Conference: Central Association of Russian Teachers of America (Albuquerque)

CARTA (The Central Association of Russian Teachers of America) invites you to attend its 21st Annual Conference which will take place on April 5-7, 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Join your colleagues and friends for sessions, panels, exhibits, award presentations, and cultural activities.

For information about the conference contact Mara Sukholutskaya, tel:580-559-5293, <msukholu@ecok.edu>.

More information about CARTA, registration and membership forms can be found at CARTA website: http://cartaws.wix.com/online

CFP: Sozopol Fiction Seminar (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Deadline for Submissions: February 25, 2019

June 13–17, 2019
SOZOPOL Fiction Seminars: Creative Writing Edition:
WRITING ABOUT IMMIGRATION

The Elizabeth Kostova Foundation offers a call for participation in the twelfth annual edition of the Sozopol Seminars which will take place between June 13-172019, in the ancient town of Sozopol, Bulgaria.

Fiction writers from Bulgaria and English-speaking countries, including but not limited to Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, are invited to apply. Fiction works in the genres of the novel and the short story are accepted for submission. Continue reading “CFP: Sozopol Fiction Seminar (Sofia, Bulgaria)”

Prof. Devt: Workshop on Foreign Policy and Security (U Illinois at U-C)

Deadline for Funding: February 18th, 2019

From  June 12-14,  2019, the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) and the Slavic Reference Service (SRS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be hosting a workshop on US – Russia – Future: A Foreign Policy and Security Studies Workshop.

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CFP: Aleksanteri Conference on Eurasia (Uni. Helsinki)

Deadline for Submissions: May 15, 2019

Call for Papers: 19th Annual Aleksanteri Conference
TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY IN THE EURASIAN SPACE
Dates and venue: 23–25 October 2019, University of Helsinki, Finland

The 19th Annual Aleksanteri Conference explores interactions between technologies, societies, and cultures across Eurasia. They will bring together leading experts in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian studies, as well as researchers from digital humanities to examine how said interactions are reconfigured in the context of past and future technological change. Continue reading “CFP: Aleksanteri Conference on Eurasia (Uni. Helsinki)”

CFP: “On the Edge: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Innovation, Modernity, and Trends (UVA)

Deadline to Submit Abstracts: February 15, 2019 

“On the Edge”:  An Interdisciplinary Forum on Innovation, Modernity, and Trends

The University of Virginia
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
March 29 – 30, 2019

The modern world is punctuated by periods of innovation, revolution, and change. As we conceive of monumental breakthroughs throughout history and across cultures, we look to individuals and movements that have challenged the status quo and broke with accepted norms and traditions. This forum is dedicated to challenging contemporary and historical perceptions and values, identifying outlying ideas and trends, and investigating tensions between the old and the new. How do emerging trends, innovations, and new social outlooks affect our thinking and our society? How do revolutions and uprisings help us understand our particular milieus and our global world? What are the interrelationships between political, economic, scientific, and social change?  Continue reading “CFP: “On the Edge: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Innovation, Modernity, and Trends (UVA)”

CFP: World Congress (Kyoto Sangyo Uni, Japan)

Deadline for Applications: June 20, 2019

XI-th World Congress “East-West: the Intersection of Cultures,”
October 2-6, 2019
Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan.

Working languages: English and Russian. Virtual as well as on site participation welcome.

Thematic areas of the congress:
1. Literary horizons.
2. Innovations in Linguistics.
3. The increasing role of bilingualism in modern society: bilingual education.
4. Translation and intercultural communication.
5. Intercultural aspects of pedagogy. Foreign languages and methodology of teaching.
6. Sociocultural problems of international migration and demography.
7. Information technology and smart technology in education. E-learning methodology.      Multimedia.

The deadline for registration and submission of applications and proceedings is 20 June, 2019.

For more details of the Congress and registration- visit the website.
The address of the international organizing committee: japan.congress@gmail.com
Chairs: japan.congress@gmail.com (Svetlana M. Minasyan)
kitajo@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp (Mitsushi Kitajo) Mitsushi Kitajo

CFP: Economics Conference in Moscow (HSE)

Deadline for Applications: February 23, 2019

Doctoral students are invited to participate in 6th annual PhD workshop “Financial Markets and Corporate Strategies: Comparative Studies”. It will be held on 13th April within the 20th Annual April International Conference on Economic and Social Development that will take place at the National research university Higher School of Economics, Moscow.

Key note speaker is Elena Beccalli, Professor of Banking and Dean, School of Banking, Finance and Insurance (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan).

Applications should be submitted by 23 February 2019. The university will provide funds for travel and accommodation expenses for the authors of accepted papers. Best papers will be published in Journal of Corporate Finance Research.

To participate in the workshop, proposals up to 3 pages, giving a clear idea of the main research hypotheses, methods, data and results, plus a short CV should be sent to the School of Finance address PhDworkshop@hse.ru by 23 February 2019. Applicants will be informed about the selection by 1 March 2019.

Announcement: https://finance.hse.ru/en/announcements/228810162.html

Funding: ASEEES Summer Travel Grant and Convention Registration (Croatia)

Deadline for Grant Applications: February 6, 2019
Priority Registration Deadline: April 19, 2019

2019 ASEEES Summer Convention
14-16 June 2019
Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesUniversity of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia

Registration for the 2019 Summer Convention is now open! Register by April 19 to receive the earlybird discount. The Convention program should be available by the end of February.
The ASEEES Travel Grant application deadline is February 6. Continue reading “Funding: ASEEES Summer Travel Grant and Convention Registration (Croatia)”