CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 128 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

March 29, 2021September 1, 2021

NYU Jordan Center’s 2021 Grad Student Essay Competition

Deadline: April 15, 2021

There is still time to enter this year’s Graduate Student Essay Competition from All the Russias! Enter for a chance to get published on the Jordan Center’s blog and win cash prizes.

We invite 750-1200 word submissions from full- or part-time M.A. and Ph.D. students currently based in the United States, on any topic and sub-discipline within Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, broadly defined.

Cultural criticism; public-facing treatments of scholarly work; political analysis; book, film, or event reviews; and more are welcome.

March 29, 2021September 1, 2021

Acad. Job: Russian Lecturer (UNC Greensboro)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

UNC Greensboro
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Full-time Lecturer – Russian

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of North Carolina Greensboro invites applications from academic professionals with established records of dynamic undergraduate teaching for a full-time, non-tenure-track position in Russian, effective August 2021. Applicants are required to possess native or near-native fluency in Russian. The nominal teaching load for this non-tenure-track appointment is 4-4. This is a one year contract appointment with the possibility for renewal. We do not have funding for relocation expenses.

March 29, 2021September 1, 2021

CFP: Italian, Russian, Soviet and Post-Socialist Cinemas and Media

Deadline: May 31, 2021

Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies CALL FOR PAPERS

Past and Present Intersections among Italian, Russian, Soviet and Post-Scialist Cinemas and Media

The purpose of this themed issue of the Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies (JICMS) is to explore the encounter between artistic geographies and academic geometries delineated by the role that Italian cinema plays and has played in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia and various post-Soviet states (like the Central Asia countries, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, etc.) and East Germany, during and after the Soviet period, as well as in cooperation opportunities between the film industries of these countries.

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

Lang. Training: Second/Third Year Russian Online (Yale)

This year Yale Summer Session is offering Second-Year Russian and Third-Year Russian fully synchronously on zoom. The application is now open. Session A runs from June 7 to July 9, and session B is from July 12 to August 13. The students can register for both sessions or just one (equivalent of one semester).Please let your students know about these opportunities for summer study. Here is the link to more information: https://summer.yale.edu/academics/courses-yale#searchStudents interested in the Second-Year Russian can email julia.titus@yale.edu, and those who are thinking about Third-Year Russian, can contact Constantine Muravnik at constantine.muravnik@yale.edu

March 26, 2021September 1, 2021

CFP: The Making of the 1990s: The Genesis of Post-Soviet Society through Its Material Culture

Deadline: May 1, 2021

Conference languages: French, English and Russian

CfP in French and Russian on the Cercec site

This interdisciplinary colloquium explores the social dynamics of the 1990s through the period’s changing material culture. Everyday “stuff” was transformed by the disappearance of the Soviet system, the irruption of the market, and the opening to the world. The aim is to investigate the long disintegration of the Soviet system by looking at how populations which are caught in a state of uncertainty react with material inventiveness in order to adapt.

March 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Funding: Publishing Fellowships (National Endowment for the Humanities)

Deadline: April 14, 2021

NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Fellowships provide recipients time to conduct research or to produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. Projects may be at any stage of development.

March 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Funding: Nominations for Dissertation Grants (National Institute of Social Sciences)

Deadline: April 16, 2021

The National Institute of Social Sciences is pleased to invite qualifying institutions to nominate a candidate for our Dissertation Grants Program competition for 2021. NISS Dissertation Grants are designed to support outstanding Ph.D. students who need additional resources to complete doctoral work that promises to significantly advance their fields of study.

For 2021, NISS is seeking nominations in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Interdisciplinary projects that include one or more of these fields as a major component may also be considered.

The submission deadline for this year’s competition is Friday, April 16, 2021 at 5:00 pm ET.

You can learn more and submit an application here

March 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Funding: UT COLA Faculty Research Fellowship

Deadline: May 1, 2021

For UT faculty members!

The Supplemental College Research Fellowship (SCRF) is awarded to supplement prestigious external grants and fellowships. SCRFs are limited to a maximum of 50% of a faculty member’s salary for the award period, regardless of the amount that the outside funding covers. The length of the award may vary to accommodate the requirements of the granting agency. Applicants and department chairs should nominate the faculty member only after receiving confirmation of the outside award. Since these awards involve the faculty member requesting a leave or release from the instructional budget, please review the college’s Faculty Leave information.

The College of Liberal Arts SCRF application deadline is May 1st. Find more information here and apply here

March 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Call for Nominations: Co-Chairs, Central / East / South European Cinema and Media Studies Special Interest Group

Deadline: May 31, 2021

We are currently seeking nominees and expressions of interest to fulfil the role of Co-Chairs for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Central / East / South European Cinema and Media Studies Special Interest Group (SIG) for the upcoming three-year term (2022-2025).

March 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Study Abroad: Nemtsov Summer Journalism School (Prague)

Deadline: April 10, 2021

The Boris Nemtsov Foundation is pleased to announce its 4th Summer School of Journalism to be held in mid-July, 2021. It is a fully-funded program. The deadline for submitting applications is April 10th, 2021 (23:59 Prague time (UTC + 1). You can apply by clicking on the link: https://summerschool.nemtsovfund.org/anketa/