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Summer 2025 Online Courses: Russian, Ukrainian Language, Cinema, & Literature (Stony Brook University)

Stony Brook University is offering courses in Summer & Fall 2025. Most courses are offered fully online synchronously (see details below for some exceptions). Please spread the word and inform your students.

Summer I (5/27 – 7/5)

Intensive Russian RUS 101 (6 credits) – covers two semesters of Beginner Russian.

Intensive Ukrainian UKR 101 (6 credits) – covers two semesters of Beginner Ukrainian.

Contemporary/Professional Russian RUS 332 (3 credits) – Intermediate to Advanced Russian reading and writing, asynchronous directed readings.

Russian Cinema HUR 241 (3 credits) – Post-Soviet Russian Cinema, in English.

Summer II (7/7-8/16)

Russian Literature and the West HUR 341 (3 credits) – Competing Conceptions of Self and State, in English.

Fall

Elementary Russian I RUS 111, an online section and an in-person section

Intermediate Russian I RUS 211, online

Russian for Heritage Speakers RUS 213 (3 credits), online

For more information on enrollment, please visit the Stony Brook Summer website. Contact me directly with questions on the program at anna.geisherik@stonybrook.edu

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2025 Caucasus Research Forum: Caucasus and the World

Event Date (via Zoom): April 23- 24, 2025

Slavic Reference Service invites you to attend the 2025 Caucasus Research Forum: Caucasus and the World via Zoom by registering at the following link: https://forms.gle/jSa7ZSMRWJDo6mq38

For centuries, the Caucasus region has been the center of rich cultural diversity and exchange. These cultural interactions have influenced the peoples of the Caucasus, and in turn, inspired generations of writers, artists, musicians, and travelers. Concurrently, the diaspora communities from this region have taken with them the many representations, oral histories, and memory of the Caucasus to the broader global culture. The theme for the 2025 Caucasus Research Forum is Caucasus and the World. 

Sub-themes of the forum include: 

  • Travel Writing
  • Caucasus Region in World Literature
  • Diaspora Communities
  • Displacement and Migration
  • Archives and Special Collections

These forums are intended to provide a supportive and informal environment for researchers, information professionals, and students to discuss future, ongoing, or completed scholarly projects.  This event will take place on April 23–24, 2025 on Zoom. Participation is open to all.

Zoom details will be shared the week of the event. 

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Acad. Job: Visiting BCS Instructor (Indiana University)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at Indiana University Bloomington announces a one-semester visiting lectureship in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language for the fall semester of 2025. The teaching load will comprise three courses (first-, second-, and third-year) in a primarily face-to-face learning environment. Applicants should hold at least an M.A. in a relevant field. Familiarity with the U.S. educational system is preferred. The successful candidate should have native or near-native BCS, fluent English, as well as BCS language teaching experience.

Applicants should apply online at https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/27945, including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a sample syllabus, and the names and contact information for three potential references. Letters will be requested from finalists only. Queries can be sent to Russell Scott Valentino at russellv@iu.edu.

Roundtrip transportation will be provided by the Department of Slavic and East European Languages at Indiana University.

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Conference: ACTR 50th Anniversary

Event Date: April 25-25, 2025 (online)

American Association of Teachers of Russian cordially invites everyone to the 50th Anniversary Conference taking place virtually on April 25-26, 2025. You can view the schedule on the Conference Website.: https://actr.org/Conference-Schedule

Please share this information with your colleagues who might be interested. Conference attendance is free and open to all.

Attention! All times listed in the program are in Eastern Standard Time (US). Please be sure to calculate the correct time of the panels and sessions you are interested in for your local time zone.

To register for the conference, please follow this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zdbceS_aQaiLK6MgfXzXHQ#/registration

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Russian Language Summer School (Narxoz University, Kazakhstan)

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Intensive Russian Language Courses

Dates: June 30 – July 25, 2025
Program fee: $2890
Early bird fee: $2690

The price includes:

  • welcome pack
  • accommodation
  • tuition and course materials
  • pickup from the airport
  • 3 field trips
  • excursions and cultural activities
  • gala dinner and 6 ECTS certificate

Application Deadline: April, 30th

For more information, please contact us at summer@narxoz.kz

Press Here to Learn More About Speakers and Agenda

https://en.narxoz.kz/global/summerschool

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Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (Sacramento State)

Deadline: April 11, 2025

Call for Applications

Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection

Hellenic Research Fellowship Program 2025-2026

Thanks to generous ongoing funding, the university library is pleased to offer the continuation of the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP) for a 13th year. The HRFP, the only residential fellowship program west of the Mississippi in Hellenic studies, provides opportunities for visiting scholars and writers-in-residence to spend time in Sacramento, CA, conducting research and crafting their creative works using the resources of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection. The HRFP provides a limited number of fellowships in the form of reimbursement to help offset transportation and living expenses incurred in connection with the awards. The fellowship application deadline is April 11, 2025. No late applications will be considered. See below for full program information and application instructions.

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Wanted: PhD Candidates Exploring the History of Early Childcare in Central and Eastern Europe

Deadline: April 11, 2025

https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-PhD-candidates-exploring-the-history-of-early-childcare-in-Central-and-Eastern-Europe/1168447101/
PhD candidates exploring the history of early childcare in Central and Eastern Europe
Vacancies: PhD candidates exploring the history of early childcare in Central and Eastern Europe

The PhD candidates will become part of a research team exploring a century of early childcare and the invisible work linked to the first 1,000 days of human life in modern central and eastern Europe led by Prof. dr. Sarah A. Cramsey. The positions are fully funded under the ERC Starting Grant scheme (project CARECENTURY). The expected starting date is 1 September 2025.

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Call for Participation: How Financial Interests Shape Democracy – Lessons from Central Easter Europe’s Democratic Transition

Deadline: April 4, 2025

Democracies worldwide face mounting internal and external threats (Wolf 2023). Domestically, neoliberal reforms—particularly financial deregulation—have deepened inequality (Stockhammer 2013, Lin and Tomaskovic-Devey 2013), eroded social solidarity (Brown 2019), and depoliticized key distributional policies (Burnham 2001, Harvey 2011). Internationally, financial liberalisation has facilitated tax evasion (Palan et al. 2010, Shaxson 2011, Wojcik 2013) and pressured governments to cut social provision (Streeck 2017), further weakening social cohesion. Meanwhile, global finance has enabled autocratic regimes to reinforce one another and disrupt democratic societies through misinformation (Applebaum 2024). These trends took hold in democratic societies in the 1980s and accelerated while the former Eastern Bloc underwent its democratic transitions.

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Russian in Central Asia Summer Program (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

Deadline: April 1, 2025

Applications are now being accepted for the Russian in Central Asia Summer Program 2025. This immersive 8-week program is hosted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), a Bard partner institution since 2009. The program combines intensive language study with a comprehensive exploration of the region’s historical, political, ideological, and cultural landscapes.

Students will enroll in two 4-credit courses:

  • Russian Language (placement based on proficiency)
  • Post-Soviet Central Asia: Sovereignty, Community, and Cultural Self-Expression
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