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Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
Both academic and non-academic opportunities to travel and/or study abroad.
The following opportunities are generally applicable to SRAS programs. Note that some (but not all) require participants to be enrolled in a program supported by an American university. These are still applicable if your SRAS program is supported by your home university. Contact SRAS for details. Continue reading “Funding: Grants for SRAS Study Abroad Programs”
SRAS is accepting applications for fall study abroad programs and there are some spots left in a few of their summer programs too! Don’t miss these incredible opportunities to explore some incredible regions.
Summer Study Abroad:
1) Applications are still being accepted for all programs in Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, and Poland.
2) Add intensive language study in Kyiv (Ukraine) to a summer SRAS program in Poland for as little as $600.
3) Continuing Education, which takes education professionals to Ukraine and Georgia, is also still accepting applications!
Fall Study Abroad: Deadlines run through May and vary by program! See program pages for details.
Fluent speakers of Russian, majoring in economics, statistics, and finance: rising sophomores, and up, graduate students, and recent graduates are invited to participate in the Second International School in Yerevan, capital of Armenia.
Announcement http://bit.do/eRd8p and the course program http://bit.do/eRdV7
The classes will take place July 15 to 19, 2019 at 128 Nalbandyan St, Yerevan 0025, Armenia.
Topic: Challenges for Emerging Economy II
Participation is free of charge, registration is required. Languages of instruction: Russian, English Continue reading “Study Abroad: Summer Intl School on Emerging Economy (Yerevan)”
Professors Simon Dedeo (Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University) and Tatyana Gershkovich are looking for a student or recent alum to help work on a project analyzing two corpuses of Russian and Soviet diaries and letters. This position is ideal for undergraduate or pre-doctoral students with an academic career in mind and looking to enter the culture analytics space. The goal of this work is a peer-reviewed paper, and they hope to involve the student at a high intellectual level.
This is a full-time, paid position in Pittsburgh with flexible start dates in the summer period. Russian-language skills are required, as is familiarity with Python or the willingness to learn quickly. The project has an active and friendly research group with (in addition to graduate researchers) three pre-doctoral fellows and an undergraduate researcher working on different projects; it’s a supportive environment for both intellectual development and social life.
Women and under-represented minorities are encouraged to apply.
Please contact tgershko@andrew.cmu.edu and sdedeo@andrew.cmu.edu if the position is of interest.
The U.S. Department of State is making it easier for you to apply to become a Foreign Service Information Management Specialist.
Join the Department of State and help safeguard information systems and implement new technologies to improve the business of diplomacy. You will apply modern IT tools, approaches, systems, and information products to support the advancement of U.S. foreign policy and ultimately contribute to U.S. national security.
When you become an Information Management Specialist, you will have access to continued training and career development programs, health and medical coverage, federal retirement benefits, and generous paid leave. When serving overseas, you will receive paid housing or an appropriate housing allowance, and paid education for dependent children K through 12.
Your new career path can start today. For more information on this vacancy- visit the job announcement page. Visit Pearson VUE and apply at any time. To learn more about the new application process, check out the new infographic.
A call is open for a summer school entitled “Understanding Russia: Insights into Contemporary Russian Culture and Politics”, held on 15-27 July 2019 at the University of Tartu, Estonia. The school is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Continue reading “Study Abroad: Summer Russian Studies School (Tartu, Estonia)”
On May 30, a CREEES partner university in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine is hosting a conference on energy policy. They are currently accepting applications for speakers! The topic is ‘Energy Factor in Contemporary International Relations’. Participation would be through Skype.
Archaeology Summer School | Cinema summer school | Turkish Literature Summer School
Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Yunus Emre Institute provides full-ride scholarships Turkish Summer School that all students dream of. It offers an exhilarating learning opportunity and Turkish cultural immersion, plus a whole lot of fun.
Continue reading “Study Abroad: Turkish (Archeology/Cinema/Literature) Summer Schools 2019”
SRAS has announced openings for programs which combine Russian language instruction with subject studies and allow students to visit multiple countries. Continue reading “Study Abroad: Summer Language and Area Studies Program (SRAS)”
HSE International Summer University in Moscow, REU in math and Russian language intensive course are accepting applications. The Summer U. or REU can be combined with courses of Russian language on various levels, starting from beginners. All courses are taught in English. More courses in various fields, including Russian studies are available via the Summer University website. Continue reading “Travel: Summer Programs in Moscow (Higher School of Economics)”