CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 213 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

February 7, 2020May 28, 2020

Job: Short-term Paid Summer English Teaching Opportunity in Moscow

Deadline: February 2020

«Our Children» Education Center

Our camp has been working since 2016. All teachers are native speakers from USA and Great Britain. We need creative, energetic native English-speakers with experience teaching children or working at a summer camp. The job will last 4-5 weeks. After the completion of this 4-5 week contract, teachers will have the opportunity to remain in Russia on their own time and at their own expense until their visa expires (possibly for two more months). Talented teachers may have the opportunity to remain in Russia to teach for the «Our Children» Education Center for the 2020-2021 school year.

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020

Prof. Dev.: Cultures of Dissent in Eastern Europe (1945-1989): Research Approaches in the Digital Humanities (Budapest)

Deadline: February 14 2020

This 7-day seminar in digital humanities research methods is designed to expose a new generation of scholars in Cold War history and culture to methods of analysis and discovery involving computational techniques. Designed and run by NEP4DISSENT (New Exploratory Phase in Research on East European Cultures of Dissent, nep4dissent.eu), COST Action 16213, the inspiration for the course is built around the transfer of knowledge from technologists and data scientists to humanists. In the course of the 7-day session the participants will have hands-on experience with the entire life cycle of a digital humanities project design, leading to a single, tangible outcome in the form of a fully searchable and interactive dataset usable for art-curatorial purposes. Faculty are drawn from several disciplines and areas of specialization, in close cooperation with: the Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA); the History Department at CEU; the Department of Network and Data Science at CEU; the Department of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies at ELTE; the COURAGE H2020 project; the Center for Digital Humanities at the Institute of Literary Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (CHC); CLARIN-Poland; the Center for Digital History at the University of Luxembourg (C2DH) ; and the LAB1100 in The Hague.

Dates: June 22-30, 2020

For more information and full application form see:
https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/cultures-of-dissent-2020

Applications due Feb 14, 2020.

February 6, 2020

CFP: Migration as a narrative: Russian-speaking identities and communities in space and time (University of Edinburgh)

Deadline: February 18, 2020

Migration is a constant feature of the current age of ‘liquid modernity’, transforming societies into a collection of diasporas(Bauman). Research in Russian speaking mobility offers a valuable contribution to both the theoretical and empirical aspects of migration and mobility studies. While Russian speakers have crossed state boundaries for centuries, the collapse of the Soviet Union has created an unprecedented environment for mobility and diasporic processes of Russophones, destabilising hegemonic relations between the centre and the periphery and producing emerging conditions including ‘beached diasporas’, ‘Global Russians’, ‘virtual Russophonia’, and ‘transnational Russian cultures’, to name but a few. Currently, the geography of Russian-speaking communities outside Russia is wider than ever with the overall population comparable in size to that of the Russian Federation. Discourse perspectives have recently marked a theoretical shift in migration research. Mobility is intrinsically discursive as space, communities,identities and belonging are constructed in narratives-those produced by migrants and those about migrants. What do these stories –written and oral, visual and multimodal, fictional and real –tell us about Russian-speaking movers across the world? As the Russian speakers populate the ‘third space’ (Bhabha) of diasporic sites, and as these sites turn to the ‘zones of intense cutting-edge creativity’(Karim), what are the discursive manifestations and articulations of this condition? And how do the current migration narratives of Russophones compare with those produced in other ‘waves’ of migration from Russia and the Soviet Union?

February 6, 2020February 10, 2020

Grad. Program: Graduate Methods Training Workshop (Indiana University-Bloomington)

Deadline: March 15, 2020

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Graduate Methods Training Workshop
October 2-3, 2020 at Indiana University—Bloomington

Carrying out research in Russia, be it quantitative or qualitative, has particular challenges that can make it difficult for graduate students to make efficient and effective use of their time while in country: navigating the complex archival and library systems, conducting personal interviews on politically sensitive topics, and collecting elusive survey data, to name a few. The Graduate Methods Training Workshop aims to address these challenges by exploring innovative methodological approaches and engaging in training and dialogue with Russia-focused social scientists—all while fostering a community of emerging Russianists and promoting networking and professional opportunities with experts on Russia.

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020

CFP: 20th Annual Aleksanteri Conference: Eurasia and Global Migration (University of Helsinki)

Deadline: May 15, 2020

Dates and venue: 21–23 October 2020, University of Helsinki, Finland

The 20th Annual Aleksanteri Conference brings together scholars exploring dimensions of global migration to, from and within the Eurasian space. For the purposes of this conference, the geographic domain of the Eurasian space includes Central and Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space. We discuss migration and the agency of migrants in terms of social, political, cultural and economic processes and flows, which redefine the contours of national boundaries and affect societal development in both sending and receiving societies. Migration to, from and within the Eurasian space has been a part of flows and processes between the Global North and Global South, but also a part of the building of past empires.

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020

Resource: Digitized Russian Children’s Magazines (great for students)

Digitized versions of Vesyoliye Kartinki, a Russian children’s magazine is available here:
https://archive.org/details/vesyolyie_kartinki

The pictures are really beautiful and there are even (very) short versions of Tolstoy stories. A great resource for both language and culture-learning!

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020

Conference/CFP: Internet Communication: Multiformality and Multifunctionality (Russia)

Deadline: May 30 (conference); September 10, 2020 (papers)

You are invited to take part in the conference ‘Internet Communication: Multiformatity and Multifunctionality’ 29 – 30 October 2020 in Arkhangelsk (Russia), held by the Higher School of Social Sciences, Humanities and International Communication of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov in Arkhangelsk with the support of the Lecturate of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Ekaterinburg. Internet-communication today develops in a direction, where different formats and modi are used, which interact with each other and lead to the appearance of new communicative phenomena – Internet memes, live-broadcasting or photo-histories. We propose researchers from different fields of research to think about and reflect on the linguistic, social, psychological and pragmatic kind of similar communicative phenomena on the Internet. Researchers, university teachers, students and young researchers are invited to participate in the conference.

February 5, 2020May 28, 2020

Acad. Job: Visiting Assistant Professor, Russian Language and Literature / Cultural Studies (Ohio State University)

Deadline: February 27, 2020

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at The Ohio State University invites applications for the position of Visiting Assistant Professor in Russian culture, beginning August 2020. While area of specialization is open, we are seeking a dynamic scholar of Russian culture who can contribute to department research and teaching strengths in any of the following areas: film (Russian and East European), popular culture, gender, literature, migration studies, and translation. Qualified applicants must hold a PhD in Russian/Slavic languages and cultures or related discipline prior to the appointment start date. Fluency in Russian and English is required. North American classroom teaching experience and proficiency in another Slavic language is desired. The successful candidate will teach four courses per year, both in English and in Russian, will work to establish a study abroad program in a Slavic or East European country, and will contribute to the life of the department. This is a one-year appointment, with the possibility for renewal up to three years, pending need and availability of funds.

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020

Russian Lyrics Transcriber

Job Requirements

-Native Russian speaker, Transcribing lyrics for high priority content; Collaborate with team to ensure lyric quality on content

– Verify and score lyric accuracy sourced partners, ensuring it meets strict quality standards

– Utilize music knowledge and tools to properly catalog metadata and content

– Report any patterns of issues observed to help improve workflow performance

– Proactively help to develop internal tools and knowledge

– Meticulous attention to detail

– Balance multiple duties simultaneously

– Previous media operations experience highly desired

– In depth knowledge of current popular music and social media landscape English

February 5, 2020April 14, 2022

Job: English Teacher at Children’s Summer Camp (Moscow)

Deadline: Ongoing

«Our Children» Education Center

www.kidscentre.ru www.eng-camp.ru info@kidscentre.ru

English Camp

Camp dates: 05/25/2020 – 06/27/ 2020

Various age groups: 5-7, 8-9, 10-12, 12-14 years. 10 kids per group.

Working Hours: 9 am to 5pm, Monday – Friday

Lessons in English, as well as varied activities (music, drama, sport, art, etc.)

Location: children’s center in the Lenin State Farm settlement in the Lenin District of Moscow Province (50 minutes from the center of Moscow). Lenin State Farm is one of the best small cities in Russia, with a developed infrastructure for children and teenagers.

Our camp has been working since 2016. All teachers are native speakers from USA and Great Britain.