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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. 

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Program Coordinator, National Security Language Initiative for Youth (American Councils)

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

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National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar in Residence (Center for Jewish History)

Deadline: December 15, 2022

Call for Applications for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

Through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) the Center for Jewish History (the Center) invites applications for an NEH Scholar in Residence that will support original research conducted at the Center. Applications are welcome from scholars working in a broad range of fields within the humanities and social sciences. The application deadline is December 15, 2022 for a residency from July 2023 through June 2024.

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Balkan, Russian, Eurasian Language Programs (American Councils)

Deadline: October 15, 2022

American Councils Study & Research Abroad is pleased to announce that our applications for Spring 2023 are now open. Prospective participants are encouraged to apply to the American Councils programs below. For all Spring 2023 programs, the application deadline is October 15, 2022. 

  • Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program, currently offered at: 
    • Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan
    • Yerevan State University in Yerevan, Armenia 
  • Balkan Language Initiative, which offers the following languages and locations: 
    • Albanian in Tirana, Albania
    • Bosnian in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
    • Bulgarian in Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Macedonian in Skopje, North Macedonia
    • Serbian in Belgrade, Serbia
    • Montenegrin and Serbian in Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Eurasian Regional Language Program, offering 15 different languages at the sites below, including: 
    • Kazakh in Almaty, Kazakhstan
    • Azerbaijani and Turkish in Baku, Azerbaijan 
    • Kyrgyz in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    • Romanian and Ukrainian in Chisinau, Moldova
    • Pashto, Persian (Dari/Farsi/Tajiki), and Uzbek in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
    • Chechen, Georgian, and Ukrainian in Tbilisi, Georgia
    • Armenian and Kurmanji in Yerevan, Armenia
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Tutors Needed for Ukrainian Refugees

Tutors4Ukraine is looking for volunteers to tutor Ukrainian refugees and help them learn the language of their host countries. Volunteers do not have to be proficient in Ukrainian or Russian to tutor, and the minimum time commitment is once a week for two months.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer tutor, sign up here. You can also help by spreading the word about Tutors4Ukraine to your friends and family! To learn more about Tutors4Ukraine, please visit our website. Thank you so much for your help!

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Open Rank Faculty Position in E European Lit and Cultures (Yale University)

Deadline: October 1, 2022

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University invites applications for an open-rank (tenured or tenure-track) faculty position in East European Literatures and Cultures, with an anticipated appointment start date of July 1, 2023. The area of specialization is fully open. The department especially welcomes interdisciplinary and comparative approaches. The successful candidate will have native or near-native fluency in at least one East European language other than Russian. Expertise in a second East European language and culture is a plus.

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Assistant or Advanced Assistant Professor of Russian (Notre Dame)

Deadline: October 10, 2022

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The Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for the position of Assistant or Advanced Assistant Professor of Russian. This is a tenure-track position.

The ideal candidate will have the Ph.D. in hand by the time of appointment, will possess experience teaching both Russian language and literature/culture classes, and will demonstrate potential to make significant scholarly contributions to the field of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

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Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Nationalism & Identity (University of Tennessee)

Deadline: September 20, 2022

The Department of Political Science at the University of Tennessee invites applications for a tenure track, assistant professor position in the politics of populism, nationalism, and/or identity to begin Fall 2023.  We are particularly interested in applicants who use rigorous and creative analytical approaches to address substantively important questions pertaining to these themes. Relevant research interests include (but are not limited to): nationalist, populist, or nativist parties or movements; conflicts, inequalities, or other relations between identity groups such as those based on ethnicity, race, religion, caste, social class, or national origin; politics of and policies pertaining to historically marginalized groups; xenophobia and discrimination toward migrants, refugees, or other marginalized individuals; etc.  The position is open with respect to method, subfield, and geographic region.  Deadline for application is September 20.  Please follow the link for more information and details about the position:  https://apply.interfolio.com/109943 

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Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Russian Lit and Culture (UC Davis)

Deadline: October 14, 2022

The Department of German & Russian at the University of California-Davis invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position, in the area of nineteenth-century Russian literature and culture, beginning July 1, 2023. Research should focus on prerevolutionary Russian literature and culture of the long nineteenth century, with a concentration in one or more of the following areas: literature, theater/drama, visual culture, or music. The successful candidate will teach a broad range of undergraduate courses, including single-author courses (Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov) taught in translation and advanced language and literature classes taught in Russian. A secondary specialization in another field, such as Ukrainian or other Slavic literature; comparative race and empire studies; or visual culture, is a plus. The successful applicant will teach four courses each year, including advanced Russian-language classes, and be expected to participate actively in the running of a small program.

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Russian Language & Area Studies Program in Armenia (American Councils)

Deadline: October 15 (Spring); February 15 (Summer); March 15 (Fall)

American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce that its Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) will be offered for semester as well as summer study in Yerevan, Armenia beginning in spring 2023. For more than 40 years, American Councils programs have provided U.S. students of Russian unique opportunities to engage with the Russian speaking world through intensive study and cultural immersion designed to produce measurable gains in language proficiency and cultural understanding.  

Hosted by the Faculty of Russian Philology at Yerevan State University, the program provides 20 hours per week of intensive in-class Russian language instruction, housing with Russian speaking host families, weekly meetings and activities with conversation partners, weekly cultural activities, extended group travel to explore Armenia, and a rich array of opportunities to engage with the host country culture through university extracurricular activities, internships, and community service. A fully trained U.S. Resident Director provides ongoing logistical support and assistance, including 24-hour emergency aid, to participants throughout the program. The American Councils office in Yerevan is also available to assist and support program participants throughout their time in-country. The program is open to both graduate and undergraduate students who have completed at least one year of Russian language study.   

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