CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 137 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

October 20, 2021February 10, 2022

CFP: Italian Cinema and Media (American University of Rome)

Deadline: December 5, 2021

In person ONLY
The American University of Rome
16-18 June 2022

Keynote Speaker
Professor Stephen Gundle, University of Warwick, UK
‘Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Changing Shape of Italian Cinema and Media Studies’

Organizing Committee
Flavia Laviosa, Wellesley College, United States
Catherine Ramsey-Portolano, The American University of Rome, Italy

The year 2022 marks the 10^th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies. Published by Intellect (UK) and co-sponsored by Wellesley College (USA), it remains the only English language journal on Italian cinema and media.

October 20, 2021December 7, 2021

SRAS Study Abroad Programs

Deadline: November 1, 2021

***Deadlines have been extended to November 1 for the following SRAS Spring 2022 study abroad programs.***

Moscow: International Relations and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Select from a wide range of courses taught in English or Russian.

St. Petersburg: Language and Society

Intensive language study plus range of electives (taught in English) well-suited to a Russian Studies major/minor.

Bishkek: Central Asian Studies

Intensive Language Study (Russian and/or CA languages) + a focus on the history, culture, and geopolitics of the region, including Afghanistan.

Kyiv: Identity and Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space

Intensive Language Study (Russian or Ukrainian) + focus on identity and conflict in the region.

October 20, 2021February 10, 2022

Acad. Job: Stuart Ramsay Tompkins Visiting Professor (Univ. of Alberta)

Deadline: December 1, 2021

STUART RAMSAY TOMPKINS VISITING PROFESSORSHIP

Applications are invited for the position of Stuart Ramsay Tompkins Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Stuart Ramsay Tompkins endowment provides for the University to invite scholars from the successor states of the Soviet Union to visit the Departments of History, Classics, and Religion and Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, so that “the body of the University and Canadians generally shall have the benefit of scholarship” from this region.

October 19, 2021November 10, 2021

Conference: Art as a Form of Freedom During the Totalitarian Communist Regime. Forbidden music and fate of repressed musicians in the period 9.1944-10.1989

Event Date: October 23-24, 2021

Link for online registration and streaming:
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_41LtiOznTGqxUgOXRrRoTQ
I. The Conference is part of the international project REMEMBER: Research and Music CommEMorating the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes in Bulgaria and Eastern EuRope. The project involves 5 non-governmental organizations from 5 countries, which deal with the history of the totalitarian communist regimes in the former socialist countries.
It is designed to promote civil participation and engagement in events commemorating the victims of totalitarian regime, with a special emphasis on involvement of youth in dedicated activities requiring active input and targeted efforts for developing of common European consciousness of the historical heritage.The Conference “Art as a Form of Freedom During the Totalitarian Communist Regime. Forbidden music and fate of repressed musicians in the period 9.1944-10.1989 “ brings together representatives of the Bulgarian research community, musicians and the project partners from Germany, Croatia, Romania and Albania who will discuss on themes related to the culture and trauma in the totalitarian regimes. The conference will be accompanied by the opening of a traveling exhibition, which contains 30 boards with the stories of the forbidden music and the fates of musicians during communism and a second exhibition with portraits of prisoners, secretly drawn by Petar Baichev – a doctor of law and artist- during his almost five years stay in Belene camp.Part of the conference is the visit to the Belene Labor Camp on Persin Island.The new published disk with the songs from the REMEMBER SONG CONTEST will be presented.

October 19, 2021April 14, 2022

Acad. Job: Assistant Director for Outreach, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (Univ. of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies seeks an Engagement Coordinator to serve as a core member of the Engagement Team at the University Center for International Studies (UCIS). The REEES Engagement Coordinator will be the primary coordinator for the educational outreach programming initiated within the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. More broadly, the Engagement Coordinator will promote regional studies across a broad range of disciplines and foreign languages in outreach activities coordinated with UCIS academic centers and units, student clubs, K-16 teachers and students, locally based international organizations, other major universities, community colleges and Title III/Title V eligible institutions.

October 18, 2021February 10, 2022

Acad. Job: Assistant Professor of Russian (Univ. of Kentucky)

Deadline: December 3, 2021

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky invites applications for a tenure-track position as assistant professor of Russian Studies to begin January 2023. The successful applicant’s tenure home will be in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures, a dynamic academic unit committed to interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue among faculty with diverse geographical interests, theoretical concerns, and methodological approaches. Applicants must have PhD in hand by July 2022. We seek candidates in any area of cultural/literary studies or formal or applied linguistics; candidates must have experience teaching Russian. Russian proficiency at the Superior level on the ACTFL scale is expected.

October 18, 2021April 14, 2022

Acad. Job: International Advisor/Counselor (DePaul University)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The International Student and Scholar Advisor is an active member of the International Student and Scholar Services (ISS) and advises a heavy caseload of F1 and J1 visa students on legal matters which affect their maintenance of non-immigrant student status. The ISS Advisor is responsible for applying federal regulatory parameters to determine whether non-immigrant student and exchange faculty members are compliant with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of State (DOS) regulations. Individual serves as a university “Designated School Official” (DSO) for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and as an “Alternate Responsible Officer” (ARO) for the U.S. Department of State’s J-1 Exchange Visitor Program. The ISS Advisor works as part of a team to provide high-quality support services to international students and scholars including orientation, support with cultural adjustment, and a successful engagement with the DePaul community.

October 18, 2021April 14, 2022

Job: English Language Teacher Position in Russia

Deadline: Ongoing

Job Summary

The International Educational Company WINDSOR, established in the year 2000, was the first professional English school in Togliatti that used communicative methods. A unique educational institution, Windsor brings together the best aspects of global language centers, advanced technology, and many years of personal experience. WINDSOR is looking for native speakers from English speaking countries to work as a teacher with groups of students and individuals for the academic year 2021-2022.

October 18, 2021December 7, 2021

Acad. Job: Open Rank Professor in Russian Literature and Culture (UCLA)

Deadline: November 22, 2021

The UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures invites applications for an open-rank position (tenure-track or with tenure) in Russian literature and culture, beginning July 1, 2022. We are looking for applicants with Ph.D. in hand at the time of appointment, possessing native or near-native fluency in Russian and English. We are focusing on candidates with a specialization in Russian literature and culture of the late Soviet and post-Soviet periods (roughly from post-WW II to the present), coupled with competencies and research interests in areas of interdisciplinary focus within the UCLA Humanities Division’s Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies (ELTS), particularly film, media studies, digital, environmental and medical humanities. Dynamic teaching skills are essential; responsibilities include teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, dissertation supervision, independent study courses and sharing in departmental administration, including the oversight of the Department’s various language programs (Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, BCS, Romanian and Hungarian).

October 18, 2021December 7, 2021

Acad. Job: Professor of Russian Literature (Université de Genève)

Deadline: November 7, 2021

(Translated message)

The Faculty of Letters of the University of Geneva is opening an application for a post of

PROFESSOR-E

ordinary or associate in Russian literature (19th-21st centuries)

CHARGE: This is a fully loaded position including teaching at the bachelor’s and master’s levels as well as the supervision of university master’s work and doctoral theses.