Deadline: April 15, 2024
ASEEES annually awards several prizes and awards, presented during the Annual Convention.
Nomination Details: aseees.org/aseees-prizes
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Deadline: April 21, 2024
The Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Bucknell University invites applications for a one-semester Visiting Assistant Professor position in Russian Studies for the Fall 2024 semester. The appointment begins August 1, 2024. The teaching load is 3 courses, which includes Russian language at all levels. We especially encourage applications from candidates interested in historically under-represented Slavic, East European, and Eurasian cultures. The successful candidate should possess native or near-native fluency in Russian and exhibit a demonstrated interest in inclusive pedagogies. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. or be ABD in the area of Russian language and culture.
The search committee will begin to screen applications on April 22, 2024, and will continue to do so until the position is filled.
The application requires:
– a curriculum vitae
– a cover letter that addresses the candidate’s experience and potential as a teacher
Three confidential letters of recommendation may be required at a later date. Applications will only be accepted online through Bucknell’s career site (bucknell.edu/careers-bucknell). The link to the official posting can be found here.
Contact Jim Lavine (jlavine@bucknell.edu), Director of Russian Studies, for questions about the position.
CFP: Belarusian Visual Culture in the 21st Century
Deadline: June 1, 2024
We are inviting essay submissions for an edited volume on contemporary visual culture of Belarus. The volume is projected to have 12-14 chapters (5000-6000 words each) on Belarusian visual culture divided in three parts: early 2000s, 2010s, and post-2020 visual culture. The volume is expected to have color illustrations and to feature interviews with contemporary artists, filmmakers, and cultural figures.
Submissions on all aspects of Belarusian visual culture are encouraged, including, but not limited to: art history; all aspects of visual arts and art spaces; photography; visual aspects of social media; television and media studies; theatre and cinema studies; dance studies; street art and folk art; protest visual culture and visual art as testimony; independent and official art.
Continue reading “CFP: Belarusian Visual Culture in the 21st Century”Russian-Immersion Summer Jobs (Concordia Language Villages, Minnesota, US)
Deadline: Open Until Filled
Looking for a summer job with immersion opportunities in a Russian-language environment? Lesnoe Ozero now has openings for employment for ALL levels of language proficiency. If there are any questions, please contact: ravitch@cord.edu .
Option 1: Culinary Arts Staff, July 7-August 11 or July 7-August 18 – all levels
We are hiring for bakers, cooks, and assistant chefs. Staff will receive a week of training in food preparation specific to the cuisines of the Russian-speaking world and then be responsible for preparing the food under the supervision of the Village Chef. The language of the kitchen is English, but Culinary Arts staff are welcome to participate in the language immersion community when they are not cooking, which, given that it is a residential program, can easily be 4-5 hours/day. Room, board, and transportation from the Minneapolis airport to the program in Bemidji, MN are included, but staff are responsible for their own travel to the Minneapolis airport. Students who need work for the whole summer can indicate availability for one of the languages that runs in June, as well as the Russian village, for a full summer of employment.
CFP: Geopolitics of Eurasian Crossroads? Transformations, Challenges and Development Paths (Yerevan State University, Armenia)
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Call for Abstracts
YSU Conference on Politics and International Affairs
Geopolitics of Eurasian Crossroads? Transformations, Challenges and Development Paths
10-11 October, 2024, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
Deadline for abstract submissions: May 31, Yerevan time (GMT+4)
The Faculty of International Relations at Yerevan State University launches its annual conference on politics and international affairs. The 2024 conference is titled “Geopolitics of Eurasian Crossroads? Transformations, Challenges and Development Paths”. Over the last several decades, Eurasia has undergone a tremendous transformation. It witnessed, among other things, the collapse of a superpower and the emergence of new states, nation-building endeavors and integration initiatives, consolidation and fragmentation of sovereignty, the rise of regional powers, financial crises and economic miracles, wars, establishment and development of regional organizations. The conference aims to bring together scholars specializing in Eurasian studies. It will serve as a venue for academic discussions and a meeting point for scholars to present their current research, discover common academic interests and discuss ideas for potential joint research projects?
Applications from all fields of political science are welcome. Presentations can be related, but not limited to the following topics:
Continue reading “CFP: Geopolitics of Eurasian Crossroads? Transformations, Challenges and Development Paths (Yerevan State University, Armenia)”Conference: 2024 Annual North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (NESEEES)
Event Date: April 6, 2024
The 2024 Annual North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (NESEEES) Conference will take place on Saturday, April 6, at New York University’s Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia (19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003).
The program for the conference can be found at https://neseees.wordpress.com/neseees-2024-conference/.
All are welcome. The registration fee ($40 for general conference registration, with a reduced rate of $25 for students) can be paid by bringing cash or check to the conference on the morning of April 6th. Within a few days, the program will also have a link for paying online.
In addition, The New York Public Library is co-sponsoring an event with NESEEES in the late afternoon of April 5th. We hope that you will attend. There is no fee, but you do need to complete a separate registration via this link: https://www.showclix.com/event/nypl-crh-open-house-neseees/pre-sale.
ASEEES Dissertation Research & Writing Grants
Deadline: April 1, 2024
ASEEES offers grants of up to $6,000 for dissertation research in Eastern Europe or Eurasia or summer dissertation writing on any aspect of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies in any discipline
NEW: James Bailey Dissertation Research Grant in Folklore Studies
Nemirovsky Summer School (Estonia)
Deadline: May 1, 2024
To Reason Russia from the Mind. An Original Summer School
on Russian Language and Culture in an Era of Change
by Igor Nemirovsky
Fedor Tiutchev, the renowned nineteenth-century Russian poet, defined his relationship to Russia as follows: “Russia cannot be reasoned from the mind / nor measured on a common scale.” Unfortunately, the realities of our time precludes us from the luxury of “not reasoning Russia from the mind.” We must strive towards this goal, and such is the objective of our summer school on Russian language and culture which will take place in the delightful atmosphere of Russophone Tallinn from June 10-July 19, 2024.
What we offer:
– 120 in-class hours of Russian language
– Series of lectures devoted to the current political and cultural development of Russia by prominent scholars in the area – mini courses are taught both in Russian and English
– Excursions in Tallinn, and trips to Helsinki and Riga
– Credits may be arranged via colleges individually
– 6 weeks in beautiful and friendly Tallinn
Place: Tallinn, Estonia
When: June 10 – July 19, 2024
Registration deadline: May 1st, 2024
Website: http://nemirovsky-school.com/Register for the school: https://forms.gle/mabnnME231JnDiCz8
Paid study on Russian Writing Styles (University of Maryland)
The University of Maryland, College Park is seeking native and non-native (advanced) speakers of Russian to participate in an ongoing paid study on the diversity of writing styles around the globe. This study is approved by the internal review board (IRB) of the University of Maryland, College Park, and our team hopes that the documents we collect will help provide some insight into how individual writing styles differ by region and document type.
Participants in this study will be asked to author original writing samples for several different genres. Participation is entirely online, and compensation will be provided upon proper completion of study participation tasks. There is also a corresponding study in English. Participants who are bilingual are welcome to complete either or both the Russian and English versions of our study.
Russian study:
https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_0TA1m4IaROInO6i
English study:
https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_6xIMk9fHTe50ZPU
If you have any questions about the study, please email Gretchen McKnight at gbelnap@umd.edu
Summer and Fall ’24 Language and Culture Courses Abroad (SRAS)
Deadline: April 1 (Summer) & May 1, 2024 (Fall)
Fall Courses
- Russian as a Second Language (Riga, Tbilisi, Bishkek)
- Identity and Conflict in the Caucasus (Tbilisi)
- Central Asian Studies (Bishkek)
- Security and Society in the Information Age (Warsaw)
Summer Courses
- 10th Annual Security and Society Summer School (Warsaw)
- Russian as a Second Language, late 6-week sessions (Batumi, Bishkek)
- Ukrainian Language Workshop (Warsaw)
- Polish Language and Culture (Warsaw)
See the SRAS Program page for details and to sign up for an info session.