CREEES Professional Resources Forum
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
The Middlebury College Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian invites applications for instructors of Russian and bilingual assistants for the summer session 2023. Details are in the links below. Please email Jason Merrill with any questions: jmerrill@middlebury.edu
Instructor of Russian: https://apply.workable.com/middleburycollege/j/8D23F382B4/
Bilingual Assistant in Russian: https://apply.workable.com/middleburycollege/j/BB70DC983E/
New York University’s Department of Russian and Slavic Studies seeks to hire a Ukraine specialist for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professorship starting in fall 2023, pending budgetary and administrative approval. Discipline is open: the appointment will be half in Russian and Slavic Studies and half in another department appropriate to the candidate’s field. Possibilities include but are not limited to history, literature, film, anthropology, political science, visual culture, media, sociology, and gender studies. Pay is competitive. Teaching load 2 courses per semester.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Visiting Asst. Professor, Ukrainian Studies (NYU)”The Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES) at Uppsala University announces the call for applications for the IRES Visiting Researcher Program 2023. The program offers a one-month research fellowship at IRES, including travel, accommodation and a stipend of 20 000 SEK. Full access to IRES premises and Uppsala University library resources is provided throughout the research period. The current round of applications offers six individual fellowships. The research visit of one month must be between 15 January to 25 June or 15 August to 31 December 2023.
Continue reading “IRES Visiting Researcher Program (Uppsala University)”Position Overview
The University of Kansas’ Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies is excited to announce the search for a new post-doctoral position. The CREES Cyber-Social Fellow will pursue research on regional and global cybersecurity and disinformation challenges arising from Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia and their social, cultural, and historical contexts. The Fellow will collaborate with KU’s new Center for Cyber-Social Dynamics, which is devoted to developing new approaches to cybersecurity and disinformation that take into account the crucial role played by cultural dynamics, social factors, and human-machine interaction. The position is interdisciplinary and open to a range of fields, including Anthropology, Communications, History, Linguistics, Political Science, Slavic Languages & Literatures, and Sociology.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Post-Doctoral Cyber-Social Fellow (CREES, University of Kansas)”The Russian program in the Department of German and Russian at Brigham Young University seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty or visiting position specializing in Russian language, linguistics, literature, or culture. We are seeking a colleague with a strong commitment to student mentoring, with PhD in hand by August, 2023. The successful candidate must be willing and able to teach all levels of Russian language and general education courses and will be expected to contribute to the university’s mission and aims.
BYU has a strong commitment to undergraduate education in a spiritually strengthening environment. All qualified candidates are invited to apply, including women, people of color, and people with disabilities.
BYU is nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, providing access to outdoor activities such as skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, rock climbing, backpacking etc. Beyond the beauty of the mountains, BYU provides a safe, uplifting campus community not found in any other university in the world through its Honor Code and sponsoring institution, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The honor code is a commitment made by every member of the BYU community to strive to live the moral virtues encompassed in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Such a unified commitment creates an uplifting and inspirational environment where each individual is supported in living a life of virtue and integrity with a commitment to serve and make a positive difference in the world.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Assistant Professor of Russian (Brigham Young University)”The Kennan Institute seeks to improve understanding and analysis of Russia, Ukraine, and the post-Soviet space by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and enhancing policymaking in the United States and the region. The Kennan Institute maintains an ongoing focus on U.S. – Russian relations, legal reform, global trade, , foreign policy and international relations.
The incumbent will work with the Kennan Institute (KI) Director to develop a wide range of initiatives on programming in the region. The responsibilities will include:
The Russian Program in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (SLLC) at the University of Maryland, College Park invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Russian specializing in Russian language, linguistics, literature, or culture and Digital Humanities. We are seeking a colleague with an innovative research agenda and a strong commitment to undergraduate education, with PhD in hand by August, 2023. While the area of specialization is open, we especially encourage applicants specializing in the use of digital media to transform the educational landscape and program design both for the Russian field in particular, and the broader field of the study of languages and cultures in general.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Assistant Professor, Russian & Digital Humanities (University of Maryland, College Park)”The Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke University invites applications for an Assistant Professor of the Practice Position in East European Film and Media Studies, beginning July 1, 2023. This position is renewable and entails promotion to Associate and Professor levels, dependent on the candidate’s successful reviews.
We seek a dynamic, engaging teacher who is invested in expanding our curriculum in film and media studies across national boundaries. The successful candidate should have a strong teaching portfolio and expertise in at least two or three East European cinemas. They should have native or near-native fluency in at least one East European language other than Russian. Some knowledge of Russian cinema is a plus.
The successful candidate must hold a Ph.D. in Film Studies, Slavic/East European Languages and Cultures, or another relevant field by July 1, 2023.
Continue reading “Assistant Professor of the Practice Position in East European Film and Media Studies (Duke University)”The Slavic-Eurasian Research Center at Hokkaido University invites applications for a full-time position of Specially Appointed Associate Professor (non-tenured, four-year contract) in Post-Soviet politics with a focus on Russia, beginning on April 1, 2023.
The applicant must hold a PhD degree and a near-native level of English and Russian proficiency. After employment, the applicant should acquire basic knowledge of the Japanese language.
The Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations at Pomona College is currently accepting applications for the 2023-2024 academic year Language Resident positions!
Language Residents (LRs) are university graduates from a range of countries who are native speakers of one of the six main languages taught at Pomona: Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish. Each year, Oldenborg recruits, hires, and trains these early-career professionals to come to Pomona College to mentor and instruct students in the target language. LRs do this through teaching conversation classes, supporting language tables, mentoring students in the language residence hall, organizing cultural events, and much more!
Information about the position and the application process can be found here:
https://www.pomona.edu/administration/oldenborg-center/opportunities/prospective-language-residents
Questions can be sent to oldenborg@pomona.edu.