CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 52 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

Call for Papers: Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZfL)

Deadline: January 15, 2024

Images of the Ideal. Evald Ilyenkov at 100.

International conference, May 16–17, 2024, Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZfL)

Organisation: Zaal Andronikashvili (ZfL Berlin), Isabel Jacobs (Queen Mary U of London), Martin Küpper (Kiel University), and Matthias Schwartz (ZfL Berlin)

Evald Ilyenkov (1924–1979) was one of the most important philosophers of the Soviet era. His philosophical interests included, among others, dialectics and logic, political economy, psychology, cosmology, cybernetics, aesthetics, pedagogy, subjectivity, and personhood. He is particularly known as the philosophical representative of cultural-historical activity theory in Soviet psychology. As a teacher, Ilyenkov aimed to teach his students how (and not what) to think, arguing for a holistic approach that resisted automatization and unquestioned tenets. Long after the demise of the Soviet Union, his radical approach keeps on shaping educational and psychological orientations worldwide.

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

Summer Program: Politics in a Democracy Under Stress (Bulgaria)

Deadline: January 10, 2024

Join our flagship Summer Academic Program: Politics in a Democracy Under Stress: Bulgaria. The program will be held in June 2024 at AUBG’s campus in Blagoevgrad and in Sofia, Bulgaria.

We created the Politics in a Democracy Under Stress Summer School in cooperation with Georgetown University’s MA in Democracy and Governance. For its inaugural year, we gathered 16 graduate and undergraduate students and faculty members from three leading US institutions, Georgetown University, Princeton University and Washington and Lee University. Building on the successful first iteration, we are happy to invite you to participate in the summer 2024 program as we believe the University of Texas-Austin and the CREEES will benefit greatly from the hands-on experience. The aim is to build a community of academics and experts who are aware of the problems, challenges, and opportunities before transitional democracies in the Balkan region, having built tight relations with local communities, civil society, experts and scholars for future collaborations.

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of 20th-Century Russian Studies and Cinema (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: November 20, 2023

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin in September 2024, pending budgetary approval. The area of specialization is in twentieth-century Russian studies, with expertise in historical Russian cinema. Candidates with additional expertise in the cinematic and cultural traditions of Eastern and Central Europe as well as Eurasia, and with additional fields of specialization in such areas as digital humanities; disability studies; media studies; performance studies; race, ethnicity, and migration studies; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies are particularly welcome.

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023

Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (University of Wisconsin)

Deadline: February 1, 2024

Greetings from UW-Madison’s Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)! We are excited to announce that applications for CESSI 2024 are now open! CESSI typically offers courses in Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek. Additional Central Eurasian languages (such as Azerbaijani or Kyrgyz) may be added with sufficient student interest.

Several funding opportunities exist for students of any type. Graduate students (including incoming students), post-baccalaureate researchers, and professionals who are U.S. citizens are especially encouraged to apply for the Title VIII Fellowship*, which covers full tuition plus a stipend of $2,500 for the summer. Note: This is a great opportunity for incoming MA and PhD students to develop language skills before embarking on fieldwork. *TVIII funding is provided by the United States government. Funding is conditional on final approval from U.S. State Department.

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023

Applications Open for MA Programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (University of Illinois)

Deadline: December 1, 2023

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our interdisciplinary master’s degree programs, combining both language and area studies.
We offer several degree programs:
An MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES);

A dual-degree MA (REEES) / MS Library & Information Science program, in partnership with Illinois’ nationally-ranked School of Information Sciences (the iSchool);

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023

UCIS Postdoctoral Fellowships in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: December 15, 2023

UCIS Postdoctoral Fellowships in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

UCIS-Office of the Director – Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh – (23008407)

The University of Pittsburgh is offering two postdoctoral fellowships in the arts and humanities (1 position) and the social sciences (1 position) to begin in August 2024 for scholars whose work focuses on Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia. These fellowships are two-year appointments that are renewable for a third year. Fellows will be expected to pursue their own scholarly work and participate in the academic and intellectual activities of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES), as well as the Department with which they become affiliated.

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia 2024

Deadline: February 1, 2024

The Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies (MIRS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey invites applications for the Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia 2024.

The Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia 2024 will be held in Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey, from July 2 to July 20, 2024. These countries are experiencing radical, and quite different geopolitical challenges, with one constant variable in place – their shared history with the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation. Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey stand at a crossroads of international affairs as a Petri dish of competition and conflict between Iran, the United States, China, and Russia.

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

Applications Open for MA Programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (University of Illinois)

Deadline: December 1, 2023

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our interdisciplinary Master’s degree programs, combining both language and area studies.
We offer several degree programs:
An MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES);

A dual-degree MA (REEES) / MS Library & Information Science program, in partnership with Illinois’ nationally-ranked School of Information Sciences (the iSchool);

Graduate Minors in REEES and Balkan Studies.
All of these programs provide students access to one of the nation’s great public universities, one that is particularly well known for its expertise in the study of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia.
At Illinois, you will find:
A renowned public research university, with a campus community of over 33,000 undergraduate and 15,000 graduate students;

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

Call for Applications: Undergrad and Masters Research Symposia (The Jordan Center)

Deadline: December 15, 2023

The Jordan Center is very excited to be once again collecting applications for our Spring Undergrad and Masters Research Symposia! Please share this opportunity with current students and alumni (who are enrolled in undergrad/MA programs), as well as colleagues at US-based institutions (note that we are now open to students beyond the northeast!). See details below, and do not hesitate to reach out with questions. Applications are due Dec 15!
Jordan Center Masters and Undergraduate Research Symposia

The NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia is excited to announce a call for applications for our second annual master’s research symposium and undergraduate research symposium! This Spring, we will host 20 undergraduates and 20 master’s students at two separate symposia for a day of presentation, discussion, networking, and exploration!

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

Grad Programs: Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies (University of Kansas)

Deadline: January 5, 2024

The Department of Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas invites applications to its MA and PhD programs.

We have vibrant graduate programs in Slavic languages, linguistics, literatures, and cultures, with extensive expertise in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, and Ukrainian. We also offer courses in Persian and Turkish. MA students can choose between two concentrations: Slavic Languages and Literatures or Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. PhD students can benefit from our comprehensive program in Russian literature, as well as one of the few full-service Slavic linguistics programs nationally. We also welcome students interested in pursuing a PhD concentration in another literature that the department offers, such as Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, or Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian.