Category: Academic Jobs

Deadline: December 14, 2023

The Middlebury Language Schools seeks to hire a Director for the Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian.  Founded in 1945, the School is the premiere full-immersion language program in North America and is comprised of an 8-week non-degree intensive language program and master’s and doctoral-level graduate programs.  The Director is responsible for all curricular, pedagogical, and logistical aspects of the summer program, leading faculty, staff and students during the intensive summer session on the Middlebury, Vermont campus.  Candidates should have a tenured university position or equivalent with expertise in any field of Russian studies, and be native speakers or have near-native professionals proficiency in Russian Some experience in program administration is preferred.

Apply: https://apply.workable.com/middleburycollege/j/F70A8873FA/

Deadline: November 15, 2023

The Slavic Department of Princeton University announces a search for a full-time Lecturer position in Ukrainian language and culture for the 2024-2025 academic year, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. Candidates should be able to teach Ukrainian language at all levels (including heritage) as well as courses in Ukrainian culture or Eastern European culture more broadly. This position is expected to begin September 1, 2024. An advanced degree is required; PhD or doctoral candidates preferred. Candidates should also have experience teaching at American or Western European universities. Please provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a brief statement of your teaching experience and interests, and names and contact information for three references. Due to the large number of applications, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. For fullest consideration, interested applicants should apply by Friday, November 15, 2023, at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/32265. This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.

Deadline: October 9, 2023

Hamilton College’s Department of German, Russian, Italian, and Arabic invites applications for a tenure-track position in Russian Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning July 1,2024. The Department seeks candidates of native or near-native fluency in Russian whose research interests focus on pre-Soviet literature, arts, or translation.

The Russian Studies program at Hamilton consists of two language and literature faculty, one historian, and two political scientists. Our program requires students to study history and contemporary issues in addition to language, and to complete a comprehensive senior project. Students are able to work closely with professors who are leaders in the field. For further information, see https://my.hamilton.edu/academics/departments/Russian-Studies

Deadline: October 15, 2023

To apply: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25432

The Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies invites applications for a Full Time Russian Language instructor, beginning January 1, 2024 for three semesters (Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025). Course load is five courses per year to be taught in person, ranging from introductory to advanced Russian language and including a course on literature, film, culture taught in English translation (five courses a year total; 3-2 load).

Deadline: September 30, 2023

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenure-track position in Soviet and Post-Soviet Cultural Studies with emphasis on Ukraine. We welcome applications from scholars whose research explores any topic within that area through media, film, or literature and includes Ukraine. The position will start at the rank of Assistant Professor (100% FTE, on a 9-month service basis, with a 2-2 course load). Successful candidates will be prepared to teach a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level and oversee Ukrainian language instruction. Candidates with a documented commitment to working with students or faculty from groups historically marginalized or underrepresented in the field through teaching and mentoring are especially encouraged to apply. 

Deadline: October 15, 2023

The Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego invites applications for a beginning- to advanced-assistant professorship in comparative Slavic East European and/or Eurasian literatures and cultures. We seek a colleague to teach, and design courses in the literature, film, and/or culture of Eastern Europe and/or Central Asia. Candidates will also be expected to conduct and publish research in peer-reviewed academic venues, advise undergraduate and graduate thesis projects, and contribute to departmental and university-level service.

For more information, and to apply, please see our call for applications: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03682

Deadline: October 15, 2023

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position beginning in September 2024. We are seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and productive scholar and teacher who would complement and enrich the research and teaching agenda of our present faculty in the areas of gender studies and sexuality and / or Eastern European Studies. Among secondary desirable areas of specialization are translation studies, drama/theater/performance, digital humanities, and cultural studies.

Deadline: October 15, 2023

The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences announces a competition for the position of post-doc in the project “Researching the Collecting, Preserving, Analysing and Disclosing of Ukrainian Testimonies of the 2022 War”.

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