Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin
June 12–14, 2024, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
The submission deadline for the Baltic Connections 2024 conference in Jyväskylä, Finland, has been extended to March 15, 2024.
The fifth Riitta Hjerppe Lecture in Social Science History will be given by Naomi Lamoreaux (Yale University). Additional plenary sessions will be delivered by Matthias Kipping (York University in Canada), and Hanna Kuusi (University of Helsinki).
Conference website and submissions:
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Richmond invites applications for a full-time, one-year visiting assistant professor position in Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies (RSST), beginning in August 2024. This is a non-tenure track appointment, annually renewable for up to three years, contingent upon performance, budget, and continued need. We seek candidates with a strong commitment to high-quality undergraduate education who will also enhance the scholarly and creative opportunities provided by our program. The area of specialization is open; PhD required. The teaching load is 6 classes over two semesters.
Continue reading “Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Studies (University of Richmond)”An Associate Curator position in the Russian and Soviet Nonconformist Art Department at Rutgers is open.
All applicants MUST apply via the link or their application WILL not be considered. This is a university policy.
Continue reading “Associate Curator, Russian and Soviet Nonconformist Art (Rutgers University)”The Russian and Eurasian Studies Program at Colgate University invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor position in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies beginning fall semester 2024, with the possibility of renewal for one additional year, pending institutional need and the evaluation of teaching effectiveness. We are looking for a dynamic interdisciplinarian whose courses will apply approaches from the social sciences and/or history to the people, places, and phenomena of the region. Language competence in one of the languages of the region is required. The ability to teach Russian language if needed for the program is a plus. The successful candidate may be expected to participate in all-university programs, including the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum. The course load is five undergraduate courses per year. Candidates must have a PhD in hand by July 2024.
Continue reading “Visiting Assistant Professor in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies (Colgate University)”JOB POSTING: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/778812400
At the Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
June 14-15, 2024
Moderators:
Professor Anna Whittington (Department of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Dr. Nataliia Laas (Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs)
The Russian war on Ukraine has raised the question of why the relations between the citizens and the state diverge greatly in different post-Soviet states. This research training workshop starts from the supposition that many of these differences stem from differentiated and unequal practices of citizenship in the late Soviet era. We seek to bring together scholars working across a wide geographic and temporal spectrum, illuminating both differences in the discourses and practices of citizenship and their evolution over time and space. Key themes include the relationship between center and “peripheries”; the tensions between citizenship as conceived by political and cultural elites and citizens; the formation of new rituals and practices to promote belonging; the transformation of citizenship practices at times of upheaval and uncertainty; and the varied and contested legacies of Soviet citizenship across the former Soviet Union. We are especially interested in papers that offer political, social, economic, and ecological perspectives on late socialism and early independence.
Continue reading “Call for Applications: 2024 Research Training Workshop”Accepting applications for SLI’s 2024 summer intensive language programs!
The Summer Language Institute (www.sli.pitt.edu) at the University of Pittsburgh is accepting applications to summer 2024 programs in Pittsburgh and abroad, as well as to our trademark 10-week Pitt+abroad programs and Ukrainian Internship program. SLI is planning a primarily in-person program in 2024, but will offer a limited number of online, synchronous sections for some of our most in-demand languages, and we welcome inquiries from students about the availability of their preferred instructional format.
Our priority application due date for best funding consideration is March 1, which is also the deadline to be considered for a Summer FLAS Fellowship from Pitt’s REEES. Our 2024 languages are:
Continue reading “Summer Language Institute (University of Pittsburgh)”The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) seeks to hire an individual to offer Russian language instruction remotely to 5-10 high school students at the intermediate-low level from March 2nd through April 27th, 2024.
The STARTALK Instructor works closely with STARTALK Program Director, Dr. Olga Klimova, to follow an already developed curriculum aligned with STARTALK requirements and the program theme, “That Diverse Russian Speaking World!”Responsibilities will include:
*Hold online classes, learning activities, and formative assessments.
*Adhere to the pedagogical framework appropriate for the K-12 educational setting and consult with the Program Director regarding student needs.
*Participate in faculty professional development training and any necessary program staff meetings.
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The economic history unit at the Department of Economics, Public University of Navarre (UPNA) will open three PhD positions starting in September 2024. The PhD positions are fully funded for a duration Call for expressions of interest: three fully funded PhD positions in economic history of four years. Accepted candidates will also join the Institute for Advanced Research in Business andEconomics (INARBE).
We are looking expressions of interest by students with a background in economics, history or related disciplines to participate in the following two projects:
supported by European Business History Association (EBHA)
Business History and Transformations in Central & Eastern Europe
Place: University of Vienna
Date: October 24-25, 2024
This year’s workshop is entitled “Business History and Transformations in Central & Eastern Europe”. Its focus will be on the variety of challenges that enterprises and entrepreneurs had to cope with during times of significant political, economic, social, and cultural changes and upheavals in the region of CEE from the 19th century to the early 21st century. We recognize the events of the revolutionary uprisings across CEE in 1848/49, the Austro-Hungarian compromise of 1867, the (re)emergence of new states in CEE after the end of the First World War 1918, the rise of state-socialist dictatorships in CEE after 1945, or the systemic transformations of 1989-91 as profound turning points in the history of CEE. However, we also agree that these events cannot be reduced to isolated “numeric keywords” as they were rather peaks of longer-lasting processes of change(s). We thus refer to concepts of transformation that emphasize transformation as a process of “accelerated” political, economic, and societal change with an often “unspecified” time frame of its beginning and its end (see for example Ther 2014; Kührer-Wielach, Lemmen 2016). Although there is a scholarly consensus that entrepreneurship is an important driver of transformational processes, the question of “how entrepreneurs initiate, contribute to, prevent, or foster transformation in markets and societies” remains largely unexplored (Lubinski et al. 2023, p.5). This question also applies to the role of companies and its various stakeholders in transformation processes.
Continue reading “CFP: The 6th Workshop on Business History in Central and Eastern Europe (University of Vienna)”