American Overseas Research Centers Program Now Open (US Department of Education)

Deadline: March 26, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education FY 2024 American Overseas Research Centers (AORC) program competition is now open. The deadline to apply is March 26, 2024.

Program Description

The American Overseas Research Centers Program provides grants to consortia of institutions of higher education (IHEs) to establish or operate an AORC that promotes postgraduate research, exchanges, and area studies.

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Call for Applications: The FY 2024 Group Project Abroad Program Competition Is Now Open 

Deadline: March 18, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education, International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE), FY 2024 GPA program competition is now open. The deadline to apply is March 18, 2024.

Please visit Applicant Information — Fulbright-Hays–Group Projects Abroad Program for additional information about the competition.

Program Description

This program provides grants to support overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced intensive language programs.

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Studies (University of Richmond)

Deadline: March 30, 2024

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Richmond invites applications for a full-time, one-year visiting assistant professor position in Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies (RSST), beginning in August 2024. This is a non-tenure track appointment, annually renewable for up to three years, contingent upon performance, budget, and continued need. We seek candidates with a strong commitment to high-quality undergraduate education who will also enhance the scholarly and creative opportunities provided by our program. The area of specialization is open; PhD required. The teaching load is 6 classes over two semesters.

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Study Abroad with American Councils

Deadline: March 15, 2024

Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program, currently offered at:  Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Yerevan State University in Yerevan, Armenia 

Balkan Language Initiative, which offers the following languages and locations:  Albanian in Tirana, Albania Bosnian in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgarian in Sofia, Bulgaria Serbian in Belgrade, Serbia

Montenegrin and Serbian in Podgorica, Montenegro

Eurasian Regional Language Program, offering 15 different languages at the sites below, including:  Kazakh in Almaty, Kazakhstan Azerbaijani and Turkish in Baku, Azerbaijan  Kyrgyz in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Romanian and Ukrainian in Chisinau, Moldova Pashto, Persian (Dari/Farsi/Tajiki), and Uzbek in Dushanbe, Tajikistan Chechen, Georgian, and Ukrainian in Tbilisi, Georgia

Armenian and Kurmanji in Yerevan, Armenia

As always, please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or queries at mshelton@americancouncils.org

CUNY REEES Workshop: “Marrying Sun Yat-senism and Turanism. Leveraging Ancestral Nationalism in Interwar Sino-Hungarian Cultural Diplomacy”

Event Date: March 22, 2024 | Online

Historian Mátyás Mervay, “Marrying Sun Yat-senism and Turanism. Leveraging Ancestral Nationalism in Interwar Sino-Hungarian Cultural Diplomacy,” on Friday, March 22nd at 12:30 pm via Zoom.

Zoom registration link: https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pceGgqj4uHtDR04bjwgK-vncMtvAeEeZz#/registration

Papers for the workshops will be circulated one week prior to the event date and a reminder email will be sent at that time. We will meet once per month throughout the semester. March, April and May dates will be announced shortly. We look forward to seeing you!

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SRAS Summer Language Programs

March 15, 2024

Application deadlines for the following early summer programs (end of May start) have been extended to March 15:

Batumi: Russian as a Second Language
Bishkek: Russian as a Second Language
Yerevan: Russian as a Second Language
Warsaw: Security and Society in the Information Age

The application deadline for all sessions starting after June 15 remain March 15. This includes the 6-week sessions for BatumiBishkek and Riga – in addition to the Ukrainian Language Workshop and Polish Language & Culture – both in Warsaw.

CFP:  Baltic Connections 2024: a Conference in Social Science History

Deadline: March 15, 2024

 June 12–14, 2024, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

The submission deadline for the Baltic Connections 2024 conference in Jyväskylä, Finland, has been extended to March 15, 2024.

The fifth Riitta Hjerppe Lecture in Social Science History will be given by Naomi Lamoreaux (Yale University). Additional plenary sessions will be delivered by Matthias Kipping (York University in Canada), and Hanna Kuusi (University of Helsinki).

Conference website and submissions:

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/baltic-connections

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Studies (University of Richmond)

Deadline: Open Until Filled, March 2024

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Richmond invites applications for a full-time, one-year visiting assistant professor position in Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies (RSST), beginning in August 2024. This is a non-tenure track appointment, annually renewable for up to three years, contingent upon performance, budget, and continued need. We seek candidates with a strong commitment to high-quality undergraduate education who will also enhance the scholarly and creative opportunities provided by our program. The area of specialization is open; PhD required. The teaching load is 6 classes over two semesters.

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Visiting Assistant Professor in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies (Colgate University)

Deadline: March 11, 2024

The Russian and Eurasian Studies Program at Colgate University invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor position in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies beginning fall semester 2024, with the possibility of renewal for one additional year, pending institutional need and the evaluation of teaching effectiveness. We are looking for a dynamic interdisciplinarian whose courses will apply approaches from the social sciences and/or history to the people, places, and phenomena of the region. Language competence in one of the languages of the region is required. The ability to teach Russian language if needed for the program is a plus. The successful candidate may be expected to participate in all-university programs, including the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum. The course load is five undergraduate courses per year. Candidates must have a PhD in hand by July 2024. 

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