January 2025 – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024

Fulbright-Hays 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowships Program

Deadline: January 15, 2025

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship program provides opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula.

November 15, 2024November 15, 2024

CFP: Memory, War, and Social Coherence: Bringing Together and Tearing Apart

Deadline: January 7, 2024

June 5-6, 2025. Mikkeli, Finland

We call for papers examining and exploring various aspects of memory and war. We understand war broadly from world wars to civil wars and regional clashes. Proposed papers can range from individual case studies to methodological considerations. Possible themes include, but are not limited to:

• controversial war memorials and places of remembrance

• the role of history teaching or textbooks in memory conflicts

• populist parties using narratives of war or their aftermath

• postcolonialism and conflicting memories of war

• intersections of memory cultures and politics related to war

• art and literature concerning war and post-war remembrance

• examples of post-war reconciliation

The official conference language is English. The conference is planned as an in-person event.

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Literature & Culture of Russia, Eurasia (Harvard)

Deadline: January 16, 2025

Harvard University-Davis Center Postdoctoral Fellowships: Two in residence fellowships are awarded annually for research related to the history or literature and culture of Russia and/or Eurasia. Open to scholars who completed their Ph.D. between September 2020 and September 2025. The 9-month fellowship (September 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026) provides a stipend of at least $50,700, plus $2,500 for research.

More info here.

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Competition

Deadline: January 21, 2025

Picture of participants abroad on a Group Projects Abroad trip

The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office at the U.S. Department of Education is pleased to announce the opening of the competition for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program.
The GPA program provides grants to institutions and private, nonprofit education entities that organize programs for K-12 teachers, college students, and faculty to engage in short- or long-term overseas projects focused on training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies. GPA short-term projects include seminars, curriculum development, and group research or study. GPA long-term projects support advanced intensive overseas programs that focus on languages, the humanities, or social sciences.
IFLE expects to make 20 new awards totaling approximately $3.3 million under the FY 25 GPA competition. The application is now available at www.grants.gov. The deadline to apply is Jan. 21, 2025.Please refer to the official Federal Register notice for detailed information about the FY 2025 competition.

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November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Acad. Job: Tenure-Track Professor in the field of West Slavic Literatures and Cultures (University of Vienna)

Deadline: January 10, 2025

The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Grad Program: MA/PhD in Slavic and East European Studies (UCLA)

Open House: November 19, 2024; Deadline for applications: January 15, 2025

COME STUDY AT UCLA!

Join us at our Virtual Open House for Prospective PhD Students

Tuesday, November 19^th1-2pm PST

RSVP here by Monday, November 18^th to receive a Zoom link!

The Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures at UCLA invites applications for our M.A. / Ph.D. program in Slavic and East European studies for Fall 2025, with Ph.D. specialization in either literature or applied linguistics. Students beginning or continuing their graduate education at UCLA (including those who have completed an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures or related fields) are guaranteed five years of financial support, including graduate fellowships, teaching assistantships, research mentorships, participation in faculty-led research projects, and the opportunity for an editorial assistantship at the UC Undergraduate Journal of Slavic and East/Central European Studies, one of the few publications for undergraduate students focusing on Slavic and East/Central European topics.

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

CFP/Conference: NESEEES Conference 2025 + Graduate Student Essay

Deadline: January 17, 2025

The North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (NESEEES) Executive Board invites proposals for individual papers and complete panels for the 44th annual NESEEES conference.

The conference will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at New York University. Details on the conference format and procedures will be provided to registered participants. The registration fee is $40 ($25 for students).

Scholarly papers and panels are welcome on any aspect of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Proposals for complete panels of thematically related papers are strongly encouraged. Recommendations for discussants and chairs are not required for panel proposals but are invited and will be taken into consideration.

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

American Research Institute of the South Caucasus Grants and Fellowships

Deadlines: (Varies) November, 29, December 6, January 17

ARISC Grants and Fellowships

Note: Applicants may apply to more than one funding opportunity, if eligible. If awarded more than one fellowship, the awardee will be asked to select one.

ARISC Faculty Exchange Fellowship Program – Deadline for Stage One: November 29, 2024

ARISC Graduate/Postdoctoral Fellowships – Deadline: December 6, 2024

ARISC Small Grants – Deadline: December 6, 2024

ARISC Junior Research Fellowship – Deadline: December 6, 2024

ARISC Research and Mentoring Fellowship – Deadline: December 6, 2024

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Language Training: Critical Languages Institute (Arizona State University)

Priority Deadline: January 31, 2025

Critical Languages Institute (CLI) at Arizona State University’s Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies applications for the summer 2025 program for Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian language study (May 27–July 11) have been opened.

The Critical Languages Institute (CLI) at Arizona State University’s Melikian Center is a national training institute for less commonly taught languages, offering summer intensive courses and study-abroad programs around the world.

CLI Applications and Scholarship Priority Deadline: January 31, 2025

More information can be found at: https://melikian.asu.edu/cli/bcs

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

Special Agent – Linguists/Foreign Language Background (FBI)

Deadline: January 24, 2025

Job Posting: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/772595900

FBI Special Agents apply their professional expertise and unique skill sets to their work every day. Many have foreign language/linguistics backgrounds and use them to interview victims, translate during a suspect interrogation or testify in court. Language skills and cultural knowledge, specifically in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Farsi, Russian, Somali, Uzbek, Korean or another language are highly sought after by the FBI. All applicants must pass the FBI’s Foreign Language Test Battery.