Year: 2017

Deadline for Applications: December 01, 2017

The Weatherhead Initiative on Global History (WIGH) at Harvard University identifies and supports outstanding scholars whose work responds to the growing interest in the encompassing study of global history. WIGH seeks to organize a community of scholars interested in the systematic scrutiny of developments that have unfolded across national, regional, and continental boundaries and who propose to analyze the interconnections—cultural, economic, ecological, political and demographic—among world societies. Applicants are encouraged from all over the world, and especially from outside Europe and North America, hoping to create a global conversation on global history.

WIGH Fellows are appointed for one academic year and are provided time, guidance, office space, and access to Harvard University facilities. They should be prepared to devote their entire time to productive scholarship and may undertake sustained projects of research or other original work. They will join a vibrant community of global history scholars at Harvard. The WIGH Fellowship is residential and Fellows are expected to live in the Cambridge/Boston area for the duration of their appointments unless traveling for pre-approved research purposes, and they are expected to participate in WIGH activities, including a bi-weekly seminar.

More information on the program, including events, affiliated faculty, and current and former fellows can be found at http://wigh.wcfia.harvard.edu/. Continue reading “Academic Job: WIGH Fellows (Harvard U.)”

Deadline for Applications: November 01, 2017

The A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at UW-Madison is an interdisciplinary program providing postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, it provides two-year postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhD recipients. The program, established in 2010, builds upon interdisciplinary initiatives on campus exploring the broad question, “What is human?” These initiatives have been examining the transnational circulations of culture and power on a global landscape, questions of biocultures and biopolitics, and new ways of thinking about media in the context of the digital revolution.

Each year the A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Program invites applications under a theme related to these initiatives. Themes to date have been World Citizenship (2010-11), Life (2011-12), Media (2012-13), Democracy (2013-14), Religion and Secularism (2014-15), Violences (2015-16), Climates and Natures (2016-18), and Translation, Adaptation, Transplantation(2017-19). The theme for 2018-20 fellowships is Truth, Fact, and Ways of Knowing. Continue reading “Academic Job: A.W. Mellon Postdoc Fellowships (UW-Madison)”

Deadline for Applications: November 1, 2017

The Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin – Madison announces an opening for a Lecturer in Russian for 2018-19. This full-time appointment is renewable. The person in this position will be responsible for teaching six (6) courses in the academic year, including the following (or similar) courses: History of Russian Culture (in Russian, for students beyond the fourth-year level), Vladimir Nabokov: Russian and American Writings, third- and fourth-year Russian.

Requirements for position: Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Russian Literature, Slavic Languages & Literatures, or the equivalent, required by the time of application. Native or near-native proficiency in both Russian and English. Previous teaching experience at a North American university, including at least two years of teaching experience in Russian as a foreign language, content courses in Russian beyond the fourth-year level, courses in Russian literature and/or culture in English, and broad expertise in Russian literature and culture. Continue reading “Academic Job: Lecturer in Russian (UW-Madison)”

Deadline for applications: November 1, 2017

Deadline for applications: November 15, 2017

The Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin – Madison invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Russian literature and culture beginning August 20, 2018. PhD in hand by the start of appointment required. Superior level of proficiency or higher (on ACTFL scale) in Russian and English required. Prior college or university teaching experience required.

We seek a new colleague with an active research agenda and outstanding promise as a scholar and teacher. Priority will be given to applicants with research expertise in Russian nineteenth-century literature and culture. Secondary specialization in the Soviet period or post-Soviet studies is a plus. The successful candidate will be expected to teach graduate-level courses in the nineteenth-century literary tradition (Romanticism and Realism); ability to teach eighteenth-century Russian literature and culture at the graduate level also desirable. At the undergraduate level, the successful candidate will teach across the curriculum, including courses in 19th- through 21st-century Russian literature and culture as well as advanced Russian language. The standard teaching load is four courses each academic year (two courses each semester). Active engagement in research and publication at the national and international levels will be expected.

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Deadline for applications: November 15, 2017

Visiting Assistant Professor Position in Russian Literature and Culture
OAA#: 21710-03

Job Summary:

The Department of Slavic and Eastern European Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, Bloomington announces a one-year visiting assistant professor position in Russian literature and culture for the 2018–19 academic year, beginning August 1, 2018. The successful candidate should have native or near-native Russian and English and an attractive research agenda. The 2/2 teaching load will include core undergraduate offerings in 19th century Russian literature along with specialized seminars and mentoring at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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