CREEES Professional Resources Forum – Page 91 – Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

November 21, 2022May 3, 2023

CFP: REECAS Northwest Conference (University of Washington)

Deadline: February 20, 2023.

REECAS Northwest, the annual ASEEES northwest regional conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) will take place April 20 – 22, 2023 at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes students, faculty, independent scholars, and language educators from the United States and abroad. Proposals on all topics connected to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian world are encouraged. The conference hosts panels on a variety of topics and disciplines including political science, history, literature, linguistics, anthropology, culture, migration studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, film studies and more.

November 21, 2022February 13, 2023

Acad. Job: Visiting Asst. Professor, Ukrainian Studies (NYU)

Deadline: December 15, 2022

New York University’s Department of Russian and Slavic Studies seeks to hire a Ukraine specialist for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professorship starting in fall 2023, pending budgetary and administrative approval. Discipline is open: the appointment will be half in Russian and Slavic Studies and half in another department appropriate to the candidate’s field. Possibilities include but are not limited to history, literature, film, anthropology, political science, visual culture, media, sociology, and gender studies. Pay is competitive. Teaching load 2 courses per semester.

November 21, 2022February 13, 2023

Doctoral Candidate Positions: European Literatures and Gender from a Transnational Perspective

Deadline: December 15, 2022

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network “EUTERPE: European Literatures and Gender from a Transnational Perspective” is looking for:

Eleven researchers to work on the Doctoral Training Network “EUTERPE: European Literatures and Gender from a Transnational Perspective”. We welcome applications from candidates with Master’s degrees, a demonstrable interest and experience in Gender Studies, English language skills, a willingness to undertake two months of guided internship with a EUTERPE Associate Partner that works in a field relevant to the Doctoral Candidate’s expertise, as well as a willingness to spend a period of 6 months on secondment during the second year of their tenure. EUTERPE proposes to train and supervise 11 Doctoral Candidates in interdisciplinary, transnational, gender-focused literary studies.

Shared job announcement for all 11 positions: here

More about the project: here

November 18, 2022December 5, 2022

IRES Visiting Researcher Program (Uppsala University)

Deadline: November 30, 2022

The Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES) at Uppsala University announces the call for applications for the IRES Visiting Researcher Program 2023. The program offers a one-month research fellowship at IRES, including travel, accommodation and a stipend of 20 000 SEK. Full access to IRES premises and Uppsala University library resources is provided throughout the research period. The current round of applications offers six individual fellowships. The research visit of one month must be between 15 January to 25 June or 15 August to 31 December 2023.

November 17, 2022June 12, 2023

CFP: REGION: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia Journal

Deadline: Ongoing

https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/585

November 17, 2022May 3, 2023

Lang. Training: Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) 2023

Deadline: February 1, 2023

Greetings from the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)! We are excited to announce that applications for CESSI 2023 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 your incoming MA and PhD students to develop language skills before embarking on fieldwork.

About the program:

CESSI is an intensive, eight-week language program held each summer in Madison, Wisconsin. This year the program will run from June 19 – August 11, 2023. Students receive the equivalent of one year of language study during this time and earn eight credits upon completion of the program. In addition to language classes, CESSI students have the opportunity to attend lectures on Central Eurasia; participate in cultural events; engage with local Central Eurasian communities; and network with other scholars of Central Eurasia. Students of all disciplines and academic programs are welcome!

The priority application deadline is February 1, 2023. We will be regularly posting information/application deadlines to Facebook (@CessiMadison), Instagram (@uwcessi), and Twitter (@UWCESSI), which you are welcome to share. For more information, please visit our website at cessi.wisc.edu or contact cessi@creeca.wisc.edu.

*TVIII funding is provided by the United States government. Funding is conditional on final approval from U.S. State Department.

November 17, 2022February 13, 2023

CFP: Twenty-Second Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop

Deadline: January 20, 2023

April 7-8, 2023

The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The Twenty-second Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop, which will be held at UIUC on April 7-8, 2022, welcomes papers on Czech and Slovak topics, broadly defined, in all disciplines. In the past our interdisciplinary conference has drawn participants from colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Areas of interest have been: anthropology, architecture, art, economics, education, film, geography, history, Jewish studies, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, society, sociology, and theater. Work in progress is appropriate for our workshop format. Junior faculty and advanced graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate and will get priority when it comes to accessing our limited funding for travel and accommodation.

This year’s program will also include an invited lecture by Karla Huebner of Wright State University. We plan to hold the workshop in person, with the understanding that these plans are subject to change.

The deadline for submitting proposals is January 20, 2023. The steering committee will review the proposals the following week.

November 17, 2022February 13, 2023

Grad Program: PhD in Slavic Literatures and Cultures (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Deadline: December 17, 2022

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Slavic literatures and cultures to apply to our graduate program. Qualified students beginning their graduate career at Illinois are guaranteed five years of financial support, contingent on satisfactory progress. Support includes fellowships, teaching, research and graduate assistantships, summer stipends, and the opportunity for an editorial assistantship at Slavic Review, the world’s leading English-language academic journal in our discipline, which is based on our campus. We also welcome applicants who have completed an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures or related fields.

While critical approaches to the Russian tradition continue to be a focus of our program, oriented toward students concentrating on 18th- through 21st-century Russian literature, our Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures also offers cultural studies approaches and other interdisciplinary work. A wide range of opportunities for individual specialization includes the languages, literatures, and cultures of Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bulgaria, as well as Yiddish. Interdisciplinary study is facilitated by our close ties with other campus units, in particular, the Russian, East European & Eurasian Center, a federally funded National Resource Center for Foreign Language and Area Studies; the Program in Comparative & World Literature; the Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory; the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies; the Program for Translation and Interpreting Studies; the College of Media; and the Program in Jewish Culture and Society. Students may earn formal graduate minors or certificates from these units or they may create their own minors to satisfy Ph.D. requirements.

November 17, 2022February 13, 2023

CFA: Open Research Laboratory (Univ. of Illinois)

Deadline: December 7, 2022

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are pleased to announce a call for applications to the Spring 2023 Open Research Laboratory (ORL). The program will take place January 17 – May 3, 2023. Funded in part by the U.S. Department of State’s Title VIII Program, the ORL program provides research support for graduate and post-graduate level research on Central and East Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union.

We will provide support for both in-person and virtual associateships for scholars to conduct research concerning all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Please note that the majority of Associateships will be in-person.

The ORL is a small, highly competitive program focused on providing support to researchers working on projects with upcoming deadlines that are best completed in the spring. Those with more flexible timelines are encouraged to apply to the Summer Research Lab (SRL), which supports a larger cohort of researchers over the summer. Specialists including advanced graduate students, faculty, independent scholars, and professionals in government and non-governmental organizations as well as library science are encouraged to apply.

The priority application deadline is December 7, 2022.

November 17, 2022December 5, 2022

CFA: Public Art as Protest and Resilience during the War in Ukraine

Deadline: November 27, 2022

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies invites undergraduate students to submit an application for the 2022-23 Winter Research Project, “Public Art as Protest and Resilience during the War in Ukraine.”

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Please contact Dr. Abigail Lewis (alewis26@nd.edu) or Student Programs Assistant Director Anna Dolezal (adolezal@nd.edu) with any questions.

Applications are due by 11:59 pm on Sunday, November 27, 2022.