Job: International Political Military Affairs Specialist

Deadline: June 7, 2024

The primary purpose of this position is: to serve as a Team Lead and senior country director for Eastern European Regional Branch of the Europe/NATO/ Eurasia Division.

  • As Team lead of the Eastern Regional Branch; incumbent oversees USAF political-military affairs with countries and international organizations in the European and Eurasian region.
  • As Team lead, acts as senior analyst and advisor to SAF/IA, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Air Force, and other USAF, DoD, JCS, and USG agency and department leadership on activities in the European region.
  • As Team lead for Eastern European Regional Branch, incumbent is responsible for developing, coordinating and establishing security assistance programs unique to the theater.
  • As Team lead incumbent is responsible for the distribution and balance of the workload among employees to ensure timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.
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Job: Program Assistant, Operations (Center for European Policy Analysis)

Deadline: Open Until Filled (Posted June 6, 2024)

CEPA is seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and organized Program Assistant for Operations to join one of the most diverse foreign policy think tanks in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate should have a proven record of efficiency, task management, and results orientation. We are looking for an individual who will be committed to contributing to the success of our organization.

The ideal candidate should demonstrate emotional intelligence, discretion, collegiality, engagement, reliability, and exceptional organizational skills. A passion and interest in transatlantic relations are preferred. The position is based in our Washington, DC office and reports to the Chief Operating Officer. 

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Job: Outreach Program Administrator (Davis Center, Harvard University)

Deadline: Open Until Filled (Posted June 4, 2024)

The Davis Center is hiring a Outreach Program Administrator! The Outreach Program Administrator is responsible for developing programming and professional development opportunities for K-14 educators, creating and disseminating curricular materials on Eurasia, and developing and supporting a network of educators in the greater New England area. This position is part-time (28 hours/week) and benefits-eligible.

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Summer Research Internship Opportunity at the Wilson Center, DC (onsite or remote) 

Deadline: June/July 2024

This opportunity is available to current or prospective undergraduate and graduate students, as well as recent graduates.

Seeking candidates for a paid, part-time summer Research Internship at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC (either onsite or remote).
The selected intern will conduct directed but independent research in keyword-searchable online collections of historical Russian- and/or Ukrainian-language newspapers from the interwar period. Themes researched will fall primarily in the areas of economics and security, with specific topics to include smuggling, espionage, border control, natural resources, and international relations.

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Associate Director Of Russian & East European Institute– Program Management Specialist (Indiana University)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

JOB ID: 311342

Location: Bloomington, Indiana

Full-Time

Department Information

Indiana University is a leader in area studies with excellent resources available for the study of Eastern Europe and Russia. Our institute is affiliated with more than 90 faculty members from more than 20 departments and schools. Our primary regions include: Balkans, Baltic, and Finnish Studies, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. 

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Academic and Professional Writing: Online Workshop

Deadline: May 26, 2024

ASU’s Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies invites applications for an online workshop on the craft of academic and professional writing, with a focus on peer review. Applications are invited from advanced PhD and master’s students, post-doctoral researchers, and other early-career scholars and professionals interested in enhancing their own writing, and in building their capacities in editing and reviewing.

Participants who successfully complete the program and commit to serving as a peer reviewer for Writing Across Boundaries will receive an honorarium of $400.

Applications received by midnight mountain time on Sunday, May 26 will receive full consideration; offers to participate will be made by Friday, May 31.

Any Questions? Please email Melikian Center Director, Keith Brown at Keith_Brown@asu.edu.

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CFP: North American Dostoevsky Society Student Essay Competitions (Undergrad and Grad)

Deadline: June 3, 2024

The North American Dostoevsky Society (NADS) invites nominations for our biannual undergraduate and graduate essay competitions. The submission deadline is June 3, 2024; submissions are welcome on a rolling basis. Please see the details for both competitions below. For questions about the undergraduate competition, contact vladimir.ivantsov@oberlin.edu. For questions about the graduate competition, contact chloe.kitzinger@rutgers.edu.

Undergraduate CFP

The North American Dostoevsky Society (NADS) invites IDS/NADS members in good standing to nominate outstanding undergraduate student essays on Dostoevsky-related topics for our biannual competition. (If you are not a member of IDS or NADS, you can join at https://dostoevsky.org/). Students are also welcome to nominate their own work, in which case IDS/NADS membership is not required. The topic is open; however, Dostoevsky and his works should be the main focus of the essay. The winner of the undergraduate contest will receive free membership in NADS for one year and a Dostoevsky-themed swag. The winner will also have the option to include their work in a proposal for an online undergraduate research panel. To submit a nomination, please send an email containing the student’s name, email address, institutional affiliation, and the title and level/number of the course for which the essay was written (e.g. BIOL 322 “Dostoevsky and Spiders”) to Vladimir Ivantsov at vladimir.ivantsov@oberlin.edu. Please attach the essay to the email as a .pdf file containing no identifying information about the author.  The essay (in English or Russian) should be written for a course taken in the academic years 2022-23 or 2023-24. It should be no more than 4000 words, including footnotes and bibliography; 12 font size, double-spaced; it should consistently follow either MLA or Chicago style and contain full bibliographical information on the used sources, either in the footnotes or as a separate list of references. The deadline to submit a nomination is June 3 2024, 11:59 PM EST.

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Russian Language Flagship Postdoctoral Fellow (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Deadline: June 7, 2024

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures and the Russian Language Flagship Program at Indiana University, Bloomington (https://slavic.indiana.edu) invites applications for the position of Russian Language Flagship Postdoctoral Fellow. The contract is for an initial period of one year (paid over 10 months), with the possibility of renewal for a second year. We invite applications from qualified individuals at any early stage of their career who hold a PhD awarded no earlier than 2019 in Russian language, Linguistics, Literature, pedagogy, or Second Language Acquisition and who do not hold tenure-track positions. The position is an exciting opportunity for an emerging scholar to conduct cutting edge pedagogical research in a vibrant environment housed at a top research university.

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Call for Applications: Seed Money Fellowships “Transformations and Eastern Europe” (Universität Wien)

Deadline: June 15, 2024 

The Research Platform “Transformations and Eastern Europe” brings together researchers from different fields of history, cultural studies, social sciences and legal studies and it is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of transformation processes in Eastern Europe in the past and present. Together with the Research Center for the History of Transformations (RECET), the research platform represents a space for innovative, interdisciplinary and international scientific thinking about transformation processes at the University of Vienna.

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National Security and Intelligence Analysis Internship Fall 2024 (The Institute for the Study of War)

Deadline: Rolling until August 2, 2024

ISW is offering remote, hybrid, and in-person internships for Fall 2024. Instructions to apply for the scholarship are below.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) is committed to training the next generation of national security leaders through its innovative educational programs. ISW seeks motivated and experienced college students or recent graduates to join our intern team. ISW offers internships across diverse research portfolios and departments, including Russia, China, and Iran’s Axis of Resistance in Iraq and Syria. ISW also offers internships in Geospatial Intelligence and National Security Technologies and in non-profit management, including Communications.

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