Category: Professional Development

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CFP: Socialisms in the Face of the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe: 80 Years to 1945, Hybrid Research Workshop (University of Haifa, Israel)

Deadline: January 25, 2025

Two radically opposed manifestations of human society reached the climax of their realization in the twentieth century: the utopian vision of socialism and the catastrophic reality of the Holocaust. Eighty years after the end of the Second World War, this workshop, hosted on 7-8 April 2025 by the Haifa Interdisciplinary Unit for Polish Studies (HIUPS), the Gotteiner Institute for the History of the Bund and the Jewish Labor Movement, and the University of Haifa, aims to untangle socialist responses to the Holocaust within the context of twentieth century Central and Eastern European Jewish history. 

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CFP: Third Annual Graduate Student Conference on Central Asia (Davis Center, Harvard University)

Deadline: January 31, 2025

Call for Papers for Davis Center’s Third Annual Graduate Student Conference on Central Asia

The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University will host the third annual graduate student conference on Central Asia from April 18 to 20, 2025. We invite paper proposals from graduate students at any stage, including master’s students, working on a topic related to Central Asia within any discipline. The conference will allow U.S.-based graduate students to present their original and ongoing work professionally and receive feedback from peers and experts in the field. 

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Prof. Dev. : Open Enrollment Project-Based Language Learning for Language Educators

Registration Open Until: April 30, 2025

Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) is a 5-module open-enrollment self-study course for language educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL), offered by the National Foreign Language Resource Center. Successful learners will be able to describe essential features of high quality PBLL and to generate high-quality ideas for projects using the Product Square. A digital badge is available for candidates fulfilling course requirements.

Registration and the content for this MOOC (massive open online course) are FREE:

Registration open till April 30, 2025

Course open: January 2, 2025 – May 31, 2025

For more info or to register, visit https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/126/

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REEES networking event with SRS + ASEEES

Event Date: January 30, 2025

The Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (SRS), together with the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), is hosting our second annual virtual meet and greet for graduate students, recent graduates, and ASEEES members. 

This informal event is an opportunity to meet fellow REEES graduate students and scholars, play REEES-themed trivia, and learn more about SRS research support services, ASEEES resources for graduate students, the annual ASEEES convention, and more.  

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European & Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium

Deadline: January 10, 2025

URS—the European & Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium—is scheduled for March 28, 2025 and open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper (social science, humanities, or business perspective) focusing on Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or Central Eurasia.

Undergraduate students  apply here.

Details here:

  • URS applications due January 10th, 2025.
  • Limited URS travel grants help defray travel expenses for accepted participants outside the Pittsburgh region.
  • Selected participants are grouped into panels according to their research topics.
  • Participants give 10- to 15-minute presentations to a panel of faculty and graduate students.
  • URS presentations are open to the public.

URS is an annual event since 2002 that provides undergraduate students with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. For more information, visit our page.

Should you have any questions, please reach out to Zita Tóth-Shawgo. 

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Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia 2025

Deadline: February 17, 2025

Applications are now open for the Monterey Summer Symposium 2025, a multidisciplinary bilingual program organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. The Monterey Summer Symposium will take place in Armenia and Georgia from June 25 to July 13, 2025.

Applicants must demonstrate advanced proficiency in the Russian language.

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Funding: Humane Studies Fellowship

Deadline: Rolling

The Humane Studies Fellowship provides up to $5,000 to support students completing major research projects, presenting their work at top conferences, and publishing their work in major journals. This award is intended to foster those key projects which maximize a recipient’s research impact and career prospects. These awards give you access to other IHS opportunities including job market support, in-person and online events, and much more.

Awardees are expected to submit copies of research completed, presented, submitted for review, or published during the fellowship period when and as available. Awardees will also provide updates on significant progress made during the fellowship period.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants will be notified of their award within eight weeks of submission.

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Undergraduate and Graduate Research Symposium (NYU Jordan Center)

Deadline: December 20, 2024

NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia Masters and Undergraduate Research Symposium

The NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia is excited to announce a call for applications for our annual master’s and undergraduate research symposium! This March, we will host 25 undergraduates and 25 master’s students for two days of presentations, discussion, networking, and exploration. Please note that this year’s event will feature a slightly different structure than the past two iterations, as we will host both MA and Undergraduate participants for two full days.

We invite presentation proposals from undergraduates and master’s students enrolled at universities in the USA and Canada who are pursuing or have pursued research projects, internships, or other opportunities related to Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and/or Eurasia. Students from any academic field are welcome to apply. Both symposia will feature two different types of panels: 

1. Traditional research panels featuring 10-12 minute talks on executed research projects

2. Casual, discussion-based panels featuring 4-5 minute talks on experiences — internships, study abroad, volunteer opportunities, and more — related to the region 

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Visiting Fellowships (Aleksanteri Institute)

Deadline: December 24, 2024

The Aleksanteri Institute, the Finnish Centre for Russian, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies at the University of Helsinki, is pleased to invite applications for its Visiting Fellowships from scholars pursuing research that relates to the Institute’s research profile.

The Visiting Fellowship scheme is intended for scholars who hold a PhD degree and reside outside Finland. Visits can take place between April and December 2025 (excluding July) and are supported with a monthly grant. Fellowships are for two months, with exceptions detailed in the call.

Please see call details and application instructions in the Call for Proposals.
You can find more information on the Visiting Fellows Programme on our website.

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Professional Development: Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (University of Hawai’i)

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) is a 5-module open-enrollment self-study course for language educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL), offered by the National Foreign Language Resource Center. Successful learners will be able to describe essential features of high quality PBLL and to generate high-quality ideas for projects using the Product Square. A digital badge is available for candidates fulfilling course requirements.

Registration and the content for this MOOC (massive open online course) are FREE:

Registration open till April 30, 2025

Course open: January 2, 2025 – May 31, 2025

For more info or to register, visit https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/126/

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