian literature and culture, native or near-native fluency in Russian and English, and interest and experience in teaching language at the undergraduate level. Candidates are expected to teach in the fall/spring semesters as well as in winter term.

Applications must be received by 1 February. Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Email and paper applications will not be accepted. At Middlebury, we strive to make our campus a respectful, engaged community that embraces differences, with all the complexity and individuality each person brings. Candidates should provide evidence of commitment to undergraduate teaching and scholarly potential. Please submit a letter of application through Interfolio, including a statement of teaching philosophy, curriculum vitae, and three current letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching ability. Please include in your letter reference to how your teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and/or community service might support our commitment to diversity and inclusion, with concrete examples from your experience where possible.

More information is available at http://apply.interfolio.com/161678 . Review of applications will begin on February 1 and continue until the position is filled.

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Job: Remote Translators Needed for Legal Interpretation, Russian (Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network)

The Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (GAIN) is a nonprofit organization that protects and empowers immigrant survivors of crime and persecution. We are seeking individuals who can provide remote Russian-English interpretation for nonprofit lawyers working with detained Russian-speaking immigrants. These individuals are held in immigration detention with little to no access to legal representation. Providing interpretation ensures that GAIN attorneys can expand their legal services to a population that is disproportionately detained and often isolated while in detention.

Payment is $25/hour. All interpretation sessions will take place virtually via Skype. Scheduling for client meetings is flexible, with meetings occurring between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM EST and lasting no longer than an hour on any given day.

If interested, please email your contact information to Alizeh Sheikh at asheikh@georgiaasylum.org. We will maintain your contact information on a private internal list and contact you only as needed.

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

CFP: II International Conference “Dostoevsky: Multiple Perspectives” (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Deadline: January 31, 2025

Just as Russian culture and literature, Dostoevsky’s work can be approached from a multidisciplinary perspective. Philosophical, historical, sociological, psychological, religious aspects, and many others are part of the history of the criticism of Dostoevsky’s works. With the title “Dostoevsky: Multiple Perspectives”, the conference seeks to broaden this debate in Brazil and is open to the participation of Dostoevsky scholars from across the country for the presentation of papers.

The Brazilian Dostoevsky Society invites all of the researchers interested in discussing the life and work of the writer to participate in the II International Conference “Dostoevsky: Multiple Perspectives”, which will be held on March 26-27, 2025.

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

CFP: International Conference – Language Standardization: Trends and Challenges (Tbilisi State University, Georgia)

Deadline: February 25, 2025

Language policy makers, literary language theorists, language standardization and codification specialists are invited to the international conference

“Language Standardization: Trends and Challenges” (LSTC) organized jointly by the State Language Department of Georgia, Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, Tbilisi State University and Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the History of Linguistics.

The conference will be held on 14-15 April 2025 at Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia).

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Study Abroad: The Evolution of a Patronal Autocracy: The Case of Russia (Central European University, Budapest)

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Course date: July 21–25, 2025

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has heightened the geopolitical importance of the region, catalyzing significant shifts in Eastern Europe and Eurasia – including Russia itself. To fully grasp these changes, a deep understanding of Russia’s post-communist evolution is crucial, coupled with a comparative analytical framework tailored to the region’s complexities.
This course, led by esteemed Eastern European and Russian émigré scholars, will explore the political, economic, and social dynamics that have shaped Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, extending to the present ramifications of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Participants will engage in lectures and discussions to analyze Russia’s development trajectory, examining concepts like informality, patronal autocracy, and relational economy to assess the trends of democratization and de-democratization. Transcending the conventional “hybrid regime” paradigm of political science, this course introduces participants to new interdisciplinary approaches informed by the Eurasian literature on the region.

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Study Abroad: The Evolution of a Patronal Democracy: The Case of Ukraine (Central European University, Budapest)

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Course Date: July 14–18, 2025

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has not only endangered Ukraine’s sovereignty but also highlighted the regional power dynamics and the ongoing struggle between autocratic and democratic governance structures in Eastern Europe. This course examines Ukraine’s structural evolution since its independence, providing an essential framework for understanding the contemporary shifts in its political, economic, and social landscape—particularly through the lens of “patronal democracy,” which governs Ukraine’s unique political dynamics.

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

OVD-Info Prize for Master’s and PhD Research on Repression, Surveillance and Censorship in Contemporary Russia

Deadline: January 31, 2025

OVD-Info, in collaboration with several universities and faculty, has announced its inaugural prize competition for Master’s and PhD research on repression, surveillance, and censorship in contemporary Russia. The text of the announcement is below, and more information and the application form are available at: https://en.ovdinfo.org/competition.

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

Acad. Job: Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies (US Army War College)

Deadline: January 14, 2025

Duties

Serve as Research Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies in the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), the research institute of the US Army War College.
Perform research and publish SSI studies, journal articles, policy-oriented essays, special reports, books, and book chapters.
Design individual and collective annual research and publication plans, in consultation with SSI leadership, addressing contemporary national security issues and the application of landpower.
Conduct research focusing on Eurasian and Russian national security strategy and policy, including implications for the United States policy and defense as well as on NATO.

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

CFP: Socialisms in the Face of the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe: 80 Years to 1945, Hybrid Research Workshop (University of Haifa, Israel)

Deadline: January 25, 2025

Two radically opposed manifestations of human society reached the climax of their realization in the twentieth century: the utopian vision of socialism and the catastrophic reality of the Holocaust. Eighty years after the end of the Second World War, this workshop, hosted on 7-8 April 2025 by the Haifa Interdisciplinary Unit for Polish Studies (HIUPS), the Gotteiner Institute for the History of the Bund and the Jewish Labor Movement, and the University of Haifa, aims to untangle socialist responses to the Holocaust within the context of twentieth century Central and Eastern European Jewish history.

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

CFP: New Perspectives in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies (Miami University)

Deadline: February 1, 2025

The Havighurst Center for East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Miami University welcomes applications from advanced graduate students and recent doctoral recipients (ABD to 5 years beyond Ph.D.) for our annual international Young Researchers Conference. The conference will take place from May 1-3, 2025 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

This call aims for a broad range of proposals with a focus on Russia, Eastern Europe, and/or Eurasia. Papers will be pre-circulated and read by the conference participants, Havighurst faculty, and the key-note speakers. Because the theme is an open one, selection will be based not just on the quality of the proposals but on the interdisciplinary themes that emerge from these proposals. This conference offers participants the opportunity to workshop their recent research.

The Havighurst Center will cover room and board and the cost of an excursion in the area. Limited travel funds are available.

The deadline for the submission of the proposals is February 1st. Please send a one page abstract (no more than 500 words) and one-page CVs to the havighurstcenter@miamioh.edu with the subject 2025YRCproposal.