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Language Training: Critical Languages Institute (Arizona State University)

Priority Deadline: January 31, 2025

Critical Languages Institute (CLI) at Arizona State University’s Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies applications for the summer 2025 program for Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian language study (May 27–July 11) have been opened.

The Critical Languages Institute (CLI) at Arizona State University’s Melikian Center is a national training institute for less commonly taught languages, offering summer intensive courses and study-abroad programs around the world.

CLI Applications and Scholarship Priority Deadline: January 31, 2025

More information can be found at: https://melikian.asu.edu/cli/bcs

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Call for Applications: 2025 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasian (University of Illinois)

Deadline: March 17, 2025

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are accepting applications for our 2025 Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. The SRL is an in-person program that offers comprehensive research support, access to library resources and competitive Research Awards to graduate and post-graduate scholars developing projects on all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. It is funded by the U.S. Department of State through its Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII).

The SRL will take place on our campus from June 9 – August 1, 2025. It is open to advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and academic professionals in government and nongovernmental organizations. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career scholars are especially encouraged to apply.

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Special Agent – Linguists/Foreign Language Background (FBI)

Deadline: January 24, 2025

Job Posting: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/772595900

FBI Special Agents apply their professional expertise and unique skill sets to their work every day. Many have foreign language/linguistics backgrounds and use them to interview victims, translate during a suspect interrogation or testify in court. Language skills and cultural knowledge, specifically in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Farsi, Russian, Somali, Uzbek, Korean or another language are highly sought after by the FBI. All applicants must pass the FBI’s Foreign Language Test Battery.

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Russian Language Immersion Program in Riga, Latvia

Deadline: November 22, 2024

Why wait to start mastering Russian when you can begin whenever you’re ready? At the Russian Language Academy BORN, we understand that life is busy, which is why you get to choose the most convenient start date for your course. Whether it’s December or three months from now, we’ll be here, ready with open arms (and grammar books)! Our expert teachers will guide you through the wonderful (and occasionally tricky) world of Russian grammar, pronunciation, and conversation. With their attentive supervision and friendly support, you’ll be speaking like a local in no time – and maybe even dreaming in
Russian too!
 Curious what others think about learning Russian with at Russian Language Academy BORN? Don’t just take our word for it—check out what our former students have to say! Spoiler alert: They survived Russian grammar and had a great time doing it!

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Internship: Library of Congress Junior Fellow Program 2025 Russian Cataloging

Deadline: November 18, 2024

The Library of Congress (Germanic and Slavic Division, Russia Section) invites applications to our Junior Fellow Program (JFP) Internship. We encourage you to share widely amongst your students and colleagues who are still enrolled in school. This position is open to undergraduate and graduate students, including recent graduates within the entire year of 2024. We seek an individual with expertise in Russian language, history, and culture. This is a paid, 10 week internship at the GS-03 level. The program will run from May 19-July 25, 2025.

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Acad. Job: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Yiddish Literature & Culture (University of Wisconsin)

Deadline: December 2, 2024

The Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ at the University of Wisconsin – Madison invites applications for a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor. We are seeking scholars with an active research program in the field of Yiddish literature/culture with the demonstrated ability to teach Yiddish language and at the university level. The selected candidate will be committed to advancing an innovative research agenda, to working with colleagues to develop a Yiddish language sequence, and to supporting a robust Yiddish studies curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Summer Russian Language Program (Beloit College)

Beloit College summer program (CLS) is accepting applications to study Russian. CLS is an online immersive summer program that enables students to complete a semester or entire year of Russian over the summer. CLS offers a unique opportunity to either start Russian or greatly expand one’s fluency, while working with top faculty.

Complete up to two semesters of college language coursework in just seven weeks—from anywhere you choose! Whether you prefer learning from the comfort of your home or while exploring new places, our flexible online summer language program fits your lifestyle.

For more details visit our website:

https://www.beloit.edu/offices/global-experience/center-for-language-studies/summer-language-program

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CFP: Baltic Studies Teaching and Learning Workshop (Wingate University)

Deadline: December 15, 2024

The 3rd Baltic Studies Teaching and Learning Workshop will be hosted at Wingate University, Wingate, NC (USA), March 13-14, 2025. We invite proposals in the humanities and social sciences from scholars and students interested in the Baltic region, broadly defined. We also encourage work from scholars investigating the intersection of Baltic Studies and Central-Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, and Central Asia. The workshop is an intensive setting with each presenter receiving extensive feedback on their work. We seek to connect early scholars and students with seasoned scholars in the discipline, providing a space for mentorship and critical feedback. Graduate students are especially encouraged to apply, and small travel grants exist to support their work. We also strongly encourage work related to pedagogy and teaching: how do we teach Baltic Studies to the next generation of scholars? The deadline to submit is Dec. 15, 2024. To submit a proposal, and learn more, please visit: Baltic Studies – Wingate University

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CFP: 31st Annual REECAS Northwest Conference (University of Washington)

Proposal Deadline: February 3, 2025

REECAS Northwest, the annual ASEEES northwest regional conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) will take place April 10-12, 2025 at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes students, faculty, independent scholars, and language educators from the United States and abroad. Proposals on all subjects connected to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian regions are encouraged. The conference hosts panels on a variety of topics and disciplines including political science, history, literature, linguistics, anthropology, culture, migration studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, film studies and more.

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Critical Languages Scholarships

Priority funding deadline: January 31, 2025

Critical Languages Institute (CLI) including study abroad programs in Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Poland, and Uzbekistan!

For the Summer 2025 Cycle, CLI is offering its first year and some second-year programs online – Persian, Turkish, and Russian. Online programs with a study abroad option in Albanian, Armenian, BCS, Polish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Russian, and Macedonian. Finally, 2nd-Year and advanced programs in Albanian, Armenian, BCS, Polish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, and Russian are available with the newest addition of Daugavpils, Latvia for 3rd-6th Year Russian applicants.

CLI’s range of programs are supported by scholarships available for every type of learner.

For more information, please visit our website, attend a virtual CLI Application Assistance session, or email cli@asu.edu.

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