Funding: Short-term residence scholarships at the Prof. Richard Pipes Laboratory of the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

Deadline: December 31, 2021

The Prof. Richard Pipes Laboratory of the Institute of Political Studies,
Polish Academy of Sciences announces a competition for scholarships for researchers from foreign academic centers dealing with matters relating to Poland and/or Poles in the period from the 19th to the 21st centuries for a short-term stay (minimum fifteen days) at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ISP PAN).


(Previous scholarship holders cannot take part in the competition)

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CFP: NESEEES Online Conference

Deadline: January 14, 2022

The North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (NESEEES) Executive Board invites proposals for individual papers and complete panels for the 43th annual NESEEES conference.

The conference will be held virtually on Saturday, April 30th, 2022. Details on the conference format and procedures will be provided to registered participants. The registration fee will be waived this year due to the online format.

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Acad. Job: Graduate Research Fellowships at the Center for Jewish History (New York, NY)

Deadline: February 4, 2022

The application deadline for Graduate Research Fellowships starting in September 2022 is February 4, 2022.

The Center for Jewish History offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the collections of the Center’s Partners – American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Preference is given to those candidates who draw on the archival and library resources of more than one Partner institution. Fellowships must run for 10 months, starting September 2022, and applicants should have completed all requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation. Fellows are encouraged to spend two days per week in residence in the Lillian Goldman Reading Room using the archival and library resources, if possible; however, we also encourage applications from applicants who will operate on a hybrid model (e.g., spend two months at the Center and work remotely for the remainder of the fellowship period if the majority of collection material is already digitized). Fellows must also participate in the Center for Jewish History Fellowship Seminar Program, attend monthly meetings of the fellowship program cohort, deliver a minimum of one lecture based on research conducted at Center, and submit a report upon completion of the fellowship describing their experience as a Center fellow.

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Funding: 2022-2023 Residence Grant at the Center for Urban History, Lviv, Ukraine

Deadline: January 20, 2022

Center for Urban History invites you to apply for the 2022-2023 Residence Grant at the Center for Urban History.

The residence grants are offered to researchers of various fields in the humanities from different countries. We especially encourage historians, culture studies scholars, and anthropologists. We welcome applications for research that offer broad interpretations of urban history as a discipline at the intersection of various approaches of humanities and social sciences. The chronological and geographical frames of the proposed research are limited to the 19th and 20th-century history of East and Central Europe. Preference will be given to topics related to the Center’s research focuses like urbanization in multi-ethnic cities, individual experience of city residents during 20th-century radical changes and wars, planned cities, urban heritage, commemorative practices and city space, infrastructure and cultural practices in the cities, digital and public history.

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Job Posting: Writer-in-Residence for Museum of Repressed Writers, Tbilisi, Georgia

Deadline: December 15, 2021

Where:
Writers’ House in Tbilisi, Georgia (country)

Who is welcome to apply:
Journalists, researchers, historians, sociologists, writers etc.

Description of Program:
In Spring 2022, The Museum of Repressed Writers will open at the Writers’ House in Tbilisi. This museum seeks to uncover and make available to the public many previously unknown life histories and concealed details about repressed writers through research currently underway by the Writers’ House and The Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SOVLAB).As part of the program, Writers’ House seeks a writer to reflect on information uncovered and discuss the international relevance of the project. Some articles and/or interpretive pieces for publication in both United States and English-language outlets in Georgia are expected.

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Conference: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies

Event Date: February 24-26, 2022

After a two-year hiatus, the Annual Meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will be held at the Omni Richmond ($135/night) in downtown Richmond, Virginia, February 24-26, 2022. The meeting will be hosted by the University of Richmond. 

The SCSS is the largest of the regional Slavic and Eurasian Studies associations, and its programs attract national and international scholarly participation. The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of the United States and nationwide. Membership in SCSS is open to all persons interested in furthering these goals.   

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CFP: Language OER Conference (University of Texas at Austin and University of Kansas)

Deadline: January 14, 2022

The Open Language Resource Center (University of Kansas) and the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (University of Texas at Austin) are seeking proposals for the second annual Language OER Conference to be held online Saturday, March 5, 2022 via Zoom. We invite faculty, graduate students and academic staff to participate in two major streams of inquiry related to Open Educational Resources (OER) for language learning and teaching:

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Job Posting: Outreach and Programming Coordinator, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Deadline: December 15, 2021

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is accepting applications for an Outreach and Program Coordinator to work with the Director, Associate Director, and Project Coordinator in the development, planning, organizing, and implementation of outreach and programming activities. This is a full-time Civil Service Program Coordinator position appointed on a 12-month service basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after the close of the search. The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran status. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO.

Please consult the full listing available here: https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=152792&job=outreach-and-program-coordinator-russian-east-european-and-eurasian-center-152792

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Acad. Job: Lecturer in Russian (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Lecturer: Russian Job #JPF02118 https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02118 

Germanic and Slavic Studies / College of Letters & Science – Humanities and Fine Arts / UC Santa Barbara

APPLICATION WINDOW Open date: November 15th, 2021; Next review date: Wednesday, Dec 1, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Monday, Oct 31, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

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CFP: Delta Futures: (In)Visibilities in Audiovisual Culture (Durham University)

Deadline: December 15, 2021

The conference aims to explore the representations in audiovisual culture of the socioecological challenges faced by river delta communities around the world, as well as the relevant cultural strategies and practices employed by vulnerable groups confronted with climate change.  We invite proposals for papers from a variety of fields that engage with topics including, but not limited to:

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