January 2026 – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

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 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Acad. Job: Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian and Central European Studies (The Ohio State University)

Deadline: January 15, 2026

The Ohio State University Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures seeks a versatile teacher and scholar for a visiting assistant professorship in the 2026-2027 academic year. The salary is $55,000 plus benefits and the load is 3 courses per semester, with a one course release for service (i.e. effectively 3-2). Our expectation is that the colleague will serve as a member of the undergraduate committee and advisor of 1-2 language or other club(s) and will design and offer 1 undergraduate career readiness workshop each semester. The university will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.

January 9, 2026

Baltic Studies Summer Institute

Deadline: January 30, 2026

The Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI) is accepting applications for its intensive Summer 2026 session.

Combining language instruction with cultural programming and Baltic Studies topics, the BALSSI curriculum is designed to prepare students for study abroad, field research, or heritage language development.

Languages: Elementary Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian
Format: 9-week intensive online study
Credits: 8 transferable credits from Indiana University
Cost: $830 (Subsidized by the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies)

DEADLINE: January 30, 2026
APPLY AT: http://go.iu.edu/balssi

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Acad. Job: One Year Full-Time Faculty in Russian Lit, Lang., & Culture

Deadline: January 26, 2026

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Program (REEES) at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences in Russian language, literature, and culture. Appointment to this position will be for a term of one year, beginning fall semester of 2026, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian.

The incumbent will teach a total of five courses per year in the general area of Russian language (at multiple levels) and Russian literature and culture, both in English and in the original. The successful candidate will also contribute to Oberlin’s First-Year Seminar Program.

December 12, 2025December 12, 2025

Job: Community Operations & Project Manager, Remote (Bellingcat)

Deadline: January 11, 2026

Location: Remote (7‑month contract, employment or freelance contract with possibility of extension)

Start Date: Early 2026

About Bellingcat

Bellingcat is an independent collective of international researchers investigating conflict, corruption, crimes, disinformation, extremist networks, and much more through open source and social media techniques. Our work has received multiple awards for its impact and innovation. At the heart of Bellingcat is a global community of staff, contributors, and volunteers working across disciplines — from journalism and research to technology.

December 12, 2025December 12, 2025

Spring Break Study Abroad Opportunities (SRAS)

Deadline: Varies, January 2026

SRAS is pleased to share several academically focused, one-week spring break study abroad programs across Eurasia and Eastern Europe for Spring 2026. These short-term, intensive courses are designed for students interested in language, international relations, media, identity, culture, gastronomy, and regional studies and in most cases are also open to faculty.

A full overview of all four programs is available here: SRAS.org/SpringBreak

Media Literacy in the Baltics: Identity, AI & Security

Program Type: Certificate Course
Location: Riga & Daugavpils, Latvia
Dates: March 7–15 or March 14–22, 2026
Cost: $2800
Application Deadline: January 20, 2026

December 10, 2025

CFP: Early Modern Postgraduate Workshop, History and Related Disciplines (University of St. Andrews)

Deadline: January 10, 2026

St Andrews Early Modern PG Workshop

Call for Papers – Candlemas Term 2026

We invite submissions for the St Andrews Early Modern Postgraduate Workshop for Candlemas Term 2026. We welcome proposals from postgraduate students at all levels working on the early modern period (c. 1400–1800) in history and related disciplines.

The workshop will continue in a hybrid format, meeting biweekly in person in the Old Seminar Room, 71 South Street, St Andrews, and via Microsoft Teams, beginning the week of 26 January 2026.

If you are interested in presenting, please send a short abstract (maximum 300 words) including a provisional title and a brief biography to earlymodernworkshop@st-andrews.ac.uk by Saturday, 10 January 2026. Papers should be 15–20 minutes long and will be followed by a discussion, with refreshments provided for in-person attendees.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact co conveners Zina Gharakhani (zzg1@st-andrews.ac.uk) and Andrew Simpson (afs5@st-andrews.ac.uk). Stay connected by joining our mailing list at earlymodernworkshop@st-andrews.ac.uk.

December 9, 2025

Summer School: Constructing Soviet Difference: Culture and Society (Yerevan, Armenia)

Priority Deadline; January 18, 2026

For more information: https://summerschool.yerevancenter.org/

“Constructing Soviet Difference: Culture and Society” continues the summer school series “Societies and Cultures Torn Apart”, started in 2024. The 2026 summer school will focus on the ways in which, across the Soviet century, categories of difference were conceptualised, in different realms and through different practices, and how the legacies of those ideas and modalities continue to resonate today. It will explore Sovietness as a capacious category, experienced in different ways in different places. With contributions from across disciplines and areas, we will consider issues such as the following.

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025

CFP: History in the Making Graduate Conference

Deadline: January 30, 2025

On behalf of the Concordia History Graduate Student Association, we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 31st annual History in the Making Graduate Conference on April 10th and 11th, 2026. This year’s theme is “The Web Time Weaves: Technological, Cultural, and Intellectual Responses to Periods of Revolutionary Change.” You can find our call for papers attached in English and French.

We invite paper and panel proposals in English or French. Please send a 250-word abstract and a maximum 100-word biography to hitmconcordia@gmail.com by Friday, January 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Please include the subject line “2026 HITM. Conference” and your name. Abstract and bibliography should be formatted in 12-point Times New Roman font in a .doc or pdf file.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to the committee with any questions that you may have.

December 5, 2025

CFP: Religious Trauma Symposium (Harvard Divinity School)

Deadline: January 30, 2026

Call for Submissions: Religious Trauma Symposium Harvard Divinity School April 16-17, 2026

Scope: Religious trauma, defined here as lingering harm within religious and spiritual contexts which creates barriers to physical, emotional, existential, social, psychological, developmental, and spiritual wellbeing, is a subject of mounting scholarly and popular attention with direct implications for the challenges of modernity. Recent work on religious disaffiliation (McLaughlin et al.), religious “dones” (Van Tongeren), and spiritual struggles (Excline) highlights the influence of religious trauma in demographic changes around the world, particularly in the United States. Yet despite academic and professional interest across fields as diverse as psychology, education, and religious studies growing in tandem with parallel discourses among survivors and religious practitioners alike, there has yet to be an event designed to bring these various circles into direct dialogue with one another.