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October 14, 2021February 10, 2022

CFP: How Science Became Popular-Epistemic Governance and Scientific Citizenship in the Twentieth Century (Univ. of Houston)

Deadline: December 15, 2021

Please check out this call for papers for a conference in Houston in March 2022 science communication, epistemic governance, and scientific citizenship in the 20th century. The organizer is a top-notch Soviet historian (Aleksey Golubev), but the scope is global and interdisciplinary. They have funding mainly for graduate students and early-career scholars (postdocs, contingent faculty) but they also welcome tenure-track and tenured faculty to participate. Deadline to apply is Dec. 15.

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October 14, 2021February 10, 2022

Acad. Job: Assistant Professor in Slavic and Global Literary Studies (Univ. of Washington)

Deadline: December 1, 2021; Open until Filled

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Washington (Seattle) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Slavic and global literary studies, to begin September 16, 2022. This is a full-time, 9-month position.

University of Washington faculty engage in research, teaching, and service. The teaching load comprises five courses a year over three academic quarters, and tenure-track faculty have an annual service period of 9 months (September 16 – June 15).

October 14, 2021December 7, 2021

Travel: Russian Language Winter School “Discover Siberia with Dostoevsky”

Deadline: November 22, 2021

We would like to invite you and your students to take part in our Russian Language Winter School “Discover Siberia with Dostoevsky” that will take place February 3-18, 2022 at Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Omsk, Russia!

The Winter School is designed for those who would like to start learning Russian from scratch as well as for those who wish to improve their Russian language skills and offers Russian language program in a small group based on the Russian language competence as well as socio-cultural program that aims to help participants to explore Siberia and learn the Russian culture.

October 13, 2021November 10, 2021

Seminar: Linguistic Repression and Cultural Genocide against the Uyghurs (Univ. of Texas)

Event Date: October 18, 2021

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Organized by Avi Ackermann (Junior, Plan II Honors Program); Hosted by Anthony C. Woodbury (Faculty, UT Linguistics Department)

Although the language rights of officially recognized minorities are protected by Chinese law, these languages and their speakers have been increasingly targeted by government repression in recent years. Since 2016, plans to phase out local languages have been combined with a larger campaign of mass imprisonment, forced assimilation, eugenics, and cultural destruction against the Uyghurs and other Turkic groups indigenous to the modern-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

October 12, 2021November 10, 2021

Internship: Cyber Careers that Protect the Nation-Join the NSA Team

Event Date: October 21, 2021

Cyber Careers that Protect the Nation: Join the NSA Team

Event Date: October 21, 2021 4:00pm – 5:00pm (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Event Description: Are you looking for a meaningful career that will make a global impact? At NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate, you will solve unique and challenging problems that affect the safety and security of our Nation. Hear from five experts from across NSA’s cyber mission – who they are, what they do, and above all, why it matters.
Register:
https://icag1.recsolu.com/external/events/zjQRcQOUTLlwiBA2_e7KMg

October 12, 2021December 7, 2021

Acad. Job: Assistant Professor in Russian Culture (Univ. of Cambridge)

Deadline: November 11, 2021

The Slavonic Studies Section in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics in the University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor (University Lecturer) in Russian culture from September 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will hold, or be about to complete, a PhD in Slavonic Studies in a relevant area, and will have a record of, or clear potential for, outstanding research in the broad area of recent and contemporary Russian culture (with ‘recent and contemporary’ understood to mean culture since approximately 1985, and ‘culture’ including but not limited to all forms of literary, cinematic, artistic, dramatic, and digital production).

Closing Date: 11 November 2021

For further information see here https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/31531/

October 11, 2021February 10, 2022

CFP: Proposed Special Cluster of Russian Language Journal

Deadline: December 31, 2021

Undergraduate Research in Russian Language Studies

Guest Editors: Svetlana Sokolova and Anna Endresen.

Brief description:

Undergraduate research, as defined by the American Association of Colleges and Universities “involve[s] students with actively contested questions, empirical observation, cutting-edge technologies, and the sense of excitement that comes from working to answer important questions.” Undergraduate research is considered a high impact practice that can increase student learning driven by mentoring relationships with faculty while also building a culture of innovation and scholarship on campus.

October 8, 2021February 10, 2022

CFP: Symposium on Disinformation Studies (Swarthmore College)

Deadline: December 20, 2021

Swarthmore College is hosting the first regional Symposium on Disinformation Studies. The SDS will be an interdisciplinary conference about the causes and effects of disinformation, its probable evolution, and practical counter-measures and solutions. We encourage papers on information warfare, analyzing it through both national and global lenses, just as we welcome discussions from experts of varied disciplinary backgrounds—disinformation spread is an issue that does not discriminate on the basis of industry or national boundary.

October 7, 2021April 14, 2022

Job: Part-Time Virtual Russian Tutors

Deadline: Ongoing, Until Filled

The University of Georgia Russian Flagship program is seeking part-time virtual tutors for students at the intermediate high/advanced low proficiency levels. We prefer candidates with experience teaching advanced Russian courses and knowledge of the OPI rating scale. Compensation commensurate with experience. Please submit your inquiry and CV to russianflagship@uga.edu if interested.

October 7, 2021November 10, 2021

Acad. Job: Postdoctoral Research Associate (UConn)

Deadline: October 15, 2021

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is pleased to invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education.

The Postdoctoral Research Associate will work with the Co-Director of the National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (Center on PBIS) and the UConn PBIS team to support measurement, evaluation, and research activities (e.g., instrument development and validation, evaluation of technical assistance and PBIS implementation). In this role, the postdoctoral research associate will also have access to large datasets and may be able to propose and lead their own research aligned with grant priorities.