Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
American Councils is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2023-24 Title VIII Research Scholar<https://www.studyabroad.americancouncils.org/rsp> and the Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Programs<https://www.studyabroad.americancouncils.org/crlt>
The Library of Congress is looking to hire a qualified librarian in the Southeast Europe Section, Germanic & Slavic Division, ABA Directorate. Please see the links to the posting below on usajobs.gov and on the Library of Congress webpage. The posting is open to the public and closes July 28, 2022.
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/660474900
https://www.loc.gov/item/careers/librarian-vacancyvar001912/
Continue reading “Job: Library of Congress, Germanic & Slavic Division, Southeast Europe Section”The Graduate Student Travel Award Committee of the Early Slavic Studies Association is seeking applications for a $300 grant to assist with the travel expenses of a graduate student who will be presenting a paper in person in the early Slavic field at the National Convention of the ASEEES in Chicago in November 2022. Interested graduate students may find the application here.
Applications are due by Friday, July 15, 2022. Please submit the completed application form with a c.v. by email to the committee chair Dr. Tomasz Grusiecki, tomaszgrusiecki@boisestate.edu, and carbon-copy Dr. Jennifer Spock, Jennifer.Spock@eku.edu, and Dr. Brian Boeck, bboeck@depaul.edu.
The winner will be notified by August 5.
A four-year postdoctoral position in Post-Soviet Russian Literature is available at University College Dublin, Ireland. The successful candidate will work as part of a project team on the Irish Research Council-funded project “Imaginative Literature and Social Trust, 1990-2025,” with Dr Adam Kelly as Principal Investigator. Further details are available in the advertisement below:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/297602/post-doctoral-research-fellow/
Slavic Languages & Literatures – Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh – (22004907)
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for the position of Visiting Lecturer of Russian Studies, pending budgetary approval. The appointment will begin on September 1, 2022, and end on April 30, 2023. Duties include (i) teaching a broad range of specialized as well as general education courses on Russian language, literature, and culture, sometimes in a comparative context, (ii) undergraduate mentoring, and (iii) service duties in the Department. The teaching load is six three-credit courses per year.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Visiting Lecturer of Russian Studies (University of Pittsburgh)”Rupture: When Things Fall Apart
We were warned, repeatedly. But on February 24, 2022, the vast majority of Ukrainians, Russians, and the rest of the world was stunned. Not only by the Russian invasion of Ukraine but also by how rapidly the order of things can radically change and crumble. In response, we are devoting a special issue of The Russian Review to the theme of Rupture: When Things Fall Apart. By “rupture” we imagine a sudden rift in historical time but also a spatial dis- and relocation that manifests in the fragmentation of regions and world areas as political units and subjects of knowledge. The peoples of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia have had recurrent experiences with socio-political and historical rupture, and our field has done extensive work on previous ruptures, most notably 1917 and 1991, years of rupture that “shook” and reconfigured the world.
Continue reading “Submissions Wanted: “Rupture: When Things Fall Apart” (The Russian Review)”The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their research. Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single term or a full academic year. Scholars may apply for a stipend, but those with sabbatical funding, other grants, retirement funding, or other means are also invited to apply for a non-stipendiary membership. Open to all fields of historical research, the School of Historical Studies’ principal interests is the history of western, near eastern and Asian civilizations, with particular emphasis on Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, art history, the history of science, and late modern history. Support is available each year for one scholar in music studies. A Ph.D. (or equivalent) and influential publications are required.
Continue reading “Postdoctoral Fellowships: Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies”The School of Modern Languages and Culture at the University of Glasgow seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Russian, on the research and teaching track. This is an open-ended position open at Grade 7 and Grade 8.
The Lectureship is focused on teaching and research in Russian studies, including the teaching of courses in Russian language and culture. Applications are welcomed from candidates who have additional expertise in the study of other languages and cultures in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Lecturer in Russian (University of Glasgow)”After a two-year pause due to the pandemic, the Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine will be back in person on 13-15 October 2022. The Seminar is hosted by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa with the support of the Danyliw Foundation in Toronto.
Since 2005, the Danyliw Seminar has provided an annual platform for the presentation of some of the most influential academic research on Ukraine — from scholars, including doctoral students, based in Ukraine, the rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, or anywhere in the world. The 2022 Seminar will be in-person only.
Continue reading “2022 Danyliw Seminar on Ukraine Call for Proposals”The Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures at The Pennsylvania State University (University Park) invites applications for a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor in Ukrainian position (non-tenure-track). This is a limited-term, 36-week appointment (two academic semesters) beginning Fall 2022 with possibility of renewal.
Applicants must have native or near-native fluency in Ukrainian and English and hold a doctorate or equivalent in Ukrainian Studies or a related field. Applications from individuals with prior experience teaching Ukrainian and Russian language courses will be given priority. Candidates with international publications specialized in foreign language pedagogy, along with a proven track-record of working together with German and English scholars are also preferred.
Continue reading “Acad Job: Assistant Teaching Professor in Ukrainian (Penn State)”