CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 188 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

November 13, 2020September 1, 2021

Language Teaching and Learning Research Grants (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: February 10, 2021

The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) at the University of Pittsburgh will award up to two Language Teaching and Learning Research (LTLR) grants for scholars to conduct research projects on-site or remotely at Pitt’s Slavic, East European, and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute (SLI) in June–July 2021. Funded projects must focus on the teaching and learning of one or more of the following priority languages: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Other languages that are taught at the SLI may be included in a project proposal in addition to these priority languages; see sli.pitt.edu for the complete list of language courses offered.

Applicants may propose to be in residence in Pittsburgh for all or a portion of the two-month duration of the SLI, according to the needs of their projects. However, please note that applicants should be prepared to conduct their projects entirely remotely in the event that pandemic conditions prevent the 2021 SLI from offering in-person instruction, and/or if University of Pittsburgh restrictions on non-essential travel prohibit the use of grant funds to cover travel expenses in Summer 2021.

November 12, 2020January 22, 2021

Grad Program: PhD study in the humanities at SSEES, University College London

Deadline: December 11, 2020

PhD Research Funding for UK and International Students

The School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/> is welcoming applications to UK Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Wolfson Trust-funded PhD positions in the history, languages and cultures (including literature, film and other media) of Russia and East-Central Europe. UCL SSEES has unrivalled expertise in humanities studies of the region, with over 40 full-time academic staff dedicated to this endeavour. We invite outstanding applicants to join our research community in London, in a funded capacity.

In particular, we would like to invite prospective students to apply for a funded Humanities PhD with us via the following schemes:

November 12, 2020January 22, 2021

Virtual Open Research Laboratory Program (University of Illinois)

Deadline: December 9, 2020

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are pleased to announce a Call for Applications to its Spring 2021 Virtual Open Research Laboratory (VORL) Program. The program will take place January 25 – May 5, 2021. Funded in part by the U.S. Department of State’s Title VIII Program, the VORL Program provides research stipends and long-distance library support for specialists conducting research on all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

November 11, 2020January 22, 2021

Funding: Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant

Deadline: December 1, 2020

Aim and Mission

To support emerging scholars through small grants;

To promote scholarship with a social policy application; and

To encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences.

Funding

Grants are based solely on merit. Each is worth a total of $7,500; $5,000 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project.

For grant recipients to be entitled to their second installment, they must show evidence of one of the following:

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

Intensive First Year Russian (University of Michigan, Online)

Winter 2021

Russian 103

8 credits. Taught remotely. M/T/Th/F 4-6 pm

This Intensive First Year Russian on-line language course is designed for beginners with no previous knowledge of Russian. If you want to quickly develop practical Russian language skills in speaking, reading, writing, and listening – this is the course for you! Cover two semesters in one!

Taught remotely by two full time faculty who speak Russian natively.

Synchronous and asynchronous class meetings.

https://lsa.umich.edu/slavic

November 10, 2020February 10, 2022

English Teaching Positions, Maymester, Intensive Russian Courses and Spring Break Study (American Home, Russia)

Deadline: Varies

On behalf of the American Home in Vladimir, Russia – which is celebrating its 29^th anniversary this year – I would like to remind you about several program opportunities and deadlines.

1) American English Program Teaching Positions – Application Deadline March 1, 2021 (www.serendipity-russia.com/teach.html)

The American English Program has been helping Vladimir residents to learn English since 1992 and currently has more than 600 students each semester who are taught by 10 American and 4 Russian teachers.

November 10, 2020January 22, 2021

Funding: Title VIII CEE Area Studies Fellowship

Deadline: December 31, 2020

The Title VIII CEE Area Studies Fellowship is a highly competitive program that provides American graduate level students, post-doctoral scholars, and early career professionals with the opportunity to gain expertise and strengthen their strategic knowledge of Central and Eastern Europe and U.S.-CEE relations. The program will allow fellows to research and analyze a proposed topic or issue related to a specific CEE country or sub-region at CEPA. The main goal of the fellowship program is to cultivate U.S. expertise on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and to develop relevant and timely analysis on the CEE region for the U.S. policy community.

The fellowship offers a stipend of $3,500 per month and an established platform for a virtual program. Fellows will be required to write an analytical paper for publication and conduct (virtual) briefings with the wider U.S. policy and expert community on their research and analytical findings. The 2021 program is expected to run from late-March through late-September 2021.

November 9, 2020September 1, 2021

CFP: Edited Volume on D’Annunzio as World Literature

Deadline: August 30, 2021

In the last two decades, there has been a renewed interest in Decadent literature, and a reassessment of the Decadent movement in relation to a poetics of circulation and reception. Scholarship of Decadence have been especially productive in unveiling the crucial role of translation, the extent to which Decadent authors read, cited and plagiarized one another. Novels previously judged derivative or stylistically lacking have been re considered in light of their participation in a network; moreover, scholars have demonstrated that Decadence’s focus on style did not preclude engagement in socio-political issues. Most importantly, while studies of Decadence were until recently focused on France, or at the most on French-Anglo relationships, recent scholarship has highlighted how Decadence functioned as a transnational, cosmopolitical movement that found disciples across and beyond Europe.

This project builds on these developments to examine the work of the Italian author Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863-1938) within a world literature framework, from his own engagement with translation and multilingualism to the international circulation and reception of his work.

November 9, 2020September 1, 2021

Grad. Program: MS in Global Media and Cultures (Georgia Tech)

Deadline: February 15, 2021

Please help spread the word to your students about our Master of Science degree in the fields of language, cultural studies, and media studies at Georgia Tech. The M.S. in Global Media and Cultures, a joint degree by the School of Modern Languages and School of Literature, Media, and Communication, is currently offered with tracks in Russian, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.

As a professional master’s degree, the MS-GMC reflects the rising importance of humanistic study for many career fields in the 21^st century, ranging from media, education, and international business to non-profit and engineering. The degree builds on a rapidly expanding global media ecosystem in Atlanta, where humanities fields and their graduates are providing sought-after cultural and creative industry competence. We aim to help students apply their skills in language and analysis—as well as their passion for cross-cultural communication, social justice, and media—to a successful, impactful career.

November 9, 2020September 1, 2021

Call for Proposals: Thematic Block Proposals, International Congress of Slavists (Paris, France)

Deadline: May 1, 2021

The 2023 International Congress of Slavists will be held in Paris, at the Sorbonne (exact dates TBA). A major goal of the International Committee of Slavists for this next Congress is to increase the number of presentations in literature and culture, which have been underrepresented in the recent past.

At this time, the International Committee of Slavists invites applications for thematic blocks for the 2023 International Congress. The application deadline is *May 1, 2021.*
The calls for individual papers and roundtables will be issued next year.