June 2026 – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

June 23, 2026

Online Course: A Grand Tour: Travels in the South Caucasus

Course Dates: June 29 – August 17, 2026

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) in partnership with the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) at the University of Chicago announce a joint online course:

A Grand Tour: Travels in the South Caucasus

Course Schedule: 8 weeks, Mondays, June 29th–August 17th, 2026, 4–6 pm CDT/5–7pm EDT. Classes meet online via Zoom with recordings available.

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026

Job: Associate Director of International Programs (US Air Force Academy)

Deadline: June 25, 2026

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/873480400?fromemail=true

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants will be assessed based on evidence of teaching effectiveness, education, relevance of education and experience in teaching one of the department’s eight languages, and service to applicants’ discipline and institution. Successful candidates will demonstrate the potential for teaching excellence, academic service, sustained intellectual contributions, and will have native or near native proficiency in one of the department’s eight languages.

Applicants should submit the following items: curriculum vitae, statement of scholarly and teaching interests, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Applicants should additionally provide the names and contact information for three professional references. U.S. citizenship is required. Essential qualities expected of every faculty member include the personal attributes of integrity, industry, cooperation, and initiative.

ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES: Masters degree (Doctoral degree preferred)

Discipline(s): Foreign language teaching (French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Russian), second language acquisition, language and culture, literature or other related disciplines are preferred.

May 7, 2026May 7, 2026

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.

March 31, 2026April 3, 2026

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.