Conferences/Seminars – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

CFP: When History Rhymes Too Much: Lessons for the Present from Central & Eastern Europe’s Past

Deadline: March 12, 2025

The weeks since January 20, 2025 have shocked the world with breathtaking failures to learn from history. From a second Munich Agreement to an American withdrawal from global engagements that recalls Mikhail Gorbachev’s pullbacks after 1988, repetition of the past has abruptly ended an eighty-year period of world history. If Mark Twain was right that “history rhymes,” it is clearly rhyming too much.

Central and eastern Europe have seen some of the most instructive precedents for today’s developments. Their history can therefore help us understand what is happening and how our future might unfold. Recognizing the moment’s urgency, Canadian Slavonic Papers invites proposals for relevant papers that might be included in flash forum to be published this summer.

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

CFP: Canadian Association of Slavists Annual Conference

Deadline: February 17, 2025

May 8, 2025 – May 10, 2025

University of Alberta, Edmonton

The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists will take place at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta) May 8 through 10, 2025. This is the first year the conference will take place independently of the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Proposals are invited for individual papers, panels, and roundtable discussions. Complete panels are preferred. Proposals can be submitted by filling out the necessary form at:

https://event.fourwaves.com/casedmonton2025

Please follow our abstract specifications and note that this is a new system for submitting conference proposals.

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025

CFP: Women in Conflict, War, and Revolution in Post-Soviet Space

Deadline: March 15, 2025

CFP for an Edited Collection

Questions can be sent to womeninwarandrevolution@gmail.com.

Overview and Scope

The present volume explores the intersection of political, economic, and gender dynamics in the post-Soviet space, focusing on the challenges faced by women as newly independent states redefine their identities while navigating Russia’s sustained imperial ambitions and its newly redefined spheres of influence. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, many former Soviet republics faced persistent political and economic instability. The dissolution, although relatively peaceful overall, was marked by violent conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya, Georgia, and Ukraine which resulted in significant bloodshed and displacement. In other parts of the newly independent states, there were less bloody encounters and tensions, though political instability and ethnic conflicts were widespread. These conflicts have led to immense human suffering, displacement, and economic turmoil.

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Workshop: Nazi Propaganda in Occupied Eastern Europe and the Colonial World

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop

Nazi Propaganda in Occupied Eastern Europe and the Colonial World

August 4–15, 2025

Washington, D.C.

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the 2025 Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop Nazi Propaganda in Occupied Eastern Europe and the Colonial World. The Mandel Center will co-convene this workshop with Stanislovas Stasiulis, Lithuanian Institute of History, and Stefan Ihrig, University of Haifa. The workshop is scheduled for August 4–15, 2025, and will take place at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Workshop: Interrogating Neutrality during the Holocaust

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop

Interrogating Neutrality during the Holocaust

July 7–18, 2025

Washington, D.C.

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the 2025 Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop Interrogating Neutrality during the Holocaust. The Mandel Center will co-convene this workshop with Danielle Sanchez, Colorado College. The workshop is scheduled for July 7–18, 2025, and will take place at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Conference: Revolutions of Hope: Resilience and Recovery in Ukraine (University of Notre Dame)

Event Date: March 6-8, 2025

Registration (at no cost) is now available for the inaugural conference of the Ukrainian Studies Hub at the University of Notre Dame, March 6-8, 2025. Organized by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, the conference title is “Revolutions of Hope: Resilience and Recovery in Ukraine.”

This multi-day conference includes:

A wide variety of panels, featuring speakers from the United States and Europe, including faculty, academic leadership, graduate students, and international scholars;

Plenary sessions with high-profile scholars and leaders;

An art exhibition and cultural event featuring the Women’s Bandura Ensemble of Chicago; and

Liturgical observances, including Holy Mass and prayers for peace.

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

Junior Scholar Workshop: Writing Back from the Peripheries: Russophone Literary Diversity

Deadline: February 15, 2025

Junior Scholar Workshop “Writing Back from the Peripheries? Russophone Literary Diversity”

funded by the BRIDGE Seed Fund for collaboration between the University of Birmingham (UoB) in the UK, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in the USA

July 9-10, 2025

at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, decolonizing and decentring approaches to the study of Russophone literature and culture have become increasingly urgent tasks. This workshop seeks to offer support to emerging scholars whose research focuses on minoritized Russophone authors (both those who are “writing back” from regions formerly colonized by Russia and those who ended up living in exile abroad).

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025

CFP: 31st Annual REECAS Northwest Conference (University of Washington)

Deadline: February 17, 2025

REECAS Northwest, the annual ASEEES northwest regional conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) will take place April 10-12, 2025 at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes students, faculty, independent scholars, and language educators from the United States and abroad. Proposals on all subjects connected to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian regions are encouraged. The conference hosts panels on a variety of topics and disciplines including political science, history, literature, linguistics, anthropology, culture, migration studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, film studies and more.

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025

Resource/CFP: DOXA Independent Russian Media Platform

DOXA Journal is an independent Russian media outlet operating in exile. Initially launched as a student publication, it has grown into one of the largest independent Russian media platforms, covering critical issues such as human rights violations, the war in Ukraine, LGBTQIA+ oppression, and indigenous rights. Through our newsletter we aim to broaden the conversation about Russia by highlighting perspectives that extend beyond Kremlin-centric coverage.

Unlike most independent Russian media, we welcome scholarly, research-driven work.

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025

CFP: Wisconsin Slavic Conference

Deadline: February 17, 2025

Abstracts for 20-minute papers on any aspect of Slavic literatures, cultures (including film, music, and the visual arts), linguistics, and history, as well as on Slavic language and literature pedagogy are invited for the annual Wisconsin Slavic Conference. Comparative topics and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome and encouraged. The conference will be held in-person at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, 2025.

 Recent conference programs are available on the Wisconsin Slavic Conference website at https://gns.wisc.edu/2024/04/24/wisconsin-slavic-conference-2024/

 This year’s keynote lecture “The Other Place of Language: Hybridity and Extraterritoriality in Conrad, Gombrowicz, Stasiuk, and Wilk” will be delivered by Prof. George Z. Gasyna from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 