Category: Academic Jobs

Deadline for Applications: January 9, 2017

Saint Louis University, a Catholic, Jesuit institution dedicated to student learning, research, health care, and service, seeks an energetic scholar for a full-time non-tenure track position in Russian in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Cultures with a specialization in Russia’s long twentieth century and with a strong preference for a focus on post-Soviet culture. The successful candidate will possess native or near-native command of Russian and English and must demonstrate an ability to teach Russian language at all undergraduate levels based on experience teaching Russian at a North American university. The candidate will have a Ph. D. in Slavic languages and literature, preferably by the time of the appointment in August 2017. Advanced knowledge of a second Slavic language and evidence of professional engagement with digital humanities or technology-enhanced learning are also highly desirable.

The candidate will be expected to contribute to curriculum development, to develop courses that can be cross-listed with other disciplines, to advise undergraduate majors and minors, and to work collaboratively with colleagues in the Russian and East European Area Studies program.

To receive full consideration for this position with a 3/3 teaching load, a complete application including curriculum vitae, cover letter, 4 letters of recommendation (one of which must address your language teaching), a statement of teaching philosophy, a sample syllabus, and a writing sample must be submitted online at https://jobs.slu.edu by January 9, 2017.

Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the ASEEES convention in Washington, D.C. (November 2016) and by Skype.

Saint Louis University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for the position applied for without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, gender identity, or other non-merit factors. We welcome and encourage applications from minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities (including disabled veterans). If accommodations are needed for completing the application and/or with the interviewing process, please contact Human Resources at 314-977-5847.

For more information, and to apply, click here.

Deadline for Applications: February 15, 2017

Postdoctoral fellowships in Social Science of Russia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Deadline to apply: February 15, 2017

A link to the full announcement in PDF, with information on how to submit applications, is also available here.

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for three post-doctoral research fellowships for social scientists, funded with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The fellowships will commence in September 2017 and run through August 2018. Fellows are expected 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 be paired with UW-Madison faculty mentors with expertise in the appropriate topic. In addition to conducting research that will lead to scholarly publications, fellows will be expected to present their work in CREECA’s lecture series, to participate actively in the intellectual life of the Center, and to participate in a social science workshop for US and Russian scholars that will take place in summer 2018 (dates TBD).

Eligibility: Applicants must have a PhD (or equivalent degree, such as the kandidat) in hand prior to September 2017, and they must have received the degree no earlier than January 1, 2012. Applicants who have not yet obtained their degree but plan to do so prior to September 2017 must furnish evidence (e.g. in their letters of reference) that they are well on track to have the degree in hand by that date. Doctoral candidates and those holding PhDs or other doctoral degrees from UW-Madison are ineligible.

Base rate (twelve-month salary): $65,000. Fellows will also receive a modest stipend for travel to academic conferences. The fellowship covers and basic health insurance for all fellows. Fellows must be prepared to cover their travel expenses to arrive in Madison for the fellowship. Continue reading “Academic Job: Postdoc Fellowships in Social Science of Russia (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)”

Deadline for Applications: January 20, 2017

School of Philology, The Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia,
invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position of
Assistant Professor in literary studies.

The School is part of the Faculty of Humanities. It offers one
bachelors’ and two masters’ programs in Russian and comparative
literature. The research foci 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.

We are looking for a colleague with a research interest in one of
these fields and commitment to teaching an advanced course in English,
German, Italian, or Spanish and a course in literary analysis in the
same language (18th-21st centuries).

The extended deadline is January 20, 2017.
More details on the position and application materials can be found in
the formal call for applications here:
https://cas.hse.ru/Philology_2017_2018

The applications are to be submitted via the form online.

More information on School of Philology:
https://philology.hse.ru/en/

Questions can be directed to Elena Ostrovskaya at elena.ostrovskaya@gmail.com