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REEES networking event with SRS + ASEEES

Event Date: January 30, 2025

The Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (SRS), together with the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), is hosting our second annual virtual meet and greet for graduate students, recent graduates, and ASEEES members. 

This informal event is an opportunity to meet fellow REEES graduate students and scholars, play REEES-themed trivia, and learn more about SRS research support services, ASEEES resources for graduate students, the annual ASEEES convention, and more.  

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European & Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium

Deadline: January 10, 2025

URS—the European & Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium—is scheduled for March 28, 2025 and open to undergraduates from all majors and institutions who have written a research paper (social science, humanities, or business perspective) focusing on Eastern, Western, or Central Europe, the European Union, Russia, or Central Eurasia.

Undergraduate students  apply here.

Details here:

  • URS applications due January 10th, 2025.
  • Limited URS travel grants help defray travel expenses for accepted participants outside the Pittsburgh region.
  • Selected participants are grouped into panels according to their research topics.
  • Participants give 10- to 15-minute presentations to a panel of faculty and graduate students.
  • URS presentations are open to the public.

URS is an annual event since 2002 that provides undergraduate students with advanced research experiences and opportunities to develop presentation skills. For more information, visit our page.

Should you have any questions, please reach out to Zita Tóth-Shawgo. 

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Russian Language Program in Tbilisi, Georgia (Harvard University)

Deadline: January 30, 2025

Harvard Summer Program in Tbilisi, Georgia

Dates: June 8 – August 3, 2024

Applications due: January 30, 2025

Program Director: Dr. Veronika Egorova

This eight-week program offers a unique blend of cultural and Russian language immersion in the ancient capital city of Tbilisi. Participants will have the chance to explore Georgian and Russian culture, history, literature, and film, making it an unparalleled experience for intermediate Russian language learners.

Key Program Highlights:

  • Intensive intermediate-Russian language courses every weekday.
  • Additional sessions for conversational practice and exposure to Georgian culture, history, literature, and film.
  • Opportunities to engage with city experts, writers, artists, preservationists, politicians, and NGOs.
  • Extensive travel within Georgia to gain a deeper understanding of the region and its traditions.
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Grad Program: Russian, East European, & Central Asian Studies (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Deadline: January 8, 2025

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is accepting applications for our MA Degree Program in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS). The deadline to apply for matriculation in Fall 2025 is January 8, 2025.

The REECAS MA provides interdisciplinary area studies training for emerging professionals and future leaders. The curriculum is designed to promote:

  • abroad understanding of the cultural, political, economic, social, and historical factors that have shaped the development of societies in Eurasia, Russia, and Eastern and Central Europe;
  • professional-level proficiency in one or more languages of Eurasia and Eastern and Central Europe;
  • knowledge of methodological and analytical approaches of different disciplines that will contribute to a better understanding of the region and prepare students for conducting advanced research.
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Study Abroad: Spring Break in Georgia (SRAS)

Deadline: January 5, 2025

Join SRAS for Spring Break in Georgia. In this 8-day trip you will be immersed in Georgian landscape, food, and culture. We will be based in Tbilisi with day trips to Kakheti (wine country) and Kazbegi (mountains). Enjoy the amazing culinary side of Georgia with the full “Georgian table,” cooking class, and tastings.

The itineraries are based on weather conditions during that time period, which means we stay based (accommodations) in Tbilisi so as to be able to more easily make adjustments to the day trips. We have left plenty of time for independent exploration and we will offer some optional activities and give you recommendations. We’ll keep an eye on any cultural events taking place during your stay and we’ll introduce you to our spring semester students based in Tbilisi and to locals.

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Acad. Job: Visiting Professor, Ukrainian Studies (Columbia University)

Deadline: Reviews begin January 15, 2025; remain open until filled.

István Deák Visiting Assistant Professor/Visiting Associate Professor/ Visiting Professorship(s) in East Central European Studies

Columbia University invites applications for István Deák Visiting Professorship(s) in East Central European Studies for one semester (fall or spring) in the academic year 2025-2026. The professorship, commemorating Professor Deák’s legacy of excellence in research and teaching, is open to scholars who have active interest and accomplishments in East and Central European studies. Appointment will be open-rank, to be filled at any level from Visiting Assistant to Visiting Full Professor.

For more information: https://apply.interfolio.com/159072

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Submissions Wanted: Collective Subjects in Historical Narratives of the Balkans

Deadline: January 10, 2025

Makers of Their History: Collective Subjects in Historical Narratives of the Balkans 
Hiperboreea journal (thematic issue)Contributors are invited to propose analyses and interpretations of the ways in which authors have discursively shaped group-identities based on cohabitation, common labour, place, political practices, class, ethnicity, gender, and social kinship as agents, passive characters, narrators, and narratees in narratives of the Balkans’ past. Contributors can also submit theoretical essays focusing on collective subjectivity through literary, narrative, sociological, political-science or anthropological approaches, with case studies from the region. 

Please submit a 300-word article proposal to milan.vukasinovic@lingfil.uu.se by  Friday, 10 January 2025.

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CFP: Judicial Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Deadline: January 25, 2025

‘Judicial Activism and Resistance in Eastern Europe and Beyond’, 5-6 June 2025
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford/Institut d’études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles/British Academy

The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford is pleased to announce an upcoming conference on ‘Judicial Activism and Resistance in Eastern Europe and Beyond’, to be held on 5-6 June 2025 at the Institut d’études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles. This prestigious event marks the culmination of an important research project on Judicial Activism in Times of Crisis supported by the British Academy.

To apply, please send an extended abstract by 25 January 2025 to Dr. Agnieszka Kubal (agnieszka.kubal@csls.ox.ac.uk). For more details, contact Dr. Kubal or follow the link.

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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.

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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.

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