CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 136 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

October 27, 2021February 10, 2022

CFP: Young Researchers Conference (Miami University, Ohio)

Deadline: December 1, 2021

The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University welcomes applications from advanced graduate students and recent doctoral recipients (ABD to 5 years beyond Ph.D.) for annual international Young Researchers Conference. The conference will take place from March 31-April 3 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

This call for papers aims for a broad range of proposals with a focus on Russia, Eastern Europe, and/or Eurasia. Papers will be pre-circulated and read by the conference participants, Havighurst faculty, and the key-note speakers. Because the theme is an open one, selection will be based not just on the quality of the proposals but on the interdisciplinary themes that emerge from these proposals. This conference offers participants the opportunity to workshop their recent research.

October 26, 2021February 10, 2022

Acad. Job: Visiting Assistant Professor (Swarthmore College)

Deadline: January 15, 2022

Swarthmore College invites applications to fill a three-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, beginning August 2022, with the possibility of extension for a second three-year term. Teaching load is 2/2. Specialization in any area of Russian literature and culture; candidates with additional areas of expertise will be especially attractive.

The Russian Program is a vibrant component of the Department of Modern Language & Literatures; we offer students rigorous Russian language instruction, courses in Russian literature, culture, and film, numerous co-curricular opportunities, and the opportunity to participate in the Russian Flagship Program via our consortial arrangement with Bryn Mawr College. Russian faculty may collaborate with interdisciplinary programs in Comparative Literature, Environmental Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Global Studies, Interpretation Theory, etc., and with other Departments such as Film and Media Studies, History, Linguistics, etc.

October 26, 2021December 7, 2021

Funding: Visegrad Scholarship at the Blinken Open Society Archives (Central European University)

Deadline: November 15th, 2021

For a deeper understanding of the interdependent recent history of (the center of) Europe, the International Visegrad Fund offers research fellowship grants at the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University (CEU), Budapest, on a competitive basis, to support scholars who wish to conduct research in the holdings of the Blinken OSA.

The OSA collections offer a rich documentary base for those interested in: Cold War informational struggles (the research papers of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty), dissident networks and oppositionist productions (samizdat, Western lobbying, letters to the West), political violence, genocide and abuses since the Cold War to the Yugoslav wars in the 90s, post-socialist transformations within the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe (collapse of the USSR, informal post-Soviet press, human rights activism in the 90s, rise and fall of democracy), everyday life and identity issues during Communism and after (amateur photo collections, files of “women”, “youth”, “minorities”), ethnic minorities under communism and beyond (Jewish national movement in the USSR, refuseniks, rise of nationalism during perestroika), people’s perceptions of communism (socialist and American interviewing projects).

October 26, 2021November 8, 2021

CFP: Independence. Archive. Prognosis. Ukraine in 1991-2021 and Beyond (University of Melbourne)

Deadline: October 29, 2021

A Conference of the Ukrainian Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand

in partnership with The University of Melbourne, the Association of Ukrainians in Victoria, Australia, and the Ukrainian Studies Foundation in Australia.

University of Melbourne / Hybrid event, 3-5 February 2022

Thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union and the declaration of Ukraine’s independence, the Ukrainian Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand invites scholars to send their proposals for panels or independent papers at a conference titled “Independence. Archive. Prognosis. Ukraine in 1991-2021 and Beyond.”

October 25, 2021April 14, 2022

Teach English/Maymester/Study Russian in Vladimir, Russia (The American Home)

Deadlines: Multiple, See Below

1) American English Program Teaching Positions – Application Deadline March 1, 2022 (http://www.ah33.ru/teach-english/)

The American English Program has been helping Vladimir residents to learn English since 1992 and currently has more than 600 students each semester who are taught by a group of American and Russian teachers.

PROGRAM BENEFITS: monthly stipend, room and board, three hours per week of one-to-one Russian lessons with faculty trained to teach Russian as a foreign language, thorough teacher orientation and ongoing teaching support from 2 full-time teacher trainers, textbooks customized specifically for our program, a pleasant and well-equipped teaching environment, full Russian visa application support, complete on-site administrative support from an excellent Russian staff, and much more.

October 25, 2021November 10, 2021

Russian as a Foreign Language Olympiad (St. Petersburg State University)

Deadline: October 29, 2021

Saint Petersburg State University is holding a unique Olympiad in Russian as a foreign language in the USA.
We invite all students from US universities to participate in our online event.
Registration on the website https://rusolymp-usa.ru is open until October 29.

October 25, 2021December 7, 2021

CFP: Radiant Maternity Conference (University of Exeter)

Deadline: November 29, 2021

Dr Muireann Maguire and Dr Eglė Kačkutė will co-convene a two-day online conference “Radiant Maternity” in January 2022 to launch the Slavic and East European Maternal Studies Network. The conference will take place virtually on January 28th-29th, 2022.

We hope this event will encourage networking between scholars of Slavic and East European Studies and Maternal Studies academics, and we invite established Maternal Studies scholars to act as mentors and peer supporters to Slavic Studies specialists who are entering this field. Areas of specialization include but are not confined to literature (maternal fictions), various fields of cultural studies, history, and sociology. The Call for Papers is now open and will close on November 29th, 2021. Scholars in all aspects of Maternal Studies are invited to send expressions of interest and/or paper proposals of no more than 300 words to SEEMSmaternal@exeter.ac.uk by that date. For more information on appropriate topics, please see below. The language of the conference is English.

October 22, 2021February 10, 2022

Grad. Program: MA and PhD in Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Deadline: January 15, 2022

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at Indiana University invites applications to its MA and PhD programs.

With fifteen faculty in the core unit, the Indiana Slavic department is one of the largest in the country. We support PhD level work in Russian, Polish, and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS), as well as in Slavic linguistics and language pedagogy. Home to a Russian Flagship Program, we have seen recent growth in Russian enrollments and maintain programs in BCS, Czech, Polish, and Ukrainian. Competitive five-year packages of financial support involve primarily fellowships and teaching in Slavic, but funding is also available from sources beyond the department.

October 22, 2021February 10, 2022

Grad. Program: M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Literature and Slavic Linguistics (University of Washington)

Deadline: December 15, 2021

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Washington invites applications to its M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Literature and Slavic Linguistics starting in Fall, 2022.

We seek students who have had at least four years of Russian language training and other related coursework (although those with less will still be considered). We also welcome applicants who have completed an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures or related fields. Please note we require a Skype/Zoom interview, conducted partly in the relevant language, as part of our application process.

October 22, 2021December 7, 2021

Funding: Texas Intelligence Academy

Deadline: November 30, 2021

Application Deadline: November 30, 2021

Information Session: October 28, 2021 at 5:30PM in FAC 430

The University of Texas at Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) announces the 2022 Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA), an intensive academic program focused on intelligence and national security from May 22 to June 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The TIA will offer a competitively-chosen group of UT-System undergraduates the opportunity to learn about U.S. intelligence through lectures by distinguished scholars and practitioners, moderated discussions, simulation exercises, and visits to intelligence-related sites and facilities in the Washington, D.C. area.