CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 58 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

CFP: Central Slavic Conference

Deadline: September 15, 2023

The Central Slavic Conference is pleased to invite scholars from all disciplines working in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies to submit proposals for individual papers, panels, and roundtables at its annual meeting to be held at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri (virtual option available), from Friday, November 3 to Sunday, November 5, 2023.

Founded in 1962, the Central Slavic Conference is the oldest of the regional affiliates of ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies). The CSC welcomes participants from the region, outside the region, and around the world.

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

Title VIII Research Scholar and Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Programs (American Councils)

Deadline: October 1, 2023

This is a reminder that the American Councils Title VIII Research Scholar and Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Programs application deadline is October 1, 2023.

Research can be conducted in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

August 25, 2023February 7, 2024

The Museum of Russian Icons Seeks New Curator

Deadline: Open Until Filled

CLINTON, MA–– The Museum of Russian Icons offers a unique opportunity to play an important role in shaping a leading institute for icons and Eastern Christian art in the USA. The Museum is currently in the last phase of a reorientation and rebranding project, and its new plans will be shared with the public in the second half of 2023. The curator will also spearhead the Study Center which will be an essential part of the new Museum.

The Museum seeks a dynamic and highly motivated individual who is excited by this challenge. The ideal candidate will be an experienced, published scholar passionately interested in the arts of the Eastern Christian world, and deeply committed to the Museum’s mission. The ideal candidate should be fully able to employ the latest technologies to connect to global audiences. The candidate reports to and works closely with Executive Director Simon Morsink.

August 18, 2023February 7, 2024

Job: Native Slovenian Speaker Wanted

RESPONSIBILITIES

Create and manage glossaries, style guides, and other linguistic and cultural assets. As our language POC, you will provide feedback to a wide variety of teams to establish localization quality requirements and connect with the Lab Operations team and LPMs when those requirements are not met.
Qualify a variety of products and services through both manual and automated UI testing.
With the added support of internal and external vendors, ensure the best quality output for customers across all deliverables for your specific language.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams across multiple time zones to identify the best localization strategies around new and current brands.
Drive linguistic bugs resolution and communicate localizability, functional, and layout issues promptly to the project LPMs. Beyond reporting on issues found, provide pertinent information and follow solutions to their conclusion.
Provide feedback and recommendations on product and UX design, and flag potential cultural sensitivity issues.
Look for opportunities to optimize workflow, tools, and processes to help the team scale.
Implement and foster globalization/internationalization/ localization best practices.

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023

Writing Across Boundaries Program

Deadline: October 6, 2023

To integrate new research and perspectives from underrepresented regions and groups in English-language publishing outlets in Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies at Arizona State University, and University of Amsterdam are inviting applications for their Writing Across Boundaries Program. Doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and other early career scholars from all disciplines in the arts and humanities and the social sciences are encouraged to apply.

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023

Aleksanteri Conference (University of Helsinki)

Deadline: August 31 (early bird), September 30, 2023 (regular)

This year’s Aleksanteri Conference, held on October 25–27 at the University of Helsinki, Finland, tackles the theme of decolonization. Registration for the event titled “Decolonizing Space in the Global East – Legal Choices, Political Transformations, Carceral Practices” is available at Early Bird rate until August 31.

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023

Acad. Job: Professor of E European, Russian, & Eurasian Literature/Culture (University of Chicago)

Deadline: October 23, 2023

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago is conducting an open-rank search to fill a tenure-track position in literary/cultural studies to begin July 1, 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. We invite applications from scholars who are open to critical reorientation in our field, and who approach our region with a transnational view of its literatures and cultures. We especially encourage applications from candidates whose areas of interest include one or more of the following: environmental and post-colonial perspectives; creative practice; pre-1840s literature and culture; historically under-represented Slavic, East European and Eurasian cultures. The selected candidate will be appointed at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor commensurate with experience and qualifications. The position includes research progress, a standard teaching load of four courses per year at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as usual advising and service requirements.

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023

Acad. Job: Assistant Professor of Soviet & Post-Soviet Cultural Studies (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Deadline: September 29, 2023

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenure-track position in Soviet and Post-Soviet Cultural Studies with emphasis on Ukraine. We welcome applications from scholars whose research explores any topic within that area through media, film, or literature and includes Ukraine. The position will start at the rank of Assistant Professor (100% FTE, on a 9-month service basis, with a 2-2 course load). Successful candidates will be prepared to teach a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level and oversee Ukrainian language instruction. Candidates with a documented commitment to working with students or faculty from groups historically marginalized or underrepresented in the field through teaching and mentoring are especially encouraged to apply.

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023

Job: Assistant Director (Program Management Specialist) Russian Flagship Program (Indiana University)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Position #: 307515

Apply here

Department Specific Responsibilities

Oversees, manages, and provides overall direction for all administrative aspects necessary for the success of the Russian Flagship Program.
Provides administrative assistance as needed, shares tutor-lists and student-lists with the IU Language Workshop.
Serves as point of contact for administrative issues with Indiana University units (IUTS, CeLT, Global Living and Learning Community, Overseas Study, etc.), federal and other funders, and other external agencies.
Facilitates activities with other Flagship programs. Directly supervises support and temporary staff and coordinates workflow for the Program.
Takes lead role in writing and revising position descriptions, and serves on all program search committees.
Trains new staff and monitors performance.
Formulates program objectives and creates policies to meet them.
Coordinates program operation with all collaborative units (REEI, LW, CeLT, Global Living and Learning Community, etc.).

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

Fully-Funded PhD position in Russian Linguistics (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)

Deadline: August 31, 2023

A PhD position is available at the Department of Language and Culture, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education in Russian linguistics. The successful candidate will be joining CLEAR (Cognitive Linguistics: Empirical Approaches to Russian); a research group at UiT that pursues empirical research in the framework of cognitive linguistics with the aim of building electronic resources that support research-based student-centered language pedagogy. The CLEAR group at UiT (together with partners at HSE University in Moscow) has developed the largest digital resource of constructions for any language of the world, namely the Russian Constructicon, with over 2200 constructions. Our Russian Constructicon resource has numerous features that will prove especially valuable in the research that this PhD candidate will pursue.