CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 20 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

July 19, 2024July 19, 2024

Job: Librarian (Department of Transportation)

Deadline: August 1, 2024

The Librarian:

Curates submitted datasets and maintains all workflow documentation.
Creates complete data packages for dissemination through the digital repository.
Implements metadata standards for all data formats, with a focus on needs for mid- and long-term preservation to keep abreast of developments in the areas of data management, data curation, and library sciences.
Works with Data Services, Technical Services, and Digital Services teams to ensure data curation, cataloging, and repository systems support the current and developing requirements of the US DOT Public Access Plan.
Develops and delivers training through consultation with the external researchers and organizations funded by the above programs.

The ideal candidate will possess a master’s degree in Library and Information Science or related field and a professional understanding of modern Research Data Management (RDM) and data curation theory, standards, and practices as they relate to a digital Library environment; creates Data Management Plans (DMPs); curates submitted datasets following the CURATE(D) workflow; creates complete data packages for dissemination through the digital repository; and maintains, preserves, and adds value to digital data throughout its lifecycle.

Basic Requirements:

All librarians must meet the requirements for professional education in library science or possess equivalent experience and education as shown for GS-7; however, as a standard practice applicants enter at grade GS-9 on the basis of a master’s degree in library science.

Since many libraries are highly specialized, some librarian positions require a knowledge of a specialized subject or field of endeavor.. Also, since materials in libraries are often in foreign languages, some librarians must have a proficient knowledge of one or more foreign languages. For such positions, applicants must meet requirements that are directly related to the subject matter or language of the specialization. These requirements are in addition to the basic professional library science requirements that apply to all positions. However, these requirements may be included in or supplemental to those specified for all positions. The following specializations are authorized: biological, medical, social or physical sciences, education, fine arts, business and industry, humanities, law, music, engineering, and the Germanic, Slavic, Oriental, Semitic, or Romance languages.

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July 19, 2024July 19, 2024

Tenure-Track Position in Department of Russian and Slavic Studies (University of Jerusalem)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites applications for a tenure-track position (open rank) in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, open to all areas of specialization.

The position is open to all candidates who have attained a Ph.D. degree, and to advanced doctoral students who expect to be granted their Ph.D. no later than June 30, 2025.

July 19, 2024July 19, 2024

Intermediate Ukrainian Language Online (University of Kansas)

Course Begins August 26, 2024

For the first time, the University of Kansas is offering intermediate Ukrainian ONLINE in Fall 2024. UKRA 204: Intermediate Ukrainian I is open to any learner in the United States with novice-level proficiency in Ukrainian for college credit (3 credits). This course is synchronous and will meet in Zoom three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11 am CT/12 pm ET) for 50 minutes. The emphasis will be on speaking and understanding spoken Ukrainian, as well as reading. By the end of UKRA 204, learners can expect to reach at least the ACTFL Intermediate Low level of proficiency in the oral expression, listening comprehension, and reading of Ukrainian.

The course begins on August 26, 2024. Please let anyone who might be interested in taking intermediate Ukrainian know about this opportunity! They can email Dr. Wallo (owallo@ku.edu) with questions on how to enroll, the cost, or the course itself.

July 19, 2024July 19, 2024

Foreign Visitors Fellowship Program (Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University)

Deadline: August 23, 2024

The Slavic-Eurasian Research Center (SRC) of Hokkaido University is pleased to announce the 47th round of the SRC’s Foreign Visitors Fellowship Program for 2025-2026.

Foreign specialists in studies of the former Soviet and East European countries, who are interested in undertaking research at the SRC during the academic year of 2025-2026 as well as initiating and continuing international collaborations with our staff, may submit applications for this program.

Applicants should choose their period of employment at the SRC: Within the period from May 1, 2025 to March 19, 2026, applicants will be able to name their preferred period for a minimum of 2 months, up to a maximum of 5 months.
After the selection process, the SRC reserves the right to ask nominated applicants to change the period of stay at the Center.

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024

2025 Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern (American Council of Learned Societies)

Deadline: October 30, 2024

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for the Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe(SISECSE) 2024-25 competition. In partnership with the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS), ACLS will convene leading scholars from Eastern Europe and North America for a two-week residency in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria from June 5 to June 20, 2025.

SISECSE will provide participating scholars with time and space to dedicate to their own research and writing in a collaborative and interdisciplinary setting. The program covers travel, accommodation, and per diem expenses. Scholars are expected to be in residence and to participate in all planned events for the duration of the institute.

Learn More About Application and Eligibility Requirements

In addition to conducting their own research, scholars will have the opportunity to participate in a series of immersive discussions on a broad topic of shared academic interest. In 2025, discussions will explore “Epistemic Mistrust: Authorship, Credibility, and Knowledge Production.” Whether in times of crisis and war, or times of peace and stability, who do we trust to tell the truth? Whose stories do we listen to? With a growing lack of trust in traditional sources of knowledge—including suspicion of academic institutions—public confidence in the value of research is eroding. Nevertheless, humanistic approaches are essential for fostering critical thinking and promoting interdisciplinary dialogue. Participants will consider diverse questions: how can scholars in the humanities or interpretive social sciences help cultivate a more nuanced understanding of truth? How can we enhance the relevance and accessibility of academic research? How can we make the process of knowledge production and dissemination more inclusive?

Eligibility
The competition is open to scholars in any field or discipline in the humanities and interpretive social sciences pursuing postdoctoral or advanced research in East Central and Southeastern Europe, including Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. We seek to foster conversations across generations and fields.

Scholars must be based at institutions in North America (Canada, Mexico, US) or East Central and Southeastern Europe (see the list above).

Applications must be submitted in English, but the written work produced by the grantee can be in any language. Work proposed must be in the humanities and interpretive social sciences and must employ humanistic approaches and methods.

Deadline: October 30, 2024, 9:00 PM EDTQuestions? Contact us at SISECSE@acls.org.

This program is made possible thanks to a generous donation by Carl and Betty Pforzheimer.
Formed a century ago, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations. As the leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, ACLS upholds the core principle that knowledge is a public good. In supporting its member organizations, ACLS utilizes its endowment and $37 million annual operating budget to expand the forms, content, and flow of scholarly knowledge, reflecting our commitment to diversity of identity and experience. ACLS collaborates with institutions, associations, and individuals to strengthen the evolving infrastructure for scholarship. In all aspects of our work, ACLS is committed to principles and practices in support of racial and social justice.

The Centre for Advanced Study in Sofia is an independent institution with strong international and interdisciplinary orientation, promoting freedom of research and scholarly excellence in the humanities and the social sciences. Since its establishment in 2000, CAS has been attracting young talents and outstanding senior scholars by offering institutional conditions conducive to free pursuit of knowledge and dialogue in the framework of individual research fellowships or collaborative multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural enquiries. In partnership with other Institutes for Advanced Study, universities, scholarly and cultural associations, it works to re-establish the tradition of intellectual communities and to facilitate open critical debate and exchange of ideas on national and trans-national levels.

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

Job: Associate Director, Russian, East European, And Eurasian Center (University of Illinois)

Deadline: August 7, 2024

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has announced a search for a new Associate Director.

This position is the senior full-time staff position at REEEC. The Associate Director provides academic leadership and staff supervision for the Center, acts as its chief grant and financial officer, directs our interdisciplinary BA major, and teaches one course per year in the REEES curriculum. Together with the Director, the REEEC Associate Director is responsible for the overall operation of the center, including program development, coordination with other units in the Illinois Global Institute, grants management, and alumni relations and advancement.

Founded in 1959, REEEC at Illinois is an active, interdisciplinary hub for our field and is a Federally-designated Title VI Comprehensive National Resource Center. We have faculty affiliates across campus, drawing on Illinois’ historic (and continuing) investments in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) as well as Illinois’ immense educational infrastructure as a public research university. We administer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships funded by the Title VI program, and offer BA and MA REEES programs alongside a dual degree (MA REEES / MS Library and Information Sciences). We sponsor innovative academic programming on campus across the year, and conduct extensive public engagement and outreach work with schools and communities. Together with our colleagues at the Slavic Reference Service, we also run our annual Research Laboratory program, that brings dozens of scholars to campus each year for short-term research visits and training workshops.

https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/11079?c=illinois

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

CFP: Is War a Peace? The Future of Philology

Deadline: October 31, 2024

Journal: “Studia Rossica Posnaniensia” (issue no. 50/2/2025)

Fully Open Access, there are no fees attached to the publication

Editors: Stefano Aloe (University of Verona, Italy), Bartosz Osiewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University).

Reflection on the mechanisms of power and their impact on culture evokes direct associations with the works of George Orwell and can contribute to expanding the scope of potential research. The party slogan “war is peace”, found in the novel 1984, constitutes one of the vivid examples of the writer’s concept of “doublethinking”, illustrating the possibility of both representing and distorting reality through language. In this context, language is used not only to create an image of the world, but also to control the masses and manipulate consciousness.

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

American Councils Title VIII Research Scholar and Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Programs

Deadline: October 1, 2024

Research can be conducted in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

Designed to expand the accessibility of overseas research while increasing U.S. knowledge and expertise on Eastern Europe and Eurasia, the programs support fellows seeking to complete overseas, policy-relevant research. Fellowships last three to nine consecutive months and include round-trip international travel; housing and living stipends; visa support; overseas health, accident, and evacuation insurance; archive access; and logistical support. Following the completion of the research term, fellows will return to the U.S. and share their findings through presentations, articles, and lectures in order to strengthen and broaden current scholarship on the region.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at mshelton@americancouncils.org with further questions.

Research Scholar Program

Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

Job: Assistant Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (UT Austin)

Deadline: Open Until Filled (Posted July 9, 2024)

The position is grant-funded through August 14, 2026, with the possibility of renewal based on funding availability, work performance, etc. Some travel is required.

Purpose

To assist the Director of the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) in implementing a wide range of activities to advance the center’s mission–to promote teaching, research, and outreach related to this critical global area. Serve as senior staff liaison to the College of Liberal Arts for the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

Apply Here

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

Beginning Georgian Online Language Course (Harvard Extension School)

Deadline to register: August 29, 2024

Harvard Extension School will be offering Beginning Georgian (GRGN E-1) virtually in Fall 2024. The course will meet twice weekly for two hours, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-8pm ET. The last day to register for the course is August 29, 2024.

This intensive course provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern Georgian language and culture for those who would like to speak Georgian or use the language for reading and research. Designed for students without any previous knowledge of Georgian, the course stresses all four major communicative skills (speaking, listening and viewing comprehension, reading, and writing). Students are introduced to Georgian culture through readings, screenings, and class discussions. This course prepares students to continue in Georgian at the intermediate level, for future study or travel abroad. For this course our focus is concentrated on vocabulary and pronunciation. Students also listen and comprehend natural spoken language and are exposed to as many of the introductory phrases and sentences as possible. With hard work and enthusiasm, this ancient and notoriously difficult language comes to a perfect, orderly, comprehensible, and beautiful system.