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Foreign Service Office Management Specialists Now Accepting Applications

Deadline: March 17, 2020

The U.S. Department of State is currently accepting applications for Foreign Service Office Management Specialist (OMS) positions.

Office Management Specialists provide professional office management and administrative support at our posts in various embassy sections such as the Political, Economic, Management, Public Diplomacy, Consular or Security Sections. Responsibilities of an OMS include managing the calendar(s) and schedule(s) for senior staff, planning and assisting with official events and visitors, providing computer and mobile device support, knowledge management, preparing agendas and materials for meetings, and proofing, editing, tracking and filing documents.

All potential applicants are strongly urged to read the entire vacancy announcement to ensure that they meet all of the requirements for this position before applying. When you are ready to begin the online application process, visit USAJOBS. Please note that the deadline to submit completed applications is March 17, 2020.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens, at least 20 years old to apply and at least 21 years old to be appointed. By law, all career candidates must be appointed to the Foreign Service prior to the month in which they reach age 60, except for preference eligible veterans. Applicants must also be available for worldwide service, and be able to obtain all required security, medical and suitability clearances.

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Job: Senior Program Coordinator, UT’s Army Futures Command Liaison Office

A new position, Senior Program Coordinator, has been created within UT’s Army Futures Command Liaison office, which is a new OVPR unit that is responsible for designing, developing and supporting processes, communications and reporting for Army funded projects across campus. This position will report to UT’s AFC Director, Seth Wilk, to support the successful development, communication, and management of all office functions. 

This is an exciting opportunity to build from the ground up helping define the materials and practices of a new office. Duties will include compiling university capabilities, helping manage both existing and potential sponsored research projects, planning symposiums, workshops and meetings, and developing public external facing media such as websites and press releases. Previous research administration experience is preferred! View the full job posting and apply here:

Army Futures Command Sr. Program Coordinator

External posting

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Fellowship on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution

Deadline: May 15, 2020

Galina Starovoitova Fellowship on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution


Please note: This fellowship is restricted to citizens of the Russian Federation who are residing in Russia at the time of application.


https://www.wilsoncenter.org/opportunity/galina-starovoitova-fellowship-human-rights-and-conflict-resolution-1?emci=858674e9-5f5d-ea11-a94c-00155d039e74&emdi=4fdf0584-705d-ea11-a94c-00155d039e74&ceid=207503

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Submissions Wanted for Online Periodical in Hungarian, Russian, and English

The RussianStudiesHu (https://www.russianstudies.hu/onlineperiodikahu.html) is an online peer reviewed academic periodical on Russistics in a single volume per year which is constantly complemented with new publications in the course of the same year. Furthermore, in the subsequent year, the papers already accepted and uploaded to the website will also be published in print form as the yearbook of the periodical.

Papers are accepted only in English, Russian and Hungarian. The RussianStudiesHu welcomes all colleagues interested in any part of the Eastern Slavic, Russian and Soviet history (including their Hungarian and Eastern European aspects), who submit a scientific paper observing the publication rules. Therefore, the RussianStudiesHu seeks to provide for a publication platform for authors from different research fields (history, liberal arts, social sciences, etc.).

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CFP: AATSEEL Annual Conference

Deadline: April 15, 2020

AATSEEL annual conference (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 25-28, 2021)

The AATSEEL Call for Papers is now available: http://www.aatseel.org/cfp_main

The 2020 AATSEEL conference in San Diego was a smashing success and we have already started planning next year’s conference in Philadelphia, PA. We are expecting an excellent lineup of workshops, thematic streams and special presentations in 2021.

The AATSEEL conference is a forum for exchange of ideas in all areas of Slavic and East/Central European languages, literatures, linguistics, cultures, and pedagogy. The Program Committee invites scholars in these and related areas to form panels around specific topics, organize roundtable discussions, propose forums on instructional materials, and/or submit proposals for individual presentations for the 2021 conference. The conference regularly includes panels in linguistics, pedagogy and second language acquisition, in addition to literature, cinema, and culture.

Please submit your proposals by April 15, 2020 for early consideration (the final submission deadline is August 1, 2020). Stream proposals should be submitted by March 15 (very soon!). For a list of dates/deadlines visit: https://www.aatseel.org/program/2021_dates/


For more information, visit the AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org/cfp_main. All paper and roundtable proposals must be made through the online submission process – no emailed proposals will be accepted.

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Summer School in Russian and Eurasian Studies (Nazarbayev University)

Deadline: April 1, 2020

Nazarbayev University (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan) is still accepting applications for our Summer School in Russian and Eurasian Studies (SSRES), an 8-week intensive program in Russian or Kazakh languages. We operate on rolling admissions until April 1 and there is no application fee.

Classes follow standardized US curricula and textbooks, which means that students can return seamlessly to language programs at their home institutions.

At NU, students study languages on our modern campus in an environment that minimizes culture shock and maximizes close contact with multilingual local students.

Program dates:

May 23 – July 22 (equivalent to one academic year)

Program fees:

$5000  (for Russian)    OR       $4000 (for Kazakh)

The fee includes entrance and exit proficiency testing, 8-week language course, dormitory housing in a shared 2-person room, meal plan, cultural program, weekly excursions, local health insurance, airport pick up and drop off, tutoring, books (on loan), gym pass, and official Visa Invitation Letter.

For more information, please visit our website or check out our program video. 

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Free Open-Access Digital Russian Language Lessons for Heritage Learners

A team supported by the Middlebury College Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian has been working on free open-access digital lessons for heritage learners of Russian. So far, we have completed a full module on Russian spelling. It has 14 lessons that cover the basics of the Russian sound and letter system through explicit explanations and numerous examples and comparisons between Russian and English wherever appropriate. The lessons are interactive and offer opportunities for comprehension checks and practice. These materials are not designed to be a complete course of study but rather to provide an introduction to the most challenging aspects of Russian grammar for heritage speakers who have minimal literacy skills but can speak and understand the language. The goal of the online modules is to enable heritage students to successfully study on their own or alongside traditional students. In order to create a sense of community among heritage learners, we created a dedicated section with language stories from our current and former students, and we welcome more stories from your students as well.

The website is a work in progress, and as of now you will see many placeholders where we plan to have material once it is created. We would welcome any feedback (or requests) you might have about lessons or the overall design of the website. Please send any questions or comments to Jason Merrill at jmerrill@middlebury.edu 

You can access the materials at http://digitalrussian.middcreate.net/heritage/  We hope they will be of use to you and your students.

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Advanced Russian Language Seminar (London)

Deadline: March 20, 2020

SCRSS Advanced Russian Language Seminar
Saturday 4 – Sunday 5 April 2020, 10.00 – 16.30 daily
Venue: SCRSS, 320 Brixton Road, London, SW9 6AB
Website: http://www.scrss.org.uk/russianseminar.htm

The Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies (SCRSS) would like to draw your attention to their 2020 seminar, organised in collaboration with the St Petersburg Association for International Co-operation, which may be of interest to both teachers and students. The programme includes four 70-minute lectures per day, all in Russian, on Russian linguistics and ‘stranovedenie’ topics. The two speakers are senior lecturers from St Petersburg, invited specially for this seminar. For full details, including lecturer biographies, programme, fees and booking see the SCRSS website: www.scrss.org.uk/russianseminar.htm.

The booking deadline is Friday 20 March. There are currently 9 remaining places available.

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Call for Proposals: AATSEEL 2021 Panel Stream Topics

Deadline: March 15, 2020

The AATSEEL Program Committee invites proposals for panel stream topics for the 2021 conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 25-28. These streams promote greater cohesion among conference panels and foster a broader dialogue throughout the conference. The result can be a series of mini-conferences within the framework of our larger conference.  All conference attendees are welcome to attend stream panels, but participants in a stream are expected to attend all of the panels in their stream.

Stream topic proposals should consist of a 200-word abstract describing the stream as a whole and a list of 4-6 potential participants (you need not yet have firm commitments from them) and should indicate whether you prefer a 2 or 3 panel stream. These should be sent via email to the Program Committee Division Head for Streams (aatseelconference@usc.edu) by March 15, 2020. You will be notified of the committee’s decision by April 1, 2020.
The stream organizer may invite up to half of the total stream participants. The remainder of the stream will consist of participants who submit abstracts to the Program Committee. Once the stream has been accepted, the PC will post a list of streams to SEELANGS and to the conference website and welcome additional paper submissions. 

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Soviet Literature Blog

Punctured Lines: https://puncturedlines.wordpress.com/

Punctured Lines aims “to highlight writing by those from the former Soviet Union now living in various diasporas and by those who live in the post-Soviet space …

Our outlook is feminist, and we particularly want to amplify traditionally under-represented voices.” 

For those in Slavic, items of interest might be things like Notable Books: Russian Titles in English Translation, 2009-2019, a roundup of prose and poetry by Russian women writers available in English, that can be used in your classes: https://puncturedlines.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/notable-books-russian-titles-in-english-translation-2009-2019/.  

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