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November 5, 2020January 21, 2021

Job: Public Policy Campaign Lead, DACH, CEE and Russia (Berlin)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

We are looking for an experienced and inspiring leader to take responsibility for our campaign team covering German-speaking countries, our priority geographies in Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia.

The Campaign Lead is responsible for developing and executing a fully integrated plan in this region, using all available strategies, informed by data and insights, that aims to protect and further the legitimacy of Airbnb and our community.

Leadership and Empowerment: Your primary responsibility is team leadership – line managing an energetic, passionate and diverse group of campaign experts who deliver complementary strands of work to serve the overall strategy. You inspire others to get behind a common vision and you deploy first-rate organisational skills to ensure that your strategy is executed, targets are set, and projects are delivered, on time and on budget.

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

Job: Special Advisor, Eurasia Program (Berlin)

Deadline: November 6, 2020

Do you want to help make the world a better place with your management, policy analysis and advocacy skills, and regional expertise in Eurasia? We’re seeking a Special Advisor based in Berlin to work closely with our Regional Director for Eurasia to provide leadership and expertise on global advocacy, building political power, and confronting transnational authoritarianism. This position would be working closely with stakeholders across OSF, the seven Eurasian National Foundations, and partners in the field.

The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people. We are active in more than 120 countries, making us the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.

The Eurasia Program works to strengthen civil society, uphold human rights, and maintain space for independent debate and discussion in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the South Caucuses.

Learn More: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2243587137/

November 5, 2020January 22, 2021

Spring 2021 Russian Study Abroad Program in Latvia (in person)

Deadline: December 1, 2020

“Learn Russian in the European Union” is glad to announce that our Russian study abroad programs hosted at Daugavpils University in Latvia will be provided in-person in the Spring semester 2021.

US students enrolled in our programs will be able to enter the European Union and come to Latvia regardless of existing travel restrictions. No visa is required, of course.

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020

Grad Program Info Session: Russia, E European, and Eurasian Studies/Information Science (University of Illinois)

Event Date: November 10 at 1 pm CT

Interested in combining advanced study in the languages and cultures of Russia, East Europe and Eurasia with expert training in Information Science at a top-ranked program? The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce its 2020 call for applications to our exciting new MA/REEES and MS/LIS Joint Degree Program. Please join us on Zoom on November 10^th at 1:00 PM Central Time to learn more about this opportunity (the registration link is below).

This information session will be led by John Randolph (Director, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center) and Moises Orozco Villicana (Director of Enrollment Management, iSchool). They will describe the exciting course of study available to students at Illinois as part of this Joint Degree program. They will also be happy to answer any questions applicants may have about admissions, degree requirements, financial aid, and career advancement.

November 3, 2020January 22, 2021

CFP: 20th Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop

Deadline: December 15, 2020

March 18-21, 2021

The Twentieth Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop will be held virtually at the University of Pittsburgh on March 18-21, 2021. The program committee welcomes proposals for papers on Czech and Slovak topics, broadly defined, in all disciplines. In the past, the areas of interest have been: anthropology, architecture, art, economics, education, film, geography, history, Jewish studies, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, society, sociology, and theater.

The Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop aims to bring together researchers, scientists, faculty members and advanced graduate students to exchange their experiences, research results, and ideas. New work in progress is appropriate for our workshop format. Each speaker is typically allotted a 50-minute slot divided between a presentation and active discussion.

November 3, 2020January 22, 2021

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: December 15, 2020

The University of Pittsburgh is offering a postdoctoral fellowship in the arts and humanities to begin in August 2021 for scholars whose work focuses on Russia, Eastern Europe, or Central Asia. This fellowship is a non-renewable appointment that ends in July 2022. The Fellow will be expected to pursue their own scholarly work and participate in the academic and intellectual activities of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES), as well as the department with which they become affiliated.

The UCIS Postdoctoral Fellow will teach two courses during their appointment. The specific courses to be taught will be determined according to the fellow’s interests, the needs of their department, and REEES priorities. Fellows will additionally support REEES’s annual graduate and undergraduate student conferences and other Center outreach activities.

This position provides an annual stipend of $47,476 plus benefits. Additional support for up to $3,000 can be made available to support research and conference attendance.

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

Online Research Internships (SRAS)

Deadline: November 20, 2020

SRAS is offering online research internships over winter break 2020. If accepted, you will be researching and writing about popular or folk culture for SRAS sites. Internships are flexible and SRAS editors will work with you to assign tasks that are both of interest to you and fill the needs of the SRAS Family of Sites. The internship dates are also flexible – to be able to best fit the individual winter break taken at your university.Research Topics and ProjectsCurrent topics of interest center on Eastern or Central Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. They include sport teams, movies, video games, fashion brands, and music groups/artists based there. We are particularly interested to hear from heritage speakers of minority languages or Caucasian languages who can research in those languages, provide first-hand perspectives, and potentially contribute to our Talking Phrasebooks.

You will be able to propose specific topics or have them assigned to you. Once topics are approved, you will produce a cycle of 6 short articles, each a minimum of about one page (500 words) in length which introduces their subject and gives links to more information. Articles will be edited by SRAS editors and you, with guidance from SRAS editors. Completed articles will be published on PopKult.org or Folkways.Today.

Scholarships for Completed Internships

Interns who complete a minimum of 3000 words of published writing will be awarded a scholarship. A choice of scholarship is offered: EITHER a $200 scholarship towards your next SRAS study abroadOR $75 that can be spent on SRAS online courses or donated to an SRAS scholarship fund for other study abroad applicants. Those who use the scholarship toward study abroad can also still use stackable SRAS Challenge Grants to fund their studies!

October 30, 2020January 22, 2021

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship for PostDoc Candidates

Deadline: December 4, 2020

The School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sheffield invites outstanding postdoctoral candidates to apply for the 2021 round of the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme. (This scheme is directed at those holding a degree from or a post at a UK HEI.)

Our School has a thriving research community of academic staff and postgraduate students. We engage in research which spans a wide range of languages (Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Luxembourgish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish), geographical regions (Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East) and disciplinary and thematic specialisms (Intellectual History and Politics; Linguistics; Migration, Culture and Community; National and Transnational Literatures; Visual Cultures, Film and Performance).

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

Pre-ASEEES Conference Workshop: Shredding the Map: Poetic Geographies of Revolutionary Russia (1914-1922)

Event Date: November 5, 2020

Digital Humanities in the Slavic Field is pleased to present the ASEEES 2020 pre-conference workshop:

Shredding the Map: Poetic Geographies of Revolutionary Russia (1914-1922)

Thursday, Nov 5, 9:30-11:30 a.m. EST
Virtual Convention Platform, Room 1 (link available via ASEEES program or see below)

Edith W. Clowes, Anna Gomboeva, Aaron Thomas (Slavic, U. Virginia)

Cynthia Girard, Susanna Klosko, Worthy Martin (IATH, U. Virginia)

What do you imagine when you think of “home” and “homeland?” Join us to learn how our new website investigates Russian writers’ “mapping” of their war-time homeland. Around 1917, as Russia itself crumbled, older ways of thinking about the country gave way to fresh, more vibrant images and feelings of place. “Poetic Geographies” is creating a literary topography of Russia during the years of war and revolution, based on an innovative concept of place and grounded in our expanding database of more than 600 works by writers, both famous and unknown, who lived and wrote in these tumultuous years.

October 29, 2020September 1, 2021

Funding: Title VIII Funding for Summer Intensive Language Training, Critical Languages Institute (Arizona State)

Deadline: January 25, 2021

ASU’s Critical Language’s Institute will welcome their 8^th cohort of Title VIII Fellows in summer 2021! The Department of State’s Title VIII program funds graduate students with U.S. citizenship to study the less commonly taught languages of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. If you are a current or incoming graduate student who would benefit for language training and Title VIII funding, please use the link below.

Their 7- or 8-week programs provide 8 credits, equivalent to a full two-semester sequence during the academic year, and offer online and in-person components providing cultural and geopolitical context, including a 1-credit online graduate class specifically designed for Title VIII recipients. This course connects students in different language programs, provides comparative perspectives on the post-Soviet world, and builds professional capacities in communicating their expertise to audiences beyond their academic specialty. Languages currently eligible for Title VIII support are Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS), Kazakh, Macedonian, Polish, Russian (3rd year or higher), Ukrainian, and Uzbek.