At a time when dialogue between American and Russian diplomats is reduced to a bare minimum and when empathy and civility fall short of diplomacy between major powers, we are pleased to introduce The Ambassadorial Series. It is a compilation of conversations with eight outstanding American diplomats who served at various points of time as U.S. ambassadors to the Soviet Union and, after its dissolution, to the Russian Federation.
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Deadline: May 17, 2021
Harvard University’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures will be offering intermediate intensive Czech online through Zoom this summer through Harvard University’s summer school.
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Deadline: Open Until Filled
Literatura: an online course in Ukrainian literature and culture
Intensive summer course: 10 June- 29 July 2021
This online course is for anyone who is interested in Ukrainian literature. The course will discuss the romantics and the avant-garde, the modernists and the dissidents, the post-modernists and the feminists as well as the rich literary scene of contemporary Ukraine. Each seminar will be delivered by an expert in the field of Ukrainian literature. All texts will be read in the English translation and made available to students enrolled on the course. No prior knowledge of the Ukrainian language or literature is required to enrol on this course. Those who attend all seminars will receive a certificate of completion. https://ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/online-course-in-ukrainian-literature-and-culture/
Fee
£200 (£150 students) for 8 seminars OR £25 per seminar
How to enroll
If you wish to join this course or you have any queries, please email info@ukrainianinstitute.org.uk
Study Abroad: Hungarian Studies Balassi Scholarship
Deadline: April 29, 2021
Call for scholarship application of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary for the credit-based Hungarian Language and Hungarian Studies Programme in the academic year of 2021/2022.
The scholarship is intended for individuals of non-Hungarian citizenship (and of non-Hungarian decency) to increase their Hungarian language competence and “Hungarology” knowledge acquired at universities outside Hungary.
The objective of the Hungarian Language and Hungarian Studies scholarship is to improve, broaden and strengthen the Hungarian language skills and “Hungarology” knowledge of graduate or undergraduate students of Hungarian studies. The two-semester course takes place in the MFA in Budapest with the cooperation of the University of Pécs and with KKM Magyar Diplomáciai Akadémia Kft. (KKM MDA Kft., a background institution of the MFA)
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Deadline: April 10, 2021
The Boris Nemtsov Foundation is pleased to announce its 4th Summer School of Journalism to be held in mid-July, 2021. It is a fully-funded program. The deadline for submitting applications is April 10th, 2021 (23:59 Prague time (UTC + 1). You can apply by clicking on the link: https://summerschool.nemtsovfund.org/anketa/
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Deadline: June 17, 2021
Harvard University’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures will be offering intermediate intensive Czech and elementary and intermediate intensive Russian online through Zoom through Harvard University’s summer school.
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Deadline: April 1, 2021
Applications are open for the 2021 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI), which will once again take place online.
Full scholarships are available, but the deadline is April 1st.
Full details here: https://huri.harvard.edu/harvard-ukrainian-summer-institute
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UCL Press is delighted to present a new open access book: Redefining Russian Literary Diaspora, 1920-2020, edited by Maria Rubins.
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Deadline: Open Until Filled
Virtual Experiences Abroad
A new generation of digital learning content provided at your fingertips. VEXA provides students of all kinds and means with engaging and memorable experiences abroad
What is VEXA
Vexa is a secure, user-friendly platform that hosts and displays content and combines aspects of social media with a learning management system to drive engagement.
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Deadline: March 28, 2021
Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (TVL) is now accepting applications for our Fall 2021 TVL Practicum class. If you would like to learn more about this unique course and our other programs, please attend one of our upcoming info sessions.
The TVL Practicum is a cross-campus elective course that teaches graduate students how to work and consult with startups. Multi-disciplinary teams of grad students work through a project-driven curriculum that immerses them in research, teaches about business strategy and terminology, and provides a framework for strategically thinking through business problems to directly deliver positive outcomes for Texas-based startups. These startup companies are from our TVL Accelerator and engage with the students as “consulting clients”, so this is real-world, hands-on experience for course credit!
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