May 16, 2013
Study Abroad: Summer Course of Polish Language and Culture
Start date: June 6
Bergiani School promotes Polish Language and Culture among people all over the world. The Summer Course of Polish Language and Culture 2013 is a Bergiani school, working in the interests of the development of Polish language and culture.
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May 15, 2013
CFP: Influence, Transposition, Revision: Eastern European Theatre and its International Metamorphoses
Deadline: June 3, 2013
Influence, Transposition, Revision: Eastern European Theatre and its International Metamorphoses at the 2013 American Society for Theatre Research/ Theatre Library Association Annual Conference
November 7 - 10 2013, Dallas, TX
http://www.astr.org/conference/2013-working-session-cfps
This session is scheduled for Friday, November 8, 2013 between 1:30p.m. and 3:30p.m.
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May 14, 2013
Funding: Malevich Society Call for Grant Applications
Deadline: September 30, 2013
The Malevich Society is pleased to announce its call for 2013 grant applications.
The Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization based in New York dedicated to advancing knowledge about the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich and his work.
In the belief that Malevich was a pioneer of modern art who should be recognized for his key contributions to the history of Modernism, the Society awards grants to encourage research, writing, and other activities relating to his history and memory.
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CFP: “The Russian Boom Was On”: The Inter-Cultural Work of Translation
Deadline: June 30, 2013
“The Russian Boom Was On”: The Inter-Cultural Work of Translation
SAMLA Nov. 8-10, 2013 Atlanta, GA
Constance Garnett’s 1912 translation of Dostoevsky is credited with sparking the “Russian Fever” in Great Britain, while Russia’s entry into the Great War as an ally set off the “Russian Boom.” Yet, an increasing fascination with the country, its culture, and its literature dates from the beginning of the 20th century and continues beyond the years of war and revolution.
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Funding: Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: June 17, 2013
The Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, is offering one
3-year PhD studentship, to start on 1st October 2013. The studentship will
include full UK/EU fees, a maintenance stipend at RCUK rates, and the full
ESRC fieldwork stipend.
Additional funds may be available to fund conference travel and
digitisation/computing costs. The studentship forms part of a 3-year ESRC
funded project beginning 1 August 2013 entitled 'Etnos: A life history of
the etnos concept among the Peoples of the North'.
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Study Abroad: "East goes west-West goes east?" in Prague
Applications will be accepted until the end of June
An academic program "Spring University Prague 2013", taking place at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) during September 2013 (September 7-22)
Objective:
• to provide students with a broad understanding of the political, economic, social, and cultural development of
Europe after 1990
• to analyze the current challenges and risks to the development of Europe
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CFP: Journal of Ukrainian Politics and Society
Seeking article contributions for an inaugural issue of the Journal of Ukrainian Politics and Society from scholars working on developments in Ukrainian economics, history, international relations, law, politics, public policy and sociology. All methods and approaches will be considered. Manuscripts should not have been previously published. Preference will be given to articles that present findings from new research.
The Journal will be published online, bi-annually, in an open source format. Krytyka reserves all rights to the material it publishes.
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Job: Managing Editor, Slavic Review
Deadline: May 31, 2013
Managing Editor, Slavic Review
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The journal Slavic Review, based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, invites applications for Managing Editor, with a proposed start date of August 1, 2013. Slavic Review is an international interdisciplinary quarterly journal, the official publication of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), a major scholarly professional organization. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. This is a full time academic professional appointment.
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May 07, 2013
Internship: Reporter for The International
The International is currently looking for reporters at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. We provide our interns with all the training on how to write for the online environment while maintaining high journalistic standards, a skill that proves invaluable for anyone who may want to break into journalism or write a blog in the future.
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CFP: Objects of remembrance, Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts
Deadline: May 31, 2013
*Call for Proposals: Objects of remembrance*
Objects have always been and continue to be carriers of personal and
communal memories. The proliferation of objects of remembrance starting in
the nineteenth century speaks to the widely felt desire for tangible
markers of both fleeting personal experiences and significant public
events, from coronations to catastrophes; and equally to the possibilities
created by new production processes and technologies that emerged in that
century and after. What was particular to modern notions and experiences
of time that called forth this demand for souvenirs, commemorative medals
and ceramics, postcards, photo albums, and a wide variety of other objects
of all kinds that could serve as devices of memory? What roles did such
objects play in individual lives, in communities, and in larger social and
political relationships? What strategies did artists, designers and
manufacturers use to produce objects that could serve these functions?
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Job: Department Lecturer in Comparative Government and Politics, St. Hilda's College University of Oxford
Deadline: 12:00 noon (UK time) 23 May 2013
Department Lecturer in Comparative Government and Politics
(including Russia or the Former Soviet Union) in association with St
Hilda's College University of Oxford -Department of Politics and
International Relations Manor Road, Oxford
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CFP: Development of Russian Law-VI: Between Tradition and Modernity (October 17-18, 2013; Helsinki)
Deadline: September 1, 2013
Development of Russian Law-VI: Between Tradition and Modernity
International Conference
October 17-18, 2013
Faculty of Law
University of Helsinki
Call for papers
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Job: One-year job opening at Colgate University (Russian & Russian studies)
Application review begins on May 15, 2013
The Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies at Colgate University invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor, beginning fall semester 2013. We seek a dynamic scholar with an interest in teaching language, literature, and area studies courses in an interdisciplinary environment. The successful candidate will teach second-year Russian and a variety of literature and culture courses.
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CFP: The Krytyka Institute Journal of Ukrainian Politics and Society
Te Krytyka Institute (Kyiv, Ukraine) is proud to announce the launch of the first peer-reviewed English-language scholarly journal with a focus on Ukrainian social sciences - the Journal of Ukrainian Politics and Society (JUPS).
The project will be headed by a team of young scholars in political science, serving as Editors-in-Chief: Dr. Nadiya Kravets and Dr. Olga Onuch. The journal has attracted a number of internationally acclaimed scholars to serve on the Journal’s Editorial Board (please find full list below). The Journal has announced its first Call for Submissions (please find below).
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Call for Applications: East European Studies Short-term Research Grant Competition
Deadline: June 1, 2013
East European Studies Short-term Research Scholarships
Call for Applications
The Wilson Center's European Studies Program is now accepting applications for the EES Short-term Grant competition, which is open to academic experts and practitioners, including advanced graduate students, engaged in specialized research requiring access to Washington, DC and its research institutions. Grants are for one month and include residence at the Wilson Center. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, in order to be considered eligible for this grant opportunity. The deadline for this grant cycle is: June 1, 2013.
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May 01, 2013
Scholarship: Fulbright Scholar Grant Opportunities to Central/Eastern Europe and Eurasia AY 2014-15
Deadline: August 1, 2013
The competition for U.S. Fulbright Scholar awards to Central Europe, the Baltics, Southeastern Europe, the Balkans, and Eurasia is now open. Applications for the 2014-15 academic year are currently being accepted from all levels of faculty and professionals, including early career.
The list below is only a sample of the approx. 125 different types of awards offered in 24 countries in the region.
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April 25, 2013
Study Abroad: Summer Course of Polish Language and Culture
The Bergiani school, working in the interests of the development of Polish language and culture, invites you to attend a Summer Course of Polish Language and Culture. Courses combine Polish language teaching with interesting aspects of Polish culture. Anyone interested in the program educational tours to Poland is welcome.
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Job: Instructor position at the Rutgers Russian and East European Program, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)
Priority given to applications on file by May 20, 2013
The Department of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ) invites applications for a full-time non-tenure-track one-year position as Instructor in the Russian and East European Program, effective Fall 2013 (subject to budgetary approval). The appointee will teach a range of undergraduate courses in Russian literature and culture and in beginning Russian. The teaching load is six courses (3 + 3), two of which will be the first-year language sequence. The appointed Instructor is expected to participate in the life of the program, help organize student events, and advise students. For more information about the program, please see http://reell.rutgers.edu/.
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Job: Lecturer in Russian Language, Literature and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania in Spring, 2014
Application review begins on May 15, 2013
Lecturer in Russian Language, Literature and Culture
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures invites applications for a full-time, one-semester Lecturer position for Spring 2014. This position will be responsible for three courses in Russian language and Russian intellectual/cultural history. Necessary qualifications include native or near-native Russian and English, experience in teaching Russian literature/culture and Russian language at all levels; Ph.D. in Russian Language, Literature and/or Cultural History is preferred. (ABDs will be considered.)
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Study Abroad: New Master of Arts Degree Program in Central Asian Studies (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
The American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and its
Central Asian Studies Institute are happy to announce the opening of a new
MA program in Central Asian Studies in Fall 2013. The program will provide
students with a critical understanding of past and present social,
political, economic and cultural processes in Central Asia and a
proficiency in a local language at a level allowing them to conduct
independent research or professional work. Students enrolled in
the program become part of a vibrant academic and research community and
are offered the possibility, through the ongoing series of meetings,
lectures, seminars and round tables, to meet key political actors and
experts and to get in touch with a variety of visiting scholars.
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CFP: Workshop and publication: 'Dropping out of Socialism': Alternative Cultures in the Soviet Bloc, 1956-1991
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Call for Proposals
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/research/dropping-out/events/conference/
Workshop and publication: 'Dropping out of Socialism': Alternative Cultures in the Soviet Bloc, 1956-1991
Much emphasis has been placed in recent years on questions of conformity and everyday ordinariness in socialist societies. This project aims to look at increasingly forgotten elements in these societies: those who did not conform, did not live the ordinary life, yet were also part of the late socialist everyday. Ranging from teddy boys, hippies and punks to non-conformist artists, Buddhists, yoga teachers or lesbian and gay communities, the list of 'drop-outs' is long and varied, yet in danger of being buried by histories that left better documentation and more archival traces. We intend to write these individuals and groups into the newly emerging history of late socialism and examine both their internal functioning as well as their complex relationship with mainstream society and socialist authorities. Was it possible to drop out from socialist society? How far could one distance oneself from the realties of late socialist life? What does the existence of alternative cultures and their
daily practices say about the last three decades of socialism in Europe? Did they hasten its decline - or were they indeed a factor in its longevity?
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CFP: Post-Dissident Studies: Between Collaboration and Dissent in Central Europe, Graduate Student Conference, September 20th – 22nd, 2013, Harvard
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Post-Dissident Studies: Between Collaboration and Dissent in Central Europe
A Graduate Student Conference, September 20th – 22nd, 2013
Sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
In the years since the fall of Communism in East Germany, Central Europe, and the Soviet Union, a new space has opened for critical approaches to oppositional, dissident, and unofficial literature. Not only do new historical sources such as state archives contextualize the process of creating literary texts within Communist states, but the twenty years since the collapse of the Soviet Bloc provide necessary critical distance. Defining writers exclusively in terms of their opposition obscures nuanced views of the philosophical, aesthetic, and political constructions offered in their texts. This conference sets out to establish a new vision of evaluating official, unofficial, and semi-official authors, texts, and media that challenges the rhetoric of a dissident and non-dissident binary.
Panels will be organized around time periods or on thematic bases grouping scholars who work on similar concepts in different national literatures. Papers establishing connections between East German authors and writers located beyond the GDR’s borders are especially encouraged.
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FUNDING STILL AVAILABLE FOR SWSEEL: THE SUMMER LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
The priority deadline has passed, but applications for admissions and funding are still being accepted. Late funding applications will be considered after the first round of applications has been reviewed and pending the availability of funds.
ALL participants pay IN-STATE TUITION
Undergraduate Indiana residents qualify for an ADDITIONAL 25% TUITION REDUCTION
Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Awards now available for undergraduate students of Russian (third year and higher) and for graduate students of Russian, Tatar, Georgian, Polish, Romanian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Yiddish
Classes meet June 3-July 26, 2013. Level 1 Russian and all levels of Arabic start May 28, 2013.
Please see http://www.indiana.edu/~swseel/ for more information and to apply.
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CFP: "Conceptualizing the Human," Student Conference, Princeton Univ, Oct 18-19, 2013
Deadline: June 14, 2013
Conceptualizing the Human is an interdisciplinary conference dedicated to the changing concept of the human in Slavic and Eurasian culture. While scholars, including Slavicist Mikhail Epstein, have recently devoted much attention to the “crisis in the humanities,” our conference will turn to the many ways in which “the human” has been perceived, re-imagined, interrogated, and critiqued.
The 1917 revolution induced a radical re-evaluation of what it meant to be human among Russian intellectuals. In the Soviet Union, writers like Platonov, Bulgakov, and Zamiatin envisioned how the human being might transform itself under changing social conditions. New technologies influenced Gastev’s and Vertov's close scrutiny of the mechanics of human action. In the first Czechoslovak Republic, Karel Čapek posed the question of what it means to be human in physical and cognitive terms in his science-fiction prose, as well as in terms of ethical judgment and the pursuit of truth in his mid-1930s trilogy. Earlier, thinkers such as Fyodorov, Chernyshevsky, Dostoevsky, and the Decembrists incorporated fantasies or critiques of the “new man” into their thought, while contemporary writers like Sorokin and Pelevin have used images of physical violence to challenge traditional notions of human dignity.
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CFP: Collaboration in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust (December 5-7, 2013, Vienna, Austria)
Deadline: June 2, 2013
International Conference: Simon Wiesenthal Conference 2013
Collaboration in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust
December 5-7, 2013, Vienna, Austria
Organizers
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI)
Call for Papers
The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies invite applications for an interdisciplinary conference on complicity and collaboration in World War II and the Holocaust in the eastern part of Europe. The conference will be held December 5-7, 2013 in Vienna. This three-day conference will bring together scholars from all disciplines working on complicity and collaboration in a number of Eastern European countries to share their research with each other and the public. The conference will consist of two and a half days of presentations and roundtable discussions open to the public, and one half day of workshop sessions.
The conference seeks to highlight new research on the complexity and dynamics of complicity and collaboration in such areas as mass killing and other atrocities; forced and slave labor; everyday life on the front and under occupation; plunder, robbery, and expropriation; the radicalization of local politics during Nazi occupation; and understudied victims.
Applicants interested in presenting a paper should be currently researching or completing projects exploring the topics and issues listed above, broadly understood. Proposals on new, previously unpublished research are welcome from scholars in all relevant academic disciplines, including doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy. Successful applicants will be required to submit a copy of their presentation in advance of the conference for circulation among commentators, other panelists, and conference participants.
The conference will be conducted in English and German.
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Postdoc positions: Russian Language Technology and Russian Linguistics, University of Tromso, Norway
Deadline: May 30, 2013
The University of Tromsø, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences andEducation, has a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position vacant. The position is attached to the CLEAR (Cognitive Linguistics: Empirical Approaches to Russian) and Giellatekno (Center for Saami Language Technology) research groups in the Department of Language and Linguistics.
The position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow is a fixed term position for a period of three years. The main objective of the appointment as a post-doctoral research fellow is to qualify for work in a senior academic position. No one may be appointed to more than one fixed term period as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the same institution.
Further information about the position is available by contacting the Department Chair Endre Mørck, tlf. 776 44238, e-post: endre.morck@uit.no and Professor Trond Trosterud tlf. 776 44763, e-post: trond.trosterud@uit.no.
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Call for Papers: Food for Thought, Culture and Cuisine in Russia and Eastern Europe 1800-the present, Symposium at the University of Texas
Deadline: May 30, 2013
Symposium at the University of Texas – February 7-8, 2014
The Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies in cooperation with the Department of History and the Center for European Studies at the University of Texas at Austin are hosting a one-two day symposium on the culture of food in the Russian Empire (and Soviet Union) and its successor states as well as “Eastern Europe” broadly defined. Drawing on a wide range of sources and disciplines, speakers will explore how patterns of food cultivation, preparation, and consumption are embedded in local, national, and trans-national cultural configurations. Scholars from all disciplines are welcome to apply, but organizers especially welcome contributions from history, literary and cultural (including film and media) studies, and anthropology. We hope to reexamine the history and culture of the region through the lens of its food—that is, cultural attitudes, marketing and packaging, memories and representations of particular foods, patterns of eating, cultural dietary restrictions, or local cultural difference that were expressed through divergent patterns of food preparation and consumption. How was food as “tradition” experienced, how was its cultivation and production gendered, how was it tied to religious or ethnic differentiation, in what ways was it processed, “packaged” or otherwise modernized—for example, tied to global patterns and flows. How was it tied to private and public socialization—the kitchen versus the restaurant or cafeteria and what did this mean for local or national cultures? How was food depicted in film and literature, described in cookbooks, marketed at home and abroad?
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April 19, 2013
CFP: Institute for Linguistic Studies "Constructional & Lexical Semantic Approaches to Russian"
Deadline: June 1, 2013
The Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, announces the 3rd conference "Constructional & Lexical Semantic Approaches to Russian" to be held in St Petersburg, September 12-14, 2013.
This conference central theme focuses on the relation between formal properties of various syntactic constructions in the Russian and their semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties.
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April 16, 2013
CFP: Call for applications for MEEUC Visiting Research Fellowships 2013-2014
Deadline: May 31, 2013
The Research Fellowship Programme supports visiting fellows at the Monash European and EU Centre (MEEUC) at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. This initiative enables noted international scholars, Australian and international postgraduate students to undertake research on EU themes at the MEEUC and to participate in its research, teaching and outreach activities.
For International Research Fellows, grants of up to A$6000 are available to assist with travel and accommodation, for periods of one month or more.
For Domestic Research Fellows, grants of up to A$2000 are available, for periods of up to one month.
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CFP: Journal of Labor and Immigration
Deadline: May 30, 2013
The Journal of Labor and Immigration is now looking to publish exceptional academic papers that exemplify the Journal’s purpose! The Journal of Labor and Immigration aims to shift the immigration discussion to a systemic level by exploring the intersections between labor and migration. The Journal hopes to highlight the causal role of policy in creating the conditions for migration.
Drawing from a variety of disciplines, the Journal encourages applicants of all academic levels to submit papers in the Social Sciences and Humanities and on a range of topics across all geographic regions. These might include: Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Economic Development, Ethnic Studies, History, International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, etc. In an increasingly globalized world, it is important to draw upon a broad array of expertise in order to advance our knowledge of the role of borders, labor, and migration will play in the upcoming years.
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Study Abroad: Summer School for Foreign Students,National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Deadline: May 25, 2013
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA)
SUMMER SCHOOL FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS
“BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN UNIONS: DETERMINANTS, ASPECTS AND
CONSEQUENCES OF
UKRAINE'S POST-SOVIET TRANSFORMATION”
All information regarding the program can be found here: http://dfc.ukma.kiev.ua/coming-to-naukma/international-summer-programs/between-the-european-and-eurasian-unions
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April 15, 2013
CFP Masterclass: The ‘New Authoritarianism’: Russia and China in Comparative Perspective
Deadline: 1 June 2013
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences invites applications for the Masterclass “The ‘New Authoritarianism’: Modern Authoritarian Regimes in Comparative Perspective”, which will take place at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam on 26-27 November 2013.
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April 12, 2013
CFP: 13th Aleksanteri Conference: Russia and the World (Oct 23-25, 2013)
DEADLINE: May 15, 2013
RUSSIA AND THE WORLD
The 13th Annual Aleksanteri Conference
October 23 -- 25, 2013, University of Helsinki, Finland
The conference will address several themes related to Russia's foreign
and security policy as well as the nexus between domestic and
international factors. Can we talk about modernization of Russian
foreign policy? How has Russian foreign policy changed? How is Russia
developing its relations to major international power centres? How is it
dealing with its neighbours? How does it address new global issues? Is
Russia's global role on the rise or in decline? Is it possible to
develop a reliable theory of Russia's foreign policy?
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Call for Submissions: Fifth Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize, Society for Romanian Studies
Deadline: July 1, 2013
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
SOCIETY FOR ROMANIAN STUDIES
2013 GRADUATE STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE
The Society for Romanian Studies is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize competition for an outstanding unpublished essay or thesis chapter written in English by a graduate student in any social science or humanities discipline on a Romanian subject. The 2013 prize, consisting of $300, will be presented at the ASEEES National Convention in Boston. The competition is open to current M.A. and doctoral students or to those who defended dissertations in the academic year 2012-2013. If the essay is a seminar paper, it must have been written in 2012-2013. If the essay is a dissertation chapter, it should be accompanied by the dissertation abstract and table of contents. Essays/chapters should be between 25 and 50 pages double spaced, including reference matter. Expanded versions of conference papers are also acceptable if accompanied by a description of the panel and the candidate's conference paper proposal. Candidates should clearly indicate the format of the essay submitted. If you have questions, contact Roland Clark at clarkrol@easternct.edu.
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April 05, 2013
CFP: Summer University Prague 2013
Deadline: June 28, 2013 (preliminary)
Summer University Prague 2013, taking place at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) during September 2013 (September 7 – 22). Its topic is "East goes west – West goes east?: Searching for a new European order after 1990”. This study programme is internationally acknowledged and recognized, successful participants will be given 12 ECTS. For detailed information on what the program consist of and the application process please see our official homepage http://summer-university.fsv.cuni.cz
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Job: Acquisitions Editor for BiblioRossica
Academic Studies Press (http://academicstudiespress.com/) is seeking a
specialist to work as Acquisitions Editor for the press’s eBook portal,
BiblioRossica (www.bibliorossica.com).
The Associate Acquisitions Editor will be responsible for acquiring new
titles and collections from domestic and international presses to build the
BiblioRossica database.
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CFP: Post-Soviet Order & Revolution ('Ideology & Politics', 15.10.13)
Deadline: October 15, 2013
The Ideology and Politics Journal is dedicated to the analysis of
ideologies in its political, social and conceptual forms. Devoted to the
advancement of understanding of socio-political processes in post-Soviet
Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine – and wider former Soviet Union’s
space, Journal deals with the ideological and intellectual issues arising
in the course of formation of new societies. The Ideology and Politics
Journal encourages discussion of the
historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of political action, with the
intention to contribute to both the advancement of interdisciplinary
research of contemporary ideologies, and the promotion of a good politics
in countries of the region.
The Ideology and Politics Journal is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary
journal issued two times a year. The Journal is published in electronic
form.
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CFP Conference: International Conference on Endangered Languages in Europe, Minde, Portugal, October 2013
Deadline: May 31, 2013
The online registration for the International Conference on Endangered Languages in Europe that will take place in Minde (Portugal) in October 2013 is now open: http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/registration-fees/.
The early fee registration will end on the 30th of August. The deadline for abstract submission is May 31st.
For further information please consult http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/
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Job: Summer 2013 Intensive Polish Language Instructor, University of Pittsburgh
POLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR needed for the Russian and East European Summer Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. The instructor will teach beginning or intermediate intensive Polish, five hours per day, five days per week during the period from June 3 through July 12, 2013. Experience required. Non-resident applicants can be considered only if they qualify for CPT or OPT status. Applicants should send CV to: Christine Metil, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, by email: Slavic@pitt.edu.
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Call for Papers: ASPASIA/ 9: Rethinking Empire from Eastern Europe
DEADLINE: September 15, 2013
The /ASPASIA/ Editors invite submissions on the theme of gender and
empire in Eastern Europe for /ASPASIA/ vol. 9, with Susan Zimmermann
(CEU) as guest-editor.
Gendered imperialism within Eastern Europe has received little
attention from scholars. We hope this theme section will address this
omission and inspire exciting new perspectives on gender and empire in
Eastern Europe. We see several particular lacunae in the existing
literature. First, while scholars have investigated the entanglement
of nation, nationalism, nation-building and gender in Eastern Europe,
there is hardly any research on how actors identifying with dominant
communities have silently or visibly related to gender, in view of
their own and other communities. Second, integrative research into
gendered imperialism has been rare in relation to both competing and
parallel imperialisms within the region, as well as regarding the
consequences of the secondary global status of Eastern European
Empires for rethinking empire from Eastern Europe. Third, while there
has been an interest in counter-hegemonic intellectual (populist,
socialist, "third-worldist" ...) traditions in East European history,
this research has not focused on the gendered dimensions of these
intellectual traditions nor on the politics positively related to
these intellectual traditions. The history of state-socialist thinking
and politics of course forms one important exception, although also in
this case the "anti-imperial" dimension of the related gender project
has been rather neglected. Fourth, post-empire has more often than not
been investigated in terms of national histories or unspecified
"entangled" national histories, with ongoing imperial relationships
exiled into "context" or altogether absent. Hence, another research
lacuna is the gender of post-empire political settings in both
national and imperial, and more recently unequally globalized
configurations.
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April 02, 2013
Courses: New Master of Arts Degree Program in Central Asian Studies
The American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and its Central Asian Studies Institute are happy to announce the opening of a new MA program in Central Asian Studies in Fall 2013. The program will provide students with a critical understanding of past and present social, political, economic and cultural processes in Central Asia and a proficiency in a local language at a level allowing them to conduct independent research or professional work. Students enrolled in the program become part of a vibrant academic and research community and are offered the possibility, through the ongoing series of meetings, lectures, seminars and round tables, to meet key political actors and experts and to get in touch with a variety of visiting scholars.
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Job: Lectureship in Russian at the University of Exeter, UK
Interviews expected to take place during the week commencing Monday 20th May 2013
The Times Higher Education described Exeter as 'a rising star among research-intensive institutions'.
This full-time, permanent post of Lecturer in Russian will contribute to extending the research profile of Russian and Modern Languages at Exeter.
The successful applicant will hold a PhD in any area of Russian Studies and have an independent, internationally-recognised research programme in an active field of Russian Studies research related or complementary to existing Exeter strengths. He/she will be able to demonstrate the following qualities and characteristics: a strong record in attracting research funding, or demonstrable potential to attract such funding, teamwork skills to work in collaboration with existing group members, an active and supportive approach to inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research that will help to foster interactions and links both within the University and externally, the attitude and ability to engage in continuous professional development, the aptitude to develop familiarity with a variety of strategies to promote and assess learning and enthusiasm for delivering undergraduate programmes.
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April 01, 2013
Announcement: Wilson Center Launches a New Digital Archive of declassified official documents
The Wilson Center has launched a new Digital Archive of declassified official documents from nearly 100 different archives in dozens of countries that provide fresh, unprecedented insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy.The new website features uniquely powerful new search tools, an intuitive user-interface, and new educational resources such as timelines, analysis from leading experts, and biographies of significant historical figures.
Topics include the Cold War, Sino-Soviet relations, etc.
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March 21, 2013
CFP: The Nomadic Storytellers a Chance to Contribute
Kamayani Gupta, an alum of UofM is in the process of composing a travel story website called "The Nomadic Storytellers," that would allow people who have traveled for a long period of time a space to talk/tell each other about their experiences.
Kamayani is asking current Michigan students and faculty to help contribute to this website and tell their different stories from their study abroad experiences and vacations to foreign countries.
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Study Abroad: Summer School of the Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian language (Sarajevo, 22 July 22 - August 2, 2013)
Deadline: June 1, 2013 (for best price)
The Fifth Summer School of the BCS language in Sarajevo
22 July - 2 August, 2013
The Association Linguists is organising the fifth edition of the
Summer School of the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language this year.
The school lasts for two weeks, and consists of 40 classes of grammar
and conversation. Additional activities include cooking and folklore
workshops, translation classes, as well as a visit to a museum and a
regional film screening. This year, instead of paying a visit to
Mostar, we will travel to Travnik and Jajce, as a part of a one-day
field trip.
In case you are interested in taking more than the 40 classes that the
original Summer School offers, please let us know when you apply -
this year we are organising the additional 20 classes (60 classes in
total)! Our students will be able to opt for additional 5 days of
learning BCS with us, from 5 to 9 August.
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Announcement: AWSS 2013 Graduate Essay Prize
Deadline: September 1, 2013
The Association for Women in Slavic Studies is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Graduate Essay Prize.
The Graduate Essay Prize is awarded to a chapter or article-length essay on any topic in any field or area of Slavic/East European/Central Asian Studies written by a woman, or on a topic in Slavic/East European/Central Asian Women's/Gender Studies written by a woman or a man. This competition is open to current doctoral students and to those who defended a doctoral dissertation in 2012-2013. If the essay is a seminar paper, it must have been written during the academic year 2012-2013. If the essay is a dissertation chapter, it should be accompanied by the dissertation abstract and table of contents. Previous submissions and published materials are ineligible. Essays should be no longer than 50 double-spaced pages, including reference matter, and in English. The deadline for submissions is September, 1 2013. Complete instructions on how to submit an essay for consideration may be found on the AWSS website
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Course: Summer Institute for Sexualities, Cultures and Politics, August 2013, Ohrid, Macedonia
Deadlines: April 20 and May 20, 2013
The Euro-Balkan University (Skopje, Macedonia) in cooperation with the Faculty for Media and Communications at Singidunum University (Belgrade, Serbia)
Announces the CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the
OHRID SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2013
SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR SEXUALITIES, CULTURES, AND POLITICS
(August 15-21 2013, Ohrid, Macedonia)
CONFIRMED LECTURERS
- Didier Eribon (School of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the
University of Amiens, Paris, France)
- Antke Engel (Institute for Queer Theory, Hamburg/Berlin, Germany)
- Tomasz Sikora (Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland)
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Call for Papers: Verges: Germanic & Slavic Studies in Review
Deadline: June 22, 2013
Verges: Germanic & Slavic Studies in Review, an online and open-access graduate student journal run by graduate students at the University of Victoria’s Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, is now accepting submissions for Volume 2, Issue 2 to be published in November/December 2013. For this issue, we encourage graduate (and upper-level undergraduate) students to submit.
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Call for Contributors: Anthropology News: Soyuz Network for Postsocialist Studies Column
Articles should be no longer than 1000 words and should not include
footnotes or specialized jargon. Photos are encouraged, as are other forms
of multimedia.
Anthropology News style guidelines can be found here:
http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/style-guide/. Columns may be
edited for length and clarity.
Please submit potential columns to the contributing editor at
kghodsee@bowdoin.edu.
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COURSES: 2013 Summer Intensive Language Program at the Monterey Institute
We offer programs offer intensive language instruction for participants with a variety of academic or non-academic goals. Whether you are planning to study or work abroad, or just wish to strengthen your skills so you can enroll in higher-level courses at your home institute, our intensive and custom language programs might be just what you are looking for. We offer summer language programs in 6 languages (www.miis.edu/academics/language/summer), as well as customized one-on-one and small group language training programs in common and less-commonly taught languages (www.miis.edu/academics/language/custom). These programs are open to anyone interested in language study and development of cross-cultural understanding.
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March 15, 2013
CFP: Exploring the ‘Grey Zones’: Governance, Conflict and (In)Security in Eastern Europe (Aarhus University, Denmark, 1-2. November 2013)
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Within the last two decades, countries in Eastern Europe have undergone a wide range of changes in the areas of geo-political relocations and relations. We have witnessed attempts to establish liberal democracies, re-orientations from planned to market economies, and a political desire to create ‘new states’ and internationally minded ‘new citizens’. While parts of the populations have benefitted from these developments, other parts have instead experienced increasing poverty, unemployment and social insecurity.
Today we see that people in such vulnerable positions are increasingly relying on normative coping and semi-autonomous strategies, sometimes even crime and violence, in order to obtain the security and social guarantees they feel deprived of in their present day societies. Such processes testify to a paradoxical situation between, one the one hand, the political attempts to create well-functioning, modern civil societies and, on the other hand, reliance on normative laws on the margins of society.
In this conference we wish to explore the aspects of everyday uncertainty, which we define as ‘grey zones’. This term refers to the ambiguities, insecurities and contradictions which lead to responses and strategies challenging perceptions of legality and illegality. Within anthropology, ‘grey zones’ have been conceived of in relation to political corruption (Robertson 2006) and zones of ambiguity related to violence (Roy 2008). Yet, we propose to expand the term to include situations where uncertainty and ambiguity have become part and parcel of everyday life and where the indefinable becomes that which defines the situation.
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CFP: Radical Nationalism in Ukraine Yesterday and Today
Deadlines: June 1, 2013 (for non-Russian papers yet to be translated); July 1, 2013 (for Russian papers)
ZIMOS, the Institute for Central and East European Studies of The Catholic
University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, in Upper Bavaria, invites research
papers for its interdisciplinary Russian-language open-access web journal
"Forum for Contemporary East European History and Culture"
http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forumruss.html.
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CFP: REGION: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
REGION is a peer-reviewed international journal that explores the
history and current political, economic, social, and cultural affairs
of the entire former Soviet bloc. In particular, the journal focuses
on various facets of transformation at the local and national levels
in the aforementioned regions, as well as the changing character of
their relationships with the rest of world in the context of
glocalization. The following topics are most prominently featured:
Regional identities in globalized societies
Communication and transmission of information
Migration and boundaries
Transition: politics, economy, society, and culture
Imagined territories: cyber space, urban vs. rural, center vs. periphery,
etc.
Inter-regional cooperation
Identities in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, memories, and nostalgia
This journal is distinguished from others in similar fields by its
(g)locally oriented perspective. This journal will regularly give a
certain portion of space to articles on concrete local issues written
by local Eurasianist scholars.
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Job: Russian instructor position at Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Deadline: May 15, 2013
The Faculty of Philology at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow seeks to hire a Russian Language instructor/Program Developer in the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful applicant would help the Center develop its programs for the study of Russian as a Foreign Language at different levels, Intensive Russian, Russian for Heritage Speakers, and Theory of Russian language instruction.
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Study abroad: Summer Russian Language Program at Maxim Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow
Deadline: June 21, 2013
The Russian Language Department at Maxim Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow, Russia offers a 4 week summer Russian language program for 2nd and 3rd year students of Russian.
Program dates: July 22 – August 23, 2013.
Students should arrive in Moscow on July 20 - 21.
The program consists of three modules:
Module I. Russian Language with a Focus on Communicative Strategies: 12 hours / week.
Module II. Russian language through the Cinema: 4 hours / week.
Module III. Russian Language through the Literature: 4 hours / week.
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CFP Conference: International Turgut Ozal Congress on Business, Economics and Political Science
Deadline: May 15, 2013
International Turgut Ozal Congress
on Business, Economics and Political Science
Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, TURKEY
1-3 November 2013
International Turgut Ozal Congress on Business, Economics and Political Science (INTOC) is organized by Turgut Ozal University in cooperation with universities from three continents and sponsored by prominent public and scientific institutions and international peer reviewed indexed journals. This congress is dedicated to perpetuate the vision and legacy of Turgut Ozal, the 8th President of Republic of Turkey, who devoted his life to humanity, international peace and democracy.
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CFP: Ab Imperio Journal
Deadlines: direct questions to office@abimperio.net or ai_us@abimperio.net
Ab Imperio editors would like to invite manuscript submissions to their annual program in 2013. Guidelines for submission can be found at http://abimperio.net/cgi-bin/aishow.pl?state=portal/contributor&idlang=1
Please, direct all questions to office@abimperio.net or ai_us@abimperio.net
2013 annual theme: Freedom and Empire: Dialectics of Diversity and Homogeneity in Complex Societies
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March 14, 2013
CFP: Exploring the ‘Grey Zones’: Governance, Conflict and (In)Security in Eastern Europe (Aarhus University, Denmark, 1-2. November 2013)
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Within the last two decades, countries in Eastern Europe have undergone a wide range of changes in the areas of geo-political relocations and relations. We have witnessed attempts to establish liberal democracies, re-orientations from planned to market economies, and a political desire to create ‘new states’ and internationally minded ‘new citizens’. While parts of the populations have benefitted from these developments, other parts have instead experienced increasing poverty, unemployment and social insecurity.
Today we see that people in such vulnerable positions are increasingly relying on normative coping and semi-autonomous strategies, sometimes even crime and violence, in order to obtain the security and social guarantees they feel deprived of in their present day societies. Such processes testify to a paradoxical situation between, one the one hand, the political attempts to create well-functioning, modern civil societies and, on the other hand, reliance on normative laws on the margins of society.
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Job: Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Humanities and Russian Studies at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Applications accepted until position is filled
The Program in Comparative Humanities and the Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Bucknell University invites applications for a one-year position in Comparative Humanities and Russian Studies at the visiting assistant professor level beginning in Fall 2013. The successful candidate should be a native or near-native speaker of Russian, with experience teaching both Western Humanities and Russian language and culture on the college level, and should be ABD or already have gained the Ph.D in Russian, Comparative Literature, or a related field. The candidate will be expected to teach Russian language, literature, and film, as well as interdisciplinary courses in the Western Humanities from the Classical period to the 20th century. The teaching load is three courses per semester.
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Job: University of Michigan Students to Volunteer at a Russian Summer Camp
Tired of the same old boring job during the summer? Looking for a challenging program to encourage you to step outside of your comfort zone? The CCUSA Camp Counselor Russia Program may be just what you need. For eighteen years, we have offered this adventurous, challenging program to those who want to work as a counselor in a Russian summer youth camp.
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Job: Looking for Russian Student
Attorney with adopted son from Russian is seeking a student (preferably from Russia) who speaks Russian to teach his son the language as well as house work and possibly cooking healthy meals in exchange for room and board. The arrangement is all up for negotiations. The 4,000 square foot home is located on the boarder of Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor close to I94.
For more information contact Trisha at: (724)635-0727
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February 25, 2013
Job: Russian Language Instructor, Summer Intensive Language Program, Monterey
Language Instructor – Russian
Summer Intensive Language Program
Position dates: June 13-August 9, 2013
The Summer Intensive Language Program (SILP) provides beginning, intermediate level, and some advanced language instruction in an intensive format to approximately 160 undergraduate and graduate students as well as professionals for 8 weeks every summer. Under supervision of the Language Program Coordinator and the SILP Director, language instructors provide intensive instruction through a communicative approach to language teaching using authentic contexts, assessments and materials for the Summer Intensive Language Program.
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February 19, 2013
Courses: Summer 2013 Russian, Portland State U
Portland State University is pleased to announce that it will offer Intensive First-Year, Second-Year and Third-Year Russian in Summer 2013 as well as Russian Culture Courses taught by International visiting Professor, Dr Alexander Kochetkov from the Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod.
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Study Abroad: World of Young People: Universals and Specifics, Bashkortostan, Russia
Deadline: June 15, 2013
The Summer Camp Program for Students and other young people (18-35 years old) is a ten-day international program held at “University in Mountains”, Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M. Akmulla on August 5-14, 2013. The Summer Camp Program consists of 4 parts: debates (roundtable talks) on vital issues concerning present day life of young people (morning and afternoon sessions), local craft workshops (Russian and Bashkir crafts), sport and hiking activities (horse riding, sport games, tourist safari) and entertaining part (talk shows, musical and dance presentations, disco dances). The monitors of panel discussions will include local as well as foreign professors from outside BSPU. Languages of communication: English and Russian.
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Courses: Summer 2013 Language and Study-Abroad Opportunities, ASU CLI
Deadline: May 24, 2013
The Arizona State University Critical Languages Institute is now accepting applications on a rolling basis for summer study in ALBANIAN, ARMENIAN, BOSNIAN CROATIAN SERBIAN, PERSIAN, POLISH, RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN and UZBEK.
Russian and Ukrainian classes are held in 8-week sessions overseas. Other classes combine 7-weeks of study in Arizona with (optional) 4-week programs in country.
Courses award 8-11 ASU credits.
Courses are tuition free, but study-abroad fees and summer fees of $850 apply.
Rolling admission deadline is May 24.
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Courses: List of US-based summer programs in Slavic and East European languages
The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian annual list of US-based Summer 2013 programs in Russian, Slavic, and other East European languages is posted on the CCPCR Summer Program website at: http://www1.american.edu/research/CCPCR/Summer%20programs.htm
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