CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 154 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

July 2, 2021September 1, 2021

CFP: AATSEEL Stream: Russian Literature and Western Modernism

Deadline: July 1; August 15, 2021

Due to the legacy of official Soviet literary policy, the intertextual presence of Western modernism in the writings of Russian authors, until recently, has been discussed as an exception rather than a systematic phenomenon. We would suggest that recent research is shifting this paradigm and that the exceptions that testify against the rule are too numerous not to explore in a more systematic way. In this stream of panels, we invite papers that look into influences, repulsions, translations, allusions, publishing histories, and other aspects of Russian authors’ engagement with modernist aesthetics in the ‘West’ (Anglo-American, German, French, Italian, Spanish, etc.). Papers may consider Russian literature of any period. We hope to put together three panels that can be arranged either according to a thematic or a chronological principle and that might address some of the following questions: Which representatives of Western modernism left a noticeable trace on Russian literature? In what way? How did the official Soviet, underground, or immigrant milieu shape Russian interaction with Western modernist works? How does post-perestroika Russian literature perceive Western modernism, and how has this shifted in recent years?

There are two possible deadlines for the submission, July 1 and August 15. The proposal should be submitted via the AATSEEL site.

July 2, 2021September 1, 2021

CFP: AATSEEL stream: Carceral States in Slavic and East European Studies

Deadline: July 1; August 15, 2021

In light of the controversial events related to issues of policing and incarceration that we have witnessed in the past year in the U.S Eastern Europe and Russia this proposed stream aims to examine the field’s understanding and teaching of/in prisons. The powerful legacy of Russian and Eastern European authoritarian regimes and their historical practices of unjust detention imprisonment and exile also offer the opportunity to consider how the past inflects more recent conflicts between the state and its citizens and immigrants. Our panel will showcase new research on prison literature a category that includes but is not limited to fictional depictions of prison and labor camps autobiography memoirs and letters from a range of eras. Our roundtable will address approaches to teaching prison literature and academics teaching literature in prisons a growing practice in general and within Slavic Studies in particular. Operating on the principle that prisons are institutions which are intricately tied to society despite their fortified walls obscuring what happens therein this stream seeks to illuminate an array of carceral states understood both as governmental biopolitical regimes of punishment and control and the experiences of captivity and coercion.

AATSEEL’s two deadlines are July 1 and August 15. If you are interested in joining our stream, please be sure to indicate this intention when submitting a paper or roundtable proposal here.

July 2, 2021September 1, 2021

CFP: Uneven and Combined Development (AATSEEL Conference)

Deadline: August 15, 2021

Soliciting papers for the panel stream on Uneven and Combined Development for the upcoming AATSEEL conference. Deadline for abstracts is August 15th (please indicate interest in joining our stream when you submit here.)

Here is the description for the stream: The theory of Uneven and Combined Development(UCD) was famously formulated by Lev Trotsky to explain the Russian Revolutions of 1917. More broadly, UCD has reemerged in recent years as both a theoretical problem and a scholarly methodology in fields such as history and international relations. This stream is interested in UCD as a concept in cultural analysis. If, as some have argued, Pyotr Chaadaev’s diagnosis of Russia’s unique position with respect to world culture anticipates the idea of UCD, then how can UCD help locate the particularity of Slavic and East European cultures through their historical development, rather than a timeless essence? How does UCD give shape to specific cultural (artistic, literary, cinematic, etc.) forms, whether of specific works or genres and national traditions? In turn, how might cultural production give form to the experience of UCD? How might UCD allow fora reframing of familiar tropes like cultural “belatedness”? What kinds of “unevenness” or multiple zones can be observed within our region’s engagement with the rest of the world (for example, the non-aligned movement during the Cold War alongside Soviet involvement in anti-colonial movements)? How does UCD shed light on dynamics of translation and reception of imported cultural forms? We invite abstracts dealing with any period and area of REEES considered through the lens of UCD. We are also open to related fields of inquiry such as Ernst Bloch’s “non-synchronicity”, World-Systems Theory, and Dependency Theory.

June 30, 2021October 4, 2021

Funding: Call for 2021 Grant Applications (The Malevich Society)

Deadline: September 30, 2021

The Malevich Society is pleased to announce its call for 2021 grant applications.   Based in New York, the Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge about the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich and his work.   In the belief that Malevich was a pioneer of modern art who should be recognized for his key contributions to the history of Modernism, the Society awards grants to encourage research, writing, and other activities related to his history and memory.   The Society welcomes applications from scholars of any nationality and at various stages of their career. Graduate students are welcome to apply after completing at least one year of dissertation research. Proposed projects should increase the understanding of Malevich and his work, or augment historical, biographical, or artistic information about Malevich and/or his artistic legacy. The Society also supports translations and the publication of relevant texts.

June 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Research Associate, Complex Languages of Central and Eastern Europe (University of Sheffield)

Deadline: July 23, 2021

The School of Languages and Cultures is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to take part in a project funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. The project, entitled Feast and Famine: Confronting Overabundance and Defectivity in Language, looks at non-canonical inflectional morphology in morphologically complex languages of central and eastern Europe. It includes eight institutions across four countries: the UK, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Estonia, and will be led by Professor Neil Bermel (University of Sheffield) in collaboration with Professor Dunstan Brown (University of York).

More Information

June 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Teaching Posts in Russian Language (University of Sheffield)

Deadline: July 4, 2021

The University of Sheffield is accepting applications for a Teaching Associate and University Teacher in Russian.

For more information, visit:

https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_unreg_job_search?sap-client=400&sap-syscmd=nocookie&sap-wd-configId=ZHRRCF_A_UNREG_JOB_SEARCH&sap-ie=edge&utm_source=university%20website&utm_medium=link&utm_content=jobs&utm_campaign=jobs-link#

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

Seeking Translators for the PEN America: Women in Translation Reading Series

Deadline: July 5, 2021

The PEN Translation Committee is seeking literary translators into English to read from their work (published or in progress) in a series of three virtual readings to celebrate Women in Translation month this August. We welcome responses from women or nonbinary translators and translators of any gender identity translating words by women or nonbinary authors. Preference will be given to proposals where translators will be reading alongside their authors, though we recognize the need to accommodate different time zones. We are particularly interested in author/translator pairs that haven’t participated in this series before.

June 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Acad. Job: Program Coordinator, BBA Semester Abroad Programs (UT Austin)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description:
Coordinate undergraduate semester study abroad programs for the BBA International Programs Office at the McCombs School of Business. The position focuses on student advising, credit processing, events, and student activities at a top-ranked BBA program.

Job Details:
Texas McCombs is a top business school at the center of one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. The McCombs community champions hands-on experiences alongside the ground-breaking research and thought-leadership of a world-class faculty. The collaborative spirit and enterprising drive of the Longhorn alumni network, one of the largest university networks in the world, is embedded in our culture, making us human-centered and future-focused in all our endeavors. We are shaping those who will shape tomorrow, and solving challenging problems while remaining committed to creating a community that is diverse, supportive, and challenging. What starts here really does change the world.

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

Language Training Resource: Russian Textbook Online Companion

The authors of Panorama (of which I am one) and Rodnaya Rech’ are delighted to inform you that the online companion website (what we used to call the electronic workbook) for our respective textbooks will soon be online (Rodnaya Rech) better than before (Panorama) for the fall 2021 semester! (Panorama’s online companion website is already up, Rodnaya Rech’s website will be up by August 1.)

Panorama is an intermediate-level textbook for learners of Russian as a foreign language, while Rodnaya Rech’ is a textbook for heritage learners.

You can learn more about each book at these links:

For Panorama: http://press.georgetown.edu/book/languages/panorama-website-pb-lingco
For Rodnaya Rech’: http://press.georgetown.edu/book/languages/rodnaya-rech-website-pb-lingco

The online websites provide lots of exercises that are self-correcting AND you can link them to your class so that your students homework grades are accessible to you by a click of a link. And yes, the online website does work with Blackboard, Canvas, and other Learning Management Systems.

June 25, 2021September 1, 2021

Job: Communication Specialist (UT Graduate School)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin has an open position for a communications specialist to support its strategic communication efforts.

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with members of communication team and other offices within the Graduate School to execute a variety of campaigns.
Write various news stories, press releases and marketing materials to promote Graduate School programs.
Draft correspondence—including emails, official remarks and announcements—to campus stakeholders.
Assist in coordinating media requests and generating responses to reporters on Graduate School operations.
Develop content for the Graduate School’s marketing campaign to recruit top graduate students to the university.
Work with the Graduate School’s recruitment team and graduate programs across campus to develop content for the campaign.
Support content strategy and production for the Graduate School’s social media platforms.
Assist with coordinating logistics for photography and video production projects.
Work with external vendors including graphic designers on print and digital projects.
Assist with maintaining Graduate School websites and contributing to an upcoming website redesign project.
Work with communications colleagues in the Provost’s and President’s Offices to support central communications strategies and brand standards.