CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 123 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

February 11, 2022April 14, 2022

Fellowship: Petro Jacyk Visiting Scholars Program (University of Toronto)

Deadline: March 15, 2022

THE PETRO JACYK PROGRAM is pleased to announce the call for applications for its 2022-2023 Visiting Scholars Program

Scholars studying Ukraine outside Ontario are invited to apply for funding available through the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES), the University of Toronto for the 2022-2023 academic year. Successful applicants will conduct research and interact with Canadian scholars during their stay at CERES. They will also be invited to give a presentation on the topic of their research and are expected to take part in relevant scholarly events. As a rule, engagements will be scheduled during the fall and winter sessions of the university, that is between September and April.

February 10, 2022April 14, 2022

Acad. Job: Teaching Fellow/Visiting Assistant Professor in Russian, Eastern European or Central Asian Media Studies, Journalism, or Film (Miami University, Ohio)

Deadline: February 25, 2022

The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies and the Department of Media, Journalism, and Film (MJF): A joint Teaching Fellow/Visiting Assistant Professor in Russian, Eastern European or Central Asian media studies, journalism, or film. Teaching responsibilities include core classes for the MJF major as well as upper-level courses in specialty. The teaching fellow will also be expected to participate in events and event planning for the Havighurst Center. The position is renewable for up to four years, contingent on performance and funding.

Required: Ph.D. in media studies, film studies, journalism, sociology, communication, political science, or other closely relevant field by date of appointment (August, 2022). Position is not eligible for H-1B sponsorship.

February 10, 2022April 14, 2022

Funding: Language Teaching and Learning Research Grants (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: February 15, 2022

The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) at the University of Pittsburgh will award up to two Language Teaching and Learning Research (LTLR) Grants for scholars to conduct research projects on-site or remotely at the Summer Language Institute in June – July 2022. Funded projects must focus on the teaching and learning of one or more of the following priority languages: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Other languages that are taught at the SLI may be included in a project proposal in addition to these priority languages; see https://sli.pitt.edu for the complete list of language courses offered.

Applicants may propose to be in residence in Pittsburgh for all or a portion of the two-month duration of the SLI, according to the needs of their projects. However, please note that applicants should be prepared to conduct their projects remotely in the event that pandemic conditions limit in-person instruction, and/or if University of Pittsburgh restrictions on non-essential travel prohibit the use of grant funds to cover travel expenses in Summer 2022.

February 10, 2022April 14, 2022

Acad. Job: Summer Bulgarian Instructor (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Slavic, East European, and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute (SLI) at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures seeks an instructor of Bulgarian for the summer of 2022.

Instructors will teach a 6-week intensive course during SLI’s summer session, which runs from June 6-July 15. Classes meet five days a week from 9 am-2:50 pm. In addition to classroom teaching, instructors are expected to help plan cultural programming for their language program and attend events for the whole institute, such as film and lecture series, workshops, and picnics. SLI expects that our programs will be conducted in an in-person format on the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh, though sections may be converted to the online, synchronous format via Zoom if warranted by health conditions or strong student interest in remote attendance.

Applicants must have a master’s degree in the language they will teach or related field and experience teaching in a college or university setting using the communicative approach or other proficiency-based methods.

Applicants should submit a CV and, if available, representative student evaluations. Finalists will be asked to provide references at a later stage in the search.

To apply, click here.

February 10, 2022September 1, 2022

Funding: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program

Deadline: April 6, 2022

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).

February 9, 2022April 14, 2022

Acad. Job: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream – CLTA – Polish Language, Literature & Culture (University of Toronto)

Deadline: March 9, 2022

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a three-year contractually limited term appointment (CLTA) at the rank of Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Polish Language, Literature and Culture beginning July 1, 2022, or shortly thereafter, and ending on June 30, 2025.

Applicants must have earned a Ph.D. degree in Polish Culture or a related field by the time of appointment. The candidate must show excellence in teaching the Polish language, literature and culture at a North American university. Candidates must have teaching expertise in a degree-granting program at the undergraduate program level, including lecture preparation and delivery, curriculum development, and development of online material/lectures. Additionally, candidates must possess a demonstrated commitment to excellence in pedagogical practices and a demonstrated interest in teaching‐related scholarly activities. Excellent (native or near-native) knowledge of Polish and English is required, as well as knowledge of current teaching methodologies, culture-based instruction, and use of technology.

February 9, 2022April 14, 2022

Funding: Vartan Gregorian Research Grants (IIE Scholar Rescue Fund)

Deadline: February 15, 2022

We would like to remind you of the February 15th deadline for the Vartan Gregorian Research Grants in the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund.

The IIE-SRF Vartan Gregorian Research Grants were launched in honor and memory of Dr. Vartan Gregorian’s lifelong work to promote global peace, expand access to international education, and preserve the lives and work of threatened scholars, as well as his service on the IIE Board of Trustees. Around 4 IIE-SRF partners will be selected to receive grants of up to $25,000 that will help fund original research or other projects that deepen our knowledge of the threats faced by academics in diverse contexts across the globe and/or that explore innovative ideas for supporting these scholars. IIE-SRF welcomes proposals that broadly explore the displacement of academics or attacks on higher education and scholarly inquiry worldwide, including the factors that lead to such attacks or their effects. Relevant issues include those in the context of targeted threats against academia and academics or protracted conflict and higher education emergencies.

February 7, 2022April 14, 2022

Conference: Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia (Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey)

Deadline: March 7, 2022

The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey welcomes applications for the sixth Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia (MSSR). MSSR 2022 will be held online from July 6 – 29.

We welcome applications from your best graduate students. Advanced Russian language skills are required. English and Russian are the working languages of the MSSR. The Symposium is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The application deadline is March 7, 2022.

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

Worldwide Dostoevsky Video Competition

Deadline: March 31, 2022

In honor of the Bicentennial of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky’s birth, the 150^th anniversary of the novel Demons (Devils or The Possessed), the 50^th anniversary of The International Dostoevsky Society (IDS), and the XVIIIth Symposium of the IDS, planned for 22-27 August 2022 in Nagoya, Japan, the IDS announces an international video competition, open to filmmakers worldwide.

February 7, 2022April 14, 2022

CFP: The Visual Culture of Iconoclasm and Atheism (Museum of Russian Icons)

Deadline: March 31, 2022

Center for Icon Studies’ Third International Conference
The Visual Culture of Iconoclasm and Atheism
JUNE 10 – 11, 2022

In the December 1905 issue of Novaia zhizn’, the Bolshevik daily newspaper, Vladimir Lenin wrote: “The proletariat of today takes the side of socialism, which enlists science in the battle against the fog of religion, and frees the workers from their belief in life after death by welding them together to fight in the present for a better life on earth.” In the years following the 1917 Revolution, the Soviet regime launched an aggressive campaign against religion, hoping to lift the “fog” identified by Lenin. Through powerful and sometimes disturbing imagery, targeted poster campaigns warned people of the dangers of religion and ultimately, the dangers of living in the past. Soviet iconoclasm paved the way for the destruction, not only of religious images, but of an entire political, social, and cultural system.