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Acad. Job: Assistant Teaching Professor, Russian Language and Literature (William & Mary)

Deadline: December 8, 2024

Position Summary

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at William & Mary, a public university of the Commonwealth of Virginia, invites applications for a three year, non-tenure track Assistant Teaching Professor renewable instructional position that will begin August 10, 2025. This full-time teaching faculty appointment carries a service component commensurate with rank, and comes with the possibility of ongoing renewals and a framework for promotion.

We seek an individual with expertise in Russian language, literature, and culture. The successful applicant will be expected to be an effective teacher and will have a [3-3] teaching load.

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CFP: Fluidity and Musicality: Exploring the Rhythms of Language, Culture, and Identity

Deadline: December 1, 2024

 LINC Graduate Conference on “Fluidity and Musicality: Exploring the Rhythms of Language, Culture, and Identity,” scheduled for February 27-28, 2025 at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Organized by graduate students in the Modern Languages and Linguistics Department and the School of Teacher Education, this interdisciplinary conference will provide a space to explore fluidity and musicality across fields, including literature, linguistics, cultural studies, musicology, and gender and sexuality studies.

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Professional Development: Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (University of Hawai’i)

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) is a 5-module open-enrollment self-study course for language educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL), offered by the National Foreign Language Resource Center. Successful learners will be able to describe essential features of high quality PBLL and to generate high-quality ideas for projects using the Product Square. A digital badge is available for candidates fulfilling course requirements.

Registration and the content for this MOOC (massive open online course) are FREE:

Registration open till April 30, 2025

Course open: January 2, 2025 – May 31, 2025

For more info or to register, visit https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/126/

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Submissions Wanted: Collective Subjects in Historical Narratives of the Balkans

Deadline: January 10, 2025

Makers of Their History: Collective Subjects in Historical Narratives of the Balkans 
Hiperboreea journal (thematic issue)Contributors are invited to propose analyses and interpretations of the ways in which authors have discursively shaped group-identities based on cohabitation, common labour, place, political practices, class, ethnicity, gender, and social kinship as agents, passive characters, narrators, and narratees in narratives of the Balkans’ past. Contributors can also submit theoretical essays focusing on collective subjectivity through literary, narrative, sociological, political-science or anthropological approaches, with case studies from the region. 

Please submit a 300-word article proposal to milan.vukasinovic@lingfil.uu.se by  Friday, 10 January 2025.

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CFP/Conference: Teaching and Learning Russian as a Second and Heritage Language in a Diverse and Changing World

Deadline: December 15, 2024

Teaching and Learning Russian as a Second and Heritage Language in a Diverse and Changing World (50th Anniversary Virtual Conference), 25-26 April 2025
American Council of Teachers of Russian 

The American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) invites proposals for the 50th Anniversary International Virtual Conference on the study and teaching of the Russian language. The conference is free and open to members and non-members of the ACTR. 

This milestone conference event will take place April 25-26, 2025, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR). We will reflect on significant achievements in the field of teaching Russian language and culture while exploring innovative approaches to meet the challenges of the future. All sessions will be recorded and posted on the ACTR’s Youtube channel.  

ACTR welcomes submissions from both early-career and established scholars, teachers and researchers from all countries and regions where Russian is taught as a second, third, or heritage language. We especially encourage submissions from colleagues from under-represented groups and/or who teach at institutions serving minority, inner-city, or rural populations. 

The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2024. For more information and to submit a proposal, please follow the link. 
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CFP: Judicial Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Deadline: January 25, 2025

‘Judicial Activism and Resistance in Eastern Europe and Beyond’, 5-6 June 2025
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford/Institut d’études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles/British Academy

The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford is pleased to announce an upcoming conference on ‘Judicial Activism and Resistance in Eastern Europe and Beyond’, to be held on 5-6 June 2025 at the Institut d’études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles. This prestigious event marks the culmination of an important research project on Judicial Activism in Times of Crisis supported by the British Academy.

To apply, please send an extended abstract by 25 January 2025 to Dr. Agnieszka Kubal (agnieszka.kubal@csls.ox.ac.uk). For more details, contact Dr. Kubal or follow the link.

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Fulbright-Hays 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships Program

Deadline: January 15, 2025

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula.

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Oral History Project Grant

Deadline: June 1, 2025

Grants of up to $5,000 awarded annually.

The Oral History Office of the Hagley Library invites applications for oral history project support. The interviews generated by these projects will become part of the collection of the Hagley Library, which guarantees the permanent preservation of and access to oral histories associated with any funded project. Graduate students conducting research for their thesis or dissertation, and more advanced scholars for books or other scholarly projects may apply for this grant. Our objective is to expand our oral history collections on business and its relationship to society by supporting serious research that uses oral history as a principal source, and to encourage use of oral interviews more generally. To achieve that goal Hagley seeks to collaborate with oral history practitioners and build a robust archive for the preservation of current projects and as a foundation for future projects and the larger business history community.

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NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia Masters and Undergraduate Research Symposium

Deadline: December 20, 2024

The NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia is excited to announce a call for applications for our annual master’s and undergraduate research symposium! This March, we will host 25 undergraduates and 25 master’s students for two days of presentations, discussion, networking, and exploration. Please note that this year’s event will feature a slightly different structure than the past two iterations, as we will host both MA and Undergraduate participants for two full days.

We invite presentation proposals from undergraduates and master’s students enrolled at universities in the USA and Canada who are pursuing or have pursued research projects, internships, or other opportunities related to Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and/or Eurasia. Students from any academic field are welcome to apply. Both symposia will feature two different types of panels: 

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The Summer Professional Development and Fellowship Opportunity for US Teachers of Russian (Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Deadline: February 15, 2025

American Councils and ACTR are pleased to announce the 2025 Summer Professional Development and Fellowship Opportunity for US Teachers of Russian at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Summer Fellowships Awards provide round-trip international and domestic air transportation from the participant’s home to Almaty, tuition, housing and 2 meals per day, pre-departure orientation in Washington, DC, cultural program, insurance and an allowance for the acquisition of teaching materials.

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