Job: Russian Immersion Teacher (Lane Middle School, Portland, OR

Deadline: Open Until Filled; Posted July 2025

Portland Public Schools (PPS) is seeking talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences to lead change and inspire PPS students. At PPS, every employee, despite having different roles, is an educator. We hope to attract talented educators who model the core PPS  Educator Essentials. With the District’s focus on eliminating systemic racism and its adverse impact on student learning, we seek to hire individuals who bring to our district a deep commitment to racial equity and social justice.

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Book Reviewers Wanted: Slavic and East European Journal

Deadline: Ongoing

The Slavic and East European Journal is currently seeking book reviewers. We have numerous new titles, a small yet diverse sampling of which is showcased below. Our extensive list of books available for review can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1smhCy7HMLQSU-kETjTmaoUA0ZqwMU7AlB4BPSFi3eBU/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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Submissions/Translations Wanted: Asymptote Journal

Deadline: Ongoing

Asymptote, an international journal of literature that has previously published new work by authors such as J.M. Coetzee, Lydia Davis, and Haruki Murakami, from over one hundred countries and languages.

At Asymptote we aim to expose our readers to the multitude of perspectives and experiences that exist outside the anglophone and particularly in languages that are not frequently translated. I want to bring more Georgian, North Caucus, Eastern European, and Central Asian voices into the journal and as the Communication Coordinator for so many academic programs in the region, you seem like the perfect point of contact. I’m interested in a whole range of subjects, especially essays and even journalism that speak to conversations about literature, politics, and culture in the region today that outside readers wouldn’t be aware of. 

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Job: Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers

Deadline: August 15, 2025

The Canadian Association of Slavists invites expressions of interest for the position of Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers, starting in 2026 or 2027.  Founded in 1956, CSP is now the world’s highest ranked interdisciplinary Slavic studies journal.  This is an opportunity for a scholar (or pair of scholars), working in any field of Slavic studies, to read widely, mentor other scholars, and play a leadership role in the field’s development both in Canada and internationally.  Funds are available to the Editor(s) to employ an editorial assistant and office staff and to pay for a course release if necessary; additional funds may be available in the form of a research grant or other compensation for the Editor(s).  While affiliation with a Canadian higher education institution is preferred, the Association is open to other arrangements.  For further information, please contact the current Editors, James Krapfl and Rolf Hellebust, at csp@ualberta.ca by August 15, 2025.  The Association aims to have a succession plan in place by December 2025.

CFP: Teaching Writing in English at the Decolonial Turn in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

Deadline: August 15, 2025

We invite you to submit a chapter proposal for a forthcoming edited collection titled Teaching Writing in English at the Decolonial Turn in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, under contract with the International Exchanges on the Study of Writing book series (WAC Clearinghouse). We also encourage you to share the linked call for proposals (CFP) with colleagues and graduate students who may be interested in contributing.

We invite contributions from colleagues in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia who are affiliated with colleges and universities where the language of instruction is English. Perspectives from instructors who specialize in writing, in composition and rhetoric, in writing center praxis, in literature, and in linguistics are welcome, as are contributions from disciplinary specialists who teach writing in their primary field of study. We especially hope to hear from early career researchers. Proposals can be sent to decolonialwritingbook@gmail.com by August 15, 2025. 

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CFP: Corpus Linguistics in Russian Language Learning and Teaching

Deadline: June 15, 2025

We are pleased to invite chapter proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled Corpus Linguistics in Russian Language Learning and Teaching, to be proposed for publication in the Routledge Russian Language Pedagogy and Research series.

This volume aims to bring together scholars and practitioners engaged in the study and teaching of Russian as a second (L2) and heritage (HL) language, with a focus on corpus-based approaches. We seek contributions that examine the use of various corpora in language teaching, curriculum development, assessment, materials design, and teacher training. The volume will highlight how authentic language data can inform pedagogical innovation and bridge the gap between linguistic research and instructional practice.

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Call for Chapter Proposal: The Handbook of Place-Based Pedagogies in Language and Culture Studies 

Deadline: May 25, 2025

See CFP for more details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fM4H8f03hlgEZ8TGO7RHB_kiEZKh51AZDe-vSq6fvCk/edit?usp=sharing
Submission Form: https://forms.gle/cPgKmRncM8SxX7xX9   

The Handbook of Place-Based Pedagogies in Language and Culture Studies is envisioned as a scholarly volume which offers a comprehensive overview of the theories, methodologies, and applications of place-oriented frameworks in language and culture studies. It examines how educators and researchers incorporate spatial constructs, local environments, and community knowledge into pedagogical and scholarly practices across diverse disciplinary contexts. Emphasizing the significance of geographical, cultural, ethnographic, geopolitical, historical, and linguistic features of place, the handbook aims to deepen our understanding into spatial dimensions of cultures and languages and enrich language and culture learning, making it more engaging and relevant for students. 

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Job: Armenian, Albanian, Hebrew, Romanian, Russian and Turkish Language Linguists (SOSi)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

SOSi is seeking Armenian, Hebrew, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croation and Turkish Language Linguists to join our team supporting all duties assigned to communicate and translate within our customer’s requirements. 

Languages can also include Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarin, Byelorussian, Czech, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Lativan, Lithuanian, Luxembourgisch, Macedonian, Romansh, Slovak, Slovene, Tajik, Ukranian, Uzbek, and Yiddish.

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Call for Abstracts: The Life and Death of Cold War Funding

Deadline: July 1, 2025

Special Issue of The Russian Review

From Fulbright and IREX scholarships facilitating in-country immersion, to the Wilson Center’s efforts to connect academics and policymakers, to Title VI and Title VIII support for less commonly taught “critical” languages, funding programs that began in the Cold War shaped the field of Russian and Eastern European studies in enduring ways. These programs not only helped the US government “know its enemy” but also consolidated and institutionalized new fields of knowledge (“area studies”), trained experts in the United States, and developed a network of content-creators in the region. Despite its ideological partiality, this system of knowledge production helped soften hearts and minds on both sides of the so-called Iron Curtain. Though the original political impetus behind these programs ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union, many initiatives survived. Even after the Cold War they funded the continued creation of cross-cultural knowledge and expertise, training the next generation of American scholars, and bringing academics, writers, and other practitioners from the region to the West.

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