Oxford Translates Online Summer School

Term: July 6 – July 10, 2026 (limited to 12 student)

https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtranslates/apply

Eligibility criteria

Applicants are required to demonstrate that they have excellent command of the target language of their chosen workshop (mother-tongue level or language of habitual use) and superior proficiency in the source language.

The summer school is aimed at practising and aspiring translators. We do not require attendees to have experience of the translation industry or to have published.

There is no application deadline but applications will close for a particular language when that workshop reaches capacity. Places in language workshops are limited to 12 and allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

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CFP: AvtobiografiЯ. Journal on Life Writing and the Representation of the Self in Russian Culture

Deadline: June 30, 2026

The international, peer-reviewed and open access journal «AvtobiografiЯ. Journal on Life Writing and the Representation of the Self in Russian Culture» is now accepting submissions for its fifteenth issue.

«AvtobiografiЯ» is a journal devoted to the representation of the self in Russian culture. Its Advisory and Editorial Board are comprised of internationally renowned scholars in the field of Russian and Slavonic Studies. The journal welcomes contributions on any topic related to Life Writing and Auto-Biography and related genres in Russian literature, history, art and culture. The editors are particularly keen to theoretical and interdisciplinary articles, and welcome contributions about Russophone literature and other Slavonic cultures.

Proposals must be sent to the address: info@avtobiografija.com. The deadline for submissions is the 30th June 2026. All necessary information, including style notes and submission guidelines, are on the journal’s

website: http://www.avtobiografija.com/

AvtobiografiЯ has been recognized as “Classe A” journal in the assessment carried out by ANVUR, the agency designated by Italy’ s Ministry of Education and Research for evaluating research institutions and scientific output.