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

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025

Call for Participation: How Financial Interests Shape Democracy – Lessons from Central Easter Europe’s Democratic Transition

Deadline: April 4, 2025

Democracies worldwide face mounting internal and external threats (Wolf 2023). Domestically, neoliberal reforms—particularly financial deregulation—have deepened inequality (Stockhammer 2013, Lin and Tomaskovic-Devey 2013), eroded social solidarity (Brown 2019), and depoliticized key distributional policies (Burnham 2001, Harvey 2011). Internationally, financial liberalisation has facilitated tax evasion (Palan et al. 2010, Shaxson 2011, Wojcik 2013) and pressured governments to cut social provision (Streeck 2017), further weakening social cohesion. Meanwhile, global finance has enabled autocratic regimes to reinforce one another and disrupt democratic societies through misinformation (Applebaum 2024). These trends took hold in democratic societies in the 1980s and accelerated while the former Eastern Bloc underwent its democratic transitions.

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

Study Abroad: Russian Language Summer School, Armenia (ASPIRANTUM)

Deadline: May 28, 2025

Learn Russian Language | Summer School (5-10 credits)
10 weeks (or 5-9 weeks), from Jun 22, 2025 to Aug 29, 2025

Come and join the Russian language summer school organized by ASPIRANTUM – Armenian School of Languages and Cultures. You can start the program on June 22, June 29, or July 6, 2025, and stay up to 10 weeks until August 29, 2025. If you prefer a shorter program, there are options for 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 weeks. For more information and to apply, please see the details below. Homestays with local Russian-speaking families are available for those seeking a more immersive experience.

We offer a discount option for early applicants. Check out the details below to take advantage of these savings.

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

Study Abroad: Russian Language Semester Program, Armenia (ASPIRANTUM)

Deadline: June 25, 2025

Russian Language Semester Program
16 weeks (or 12-15 weeks), from Aug 17, 2025 to Dec 05, 2025

Armenian School of Languages and Cultures – ASPIRANTUM is organizing a 12-16-week Russian language semester program in Yerevan, Armenia. The 12-16-week semester program of Russian language will start on August 17, 2025, and will last till Dec 5, 2025 (16 weeks, 111 days, 320 hours of Russian language instruction). If you prefer a shorter program, there are options for 12, 13, 14, or 15 weeks.

The 82-111-day Russian language semester program in 2025 is designed to help participants master written and oral modern Russian, interpret Russian texts from various periods, and enhance their knowledge of colloquial Russian, Russian culture, linguistics, and religions of the region. Additionally, the program will provide an opportunity to learn more about Armenia.

Price: $10,490

Discounted Price: $8,490 (If payment done until May 15, 2025)

More Information

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

Job: Director of the Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Deadline: March 31, 2025

The Czech Academy of Sciences announces a call for the position of

Director of the Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Requirements:
· full legal capacity*,
· integrity pursuant to Section 17(4)(b) and (c) of Act No 341/2005 Coll., on Public Research Institutions, as amended,
· university degree and scientific qualification in Czech literary studies or in the related disciplines,
· scientific activity in one of the main fields of the research activities of the Institute,
· organizational skills, experience in project leadership and management,
· active knowledge of Czech and English, other language skills an advantage,
· moral integrity,

fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to Act No. 451/1991 Coll., laying down certain other prerequisites for the performance of certain functions in state bodies and organizations of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, as amended (does not apply to applicants who are not citizens of the Czech Republic).

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

Acad. Job: Instructional Professor (open rank) in Polish Language (University of Chicago)

Deadline: March 27, 2025

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures invites applications for a position as an Instructional Professor (open rank) in Polish language with an expected start date of September 1, 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The selected candidate will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Instructional Professor, Associate Instructional Professor, or Instructional Professor, depending on qualifications and educational background. The initial appointment is for a minimum of 2 years, with longer initial terms possible depending on qualifications and initial rank. Review and progression schedule are determined by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and the Service Employees International Union.

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

Russian in Central Asia Summer Program (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

Deadline: April 1, 2025

Applications are now being accepted for the Russian in Central Asia Summer Program 2025. This immersive 8-week program is hosted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), a Bard partner institution since 2009. The program combines intensive language study with a comprehensive exploration of the region’s historical, political, ideological, and cultural landscapes.

Students will enroll in two 4-credit courses:

Russian Language (placement based on proficiency)
Post-Soviet Central Asia: Sovereignty, Community, and Cultural Self-Expression

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

Job: Director, Blinken OSA Archivum (Central European University)

Deadline: March 31, 2025

Central European University (CEU) is seeking a highly committed professional with a deep familiarity of memory institutions, and a broad range of demonstrated interests in the humanities and the social and information sciences to lead the Blinken OSA Archivum.

The Blinken OSA Archivum is a truly unique organisation, affiliated with CEU. The Archivum is not just a repository of important documents, but a complex knowledge producing institution with archival, educational, research and international public activities. The focus of its activities are problems related to the Cold War, Communism, Human Rights, the history of the recent past, and central policy issues of the present.

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

CFP: When History Rhymes Too Much: Lessons for the Present from Central & Eastern Europe’s Past

Deadline: March 12, 2025

The weeks since January 20, 2025 have shocked the world with breathtaking failures to learn from history. From a second Munich Agreement to an American withdrawal from global engagements that recalls Mikhail Gorbachev’s pullbacks after 1988, repetition of the past has abruptly ended an eighty-year period of world history. If Mark Twain was right that “history rhymes,” it is clearly rhyming too much.

Central and eastern Europe have seen some of the most instructive precedents for today’s developments. Their history can therefore help us understand what is happening and how our future might unfold. Recognizing the moment’s urgency, Canadian Slavonic Papers invites proposals for relevant papers that might be included in flash forum to be published this summer.

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

Online Film Screening and Discussion: Named Voices

Event Date: March 26, 2025, 1:00–3:00 PM EST

This compelling documentary theater play, Named Voices, examines the Nazi genocide of Roma in Ukraine during the 1940s and the ongoing experiences of Roma communities under Russia’s current war against Ukraine. The film interweaves stories of Roma people affected by WWII, connecting their past and present struggles. Produced by the Agency for the Advocacy of Roma Culture ARCA in collaboration with the Inclusive Theatre Association ART-PLAYBACK, the film draws upon ARCA’s archives and interviews with Roma provided by the Ukrainian Center for Holocaust Studies. Following the screening, join Nataliia Tomenko, Roma activist and cultural heritage expert, and Lesia Pagulich, Ukrainian queer studies scholar, for a conversation on how histories of violence shape new understandings of care, solidarity, and healing. The film is in Ukrainian with English subtitles (78 min).

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February 21, 2025February 21, 2025

Acad. Job: Half-Time Visiting Lecturer REE Studies (Smith College)

Deadline: March 9, 2025

The Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) at Smith College invites applications for a half-time (0.5 FTE) benefits eligible position at the rank of Lecturer for the academic year 2025-2026 (to begin July 1, 2025). The successful candidate will teach three courses, which include at least one course in Russian language, a First-Year seminar on a topic in the candidate’s field of specialization or academic interest, and a third course to be determined. PhD, ABD, or an equivalent combination of education and teaching experience in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, or another relevant field is expected by the time of appointment. Candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.