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Academic Job: Visiting Asst. Prof Rus (Franklin & Marshall College)

Deadline for Applications: March 15, 2019

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian
The Department of German and Russian at Franklin & Marshall College invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor or Visiting Instructor in Russian and Russian Studies depending on qualifications to begin Fall 2019. The position will be filled pending final administrative approval. This would be a one-year appointment. They seek a strong Russian teacher with a record of successful and innovative teaching. The ability to offer Russian literature and culture courses is desirable. This position carries a teaching load of 4 courses (2-2), plus 4 “fourth hour” (or drill) sections per semester for Russian language courses. Native or near-native fluency in Russian and English are required. Continue reading “Academic Job: Visiting Asst. Prof Rus (Franklin & Marshall College)”

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Funding: Wisconsin Russia Project Research Fellowship (U Wisconsin Madison)

Deadline for Applications: March 1, 2019

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for Wisconsin Russia Project postdoctoral research fellowships (for US and/or Russian social scientists) and 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 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. Fellows will conduct research in consultation with UW-Madison faculty and will join a vibrant community of scholars working on the social science of Russia.

The application deadline for both competitions is March 1, 2019.

More detailed information about the program, eligibility, and how to apply are available on the Wisconsin Russia Project website:
One-year postdoctoral research fellowships (2019-2020)

One-semester pre-doctoral dissertation fellowships (fall 2019 or spring 2020)

Questions may be addressed to Amy Beilke, Wisconsin Russia Project graduate assistant, at russiaproject@creeca.wisc.edu

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Academic Job: NTT Instructor RUS Lang (U Colorado Boulder)

Deadline for Submissions: March 4, 2019, Ongoing Until Filled

Instructor in Russian Language at University of Colorado,
Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures, 276 UCB, McKenna 129, Boulder, CO United States 80309-0276

The University of Colorado is accepting applications for an Instructor of Russian Language. This is a one academic year, full-time (100%), non-tenure track position, with a possibility of renewal. Teaching responsibilities will include all levels of Russian language. Candidates will also be asked to teach courses in 20th century and/or contemporary Russian culture. Teaching load is three courses per semester. The position entails service components related to language placement and assessment of learning outcomes. Candidates must be willing to participate in extra-curricular activities of the program.
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Academic Job: Visiting Asst. Prof (Hobart & William Smith Colleges)

Deadline for Applications: Ongoing Until Filled

Visiting Assistant Professor in Russian Area Studies at Hobart & William Smith Colleges 

SUMMARY:
The Russian Area Studies program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor (leave replacement) position beginning July 1, 2019. The VAP will teach four courses (two per semester) and the position is benefits eligible.

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Academic Job: NTT Rus Lang/Lit (St. Olaf College)

Deadline for Applications: March 8, 2019; Ongoing Until Filled

Russian Language Term Faculty 2019-20

The Russian Language and Area Studies Department at St. Olaf College invites applications for a one-year position in Russian language, beginning August 15, 2019 (PhD preferred, ABD considered). The department seeks a gifted and enthusiastic language instructor with a commitment to mentoring undergraduate students and enthusiasm for supporting the growth of Russian Studies.

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Academic Job: NTT Asst. Prof. REE (College of William and Mary)

Deadline for Applications: March 15, 2019

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Studies

The Department of Modern Languages & Literatures at the College of William and Mary invites applications for a one semester (Fall 2019), non-tenure-track Visiting faculty position that will begin August 10, 2019.  They seek an individual with expertise in Russian Cultural Studies. The successful applicant will be expected to be an effective teacher and will have a 3 course teaching load. Continue reading “Academic Job: NTT Asst. Prof. REE (College of William and Mary)”

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Academic Job: Tenure-Track Professor in Humanities (HSE, Moscow)

Deadline for Applications: February 15, 2019

The Higher School of Economics’ School of Philology in Moscow, Russia, invites applications for a tenure-track full-time position of Assistant / Associate / Full Professor in literary studies and digital humanities.

Part of the Faculty of Humanities, the School offers one bachelors’ and two masters’ programs in Russian and comparative literature. The research focus of the faculty are literary history, poetics, typology and theory of Russian, European and American literatures, comparative studies, translation studies, history and theory of culture, and digital humanities.

They are looking for a colleague with a research interest in one or more of these fields, preferably digital humanities. An experience in joint projects is a plus. The teaching load will include teaching a course in a field of the applicant’s expertise as well as an advanced course in English, German, Italian, or Spanish and a course in literary analysis in the same language (18th-21st centuries).

The deadline for applications is February 15, 2019.

More details on the position and application materials can be found in
the formal call for applications here: https://iri.hse.ru/Philology_2019The applications are to be submitted via the form online.

Questions can be directed to Elena Ostrovskaya at esostrovskaya@hse.ru or elena.ostrovskaya@gmail.com

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Academic Job: Visiting Asst. Prof. of Russian (Middlebury)

Deadline for Applications: March 1, 2019

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, Middlebury College, MIDDLEBURY, VT — The Department of Russian invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Russian, one-year term position for the 2019-2020 academic year.  Applicants should demonstrate an ability to teach Russian language, literature, and culture, have native or near-native fluency in Russian and English, and experience in teaching language at the undergraduate level.  The position entails teaching Russian, primarily at the beginning and intermediate level, with a possibility of teaching literature and culture in English as needed. Continue reading “Academic Job: Visiting Asst. Prof. of Russian (Middlebury)”

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Academic Job: University of Alberta Visiting Professorship

Deadline to apply: February 28, 2019

Stuart Ramsay Tompkins Visiting Professorship

Applications are invited for the position of Stuart Ramsay Tompkins Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This is a nine-month appointment to be held jointly in the Departments of History and Classics, and Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS, home department for the appointee). The Visiting Professor will be expected to be in residence from August 26, 2019 to May 29, 2020, and will also be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the sponsoring departments.

The successful candidate will teach two one-term courses during the year in the area of expertise (available to students in either department), and give a minimum of two public lectures throughout the year. It is anticipated that the appointee will hold regular consultations with graduate students in related fields throughout the stay and serve as an ambassador for the program upon returning home.

READ MORE at: https://www.ualberta.ca/modern-languages-and-cultural-studies/department-information/employment-opportunities

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Prof Devt: Cognitive Linguistics PostDoc Opportunity (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)

Deadline to Apply: February 8, 2019

UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established «The Arctic MSCA-IF program» (uit.no/afu/arcticmsca) to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skƚodowska-Curie individual fellowship (MSCA-IF) to pursue a career in research. We invite applications from promising young researchers within the field of Cognitive Linguistics. The selected candidate will write a proposal for a 24-month MSCA-IF at UiT together with Prof. Laura Janda or Prof. Tore Nesset. Continue reading “Prof Devt: Cognitive Linguistics PostDoc Opportunity (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)”

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