CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 30 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024

CFP: HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia:The Humanities and Social Sciences Perspectives

Deadline: December 10, 2024

Konstanz, October 9–10, 2025

Organizers: Katerina Suverina (U of Konstanz), Tatiana Klepikova (U of Regensburg), Nikolay Lunchenkov (TU Munich)

Since its emergence in the late twentieth century, the HIV/AIDS virus has caused one of the longest-lasting and deadliest pandemics in human history.^[1] This pandemic has had vastly different fates across the world, shaping the image of whole continents (Africa),^[2] animating identitarian movements (gay and lesbian movements in the US, the UK, and Western Europe),^[3] or facing silence in the public discourse (socialist and post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia).^[4]

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024

Acad. Job: Lecturer, Slavic Languages and Literatures (University of Michigan)

Deadline: November 15, 2024

The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of Michigan invites applicants to apply for a LEO Lecturer I position for the Winter 2025 semester

The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of Michigan invite applicants to apply for a LEO Lecturer I position for the Winter 2025 semester, January 1 – April 30, 2025. The chosen applicant will teach courses in East European Literature and Culture with either a 33.33% or a 66.66% effort, based on qualifications.

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024

Special Agent – Linguists/Foreign Language Background (FBI)

Deadline: January 21, 2025

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.

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024

Title VIII Research and Dissertation Grants

Deadline: December 31, 2024

The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research welcomes applications to its 2025 Title VIII competitions:

The Title VIII National Research Competition (PhD holders, US citizens only) provides funding of up to $20,000 for individual projects and $40,000 for collaborative projects on issues relevant to current US foreign policy within the Title VIII eligible regions (please see www.nceeer.org for eligible countries).

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024

2025 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

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).

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

CFP: Problematizing “Eurasia”: 2025 Detroit Pre-Conference to the American Association of Geographers (AAG)

Deadline: December 15, 2024

2025 Detroit Pre-Conference to the American Association of Geographers (AAG)
March 22 & 23, 2025
Organizers: Evangeline McGlynn (Harvard), Ariel Otruba (Virginia Tech), Kate Shields (Rhodes College), and Megan Dixon (College of Idaho)

Since the escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine in 2022, scholars working on the post-Soviet world have begun critical conversations reflecting on the dominance of Russian centered scholarship in the field. Naming this region has proven difficult and produced long and unwieldy labels such as “Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian” studies. Previous attempts at renaming the region, for example, the 2016 renaming of the “Russian, Central Eurasian, and East European” specialty group as the “Eurasian” specialty group, sought to include colleagues working in the post-Soviet peripheries and build bridges beyond the former Soviet world. While within AAG, renaming the group originally led to productive conversations across regional divisions; these larger engagements were fleeting.

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Acad. Job: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Modern Russophone Literature

Deadline: November 1, 2024

The department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor in modern Russophone literature. An ideal candidate will also demonstrate expertise in one or more literature and culture of Eastern Europe, the Baltics, Caucasus, or Central Asia. Native or near-native fluency in Russian and English is required; native or near-native fluency in a language related to the candidate’s additional geographic region of expertise is desired. The successful applicant will have Ph.D. in hand by August 2025 and will be expected to teach graduate and undergraduate courses, including courses in the University’s general education program.

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Yiddish (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.

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Part-Time Lecturer in Russian and East European Studies (University of Chicago)

Deadline: March 31, 2025

The Humanities Collegiate Division and the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of Chicago invites applications for part-time Lecturers during the 2024-25 academic year.
The selected candidate will have part-time teaching opportunities in various courses of the Russian and East European Studies curriculum. Responsibilities include preparing and teaching seminar-style culture courses with a highly interactive discussion element, holding regularly scheduled office hours, and the preparing and grading of assignments and testing materials. Depending on the curricular needs of the department, the successful candidate may teach between one and four courses per academic year.
The terms and conditions of employment for this position are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University and Service Employees International Union. The per-course salary for academic year 2024-25 will be at least $7,538. This position is not benefits eligible.

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Job: Managing Editor of The Russian Review (University of Kansas)

Deadline: December 8, 2024

The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas (KU CREES) invites applications for the position of Managing Editor of The Russian Review. The successful candidate is expected to start on July 1, 2025. To read the full position description and apply, please visit this link.

Position Overview

The Managing Editor enjoys a full-time staff appointment through KU CREES and oversees the editing, publication, and operations of The Russian Review, which ranks among the oldest and most widely read journals of Russian and Eurasian studies in the world. The Managing Editor reports to Professor Erik Scott, Editor of the journal, but is expected to work independently to manage submissions, prepare manuscripts for publication, and ensure timely production of the journal.