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Acad. Job: Alpha Fellowship (Moscow)

Deadline: November 15, 2019

The Alfa Fellowship Program is a distinguished international initiative that each year offers up to 18 accomplished young Americans, Britons, and Germans the opportunity to complete a high-level professional development program in Russia. Since 2004, the program has enabled over 180 emerging leaders to gain professional experience at leading organizations in business, media, law, policy, and other related areas through this 11-month, fully-funded fellowship in Moscow.

The Alfa Fellowship Program begins with language training in the fellow’s geographic location followed by a language course in Moscow starting in mid-June. Throughout the summer, Alfa Fellows attend a seminar program with key public and private sector officials to discuss current affairs in Russia. Fellows then work at prominent organizations, including private companies, media outlets, think tanks, and foundations. Trips to cities in the region are interspersed throughout the program year. The in-country portion of the program lasts from mid-June until late April.

Eligible candidates must have a bachelor degree and professional experience in business, economics, journalism, law, public policy, or a related field. Russian language proficiency is not required, but is preferred. The Fellowship includes a generous monthly stipend, language training, program-related travel costs, housing, and insurance.

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National Security Career Event

Event Date: Tues., September 10, 2019

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Etta-Harbin Alumni Center, University of Texas at Austin

Interested in a job in the fields of national security policy, intelligence, diplomacy, military, or federal law enforcement? Recruiting officials from U.S. national security departments and agencies will be available to students throughout the day to discuss internship, part-time, and full-time employment opportunities. Confirmed participants include: CIA, FBI, State Department, Army Futures Command, National Counterterrorism Center, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and more.

This event is open to all UT students interested in national security and public service careers. No registration required. Resumes and professional dress encouraged. Visit our student resources page for participant information.

This Career Event is held in conjunction with Counterterrorism Since 9/11, an expert panel featuring former CIA Director John Brennan, former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Adm. (ret) William McRaven, former NSC and State Department official Farah Pandith and former National Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen. The panel discussion begins at 12:15 pm at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Seating for this event is limited. Registration is required for the panel and does not guarantee admission.

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Intelligence Community Virtual Career Fair

Event Date: Wed., September 4, 2019

1 pm-7pm (EST) | online


If you do it, we need it. Science and technology. Business and mathematics. Foreign language and human resources. The United States Intelligence Community (IC) employs thousands of professionals in a wide variety of occupations.And we are currently looking for qualified candidates to fill key openings.

On Wednesday, September 4, 2019, you can meet representatives from nine U.S. intelligence agencies during the 2019 Spring Intelligence Community Virtual Career Fair. Reserve your spot today!

From the comfort of your computer or mobile device, you can:

  • Visit agency booths to explore available job opportunities
  • Chat with recruiters and subject matter experts
  • Learn about internships and other student opportunities
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Job: Outreach Coordinator European Union Center (University of Illinois)

Deadline: September 12, 2019

The European Union Center (EUC) is searching for an Outreach Coordinator to develop, implement, and assess the outreach programs and public events. As a Title VI National Resource Center and Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, the incumbent will represent the EUC to external and internal constituencies. Provide programs for diverse constituents, including University of Illinois faculty and students, K-16 educators and students, the business community, media, government officials, and the general public.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Manage EUC’s outreach programs and projects under the direction of the Associate Director, with primary responsibility for logistical planning, coordinating speakers, conferences, workshops and public events.
  • Serve as the EUC’s Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Coordinator/Advisor, in the capacity of coordinating application reviews and award notifications, advising fellows, and data collection and reporting.
  • Manage EUC’s communication channels, including listservs, electronic newsletters, websites and social media, primarily targeted to constituencies and partners at the campus, local, national, and international levels.
  • Initiate new programs and events for EUC’s internal and external constituencies, and participate in long-range planning and goal-setting activities for the Center.
  • Develop and organize outreach and curriculum development programs for K-16 educators and students.
  • Assist the Associate Director with budgeting, proposals and reporting to funding agencies, and other administrative tasks of the Center.
  • Collaborate with other area studies personnel and faculty to design, coordinate, staff, and implement joint outreach activities.
  • Assign and review work of graduate student assistants, interns, and other support staff, under the direction of the Associate Director, with primary responsibility for outreach and office operations.
  • Participate in professional organization conferences to represent the EUC as well as deliver presentations.
  • Assist with ongoing outreach programming evaluation, as needed.
  • Other duties as assigned to further the mission of the center.
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Acad. Job: Part-time Lecturer, Russian (Howard University)

Deadline: Open until filled

The Department of World Languages and Cultures at Howard University, Washington, D. C., is looking to fill a Part-Time Lecturer position in Russian at the Elementary and Intermediate levels. Candidates with strong training in Russian Language and Culture, and with experience in teaching at a North American university are encouraged to send a CV and letter of interest to the Master Instructor for Russian, B. Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz, blugo@howard.edu , for immediate consideration.

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CFP: 10th World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies

Deadline: September 5, 2019

Call For Papers:
10th World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES), “Bridging National and Global Perspectives”
Gender and Digital Subjectivities in Russia
From LGBTQ discussion groups to self-help programs aimed at cultivating femininity, from anti-abortion activism to anti-rape consciousness raising, the Russian-language internet hosts multiple fora for practicing and reflecting on gender. Meanwhile, the state’s appeals to “traditional values” cast gender as a matter of national security: an aspect of Russian cultural sovereignty under attack from the West. Resulting policies restrict citizens to narrowly defined gender norms and victimize them for diverging. This situation has justifiably drawn scholarly attention to Russian “family values,” as well as to grassroots feminist and LGBTQ activism in the country. In addition to these strongly politicized discourses, the internet enables gender-related practices that shape available forms of subjectivization: the patterns of being, acting and becoming online. In Russia, as elsewhere around the world, people use the internet to figure out what it means to be a social, and therefore gendered, subject. The medium offers spaces for projects of discursive production, community building and self-construction around the issue of gender. These projects can be troubled or uniform, stagnant or changing, varied in their intensity and functions, and implicated in global processes in unexpected ways.The proposed panel will host a conversation about gender expressions and experimentations that occur within, alongside or beyond large-scale ideological battles. To that end, we invite papers in different disciplines that attend to contemporary practices of the gendered self on the Russian internet. 
Please submit a 200 word abstract of your paper (including name, home or work address, phone number, email), whether you will need AV equipment, and a 1-page CV by September 5, 2019. 

Panel Coordinators:

Jill Martiniuk, University of South Florida: jmmartiniuk@usf.edu 

Irina Sadovina, University of Tartu: irina.sadovina@ut.ee

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CFP: Bulgarian Studies Journal

Deadline: November 1, 2019

Bulgarian Studies (ISSN 2638-­9754) is an annual online peer-­edited journal that
includes content related to the study of Bulgaria and its culture.

For the 2019 issue we especially welcome contributions that consider the past three
decades after the demise of socialism in Bulgaria and the scholarly engagements with
them. We invite scholarly articles that focus on any aspect of the post-­socialist
experiences in Bulgaria from the perspectives of the humanities, arts, and social
sciences.
Concurrently, we accept manuscripts on any other aspects related to Bulgarian history,
culture, and literature. Book reviews and review articles of newer publications related to Bulgaria are also welcome.

Articles that engage with comparative analysis of Bulgaria and other countries from the
region and the world are particularly encouraged.

Submission information:
Manuscripts should be sent in Word document (.doc or .docx)
to bgstudiesjournal@gmail.com, by November 1, 2019. Texts should follow the
guidelines set forth in the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition. Articles should be
between 6,000 and 8,000 words in length, inclusive of footnotes and appendices, and
reviews should be 500 to 1,500 words in length.

Please contact the Editor, Sanja Ivanov at sanja.ivanov@mail.utoronto.ca with any
questions.

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Acad. Job: Wayne Vucinich Fellowship (Stanford)

Deadline: October 15, 2019

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at Stanford University invites applications for the Wayne Vucinich Fellowship.

This is a 12-week residential fellowship to be offered in the period between January 13-June 19, 2020 (actual dates of residence will be determined in consultation with the selected fellow). The fellowship is open to scholars in any discipline whose research focuses on historical or contemporary topics in Russia, East Europe, the Caucasus, or Central Asia.  Scholars who have received the PhD within the past five years are eligible to apply. (A PhD in hand is required at the time the residency begins.) Preference will be given to scholars who are residents of countries that fall under the direct purview of the Center: Russia, East Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

During the fellowship period, the Vucinich Fellow is expected to pursue independent research in residence and to participate actively in the scholarly activities of the Center. The fellow will hold a lecture, seminar, or workshop on their research. The fellow will have access to Stanford University Libraries and the use of a shared work space at the Center.

The fellowship award funds international travel, health insurance, and a visa, in addition to a $12,000 stipend for living expenses.

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Acad. Job: Tenure-Track Asst. Professor of Russian Studies (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Deadline: September 22, 2019

The Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at University of Colorado, Boulder seeks a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, starting August 2020. Candidates should have a strong publication record/research agenda and be able to contribute to the department’s growing MA program in Russian Studies. The successful candidate will have experience teaching English-speaking students and the ability to engage a broadly diverse student population. Area of specialization is twentieth- and twenty-first-century Russian culture, with emphasis on post-Soviet and contemporary Russian culture. Teaching load is 2 courses per semester.

The Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures houses programs in German, Russian, and Nordic Studies. For more information, please visit https://www.colorado.edu/gsll .

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