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CFP: The Making of the 1990s: The Genesis of Post-Soviet Society through Its Material Culture

Deadline: May 1, 2021

Conference languages: French, English and Russian

CfP in French and Russian on the Cercec site

This interdisciplinary colloquium explores the social dynamics of the 1990s through the period’s changing material culture. Everyday “stuff” was transformed by the disappearance of the Soviet system, the irruption of the market, and the opening to the world. The aim is to investigate the long disintegration of the Soviet system by looking at how populations which are caught in a state of uncertainty react with material inventiveness in order to adapt.

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Funding: Publishing Fellowships (National Endowment for the Humanities)

Deadline: April 14, 2021

NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing.  Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Fellowships provide recipients time to conduct research or to produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research.  Projects may be at any stage of development.

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Funding: Nominations for Dissertation Grants (National Institute of Social Sciences)

Deadline: April 16, 2021

The National Institute of Social Sciences is pleased to invite qualifying institutions to nominate a candidate for our Dissertation Grants Program competition for 2021. NISS Dissertation Grants are designed to support outstanding Ph.D. students who need additional resources to complete doctoral work that promises to significantly advance their fields of study.  

For 2021, NISS is seeking nominations in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Interdisciplinary projects that include one or more of these fields as a major component may also be considered.

The submission deadline for this year’s competition is Friday, April 16, 2021 at 5:00 pm ET.

You can learn more and submit an application here

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Funding: UT COLA Faculty Research Fellowship

Deadline: May 1, 2021

For UT faculty members!

The Supplemental College Research Fellowship (SCRF) is awarded to supplement prestigious external grants and fellowships. SCRFs are limited to a maximum of 50% of a faculty member’s salary for the award period, regardless of the amount that the outside funding covers. The length of the award may vary to accommodate the requirements of the granting agency. Applicants and department chairs should nominate the faculty member only after receiving confirmation of the outside award. Since these awards involve the faculty member requesting a leave or release from the instructional budget, please review the college’s Faculty Leave information. 

The College of Liberal Arts SCRF application deadline is May 1st. Find more information here and apply here

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Call for Nominations: Co-Chairs, Central / East / South European Cinema and Media Studies Special Interest Group

Deadline: May 31, 2021

We are currently seeking nominees and expressions of interest to fulfil the role of Co-Chairs for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Central / East / South European Cinema and Media Studies Special Interest Group (SIG) for the upcoming three-year term (2022-2025).

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Study Abroad: Nemtsov Summer Journalism School (Prague)

Deadline: April 10, 2021

The Boris Nemtsov Foundation is pleased to announce its 4th Summer School of Journalism to be held in mid-July, 2021. It is a fully-funded program. The deadline for submitting applications is April 10th, 2021 (23:59 Prague time (UTC + 1). You can apply by clicking on the link: https://summerschool.nemtsovfund.org/anketa/

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Funding: 2021 Postdoc Billington Fellowship (Kennan Institute)

Deadline: May 15, 2021

Grant Opportunity: James H. Billington Fellowship
The Kennan Institute is pleased to announce the 2021 competition for the James H. Billington Fellowship. Detailed information about the grant is below, and more information about all opportunities can be found HERE.

James H. Billington Fellowship – Deadline: May 15, 2021

The Billington Fellowship was established in 2016 in tribute to the co-founder of the Kennan Institute, Director Emeritus of the Wilson Center, and Librarian Emeritus of Congress, James H. Billington. For this fellowship, we will consider proposed research in the fields of Russian history and culture, and preference will be given to scholars who have received their Ph.D. within the past 10 years. There is no citizenship restriction on this grant. The Billington Fellowship offers a monthly stipend of $5,000, research facilities, a research intern, and computer access. Fellows are required to be in residence at the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. for the duration of the grant. Please send all questions and application materials to kennan@wilsoncenter.org.
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Acad. Job: Summer Language Workshop Russian Instructors (Indiana U)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Language Workshop of the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University seeks instructors for its 2021 program in Russian (June 7 – July 30, 2021).

The Workshop is an intensive, 8-week program, providing accelerated, performance-based instruction. For details, see https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/russian

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