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CFP: Fourth Annual BASEES Baltic Study Group Workshop

Deadline: August 15, 2026


Parallel Memories: People, Place and Environments in the Baltic States
Online, 30-31 October 2026

This year marks forty years since the late-twentieth century independence movements across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia began to “crystallize around concern over environment” (Misiunas and Taagepera 1993). Indeed, the intertwinement of nature, nation and memories of interwar statehood was a notable source of mass mobilisation throughout the late 1980s. More recently, a new momentum around the study of environment and society, ecological memories, nuclear cultural heritage, emptying places, and land redistribution has been gathering momentum within research on or with the connection to the Baltic states (Rindzevičiūtė 2021; Dzenovska 2023; Annus 2025; Martínez 2026). Building on this, the fourth annual BASEES Study Group on the Baltic States workshop seeks to explore the power of memory in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania through the lens of place and environment (Martinez 2026; Annus 2025; Schwartz 2006).

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Oxford Translates Online Summer School

Term: July 6 – July 10, 2026 (limited to 12 student)

https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtranslates/apply

Eligibility criteria

Applicants are required to demonstrate that they have excellent command of the target language of their chosen workshop (mother-tongue level or language of habitual use) and superior proficiency in the source language.

The summer school is aimed at practising and aspiring translators. We do not require attendees to have experience of the translation industry or to have published.

There is no application deadline but applications will close for a particular language when that workshop reaches capacity. Places in language workshops are limited to 12 and allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

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K-12: Drama for Schools Symposium: Celebrating 20 Years of DFS and Beyond

Event Date: Friday May 15 & 16, 2026 (Registration Deadline: May 4)

We are delighted to invite you to the Drama for Schools Symposium: Celebrating 20 Years of DFS and Beyond, at the University of Texas at Austin on May 15–16, 2026. The Drama for Schools Symposium will bring together university faculty and students, teaching artists, and K-12 educators from Texas and around the globe to explore how drama-based pedagogy can support more welcoming, equitable, and engaged classrooms. Come for one day or both! Registration is only $50 a day and includes breakfast and lunch!  The event is co-sponsored by Texas Global, OVPR, CoFA, CREEES Center, and the Clarke Center.

The Symposium will feature sessions focused on K-12 and university teaching, teaching English and other languages in higher education, human rights curriculum, arts and health, climate justice, drama in museums, drama as tool for healing-centered engagement amongst many other topics!  There is a session in every block that is appropriate for university educators. We have numerous global partners attending (from Australia, Poland, Bosnia, UK, Ireland, Taiwan, Hong Kong)  who are eager to set-up partnerships. We have a special discount for UT faculty and students.

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Online Workshop: Cultural Resistance: First Half of the 20th Century

Event Date: Saturday, April 11, 2026

The concept of cultural resistance has become integral to sociological, political, and cultural studies. Emerging after the “youth revolutions” of the late 1960s (the “long year 1968”), this concept encompasses practices, artistic works, and initiatives aimed at revising or deconstructing established social hierarchies, challenging hegemonic “common sense” and dominant tastes, and confronting neo-fascist and right-wing populist movements as sociocultural forces.

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Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Russian Studies (Carnegie-Mellon)

Deadline: April 24, 2026

Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Science, Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics

Description

The Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Russian Studies, beginning in August 1, 2026. This is a two-year position and may be renewable for a third year pending performance review. Applicants must have native or near-native fluency in Russian and English. PhD in Russian Literary and Cultural studies is required, ABD considered. 

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Travelling Lectorium 2026: Bulgaria: Intercultural and Inter-Religious Spaces

Deadline: April 15, 2026

The Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IEFSEM–BAS) is pleased to invite applications for the Travelling Lectorium 2026: “Bulgaria: Intercultural and Inter-Religious Spaces,” to be held from 24 to 30 August 2026.

This intensive one-week programme combines lectures, ethnographic field visits, and discussions with local communities and experts, offering participants an in-depth perspective on Bulgaria’s ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity. The itinerary includes Sofia, Breznitsa, Ribnovo, Plovdiv, Bachkovo, and Sliven.

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Acad. Job: Lecturer/Instructor in Polish Language and Culture (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Deadline: April 15, 2026

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign invites applications for an Instructor/Lecturer position with a target start date of August 16, 2026. This is a 9-month, full-time, non-tenure track position, with an initial one-year appointment. Renewal may be possible based on continued funding, enrollments, and strong performance reviews. The budgeted salary for this position is $60,000, commensurate with similar positions at Illinois. The successful applicant will teach introductory and intermediate Polish language courses and an introductory culture course in Polish or other Slavic culture, according to departmental needs. Teaching assignment: 3/3 course load.

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Job: Foreign Language Instructor, BCS (CIA)

Deadline: September 29, 2026

As a Foreign Language Instructor, you will deliver programs that provide intelligence professionals with the Foreign language communications skills and cross-cultural awareness they need to live and work abroad effectively or to perform other language-related duties. Foreign Language Instructors apply the latest instructional methodologies to meet highly customized student needs. You will also complete a language proficiency testing certification to conduct and rate language proficiency tests in three modalities: reading, speaking, and listening. In addition, you may be asked to provide a variety of language support services worldwide.

Foreign Language Instructors have advanced proficiency in at least one of the following languages:

  • BCS (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian)
  • Chinese -Mandarin
  • Japanese
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Vietnamese

In addition to base salary, you can earn annual incentive pay based on the language and your language proficiency. Foreign Language Instructors who speak multiple languages may also qualify for additional incentive pay in varying amounts. Furthermore, new employees may qualify for a lump-sum hiring bonus.

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Job: Language Officer, Russian (CIA)

Deadline: September 30, 2026

As a Directorate of Operations Language Officer at CIA, you will perform a critical and dynamic function within the Directorate of Operations by using your advanced foreign Language skills combined with cultural experience and expertise to produce high-quality, accurate, and timely translations, interpretations, and other Language-related support to Directorate of Operations clandestine operations. Language Officers are key to the success of many foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, cyber, and covert action operations and have native or near-native level fluency in one or more of the following Languages:

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Intensive Summer Russian Language Program (Columbia University)

Registration is open

Learn Russian this summer at Columbia University through our intensive summer Russian language program. Designed for learners at all levels, this program offers beginner, intermediate, and advanced Russian courses.

The program is open to high school students, undergraduate and graduate students, visiting students, and professionals from a wide range of backgrounds.

Whether you are starting Russian for the first time or advancing your proficiency, Columbia’s summer intensive program provides a rigorous and supportive learning experience at a world-class university.

Program Highlights:

·  Summer in New York

·  Intensive language instruction

·  June and July sessions

·  Flat course rate per session

·  Earn up to 8 semester credit hours

Registration is opens now.

For more information, contact the Director of the Russian Summer Practicum, Dr. Marina Tsylina, at mt3750@Columbia.edu

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