CFP: “Taking Stock of Change: South Caucasus After a Turbulent Year”

Deadline: April 16, 2021

Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) is organizing its Seventh Annual Conference Taking Stock of Change: South Caucasus After a Turbulent Year. The conference will be held online, on June 25-26, 2021.

Please find below and attached the detailed Call for Participants (CfP).

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Study Abroad: Summer Virtual Kazakh Language Program (ASU & Nazarbayev U)

Deadline: March 15, 2021, Ongoing

Nazarbayev University (NU) in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, in collaboration
with Arizona State University, is pleased to announce their next session
of the Summer School in Russian and Eurasian Studies (SSRES), which
will be an online, intensive summer language program in Kazakh
(SSRES). The 8-week intensive course, which will be online for summer
2021 offers over 140 contact hours.

Program dates for SSRES 2021:
June 7 – July 30 (8 weeks, equivalent of one academic year)

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Grad. Program: Contemporary Russian Studies and Regional Studies Consortium (UVA)

Deadline: May 1, 2021

UVA’s programs in regional studies have partnered to create a vibrant intellectual and professionally minded community for master’s students that multiplies their academic and career opportunities. The four separate degree programs allow students to engage directly with cultural, historical and political experts on the topics and populations that are most central to their research interests. At the same time, the regional studies consortium provides students with communal training in research methods and professional writing, access to academic exchanges and industry-based internships, and interaction with a network of accomplished graduates in shared employment sectors.

The four MA programs are: East Asian Studies; European Studies; Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages and Cultures; and Contemporary Russian Studies

For students interested in the new Consortium on Regional Studies, visit the website for more information.

Funding: Graduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Southeastern Europe (AISEES)

Deadline: April 15, 2021

The American Institute for Southeast European Studies (AISEES) announces the availability of 3 fellowships for US graduate students and early postdoctoral scholars in the United States to support research in Southeast Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia) for research conducted within the 18-month period of June 2021 and December 2022. Awards will be made for a maximum of $3000 each. Projects in all fields in the social sciences, humanities and related disciplines are eligible.

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Funding: Postdoc Grants from Bassi Foundation

Deadline: Ongoing

The Bassi Foundation is pleased to provide a small number of postdoctoral grants, the sizes of which vary by year. Prospective applicants are asked to submit a 2-page statement of research, a writing sample not exceeding 10,000 words, and a copy of their CV to scholarships@editing.press. Applications are assessed as part of a double-blind peer review process.
The results for this cycle will be released in May 2020, contact the foundation for more information

Funding: Bassi Scholarship for Publishing Grad Students

Spring Deadline: March 31, 2021
Summer Deadline: July 27, 2021

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines. The scholarships are open to every discipline and are awarded three times per year: December, April, and August. The value of the scholarships are remitted through editorial assistance as follows:

Master’s candidates: $750
Doctoral candidates: $2,500
Junior academics: $500

These figures reflect the upper bracket of costs of editorial assistance for master’s theses, doctoral dissertations, and academic journal articles, respectively. All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of full-time employment. There are no institutional, departmental, or national restrictions.

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Acad. Job: Lecturer in Polish (Brown U)

Deadline: Open until Filled

The Slavic Studies Department at Brown University invites applications for a lecturer in the Polish language to teach in the academic year of 2021/22 with the possibility of renewal; the duty time will depend on enrollment. Teaching responsibilities include all levels of Polish, organizing and participating in extracurricular activities for the Polish-language students. The teaching load is five courses per two semesters (3/2).
Qualifications: native or near-native proficiency in Polish and English; Ph.D. or MA degree or equivalent in Slavic Studies, preferably in Polish Linguistics/Philology; evidence of successful teaching Polish at the university level in the US. Desirable qualifications include a proven ability to teach an additional Slavic language or any other language spoken in East-Central Europe and a course dedicated to Polish culture.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, the names, and contact information for three references to our Academic Department Manager, Justine Brown at justine_brown@brown.edu. We will conduct all interviews over zoom. Review of applications will begin on February 24 and will continue until the position is filled.

Acad. Job: Polish Language Preceptor (Harvard)

Deadline: April 2, 2021

The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at Harvard University seeks applications for a position as Preceptor in Polish Language. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2021 with teaching beginning in Fall Semester 2021. The preceptor will be responsible for courses in beginning and intermediate Polish (4 courses per academic year) and additional language tutorials in advanced Polish as needed. The preceptor will work with the Director of the Slavic Language Program to develop courses and materials in Polish language and assist with recruitment of students and expanding interest in the Polish language program. An interest in furthering broader Slavic Language Program goals is highly desirable, including materials development for Polish. There may also be opportunities to develop and lead a Harvard summer study abroad program in Poland. Preceptorships at Harvard are initially for one year, with multi-year contracts possible in subsequent years for up to eight total years, contingent upon performance, enrollments, curricular need, and divisional dean approval.  Interviews will be conducted by phone or video conference in spring 2021.

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Acad. Job: Faculty Associate for Summer Elementary Intensive Russian (CLI, Arizona State University)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Arizona State University is seeking a faculty associate to teach elementary intensive Russian in its 2021 summer Critical Languages Institute. The program will be held online this summer. Candidates must have a Master’s degree or higher in philology, linguistics, language teaching or a closely related field by the time of appointment; possess native proficiency in Russian; and have at least one year’s experience teaching Russian at the university level to non-native speakers. Strong preference will go to candidates who have successfully taught in intensive language programs, to candidates with experience teaching online, and to candidates with high levels of proficiency in English. The successful candidate will teach Russian 4 hours a day, five days a week, via Zoom for eight weeks and will contribute to cultural programming. The successful candidate will be joining a team of three elementary and one intermediate Russian instructors.

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Course: Fall 2021 Texas Venture Labs Practicum

Deadline: March 28, 2021

Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (TVL) is now accepting applications for our Fall 2021 TVL Practicum class. If you would like to learn more about this unique course and our other programs, please attend one of our upcoming info sessions.

The TVL Practicum is a cross-campus elective course that teaches graduate students how to work and consult with startups. Multi-disciplinary teams of grad students work through a project-driven curriculum that immerses them in research, teaches about business strategy and terminology, and provides a framework for strategically thinking through business problems to directly deliver positive outcomes for Texas-based startups. These startup companies are from our TVL Accelerator and engage with the students as “consulting clients”, so this is real-world, hands-on experience for course credit!

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