Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
We invite you to a 2-part webinar devoted to academic libraries of Siberia on Friday, October 8 at 10 am EDT, and Friday, October 22 at 10 am EDT.
Librarians from six Siberian cities will introduce their unique collections (including electronic collections), discuss interesting projects and international collaborations at their libraries, and field questions from those in attendance.
Continue reading “Prof. Dev: Academic Libraries of Siberia”The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for the position of Director of the Slovak Studies Program, pending budgetary approval. The appointment will be made at the rank of Lecturer and will begin on September 1, 2022. Duties include: (i) teaching beginning, intermediate, and advanced Slovak language, as well as Slovak or Slovak-comparative literature and culture in English at the undergraduate level; (ii) non-teaching duties include oversight of Slovak cultural and outreach activities in accordance with programming goals identified by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures; (iii) scholarly publication and active participation in national professional associations is encouraged but is not a prerequisite for appointment or renewal.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Director of Slovak Studies Program (Univ. of Pittsburgh)”https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/10592
Tenure-track or Tenured Professor in Ukrainian Literature and Culture
School Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department/Area Slavic Languages and Literatures
Position Description
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures plans to appoint a tenure-track or tenured professor in Ukrainian literature and culture. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2022. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, typically two courses per semester (including freshman seminars, survey courses, and advanced seminars). We are seeking an energetic colleague committed to building our program in Ukrainian studies, introducing undergraduates to the study of this part of the world, advising advanced work with graduate students, and connecting Ukrainian studies to other disciplines and regions in creative ways. We expect the candidate to share in the Department’s administrative and advising duties as well as participating broadly in the academic culture of the university. Demonstrated strong commitment to teaching and innovative scholarship is imperative.
A Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) in Russian language and linguistics is available at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo. The position is associated with the Researcher Project grant 302573 ”Fakespeak – the language of fake news. Fake news detection based on linguistic cues”, https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/research/projects/fakespeak/, funded by the Research Council of Norway and led by Project Manager Silje Susanne Alvestad, researcher in Slavic languages and linguistics at the University of Oslo.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Doctoral Research Fellowship in Russian Language and Linguistics (Univ. of Oslo)”The Department of History (https://history.indiana.edu/) and the Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute (https://reei.indiana.edu/) at Indiana University, Bloomington, invite applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor to begin in the fall of 2022. We seek an individual who specializes in any period from feudal to the Russian Revolution. The successful candidate will demonstrate a vibrant program of research that complements existing faculty expertise. Desired areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, tsarism, serfdom, labor, agriculture, war and empire, borderlands and nationalisms, religion and state, culture and cultural production, social and historical memory, ethnicity, environment and regional studies, urban evolution, medicine, law, rights, social movements, visual and digital humanities. The successful candidate will teach four courses per year, across the Department of History and the Institute, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Expectations are for a full survey of Russian history, and broad thematic courses on Russia that will appeal to a diverse undergraduate student body.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Assistant Professor in Russian History (Indiana University, Bloomington)”The American Historical Association’s Remote Teaching Resources compiles materials and tools to help historians develop courses and teach remotely in online and hybrid environments. The site is a central location for resources that have been professionally vetted by historians, offering instructors access to high-quality materials that meet professional standards. Part of Confronting a Pandemic: Historians and COVID-19, the site is funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) CARES Grant. The project is ongoing through May 15, 2021, and will be updated weekly with new resources.
Continue reading “Remote Teaching Resources (American Historical Association)”The Global Center is a US Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) and a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship program. The Global Center is making a systematic, sustained effort to infuse interdisciplinary global perspectives into learning at all levels, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond.
The Associate Director will have the opportunity to plan, direct, and implement a wide range of scholarly and outreach programming. The AD collaborates with center staff, on-campus units, and off-campus community organizations to promote global competencies and language learning. The AD helps administer program and grant budgets.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Global Change (Indiana Univ., Bloomington)”The University of Oklahoma’s Department of International and Area Studies, a multidisciplinary academic department in the College of International Studies, invites applications for a professorship at the Assistant Professor rank (tenure track) in contemporary Russian politics and society. This position is funded in part by an endowed gift, the Theodore Romanoff Fund, dedicated to enhancing the study of Russia at the University of Oklahoma.
Continue reading “Acad. Job: Romanoff Assistant Professor in Contemporary Russian Studies (Univ. of Oklahoma)”We are delighted to inform you that Call-2 for the PASIFIC Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme was opened on 15 September 2021. The PASIFIC Programme is coordinated by the Polish Academy of Sciences and co-financed by the European Union under the MSCA COFUND scheme (Horizon 2020). In the second call, 15 researchers of any nationality and representing all research disciplines will be offered a possibility to pursue their research for two years at one of the Polish Academy of Sciences institutes and the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology. The deadline for applications is 30 December 2021.
Continue reading “Funding: PASIFIC Postdoctoral Fellowships”The political discourses of the Cold War, and of the first decades of reflection following the regime changes in Central Europe in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, portrayed a world divided by ideology and bifurcated by militarized borders. We seek to explore areas and moments of contact between Jews and Jewish communities across Cold-War boundaries, with the goal of deepening our understanding of the Cold War as a global phenomenon, and of shared cultural patterns across its divides. We aim to include works which cover a broad geographical scope, including the USSR, but without centering experiences with that state. Proposals pertaining to southeastern and central Europe, as well as to capitalist regions beyond the USA are desired.
Continue reading “CFP: Meetings and Movements of Jewish People & Artifacts across Cold-War Boundaries”