February 2025 – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025

Language Training: Elementary Russian Online Summer (Rutgers University)

Course Dates: May 27-July 3 and July 3 – August 13, 2025

Rutgers University is offering elementary Russian asynchronously online in Summer 2025! The course covers two semesters of Russian in 12 weeks. Open to all students; New Jersey residents are eligible for in-state tuition. Here are the details:
Russian 101 (01:860:101, 4 credits): 5/27/25–7/3/25
Russian 102 (01:860:102, 4 credits): 7/7/25-8/13/25
NJ Resident fee: $459/credit ($1836 per course, $3672 for both)
Non-NJ Resident fee: $1096/credit ($4384 per course, $8768 for both)
Summer session student fee: $162
For more information on how to enroll, visit: https://summerwinter.rutgers.edu/summer-session/registration/visiting-students . With questions, please contact: cori.anderson@rutgers.edu .

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

CFP: Canadian Association of Slavists Annual Conference

Deadline: February 17, 2025

May 8, 2025 – May 10, 2025

University of Alberta, Edmonton

The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists will take place at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta) May 8 through 10, 2025. This is the first year the conference will take place independently of the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Proposals are invited for individual papers, panels, and roundtable discussions. Complete panels are preferred. Proposals can be submitted by filling out the necessary form at:

https://event.fourwaves.com/casedmonton2025

Please follow our abstract specifications and note that this is a new system for submitting conference proposals.

February 12, 2025February 12, 2025

Call for Applications: 2025 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia

Priority Application Deadline for Title VIII Research Awards: February 17, 2025; Final Deadline for All SRL Applications (Funded and Unfunded): March 17, 2025

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are accepting applications for our 2025 Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. The SRL is an in-person program that offers comprehensive research support, access to library resources and competitive Research Awards to graduate and post-graduate scholars developing projects on all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. It is funded by the U.S. Department of State through its Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII).

Update: We understand there are many questions currently about federal funding for the Title VIII program. We want to assure you that we are committed to holding the 2025 Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) as scheduled and encourage applicants to apply. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through these funding questions.

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Workshop: Nazi Propaganda in Occupied Eastern Europe and the Colonial World

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop

Nazi Propaganda in Occupied Eastern Europe and the Colonial World

August 4–15, 2025

Washington, D.C.

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the 2025 Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop Nazi Propaganda in Occupied Eastern Europe and the Colonial World. The Mandel Center will co-convene this workshop with Stanislovas Stasiulis, Lithuanian Institute of History, and Stefan Ihrig, University of Haifa. The workshop is scheduled for August 4–15, 2025, and will take place at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Workshop: Interrogating Neutrality during the Holocaust

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop

Interrogating Neutrality during the Holocaust

July 7–18, 2025

Washington, D.C.

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the 2025 Moskowitz/Rafalowicz International Research Workshop Interrogating Neutrality during the Holocaust. The Mandel Center will co-convene this workshop with Danielle Sanchez, Colorado College. The workshop is scheduled for July 7–18, 2025, and will take place at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

Acad. Job; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Eastern Europe/Eurasia (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: February 28, 2025

Postdoc in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (2025-2027)

Administration-Russian & East European Studies – Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh – (25000688)

The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES) at the University of Pittsburgh is offering a postdoctoral fellowship for Social Sciences scholars whose work focuses on Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia. This fellowship is a two-year appointment starting August 2025. Fellows will be expected to pursue their own scholarly work and participate in the academic and intellectual activities of REEES, University Center for International Studies (UCIS), as well as the Department(s) with which they become affiliated.

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

Junior Scholar Workshop: Writing Back from the Peripheries: Russophone Literary Diversity

Deadline: February 15, 2025

Junior Scholar Workshop “Writing Back from the Peripheries? Russophone Literary Diversity”

funded by the BRIDGE Seed Fund for collaboration between the University of Birmingham (UoB) in the UK, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in the USA

July 9-10, 2025

at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, decolonizing and decentring approaches to the study of Russophone literature and culture have become increasingly urgent tasks. This workshop seeks to offer support to emerging scholars whose research focuses on minoritized Russophone authors (both those who are “writing back” from regions formerly colonized by Russia and those who ended up living in exile abroad).

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025

CFP: 31st Annual REECAS Northwest Conference (University of Washington)

Deadline: February 17, 2025

REECAS Northwest, the annual ASEEES northwest regional conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) will take place April 10-12, 2025 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 subjects connected to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian regions 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.

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025

2025-2026 Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Politics, Culture, and Society at the (University of Toronto)

Deadline: February 14, 2025

The Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the Centre for European and Eurasian Studies (CEES), Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto is accepting applications for the Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Politics, Culture, and Society for the 2025-2026 academic year. The objective of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship is to support annually one of the most promising junior scholars studying contemporary Ukraine and thereby to advance academic understanding of Ukrainian politics, culture, and society. The Fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Petro Jacyk Education Foundation.Description:

The Petro Jacyk Post-Doctoral Fellowship has both research and teaching components.

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025

CFP: Wisconsin Slavic Conference

Deadline: February 17, 2025

Abstracts for 20-minute papers on any aspect of Slavic literatures, cultures (including film, music, and the visual arts), linguistics, and history, as well as on Slavic language and literature pedagogy are invited for the annual Wisconsin Slavic Conference. Comparative topics and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome and encouraged. The conference will be held in-person at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, 2025.

 Recent conference programs are available on the Wisconsin Slavic Conference website at https://gns.wisc.edu/2024/04/24/wisconsin-slavic-conference-2024/

 This year’s keynote lecture “The Other Place of Language: Hybridity and Extraterritoriality in Conrad, Gombrowicz, Stasiuk, and Wilk” will be delivered by Prof. George Z. Gasyna from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 