Postdoc Residential Fellowships (National Humanities Center)

Deadline October 7, 2021

The Center will begin accepting applications for the 2022–23 academic year on July 1, 2021 with a deadline of October 7, 2021. Fellowship applicants are asked to complete the online application form and to upload the following documents:

  • 1,000-word project proposal
  • short bibliography (up to 2 pages)
  • curriculum vitae (up to 4 pages)
  • one-page tentative outline of the structure of the project (if the project is a book, provide an outline of chapters; otherwise, give an outline of the components of the project and their progress to date)

Applicants will also be asked to provide names and contact information for three references. References will receive an email prompt inviting them to upload a letter of recommendation on behalf of the applicant. All letters are also due by October 7, 2021.

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Assistant International Student Advisor (Northeastern University)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locationsin Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahantare nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

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Post Doctoral Fellow in Slavic Cultural Studies/Slavic Linguistics (University of Alberta)

Deadline: September 1, 2021

A Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Slavic Cultural Studies and/or Slavic Linguistics will be offered by the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, in collaboration with the Kule Folklore Centre, at the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta. The fellowship is for up to one year, depending on the candidate’s project and qualifications. Although all applications in fields associated with the Slavic cultural studies and Slavic linguistics will be considered, research proposals in the areas of identities, ideologies, diaspora, multilingualism, language policies and politics, as well as foreign language education will be given preference.

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Research Associate, Complex Languages of Central and Eastern Europe (University of Sheffield)

Deadline: July 23, 2021

The School of Languages and Cultures is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to take part in a project funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. The project, entitled Feast and Famine: Confronting Overabundance and Defectivity in Language, looks at non-canonical inflectional morphology in morphologically complex languages of central and eastern Europe. It includes eight institutions across four countries: the UK, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Estonia, and will be led by Professor Neil Bermel (University of Sheffield) in collaboration with Professor Dunstan Brown (University of York).

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Teaching Posts in Russian Language (University of Sheffield)

Deadline: July 4, 2021

The University of Sheffield is accepting applications for a Teaching Associate and University Teacher in Russian.

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Acad. Job: Program Coordinator, BBA Semester Abroad Programs (UT Austin)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description:
Coordinate undergraduate semester study abroad programs for the BBA International Programs Office at the McCombs School of Business. The position focuses on student advising, credit processing, events, and student activities at a top-ranked BBA program.

Job Details:
Texas McCombs is a top business school at the center of one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. The McCombs community champions hands-on experiences alongside the ground-breaking research and thought-leadership of a world-class faculty. The collaborative spirit and enterprising drive of the Longhorn alumni network, one of the largest university networks in the world, is embedded in our culture, making us human-centered and future-focused in all our endeavors. We are shaping those who will shape tomorrow, and solving challenging problems while remaining committed to creating a community that is diverse, supportive, and challenging. What starts here really does change the world.

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Job: Communication Specialist (UT Graduate School)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin has an open position for a communications specialist to support its strategic communication efforts.

Responsibilities

  • Work collaboratively with members of communication team and other offices within the Graduate School to execute a variety of campaigns.
  • Write various news stories, press releases and marketing materials to promote Graduate School programs.
  • Draft correspondence—including emails, official remarks and announcements—to campus stakeholders.
  • Assist in coordinating media requests and generating responses to reporters on Graduate School operations.
  • Develop content for the Graduate School’s marketing campaign to recruit top graduate students to the university. 
  • Work with the Graduate School’s recruitment team and graduate programs across campus to develop content for the campaign.
  • Support content strategy and production for the Graduate School’s social media platforms.
  • Assist with coordinating logistics for photography and video production projects.
  • Work with external vendors including graphic designers on print and digital projects.
  • Assist with maintaining Graduate School websites and contributing to an upcoming website redesign project.
  • Work with communications colleagues in the Provost’s and President’s Offices to support central communications strategies and brand standards.
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Fellows and Interns Wanted (Research to Policy Collaboration)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

This opportunity allows junior scholars to gain hands-on experience applying empirical information to the needs of federal public policymakers. This position can be adapted to meet a range of professional development goals, including supporting fieldwork requirements and  student milestones. ​The purpose of this position is to support the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) by

a) joining meetings with legislative staff and the RPC coordinator

b) organizing requests for research-based information

c) organizing a response to requests using a network-based approach for voluntarily mobilizing research experts

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Washington D.C. Congressional Policy Postdoctoral Scholar

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Program Description

The Research-to-Policy Collaboration invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar interested in a career at the research-policy nexus supporting the translation of scientific evidence to policymakers. This exciting opportunity would support an embedded policy fellowship placement to train a Policy Associate who would be responsible for implementing an effective, replicable and non-partisan model for brokering researchers and policymakers—known as the Research-to-Policy Collaboration model.  

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Acad. Job: Postdoctoral Researcher – Researcher-to-Policy Collaboration Optimization

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Location Remote

​Duration 12 months (100% time) with possibility of renewal based on need and performance

Position Description

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (Postdoc) appointment that will support the optimization of the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC; research2policy.org). Housed in the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), the RPC is an approach for facilitating partnerships between researchers and congressional officials in ways that are thought to support policymakers’ use of research evidence. This optimization study will examine how augmenting the RPC’s ability to cultivate empowering settings can increase policy engagement, influence, and benefits, particularly for researchers of color. The scholar selected for this position will collect and analyze in-depth qualitative data from researchers involved in the RPC via semi-structured interviews and focus groups.

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