Professional Development – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

March 26, 2025March 26, 2025

Call for Applications: REEES Undergraduate Think Tank (Ohio State University, Howard University)

Deadline: April 20, 2025

We are excited to open the call for applications for the REEES Undergraduate Think Tank! Now in its sixth year, the REEES Undergraduate Think Tank offers students an opportunity to:
Create a research project with faculty mentor support Present at the Midwest Slavic Association Conference at The Ohio State University Select students will also present at the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Conference in Washington, D.C. Learn digital humanities skills Publish a digital research project on our website Receive a $2,500 stipend
The program runs from May 2025-April 2026. Student Fellows meet regularly over Zoom on Fridays.
The program brochure is available at https://tinyurl.com/REEES-Think-Tank-Brochure-2025.

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (Sacramento State)

Deadline: April 11, 2025

Call for Applications

Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection

Hellenic Research Fellowship Program 2025-2026

Thanks to generous ongoing funding, the university library is pleased to offer the continuation of the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP) for a 13th year. The HRFP, the only residential fellowship program west of the Mississippi in Hellenic studies, provides opportunities for visiting scholars and writers-in-residence to spend time in Sacramento, CA, conducting research and crafting their creative works using the resources of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection. The HRFP provides a limited number of fellowships in the form of reimbursement to help offset transportation and living expenses incurred in connection with the awards. The fellowship application deadline is April 11, 2025. No late applications will be considered. See below for full program information and application instructions.

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

Wanted: PhD Candidates Exploring the History of Early Childcare in Central and Eastern Europe

Deadline: April 11, 2025

https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-PhD-candidates-exploring-the-history-of-early-childcare-in-Central-and-Eastern-Europe/1168447101/
PhD candidates exploring the history of early childcare in Central and Eastern Europe
Vacancies: PhD candidates exploring the history of early childcare in Central and Eastern Europe

The PhD candidates will become part of a research team exploring a century of early childcare and the invisible work linked to the first 1,000 days of human life in modern central and eastern Europe led by Prof. dr. Sarah A. Cramsey. The positions are fully funded under the ERC Starting Grant scheme (project CARECENTURY). The expected starting date is 1 September 2025.

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

CFP: Emerging Scholars Workshop on Sources and Approaches in the Study of East-Central and Southeastern Europe

Deadline: March 31, 2025

The Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is pleased to invite you to submit paper proposals for a workshop for emerging scholars (M.A. students, Ph.D. students, and postdoctoral researchers) focusing on the study of contemporary East-Central and Southeastern Europe. We are interested in novel sources and approaches that reinterpret traditional historical narratives of these regions.

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

Online Film Screening and Discussion: Named Voices

Event Date: March 26, 2025, 1:00–3:00 PM EST

This compelling documentary theater play, Named Voices, examines the Nazi genocide of Roma in Ukraine during the 1940s and the ongoing experiences of Roma communities under Russia’s current war against Ukraine. The film interweaves stories of Roma people affected by WWII, connecting their past and present struggles. Produced by the Agency for the Advocacy of Roma Culture ARCA in collaboration with the Inclusive Theatre Association ART-PLAYBACK, the film draws upon ARCA’s archives and interviews with Roma provided by the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies. Following the screening, join Nataliia Tomenko, Roma activist and cultural heritage expert, and Lesia Pagulich, Ukrainian queer studies scholar, for a conversation on how histories of violence shape new understandings of care, solidarity, and healing. The film is in Ukrainian with English subtitles (78 min).

Please register to receive the link.
https://forms.gle/zCvqDeWEi3QqkbUN6

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

Language Workshop (Indiana University)

Deadline: May 2, 2025

Indiana University’s Language Workshop is accepting applications from now until May 2025.

2025 highlights include:

IU study-abroad programs for Azerbaijani (Baku), Hungarian (Budapest), and Kyrgyz (Bishkek)
Study-abroad programs in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh for BCMS (Cetinje), Czech (Prague), and Polish (Krakow)
Online programs for Azerbaijani, BCS, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, and 15 other languages
On-campus immersion programs for Russian, Chinese, Arabic

February 12, 2025February 12, 2025

Call for Applications: 2025 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia

Priority Application Deadline for Title VIII Research Awards: February 17, 2025; Final Deadline for All SRL Applications (Funded and Unfunded): March 17, 2025

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are accepting applications for our 2025 Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. The SRL is an in-person program that offers comprehensive research support, access to library resources and competitive Research Awards to graduate and post-graduate scholars developing projects on all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. It is funded by the U.S. Department of State through its Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII).

Update: We understand there are many questions currently about federal funding for the Title VIII program. We want to assure you that we are committed to holding the 2025 Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) as scheduled and encourage applicants to apply. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through these funding questions.

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 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).