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November 6, 2023

Study Abroad: Winter Break in Riga, Latvia; Spring Break in Georgia/Uzbekistan (SRAS)

Deadline: November 15; December 20, 2023

Enjoy a winter break experience in Riga, Latvia (Jan 5-20; apply by Nov 15)! Develop your Russian language skills (20 hours per week of Russian) while staying with a Russian-speaking host family. Explore Riga – from the Old Town to the Art Nouveau area to Maskavas Forštate (Moscow District). We will be hosting a special info session (via Zoom) on November 1 @ 7pm Eastern to discuss this unique opportunity! Click here to register.

Join SRAS for Spring Break in Georgia (March 2-10, OR March 9-17; apply by Dec 20). In this intensive 9-day/8-night trip you will be immersed in Georgian landscape, food, and culture.

Experience Navruz in Uzbekistan (March 9-18)! This 9-day trip will introduce you to modern Uzbekistan before taking you back in time, immersing you in the art, architecture, culture, and history of this very unique civilization. See for yourself the heritage of the Silk Road, the Great Game, citadels, arks, and caravanserais.

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023

Critical Languages Scholarship Program (US Department of State)

Deadline: November 14, 2023

The application is now open for the U. S. Department of State’s 2024 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program and its virtual initiative, CLS Spark! We welcome your students to apply now to learn a critical language on a funded virtual or overseas summer program. The application is available at https://clscholarship.org/apply. The deadline for applications is 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.

The CLS Program provides intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains. Depending on language and level, U.S. students can either apply for the overseas CLS Program or its virtual initiative, CLS Spark. The CLS Program offers in-person cohort-based programs at partner institutions abroad that provide instruction at various levels for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students in 13 critical languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu.

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

Study Abroad: Winter Break in Riga (SRAS)

Deadline: November 15, 2023

Enjoy a winter break experience in Riga, Latvia while developing your Russian language skills. Our focus will be on conversation both in and out of the classroom. In addition to intensive Russian language lessons, you will experience both Russian and Latvian culture during this festive time of year.

Stay with a Russian family (includes breakfast and dinner)
Boost your Russian with 20 hours/week in a small group (40 academic hours total)
Learn about and observe Orthodox Christmas traditions
Get to know Riga – from the Old Town to the Art Nouveau area to Maskavas Forštate (Moscow District)
Learn to cook Russian traditional holiday foods

This trip is open to students, educators, and anybody with a passion for exploration & looking to improve their Russian language skills. Those looking to hit the ground running will want to look at our online flex-schedule Russian course, which will also earn you SRAS Learning Credit for your future study abroad experience.

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August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

Title VIII Research Scholar and Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Programs (American Councils)

Deadline: October 1, 2023

This is a reminder that the American Councils Title VIII Research Scholar and Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Programs application deadline is October 1, 2023.

Research can be conducted in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023

Learn Russian in Armenia, Scholarships available

Deadline: July 25, 2023

10 scholarships are available through ASPIRANTUM’s Dostoyevsky scholarship scheme to those students who meet the eligibility criteria presented below and are interested to learn Russian in Armenia during the 4-8 weeks of Russian language winter school – https://aspirantum.com/courses/russian-language-winter-school

The participation fee for the 4-8 weeks Russian Language course is $2500-$4920 ($4920 – 8 weeks, $4350 – 7 weeks, $3700 – 6 weeks, $3100 – 5 weeks, $2500 – 4 weeks). The Dostoyevsky scholarship will cover $500-$700, and the student, if awarded the scholarship, will have to pay $500-$700 less for the course.

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

Study Abroad: Learn Russian in the European Union Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Programs (Daugavpils, Latvia)

Deadline: July 31, 2023; December 1, 2023

Learn Russian in the European Union (Daugavpils, Latvia) is accepting applications for the following in-person undergraduate Russian study abroad programs hosted at Daugavpils University.

– 2023 Fall semester;

– 2024 Winter;

– 2024 Spring semester.

March 24, 2023June 12, 2023

Learn Russian in the EU

Deadline: May 1, 2023

This is a reminder that a few seats are still available in the 2023 Summer Russian Language and Area Studies Program provided by Learn Russian in the European Union in Daugavpils, Latvia.

This program is based upon our experience in providing highly successful summer programs for universities, federal service academies, Project GO, and other institutional customers from the USA and Europe. The program will be hosted at Daugavpils University.

March 24, 2023June 12, 2023

International Summer School (University of Dresden)

Deadline: May 1, 2023

Call for Participation for the International Summer School “The Struggle for Attention in Public Sphere. A Perspective of Critical Phenomenology”, July 23 – 29, 2023, University of Dresden (Germany), organized by Professor Klavdia Smola, Dr. Tatiana Vaizer, and Dr. Annelie Bachmaier.

About the Summer School

In our summer school we understand the public sphere as a public space (or spaces) where socially, culturally and politically meaningful events and processes take place. But what makes them „meaningful“? And what makes them „public“? In order to produce a meaningful event or an action, do we need attract the attention of the public to this event or action? Why do we consider some events as meaningful and leave others aside as insignificant? How is attention distributed and redistributed in the public sphere and what instances are responsible for that? In what cases do we become hostages of the economics of attention and how does paying attention to some things and not paying it to others form our identity?

February 14, 2023June 12, 2023

Study Abroad: Learn Russian in the EU – Summer Russian Language and Area Studies Program in Daugavpils, Latvia

Deadline: May 1, 2023

Learn Russian in the European Union is accepting applications for the 2023 Summer Russian Language and Area Studies Program in Daugavpils, Latvia.

This program is based upon our experience in providing successful summer programs for universities, federal service academies, Project GO, and other institutional customers from the USA and Europe. The program will be hosted at Daugavpils University.

The Summer Russian Language and Area Studies Program will help student boost practical communication skills and confidence in using the language, extend active vocabulary, refine grammar, and explore Russian and Baltic culture, history, traditions, and lifestyle.

February 13, 2023June 12, 2023

Funding: FY 2023 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships Program

Deadline: April 11, 2023

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula.

Program features

Students may request funding to support overseas research for a period of no less than six months and no more than 12 months. Funds support travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research; maintenance and dependent allowances based on the location of research for the fellow and his or her dependent(s); an allowance for research-related expenses overseas; and health and accident insurance premiums. Projects may focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).