CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 139 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

November 1, 2021April 14, 2022

Internship: University of Eurasia Global Internship Training Program

Deadline: Ongoing

The University of Eurasia, Washington, DC is offering a Global Internship Program for students from various Universities in America, Europe, Asia and abroad the opportunity to engage with experts in the areas of international affairs: international security, business, economics, marketing, trade development, the Arts and Culture, and the development field so that through this training program they excel not only in their subject areas, but gain international experience and training which open new opportunities in a student’s career.

November 1, 2021February 10, 2022

Funding: Pitt Project GO Russian Programs for ROTC Students, Summer 2022

Deadline: January 12, 2022

The University of Pittsburgh invites Army, Navy/Marine, and Air Force ROTC students from any US college or university to apply for a Pitt Project GO (Global Officers) scholarship for intensive study of 1st-4th year Russian in Summer 2022. Project GO is an initiative sponsored by the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO) and administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

November 1, 2021December 7, 2021

Symposium: Marking Loss, Making Memorials

Event Date: November 10, 2021

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 2 – 6pm

The Kibel Gallery exhibition, Making the Holodomor Memorial: Context & Questions, which reopened on October 18, 2021, tells the story of an atrocity suppressed and traces the design and development of a memorial to commemorate its victims. Through this story and the process of making a public memorial, the exhibition raises critical issues about memory, loss, place and truth–the context and questions that surround memorial-making.

November 1, 2021February 10, 2022

Acad. Job: Assistant Professor of Turkic Studies (Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan)

Deadline: January 15, 2022

Nazarbayev University was launched in 2010 as a premier national and regional university, partnering with some of the most internationally recognized names in Higher Education. The strategic partner of the SSH is the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Admission to NU is highly competitive, and the student body is selected from the top high schools throughout the country and region. Most students participate in a foundation year program, and thus enter the School of Sciences and Humanities with extensive English language training and academic preparation. SSH programs emphasize student-oriented learning, with small class sizes and a low student-to-faculty ratio of about 12:1. All classes are taught in English.

November 1, 2021September 1, 2022

Grad. Program: PhD in Slavonic Studies (University of Cambridge)

Deadline: May 31, 2022

The Slavonic Studies section in the University of Cambridge invites applications from qualified students for a PhD in Slavonic Studies, beginning Autumn 2022.

The Slavonic Studies section engages in the advanced study of Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, with an emphasis on cultural history from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is home to a dynamic annual programme of public lectures, research seminars, conferences, and exhibitions. Its intellectual vitality is particularly evident in the fields of pre-modern East Slavic culture; Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian Literatures of the 19th and 20th centuries; Slavonic linguistics; Nationalism Studies; history of science and medicine; print culture; and film and visual culture. Applications are welcome in any of these areas, as well as others.

November 1, 2021February 10, 2022

Funding: Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program

Deadline: December 28, 2021

The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program provides U.S. educators in the arts, social sciences and humanities with opportunities to participate in short-term seminars abroad to improve their understanding and knowledge of the peoples and cultures of other countries. In 2022, summer seminars will be offered in the Philippines, Hungary, Norway, and Germany.

Each thematic seminar features educational lectures and interactive, cultural activities specifically designed for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educators, including visits to local schools and organizations and meetings with education administrators, government officials, policymakers, teachers, and students. Participants draw on their experiences during the program to create new or to enhance existing cross-cultural curricula for use in their U.S. classrooms and school systems. Sixteen educators participate in each seminar. The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program covers airfare, room and board, and program costs. Teacher participants are responsible for a cost-share of $650.

October 28, 2021April 14, 2022

Job: Program Assistant, Europe (National Endowment for Democracy)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a federally funded, private, nonprofit grant making organization that works to support freedom around the world, seeks a Program Assistant. This is an entry-level position on our Europe regional program team. This position is based in Washington, D.C.

Position Summary

The Program Assistant will provide day-to-day administrative and programmatic support to the Europe regional program staff. This position reports to the Senior Director for Europe.

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).