August 2025 – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025

Foreign Visitors Slavic/Eurasian Fellowship Program (Hokkaido University, Japan)

Deadline: August 22, 2025

The Slavic-Eurasian Research Center (SRC) of Hokkaido University is pleased to announce the 48th round of the Foreign Visitors Fellowship Program (FVFP) for 2026-2027.

Foreign specialists in studies of the former Soviet and East European countries, who are interested in undertaking research at the SRC during the academic year of 2026-2027 as well as initiating and continuing international collaborations with our staff, may submit applications for this program.

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025

Acad. Job: Adjunct Foreign Language Instructor (Huston-Tillotson University)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

Are you passionate about teaching and inspiring the next generation of leaders? Huston-Tillotson University is seeking dedicated and dynamic adjunct faculty to join our vibrant academic community! In this part-time teaching role, you’ll have the opportunity to engage students in meaningful learning experiences, spark critical thinking, and foster intellectual curiosity in your discipline. We are looking for educators who bring creativity, innovation, and a commitment to academic excellence to the classroom.

As an adjunct faculty member, you will be responsible for delivering engaging instruction, developing learning activities that promote student involvement, and providing mentorship and support through regular office hours and timely communication. You will assess student progress accurately, offer constructive feedback, and stay current in your discipline through professional development. Additionally, we value faculty who demonstrate leadership and service in their profession and community.

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025

CFP: XIX International Dostoevsky Symposium (Buenos Aires)

Deadline: August 31, 2025

On behalf of the International and North American Dostoevsky Societies, we are excited to announce that the call for papers for the XIX International Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16-19, 2026 is now available! All the details and the Google Form for abstract submission are available on the Symposium website (https://rusaires.wixsite.com/xix-simposio/xix-simposium-eng) and also on the North American and International Dostoevsky Societies’ website (https://dostoevsky.org/symposia/symposium-updates/).

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025

CFP: Special Section in East European Politics and Societies: New Debates in Romani Studies

Deadline: August 30, 2025

Proposed title: Contested pasts and enduring injustices: New debates in Romani studies

Romani Studies scholars have recently scrutinized the field’s epistemology and Western paradigms, the lasting effect of structures and inequalities that transcend governmental change, the effect of integration policies and environmental racism, and the ethical imperatives of scholarly engagement with these issues. This thematic cluster invites contributions that critically engage with the newest emerging debates in Romani Studies that interrogate structures of power, racialization, and systemic exclusion in Central and Eastern Europe.

Guest editors:
Delia Popescu, Le Moyne College, US, popescd@lemoyne.edu
Lavinia Stan, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, lstan@stfx.ca

Format:
We invite submissions for a cluster that will include five research articles authored by established scholars and three articles authored by emerging scholars recruited from among those who will respond to a call posted on the EEPS website and distributed widely through other venues.

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025

Job: Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers

Deadline: August 15, 2025

The Canadian Association of Slavists invites expressions of interest for the position of Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers, starting in 2026 or 2027. Founded in 1956, CSP is now the world’s highest ranked interdisciplinary Slavic studies journal. This is an opportunity for a scholar (or pair of scholars), working in any field of Slavic studies, to read widely, mentor other scholars, and play a leadership role in the field’s development both in Canada and internationally. Funds are available to the Editor(s) to employ an editorial assistant and office staff and to pay for a course release if necessary; additional funds may be available in the form of a research grant or other compensation for the Editor(s). While affiliation with a Canadian higher education institution is preferred, the Association is open to other arrangements. For further information, please contact the current Editors, James Krapfl and Rolf Hellebust, at csp@ualberta.ca by August 15, 2025. The Association aims to have a succession plan in place by December 2025.

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025

CFP: Teaching Writing in English at the Decolonial Turn in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

Deadline: August 15, 2025

We invite you to submit a chapter proposal for a forthcoming edited collection titled Teaching Writing in English at the Decolonial Turn in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, under contract with the International Exchanges on the Study of Writing book series (WAC Clearinghouse). We also encourage you to share the linked call for proposals (CFP) with colleagues and graduate students who may be interested in contributing.

We invite contributions from colleagues in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia who are affiliated with colleges and universities where the language of instruction is English. Perspectives from instructors who specialize in writing, in composition and rhetoric, in writing center praxis, in literature, and in linguistics are welcome, as are contributions from disciplinary specialists who teach writing in their primary field of study. We especially hope to hear from early career researchers. Proposals can be sent to decolonialwritingbook@gmail.com by August 15, 2025.

May 15, 2025

CFP: Destabilizing Nabokov International Conference (Princeton University)

Deadline: August 1, 2025

April 23–26, 2026

Key Dates:

Abstract submission deadline:August 1, 2025

Author notification: August 15, 2025

We invite papers that present or engage with iconoclastic, revisionist, and innovative approaches to Nabokov studies. Contributions that challenge traditional interpretations or offer new critical frameworks are especially encouraged.

Keynote Speakers

Opening Keynote: John Banville

An acclaimed Irish novelist and author of over 30 books, including the Booker Prize winning novel The Sea (2005. Banville’s many honors include the Franz Kafka Prize (2011), the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature (2013), and Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award for Literature (2014).

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025

Language Learning: Online Intermediate Russian Conversation (Queens College)

Queens College, CUNY

RUSSIAN 2143: Intermediate Russian Conversation

ONLINE (via Zoom)

https://globalsearch.cuny.edu/CFGlobalSearchTool/search.jsp

FALL 2025

8/26/2025 – 12/22/2025

Mondays and Thursdays (2 times a week) 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Instructor:

Pisetskaya Aksana, email: Aksana.Pisetskaya@qc.cuny.edu

Enhance your Russian speaking skills in a dynamic, interactive environment. This intermediate-level course is designed for students with prior Russian knowledge who want to improve fluency, expand vocabulary, and gain confidence.

P.S. Potential students will have to register at Hunter College as non-matriculating students, and they should do so quickly since the CUNY registration process takes time.

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

CFP: AATSEEL 2026 Conference

Deadline: (varies) May 15, July 1, August 1, 2025

The General Call for Proposals, Call for Panel Stream Topics and Application for Research Lab Participants for the AATSEEL 2026 conference, which will be held in-person in New Orleans, LA on February 19-22, 2026, are now open and currently accepting submissions.

The AATSEEL annual meeting is a forum for scholarly exchange of ideas in all areas of Slavic and East/Central European languages, literatures, linguistics, cultures, and pedagogy. The Program Committee invites scholars in these and related areas to form panels around specific topics, organize roundtable discussions, propose forums on instructional materials, and/or submit proposals for individual presentations for the 2025 conference. The conference regularly includes panels in linguistics, pedagogy, second language acquisition, literatures, and cultures relevant to the organization’s regions of focus.