Graduate Programs – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023

MPhil and PhD Opportunities in Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge

Deadline: October 11, 2023

The Slavonic Studies section in the University of Cambridge invites applications from qualified students for a 1-year MPhil or 3-year PhD in Slavonic Studies, beginning Autumn 2024.

The Slavonic Studies section engages in the advanced study of Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, with an emphasis on cultural history from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is home to a dynamic annual programme of public lectures, research seminars, conferences, and exhibitions. Its intellectual vitality is particularly evident in the fields of pre-modern East Slavic culture; Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian Literatures of the 19th and 20th centuries; Slavonic linguistics; Nationalism Studies; history of science and medicine; print culture; and film and visual culture. We encourage applications from students who work comparatively across Slavonic cultures and languages, as well as those who focus on individual ones.

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

Fully-Funded PhD position in Russian Linguistics (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)

Deadline: August 31, 2023

A PhD position is available at the Department of Language and Culture, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education in Russian linguistics. The successful candidate will be joining CLEAR (Cognitive Linguistics: Empirical Approaches to Russian); a research group at UiT that pursues empirical research in the framework of cognitive linguistics with the aim of building electronic resources that support research-based student-centered language pedagogy. The CLEAR group at UiT (together with partners at HSE University in Moscow) has developed the largest digital resource of constructions for any language of the world, namely the Russian Constructicon, with over 2200 constructions. Our Russian Constructicon resource has numerous features that will prove especially valuable in the research that this PhD candidate will pursue.

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023

Call for Applicants: University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science MA in Peace, Security, and Development Program for the academic year 2023/2024

Deadline: August 20, 2023

Innovative English-taught program backed by the Centre for Peace Studies and Centre for International Security, an exemplary blend of local expertise, world-class scholarship, state-of-the-art teaching methods, and practice-based learning, catering to passionate students interested in peace, conflict, and development studies.

Two semester MA program including master’s thesis: the first semester focuses on theoretical knowledge with a blend of compulsory and elective courses while the second semester emphasizes methodological skills in addition to an internship, providing hands-on experience in organizations and institutions that deal with peace, security, and development issues.

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023

PhD Position: Critical infrastructures: Construction, Functional Crises and Protection in Cities (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany)

Deadline: July 25, 2023

The interdisciplinary Research Training Group (RTG) KRITIS “Critical infrastructures: Construction, Functional Crises and Protection in Cities” at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, offers a PhD position (f/m/d) scheduled to begin on 1 October 2023 or earlier. The position is initially limited to 2 years (until 30 September 2025, 0.65 of full-time employment). Both supervisors will support the successful candidate in applying for a 1–2-year contract extension through third-party and/or university funding to complete the dissertation.

May 10, 2023June 12, 2023

Funding: Dumbreck Doctoral Research Scholarship in Slavonic Studies

Deadline: May 26, 2023

The School of Modern Languages and Cultures (SMLC) is offering one Dumbreck Scholarship for doctoral study in any field of Slavonic Studies, tenable from October 2023.

The scholarship (consisting of an award of £12,000 per annum, renewable for a maximum of three years) is open to students to cover tuition fees at the UK rate, with the remainder contributing to maintenance. For current research fees see: https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/fees/

May 2, 2023June 12, 2023

CFA: Graduate Study at the University of Kansas for students from Ukraine

Deadline: May 29, 2023

The Department of Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas invites graduate students from Ukraine to apply for the two-year MA in Slavic Languages and
Literatures, with a special concentration in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies,
with the possibility of completing the program within just one year with a reduction in
credit requirements. Within this broad area studies degree, students may choose to focus
on a particular country (including Ukraine) and/or a particular area of interest, such as
history, political science, literature & culture, linguistics, or global and international studies.
The university will offer visa support for students as well as health insurance. Tuition is
waived and students will receive living stipends of about $18,650 per academic year
(9 months). Some funding packages will be in the form of graduate assistantships and
others in the form of teaching assistantships. KU will grant a limited number of awards.
Assistance with plane tickets and relocation support may also be available.

March 14, 2023June 12, 2023

Postdoctoral Fellowship (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Deadline: April 14, 2023

Full Job Description: https://recruiting.ultipro.com/UNI1056USHMM/JobBoard/3b76cc60-2b05-4241-bd77-5476ab81c570/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=d2795477-6bef-4097-8d3f-0450a493ce11

The Museum seeks a postdoctoral fellow to research, review, and write content for USHMM’s online Holocaust Encyclopedia. The incumbent will help the Museum to convey stories of the Holocaust and other genocides with the goal of making the past relevant today as well as encouraging our visitors to think, question, care and take action.

This position provides hands-on experience in producing historical content for public-facing digital resources, as well as significant time for research and writing in the chosen candidate’s area of specialization. The position combines professional experience with time to pursue independent scholarly research and interact with other fellows in the Museum’s visiting scholars program.

February 8, 2023May 3, 2023

Grad. Program: PhD at ZZF Potsdam

Deadline: February 28, 2023

The ZZF has a vacancy for a PhD Position, fully funded for three years. Please find particulars here:

https://zzf-potsdam.de/sites/default/files/Stellenausschreibungen/wm_03-2023_stellenausschreibung_saw_popular_cultures_phd_final.pdf

The Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF) Potsdam, Department I (Communism and Society), seeks to employ a

Doctoral Student (f/m/d)

in the joint research project „Adjustment and Radicalization. Dynamics in Popular Culture(s) in Pre-War Eastern Europe“, under the supervision of PD (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Dr. Juliane Fürst. The envisaged starting date is May 1, 2023. The position is part-time (65%) and limited to a term of 36 months. The salary is paid in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement for public employees in Germany (TV-L 13).

January 6, 2023May 3, 2023

MA Program: Russian, E European, and Eurasian Studies (University of Oregon)

Deadline: February 1, 2023

University of Oregon invites applicants for the MA in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

The Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies Program at the University of Oregon (REEES) invites applications for its two-year M.A. degree. REEES is the home of undergraduate and graduate programs in all fields connected to Russia, Eastern Europe, and former Soviet Eurasia at the University of Oregon.

December 16, 2022May 3, 2023

Grad. Program: REEE Studies (University of Oregon)

Deadline: February 1, 2023

REEES is one of the oldest programs devoted to the study of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia in the United States. Established in 1968, it was a founding institutional member of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, now the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies. REEES today reflects a long history of interdisciplinary scholarly interaction. Our roster of participating faculty members and numerous associated, emeritus, and courtesy faculty comprises innovative and committed teachers, with distinguished and in many cases internationally-recognized records of scholarly publication.