February 2026 – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

February 2, 2026

Call for Chapters: Instructor Preparation in Russian Studies

Deadline: February 10, 2026

Call for Proposals: Proposed edited volume on instructor preparation in Russian studies [Russian language and culture].

Working title: Russian Studies Instructor Preparation in a Changing World

Emil Asanov, Karen Evans-Romaine, and Jason Merrill, editors

Literature on teacher education for World Languages, i.e., languages other than English, has focused on declining enrollments in teacher preparation programs at the undergraduate level (e.g., Burke & Ceo-DiFrancesco, 2021), teacher shortages (e.g., Swanson & Fischbach, 2025), and strategies to tackle these issues (e.g., Davis et al., 2022; Thompson & Morgan, 2023), all in the face of declining enrollments in language programs across the United States (Lusin et al., 2023). To address these challenges, scholars have suggested strengthening teacher preparation programs in World Languages by providing access to continuing professional development and responding to the needs of both diverse students and teachers alike (García et al., 2019).

January 30, 2026

Summer teaching positions in BCMS, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Turkish (University of Pittsburgh)

Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Summer Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt’s SLI) is accepting applications for summer teaching positions in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian, Polish, and Russian* as well as in Arabic and Turkish. All classes begin on June 1, 2026 and last for 6-10 weeks.

*Please note that the opening in Russian involves teaching in the domestic institute in Pittsburgh followed by coordination duties on site in Riga therefore we can only consider candidates whose passport/citizenship allow visa-free entry to Latvia. We are not currently accepting applications for teaching Russian in Pittsburgh without the duties in Riga. If a Pittsburgh-only vacancy arises for Russian, we will post a separate announcement.

January 23, 2026

Call for Proposals: Proposed edited volume on instructor preparation in Russian studies [Russian language and culture].

Deadline: February 10, 2026

Working title: Russian Studies Instructor Preparation in a Changing World

Emil Asanov, Karen Evans-Romaine, and Jason Merrill, editors

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

CFP: Background Noise: The Normalization of State Violence

Deadline: February 12, 2026

This panel examines how governments and large-scale political formations perpetuate violence not only through overt repression but by depicting it as ordinary, predictable, and woven into the fabric of everyday life. Rather than appearing exclusively as rupture or catastrophe, violence often circulates as an artificially normalized condition — it is acknowledged and anticipated by the public, yet it is rarely treated as a problem requiring ethical or political intervention.

We welcome contributions that explore how governments, institutions, and artists contribute to the normalization of violence — through xenophobic discourse, war rhetoric, imperial legacies, or art and language — making it appear familiar, forgettable, and resistant to ethical or political challenge.Possible theoretical frameworks include Foucault’s biopolitics, Mbembe’s necropolitics, Galtung’s structural violence, Nixon’s slow violence, and the concept of everyday violence developed by Scheper-Hughes and Bourgois.

If you are interested in participating, please send your paper title and proposal to Yulia Dubasova (dubasova@usc.edu) by February 12, 2026. We are also seeking a chair and one or more discussants, so please indicate your interest if you would like to serve in one of these roles.

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026

CFP: Russian Studies Instructor Preparation in a Changing World, Edited Volume

Deadline: February 10, 2025

Call for Proposals: Proposed edited volume on instructor preparation in Russian studies [Russian language and culture].

Working title: Russian Studies Instructor Preparation in a Changing World

Emil Asanov, Karen Evans-Romaine, and Jason Merrill, editors

Proposals due February 10, 2026

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

CFP: Canadian Association of Slavists Annual Conference

Deadline: February 16, 2026

Canadian Association of Slavists Annual Conference

May 7, 2026 – May 9, 2026

University of Ottawa

CALL FOR PAPERS

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The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists will take place at the University of Ottawa May 7 through 9, 2026.

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/casottawa2026

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

Translating Ukraine Summer Institute (Wroclaw, Poland)

Deadline: February 1, 2026

Translating Ukraine Summer Institute, co-organized by the University of Alberta’s Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), DUSS UAlberta—Disrupted Ukrainian Scholars and Students Initiative, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, the Harriman Institute of Columbia University, the Yale Ukrainian Program at Yale University, Ukrainian Studies Program at Cambridge University, Kolegium Europy Wschodniej, National Ossolinski Institute, New Eastern Europe, NGO Translatorium, and the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US, is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2026 program. The organizers are inviting all eligible candidates to apply by 1 February 2026.

The full call for applications can be found here: https://www.translatingukraine.org/apply

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

CFP: Wisconsin Slavic Conference

Deadline: February 17, 2026

We are delighted to announce the annual Wisconsin Slavic Conference, which will take place March 20–21, 2026, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The conference will be held in person. We invite 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. Comparative topics and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome and encouraged.

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025

Russian Language Summer School (Yerevan, Armenia)

Deadline: May 21, 2026

ASPIRANTUM is pleased to announce the 2026 Russian Language Summer School in Yerevan, Armenia. We warmly invite undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals to join us in Yerevan for an immersive and academically rigorous Russian language experience.

Apply here: https://aspirantum.com/courses/russian-language-summer-school

Testimonials from ASPIRANTUM’s Persian language program alumni are available here: https://aspirantum.com/testimonials

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

CFP: BASEEES Fifth Polish Studies Article Prize

Deadline: February 10, 2026

Call for Submissions – BASEES Fifth Polish Studies Article Prize
BASEES Polish Studies Group

The BASEES Polish Studies Group invites scholars and publishers to submit original research articles or book chapters for the fifth edition of the annual Polish Studies Article Prize!

The prize recognises the best English-language article or book chapter in Polish Studies published in a peer-reviewed journal or an edited collection in 2025. It is open to scholars of all nationalities and disciplines whose work advances Polish Studies. Doctoral candidates and early career researchers are particularly encouraged to apply. Authors who have submitted work in previous editions are welcome to reapply with new publications.