Category: Academic Jobs

Deadline: November 12, 2021

Tenure-Track Position in Central European History (with expertise in Slovak history and culture) | University of Ottawa (njoyn.com)

Tenure-Track Position in Central European History (with expertise in Slovak history and culture)

Title of the position: Assistant Professor level, but higher ranks will be considered under exceptional circumstances.

Duties: The functions of a member of the academic staff include, in varying proportions: a) teaching activities; b) scholarly activities revealed by research; c) academic service activities, d) supervision of graduate students.

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Deadline: November 15, 2021

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for the position of Director of the Slovak Studies Program, pending budgetary approval. The appointment will be made at the rank of Lecturer and will begin on September 1, 2022. Duties include: (i) teaching beginning, intermediate, and advanced Slovak language, as well as Slovak or Slovak-comparative literature and culture in English at the undergraduate level; (ii) non-teaching duties include oversight of Slovak cultural and outreach activities in accordance with programming goals identified by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures; (iii) scholarly publication and active participation in national professional associations is encouraged but is not a prerequisite for appointment or renewal.

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Deadline: October 15, 2021

https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/10592

Tenure-track or Tenured Professor in Ukrainian Literature and Culture
School Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department/Area Slavic Languages and Literatures

Position Description
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures plans to appoint a tenure-track or tenured professor in Ukrainian literature and culture. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2022. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, typically two courses per semester (including freshman seminars, survey courses, and advanced seminars). We are seeking an energetic colleague committed to building our program in Ukrainian studies, introducing undergraduates to the study of this part of the world, advising advanced work with graduate students, and connecting Ukrainian studies to other disciplines and regions in creative ways. We expect the candidate to share in the Department’s administrative and advising duties as well as participating broadly in the academic culture of the university. Demonstrated strong commitment to teaching and innovative scholarship is imperative.

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Deadline: October 21, 2021

A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in Russian language and linguistics is available at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo. The position is associated with the Researcher Project grant 302573 ”Fakespeak – the language of fake news. Fake news detection based on linguistic cues”,  https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/research/projects/fakespeak/, funded by the Research Council of Norway and led by Project Manager Silje Susanne Alvestad, researcher in Slavic languages and linguistics at the University of Oslo.

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Deadline: November 15, 2021

The Department of History (https://history.indiana.edu/) and the Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute (https://reei.indiana.edu/) at Indiana University, Bloomington, invite applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor to begin in the fall of 2022. We seek an individual who specializes in any period from feudal to the Russian Revolution. The successful candidate will demonstrate a vibrant program of research that complements existing faculty expertise. Desired areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, tsarism, serfdom, labor, agriculture, war and empire, borderlands and nationalisms, religion and state, culture and cultural production, social and historical memory, ethnicity, environment and regional studies, urban evolution, medicine, law, rights, social movements, visual and digital humanities. The successful candidate will teach four courses per year, across the Department of History and the Institute, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Expectations are for a full survey of Russian history, and broad thematic courses on Russia that will appeal to a diverse undergraduate student body.  

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Deadline: October 22, 2021; Open Until Filled

The University of Oklahoma’s Department of International and Area Studies, a multidisciplinary academic department in the College of International Studies, invites applications for a professorship at the Assistant Professor rank (tenure track) in contemporary Russian politics and society. This position is funded in part by an endowed gift, the Theodore Romanoff Fund, dedicated to enhancing the study of Russia at the University of Oklahoma.

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Deadline: October 18, 2021

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for one-semester Wisconsin Russia Project pre-doctoral dissertation fellowships for Russian social scientists, funded with a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Fellows are expected to be in residence in Madison, Wisconsin, and to conduct research toward their dissertation about Russia in one or more of the five topic areas: 1) Education, labor markets, and inequality; 2) Law and society; 3) Political economy; 4) Identity, place, and migration; and 5) Demographic change. Graduate fellows will conduct research in consultation with UW faculty and form close contacts with UW PhD students and Wisconsin Russia Project postdoctoral scholars working on similar topics.  They will attend the weekly CREECA lecture series and take part in the activities of the Wisconsin Russia Project, such as monthly meetings of all project participants to discuss recent research papers in the field.

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Deadline: October 20, 2021

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position (tenure-track or recently tenured preferred) beginning September 1, 2022. We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and productive scholar and teacher who would complement the research and teaching agenda of our present faculty in the area of film and media. Among secondary desirable areas of specialization are contemporary Russian culture, visual studies, culture of the Russian diaspora, translation studies, drama/theater/performance, digital humanities, critical gender, race and ethnicity studies. The successful applicant will be expected to teach both graduate and undergraduate courses. Native or near-native fluency in Russian and English is required. For fullest consideration, apply by October 20th 2021. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, transcript, a list of names of three recommenders, and a writing sample. Initial interviews will be held in November via Zoom. Princeton is especially interested in candidates who, through their research, teaching, and service, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.

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