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Embedded Scholars Program for UT Students

Info Session: September 24, 2025
Application Deadline: November 1, 2025

The 2026 Embedded Scholars Application is now open for UT students to apply for Summer 2026 internships in democratic and constitutional development in the Balkans, Central Asia, Europe, and Latin America. This is a partially funded international internship open to undergraduate and graduate students from any major at UT.

The program provides unparalleled opportunities for students interested in democracy to work with CID Gallup and International IDEA in Latin America, with International IDEA in Europe, and with the National Democratic Institute, Transparency International, and the United Nations Development Programme in the Balkans, Central Asia, and Eurasia. Students receive training at UT in the spring before going abroad for the summer to support democracy assistance programs in the field.

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CFP: Workshop in Ukrainian Studies (NYC)

Deadline: September 10, 2025

The Shevchenko Scientific Society in the United States, in partnership with the American Association for Ukrainian Studies and Razom for Ukraine, is pleased to announce a call for applications from early-career scholars. PhD candidates studying at US universities and post-doctoral fellows who received their PhD degrees within the past three years are invited to apply for participation in an interdisciplinary workshop in Ukrainian Studies. Applicants engaged in a wide range of approaches and subfields are welcome to apply. Topics include, but are not limited to, civil society, culture, economic development, gender, historical memory, humanitarian aid, international relations, migration, and war.The in-person workshop will be held in New York City on October 31 – November 1, 2025, which will provide participants with an opportunity to attend some events at the Ukrainian Cultural Festival. 

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CFP: Higher Education Policy in Non or Partly Recognized States and Entities: Negotiating Sovereignty and Seeking Epistemic Justice (Prague)

Deadline: September 5, 2025

The Small Nation(-States) Research Centre (SnS), Institute of International Studies, Charles University, invites abstract proposals for a hybrid workshop entitled Higher Education Policy in Non or Partly Recognized States and Entities: Negotiating Sovereignty and Seeking Epistemic Justice to be held on November 6th, 2025, in Prague (both in-person and online).

• Submission deadline for abstracts: September 5th, 2025
• Notification of acceptance: September 30th, 2025

Higher education has long been one of the most powerful instruments for legitimizing state claims and cultivating national consciousness. In non- or partly-recognized states (NPRS), universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) not only shape local identity and historical narratives but also attempt to secure symbolic and material forms of recognition—whether through accreditation, partnerships, or student and faculty mobility. At the same time, crises of sovereignty, conflict, or political fragmentation often force HEIs into exile, split institutions, or compel them to operate under severe political constraints.

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Internship: National Security, Intelligence, and International Affairs Research Internship and Graduate Pathway Program 

Deadline: October 15, 2025; February 15, 2026

Program Overview

As a research intern, you will embark on a rigorous educational journey guided by the Doctoral Candidate Research Advisors and Master’s Student Research Assistants serving as research mentors. This role provides comprehensive academic resources, expert lectures, and specialized workshops designed to enhance your readiness for graduate studies. Faculty interaction is streamlined to enrich this experience, with opportunities to attend two class sessions per semester, ensuring hands-on learning and professional development under the mentorship of seasoned scholar-practitioners. 

Intern Benefits

Upon successful completion of the Research Internship and Graduate Pathway Program, participants gain access to preferential consideration for IWP’s master’s degrees. Additionally, eligible interns will receive a $3,000 per semester intern scholarship, which can be applied directly toward tuition for the M.A. degree program. Merit-based scholarships are also available. 

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Call for Applications: Workshop in Ukrainian Studies in New York City (For PhD candidates and Post-Doctoral Scholars)

Deadline: September 10, 2025

The Shevchenko Scientific Society in the United States, in partnership with the American Association for Ukrainian Studies and Razom for Ukraine, is pleased to announce a call for applications from early-career scholars. PhD candidates studying at US universities and post-doctoral fellows who received their PhD degrees within the past three years are invited to apply for participation in an interdisciplinary workshop in Ukrainian Studies. Applicants engaged in a wide range of approaches and subfields are welcome to apply. Topics include, but are not limited to, civil society, culture, economic development, gender, historical memory, humanitarian aid, international relations, migration, and war. The in-person workshop will be held in New York City on October 31 – November 1, 2025, which will provide participants with an opportunity to attend some events at the Ukrainian Cultural Festival. 

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Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship

Deadlines: September 11, 2025 (Humanities); September 30, 2025 (STEM)

The Radcliffe Fellowship Program supports 50 scholars, artists, and public intellectuals who have demonstrated records of achievement in their respective fields and show great promise for future contributions.

Throughout the year, fellows convene regularly to share their work in progress, supporting one another in various intellectual groups and building connections through social events. They benefit from access to Harvard’s libraries and archives, to professional development opportunities, and to Harvard college students through participating in the Radcliffe Research Partnership Program. In this program, students intellectually engage with fellows and their projects by researching sources, reviewing book chapters, discussing new approaches to projects, and more.

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American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

Deadline: September 25, 2025

Fellowship Details

  • Maximum award: $60,000
  • Tenure: six to twelve months devoted to full-time research and/or writing, to be initiated between July 1, 2026 and July 1, 2027, and to be completed by December 31, 2027. Six months of the fellowship tenure must be consecutive, but any remainder of the fellow’s award term can be taken separately at a later date within the eligible award window. (See FAQ for more information.)
  • The fellowship is open to scholars at all postdoctoral career stages, working on or off the tenure track, who have earned a PhD in the humanities or interpretive social sciences by the application deadline. For established scholars without a PhD, please see the FAQ for further information about eligibility for this program.
  • ACLS will begin accepting applications in July 2025. Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS online fellowship and grant administration system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, September 25, 2025.
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Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies

Deadline: September 20, 2025

This program is open to recent PhD recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences.

The Academy Scholars Program of The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their academic careers whose work combines excellence in a social science discipline with a command of the language and knowledge or expertise of countries or regions outside of the United States or Canada. Their scholarship should span traditional disciplinary divisions and elucidate comparative, transnational, or domestic issues, past or present.

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2025 Caucasus Research Forum: Caucasus and the World

Event Date (via Zoom): April 23- 24, 2025

Slavic Reference Service invites you to attend the 2025 Caucasus Research Forum: Caucasus and the World via Zoom by registering at the following link: https://forms.gle/jSa7ZSMRWJDo6mq38

For centuries, the Caucasus region has been the center of rich cultural diversity and exchange. These cultural interactions have influenced the peoples of the Caucasus, and in turn, inspired generations of writers, artists, musicians, and travelers. Concurrently, the diaspora communities from this region have taken with them the many representations, oral histories, and memory of the Caucasus to the broader global culture. The theme for the 2025 Caucasus Research Forum is Caucasus and the World. 

Sub-themes of the forum include: 

  • Travel Writing
  • Caucasus Region in World Literature
  • Diaspora Communities
  • Displacement and Migration
  • Archives and Special Collections

These forums are intended to provide a supportive and informal environment for researchers, information professionals, and students to discuss future, ongoing, or completed scholarly projects.  This event will take place on April 23–24, 2025 on Zoom. Participation is open to all.

Zoom details will be shared the week of the event. 

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New Members Wanted: AATSEEL Graduate Student Committee

The AATSEEL Graduate Student Committee is looking for new members! We invite graduate students with an interest in Slavic and East European languages, literatures, and cultures to join our committee and help shape programming and initiatives that support the graduate student community.Why Join? Gain leadership experience in an academic organization Help organize events for graduate students Network with fellow students and scholars in the field Advocate for your language and discipline within the community Who Are We Looking For?

We especially encourage applications from:Students from diverse backgrounds in East Slavic, South Slavic, West Slavic, and non-Slavic East European languages Researchers and instructors working in curriculum development, language instruction, second language acquisition, and related fields Those interested in becoming language ambassadors within the committee to promote their respective linguistic and cultural areas What’s the Commitment? Two-year term, allowing members to gain experience organizing both in-person and online AATSEEL conference programming Regular committee meetings and engagement in event planning Participation is flexible based on your availability and workload Interested?

If you would like to join us or have any questions, please contact Co-Chairs Diana Avdeeva at avdeeva2@illinois.edu and Natalia Petrova at npetrova@wisc.edu.

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