CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 101 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

September 9, 2022December 5, 2022

CFP: Slavic Literary Studies Deconstructed – Translating Ukraine

Deadline: October 20, 2022

CfP Announcement: https://lnu.edu.ua/mizhnarodna-konferentsiia-dekonstruktsiia-slavistychnykh-studiy-perekladaiuchy-ukrainu/

The Hryhoriy Kochur Department of Translation Studies and Contrastive Linguistics, Department of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature Studies in partnership with the Center for Academic and Cross-Cultural Communication of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv under the co-organizational support of Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences cordially invite you to participate in the international e-conference SLAVIC LITERARY STUDIES DECONSTRUCTED: TRANSLATING UKRAINE (November 7-8, 2022) that aims to revisit the role, positioning and impact of Ukrainian studies that stood for decades – together with Polish, Czech and Slovakian scholarship – in the shadow of Russian studies within the world leading Slavic academic centers.

As the research community strives for in‐depth investigations into this unduly neglected situation, some researchers have rightly expressed concerns over the academic rigor and trustworthiness of modern Slavic studies with its unequal if not manipulative representations of cultures. Numerous departments of “Russian and Slavic Studies” inviting students to acquire knowledge of Russian literature, culture and language with the elements of other Slavic cultures seem to view the latter as the Other, which, in Said’s sense, is constrained within the frames of imperial knowledge imposed by Russia.

September 9, 2022December 5, 2022

Academic Jobs: Professor in Eurasian History/Russian Imperial Relations (Bucknell University)

Deadline: September 12, 2022

The Department of History at Bucknell is pleased to announce a job opening in Eurasian History and/or Russian Imperial Relations, to begin August 2023. PhD in History required by start date. Please contact Jennifer Thomson, search chair, with any questions: jct021@bucknell.edu.

The Department of History at Bucknell University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Eurasia with a focus on Russian imperial relations, at the level of assistant professor, to begin in August 2023. Research approach and geographical area are open, with particular interest taken in candidates focusing on gender and/or sexuality. The successful candidate will teach introductory courses on the Russian Empire and/or the Soviet Union or post-Soviet Russia, and upper-level courses in the candidate’s areas of expertise. Such electives could include the Mongols, the Khanates, the Silk Road, Russian colonial/imperial expansion, Muslim women in the Communist/post-Communist world, extractivist politics in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, independence and decolonization movements, and non-European Russian Indigenous movements and minoritized peoples. Ph.D. in History required at time of employment.

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022

CFP Deadline Extended: 2022 Central Slavic Conference

Deadline: September 9, 2022

The Central Slavic Conference is pleased to invite scholars from all disciplines working in Slavic, Eurasian, and East European studies to submit proposals for panels, individual papers, and roundtables at its annual meeting to be held from Friday, October 21 until Sunday, October 23, 2022.

Founded in 1962 as the Bi-State Slavic Conference, the Central Slavic Conference now encompasses seven states and is the oldest of the regional affiliates of ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies). Scholars from outside the region and from around the world are welcome to participate.

Our conference will be a blend of in person and virtual sessions this year. The in person events are scheduled to take place on October 21 and 22 at the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) and Hotel in St. Louis. The MAC offers special room rates for conference participants. Virtual sessions will be held on Sunday, October 23. While all participants can join the virtual sessions, technical limitations preclude our arranging for virtual participation in the in-person panels.

September 7, 2022December 5, 2022

CFP: Modernity Bottom-Up – How Popular Perceptions and Practices Changed the Ideas of Modernity (Hungarian Historical Review)

Deadline: September 30, 2022

The Hungarian Historical Review welcomes articles, proposals for thematic blocks (3-4 papers), and proposals for entire special issues (5-6 papers) in any topic pertaining to the history of the broadly defined East-Central and Southeastern Europe. Authors of articles are expected to submit their manuscript that consists of 8 to 10 thousand words (including abstract, keywords, notes, and bibliography). Prospective editors of blocks or special issues are expected to submit the titles and abstracts of the papers and a short summary that explains their coherence. All submissions shall be sent to hunghist@abtk.hu. More at Submission guidelines.

Call for Journal Articles

2023/1

The Hungarian Historical Review (https://www.jstor.org/journal/hunghistrevi; www.hunghist.org) invites submissions for its first issue in 2023, the theme of which will be

Modernity Bottom-Up: How Popular Perceptions and Practices Changed the Ideas of Modernity

The deadline for the submission of abstracts: September 30, 2022.

The deadline for the accepted papers: November 30, 2022.

September 6, 2022December 5, 2022

Assistant Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies (CREEES, UT Austin)

Deadline: October 31, 2022

The Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies (DSES) at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a position beginning fall of academic year 2023-24 at the rank of assistant professor. The position is open regarding disciplinary and thematic emphasis, but preference will be given to scholars specializing in studies of the former Russian and Soviet empires and their borderlands (including Chinese borderlands), and, especially, Ukrainian Studies, or Central Asian Studies. We also seek candidates working in transdisciplinary areas including indigeneity, racialization, and racism(s); critical and literary theory; or policy and security studies, and we encourage scholars who are interested in working with students in our new Global Disinformation Lab (GDIL). The successful candidate will teach two courses each long semester (a 2/2 teaching load), maintain an active publication record, exhibit a strong commitment to service, mentor students, including those in our dual degree (M.A.) programs, and work with growing faculty and affiliates of the UT Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (UT CREEES) in a leading, diverse public R1 environment.

September 2, 2022December 5, 2022

Job Posting: Finance and Administrative Officer, Serbia (American Councils)

Deadline: September 1, 2022; Open Until Filled

POSITION SUMMARY

The Finance and Administrative Officer is responsible for operational matters concerning the Belgrade office, as well as the provision of all administrative and financial services and transactions. The Finance and Administrative Officer works in conjunction with Belgrade office staff, Washington-based DC Finance department, and other staff as needed.

September 2, 2022February 13, 2023

Job Posting: Director, Higher Education Programs in Turkmenistan (American Councils)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Turkmenistan Higher Education (THE) Prep4Success and GRE programs provide promising Turkmenistan citizens with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully enter U.S. colleges and universities, independently, while increasing their chances of receiving financial aid. During an intensive 5-month P4S or GRE program based in Ashgabat, or 12-month regional Undergraduate Cohort Advising program, participants will focus on developing reading and essay writing skills, building critical thinking skills, and learning effective ways for taking the SAT and TOEFL tests, or GRE test.

The Program Director position will be responsible for the design and implementation of the programs, including participant and staff recruitment, training, and mentoring.

For more information, click here.

September 2, 2022February 13, 2023

Job Posting: Program Coordinator, National Security Language Initiative for Youth

Deadline: Open Until Filled

NSLI-Y is a critical component of a multi-agency federal initiative to increase U.S. citizens’ capacity to engage foreign governments and peoples through the critical language of Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian, and Turkish. NSLI-Y is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and American Councils acts as the prime grantee collaborating with other partner organizations. NSLI-Y provides merit-based scholarships for eligible U.S. high schools students to learn less commonly taught languages in summer and academic-year overseas immersion programs. To learn more about the program, please visit the NSLI for Youth website at www.nsliforyouth.org

Based in Washington, DC, the Program Coordinator position supports the implementation and daily operations of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth Program. Responsibilities focus on program administration and student support for Chinese and Russian language academic year programs and Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Tajiki Persian language summer programs. The Program Coordinator position will primarily focus on Russian Academic Year programs, and Russian, Persian, and Arabic summer programs.

The NSLI-Y Program Coordinator will report to the NSLI-Y Program Manager for Placement.

For more information, click here.

September 2, 2022December 5, 2022

Fulbright Scholar Awards

Deadline: September 15, 2022

Which Award is Right for Me?

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 800 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world. College and university faculty, as well as artists and professionals from a wide range of fields can join over 400,000 Fulbrighters who have come away with enhanced skills, new connections, and greater mutual understanding.

September 2, 2022May 3, 2023

Sumners Foundation Scholarships (SMU Dedman School of Law & Oklahoma City University School of Law)

Deadline: March 3, 2023

The Sumners Foundation provides two types of scholarships

Scholarships for rising juniors for their junior and senior years at a Texas or Oklahoma College or University. Scholarships are $15,000/year for each of those last two years of undergraduate work ($30,000 total) to cover tuition, on-campus room and board, fees, and books. Students must be U.S. citizens and permanent residents of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arkansas, or Kansas. Scholarships will be awarded in the spring of 2023 to be initially be applied in the fall of 2023.
FULL–RIDE law school scholarships at SMU Dedman School of Law and Oklahoma City University School of Law. Students must be starting law school in the fall of 2023. Application codes must be obtained from the law schools. Students must be U.S. citizens and permanent residents of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arkansas, or Kansas.