CFP: American Hungarian Educators Association: Transatlantic Insights: Scholarship in Hungarian and American Contexts

Deadline: December 15, 2024

AHEA — American Hungarian Educators Association

49th Annual in-Person Conference

June 19-21, 2025 | University of Pécs, Hungary

The American Hungarian Educators Association (AHEA) will hold its 49th Annual Conference in person at the University of Pécs in Pécs, Hungary. We welcome participation by academics, independent scholars, and graduate students interested in Hungarian culture, history, literature, linguistics, sociology, anthropology, political science, education, folklore, fine arts, music, and other related disciplines.

This year’s conference theme is:

Transatlantic Insights: Scholarship in Hungarian and American Contexts

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CFP/Conference: NESEEES Conference 2025 + Graduate Student Essay

Deadline: January 17, 2025

The North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (NESEEES) Executive Board invites proposals for individual papers and complete panels for the 44th annual NESEEES conference.

The conference will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at  New York University. Details on the conference format and procedures will be provided to registered participants. The registration fee is $40 ($25 for students).

Scholarly papers and panels are welcome on any aspect of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Proposals for complete panels of thematically related papers are strongly encouraged. Recommendations for discussants and chairs are not required for panel proposals but are invited and will be taken into consideration.

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CFP: 2025 Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference

Deadline:November 15, 2024

The Slavic Reference Service and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures are pleased to invite proposals for the biennial Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Please forgive the cross-posting, and pass this along to any colleagues and graduate students who might be interested! Submissions are due November 15, 2024.

Dates: October 2-4, 2025

Theme: Continuities and Ruptures in Ukrainian Culture and Society

Format: Hybrid

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American Research Institute of the South Caucasus Grants and Fellowships

Deadlines: (Varies) November, 29, December 6, January 17

ARISC Grants and Fellowships

Note: Applicants may apply to more than one funding opportunity, if eligible. If awarded more than one fellowship, the awardee will be asked to select one.

ARISC Faculty Exchange Fellowship Program – Deadline for Stage One: November 29, 2024

ARISC Graduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships – Deadline: December 6, 2024

ARISC Small Grants – Deadline: December 6, 2024

ARISC Junior Research Fellowship – Deadline: December 6, 2024

ARISC Research and Mentoring Fellowship – Deadline: December 6, 2024

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Language Training: Critical Languages Institute (Arizona State University)

Priority Deadline: January 31, 2025

Critical Languages Institute (CLI) at Arizona State University’s Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies applications for the summer 2025 program for Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian language study (May 27–July 11) have been opened.

The Critical Languages Institute (CLI) at Arizona State University’s Melikian Center is a national training institute for less commonly taught languages, offering summer intensive courses and study-abroad programs around the world.

CLI Applications and Scholarship Priority Deadline: January 31, 2025

More information can be found at: https://melikian.asu.edu/cli/bcs

Call for Applications: 2025 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasian (University of Illinois)

Deadline: March 17, 2025

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are accepting applications for our 2025 Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. The SRL is an in-person program that offers comprehensive research support, access to library resources and competitive Research Awards to graduate and post-graduate scholars developing projects on all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. It is funded by the U.S. Department of State through its Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII).

The SRL will take place on our campus from June 9 – August 1, 2025. It is open to advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and academic professionals in government and nongovernmental organizations. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career scholars are especially encouraged to apply.

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Special Agent – Linguists/Foreign Language Background (FBI)

Deadline: January 24, 2025

Job Posting: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/772595900

FBI Special Agents apply their professional expertise and unique skill sets to their work every day. Many have foreign language/linguistics backgrounds and use them to interview victims, translate during a suspect interrogation or testify in court. Language skills and cultural knowledge, specifically in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Farsi, Russian, Somali, Uzbek, Korean or another language are highly sought after by the FBI. All applicants must pass the FBI’s Foreign Language Test Battery.

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Russian Language Immersion Program in Riga, Latvia

Deadline: November 22, 2024

Why wait to start mastering Russian when you can begin whenever you’re ready? At the Russian Language Academy BORN, we understand that life is busy, which is why you get to choose the most convenient start date for your course. Whether it’s December or three months from now, we’ll be here, ready with open arms (and grammar books)! Our expert teachers will guide you through the wonderful (and occasionally tricky) world of Russian grammar, pronunciation, and conversation. With their attentive supervision and friendly support, you’ll be speaking like a local in no time – and maybe even dreaming in
Russian too!
 Curious what others think about learning Russian with at Russian Language Academy BORN? Don’t just take our word for it—check out what our former students have to say! Spoiler alert: They survived Russian grammar and had a great time doing it!

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Internship: Library of Congress Junior Fellow Program 2025 Russian Cataloging

Deadline: November 18, 2024

The Library of Congress (Germanic and Slavic Division, Russia Section) invites applications to our Junior Fellow Program (JFP) Internship. We encourage you to share widely amongst your students and colleagues who are still enrolled in school. This position is open to undergraduate and graduate students, including recent graduates within the entire year of 2024. We seek an individual with expertise in Russian language, history, and culture. This is a paid, 10 week internship at the GS-03 level. The program will run from May 19-July 25, 2025.

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Acad. Job: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Yiddish Literature & Culture (University of Wisconsin)

Deadline: December 2, 2024

The Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ at the University of Wisconsin – Madison invites applications for a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor. We are seeking scholars with an active research program in the field of Yiddish literature/culture with the demonstrated ability to teach Yiddish language and at the university level. The selected candidate will be committed to advancing an innovative research agenda, to working with colleagues to develop a Yiddish language sequence, and to supporting a robust Yiddish studies curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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