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March 27, 2013
Internship: International Training Intern
Deadline: April 26, 2013
Organization: The Global Knowledge Initiative
Website: www.globalknowledgeinitiative.org
Location: Washington, DC
Start Date: May 20, 2013 (Flexible)
Internship Length: 6-12 Months (intern will be involved in a number of longer-term projects, so
it is important to have a sufficiently long internship tenure)
Paid/Unpaid: Unpaid, international travel opportunities possible
Weekly Time Commitment: 40 hours per week during Summer 2013 (during school year,
drops to 20 hours per week)
The Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) – www.globalknowledgeinitiative.org - is a Washington,
DC-based not-for-profit organization. Our mission is to forge, optimize and sustain knowledge
partnerships between people and institutions of higher education and research. We catalyze
purpose-driven networks to solve development challenges pertinent to science, technology, and
innovation (STI). We take a three-phase approach to achieving our mission: (1) locating critical
resources required for scientific research, teaching, and innovation to address shared
challenges, (2) enabling partners to collaborate through competitions, trainings, and capacity
building initiatives, (3) connecting resource seekers together with the global network of problem
solvers to bring solutions to scale. GKI is piloting its programs and services in East and Southern
Africa and Southeast Asia, in partnership with organizations in the US and Europe. These
programs focus on challenges across a multi-disciplinary spectrum, and include areas such as
agricultural production in Rwanda, rainwater harvesting in Kenya, water availability/quality in
Malaysia, higher education capacity building in Tanzania, and a number of other development
challenges.
The Global Knowledge Initiative seeks a passionate and enthusiastic person keen to support
international development through the application of science, technology, and innovation. The
intern will support GKI through research, writing, and performance of communication and outreach
tasks germane to innovation training in GKI’s target geographies, likely East and Southern Africa
or Southeast Asia. In particular, the intern will undertake curriculum development, training
program design, and communication as related to GKI’s global training program. The intern will gain
experience in international development project management and professional capacity building,
while being exposed to an extensive network of international experts in foreign policy,
development, and scientific and technical fields. Interns will be eligible for paid travel to an
international pilot project (this is not guaranteed, but has been available to some interns in the
past).
The ideal candidate should have a broad interest in international development and leveraging
international networks to solve development challenges. Specific interest or experience in GKI’s
target geographies and/or professional training is a plus. The intern must display excellent
English written and oral skills, with demonstrated interpersonal and organizational abilities. A
candidate for this position must be able to work in a varied, fast-paced environment, both in a
team and independently. This internship is unique in its scope and in the potential
for
international travel and professional growth — as such, it requires a level of dedication,
creativity, and leadership beyond what is expected in many internships.
Responsibilities:
-‐ Research and produce training modules pertinent to innovation, collaboration,
international development, etc
-‐ Support design of professional training programs targeting different users (e.g.,
policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs)
-‐ Assist in training international partners on collaborative innovation
-‐ Write press releases and reports for the GKI website, and for dissemination to
media outlets and development professionals
-‐ Communicate regularly with international and domestic partners on behalf of GKI
leadership
-‐ Provide administrative and logistical support as needed
Qualifications:
- In pursuit of a Master’s degree (or Ph.D.) in a field relevant to innovation for development.
This may include but is not limited to: international development, international science and
technology policy, international education / instructional design, international business, or any
scientific or technical fields (e.g. engineering,
biological sciences)
- Experience or career interest in international development
- Experience or career interest in innovation and global networks a plus
- Experience or career interest in professional training a plus
- Experience working in or knowledge of one or more of the pilot geographies in which GKI works
(East and Southern Africa, Southeast Asia) a plus
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Outstanding English written and oral communication skills; ability to synthesize data
concisely and accurately
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a varied, fast-paced environment
- Flexibility and adaptability; willingness to take on new challenges and learn new skills
- Preference will be given to candidates who can provide their own laptop
Application Process:
To apply, please send a one-page cover letter, resume, a short writing sample (no more than 2
pages), and indicate 2-3 references to Andrew Gerard, GKI Program Officer, at
andrew.gerard@gkinitiative.org. The cover letter should express your qualifications,
experience, and interest in this position. Candidates should refer to GKI’s website at:
www.globalknowledgeinitiative.org and blog at: http://www.globalknowledgeblog.wordpress.com to
learn more about the organization’s mission and programs. Resumes will be accepted
through April 26, 2013. The preferred start-date is May 20, 2013.
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Internship: International Program Intern
Deadline: April 26, 2013
Organization: The Global Knowledge Initiative
Website: www.globalknowledgeinitiative.org
Location: Washington, DC
Start Date: May 20, 2013 (Flexible)
Internship Length: 6-12 Months (intern will be involved in a number of longer-term projects, so
it is important to have a sufficiently long internship tenure)
Paid/Unpaid: Unpaid, international travel opportunities possible
Weekly Time Commitment: 40 hours per week during Summer 2013 (during school year,
drops to 20 hours per week)
The Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) –
www.globalknowledgeinitiative.org - is a Washington,
DC-based not-for-profit organization. Our mission is to forge, optimize and sustain knowledge
partnerships between people and institutions of higher education and research. We catalyze
purpose-driven networks to solve development challenges pertinent to science, technology, and
innovation (STI). We take a three-phase approach to achieving our mission: (1) locating critical
resources required for scientific research, teaching, and innovation to address shared
challenges, (2) enabling partners to collaborate through competitions, trainings, and capacity
building initiatives, (3) connecting resource seekers together with the global network of
problem solvers to bring solutions to scale. GKI is piloting its programs and services in East
and Southern Africa and Southeast Asia, in partnership with organizations in the US and
Europe. These programs focus on challenges across a multi-disciplinary spectrum, and include
areas such as agricultural production in Rwanda, rainwater harvesting in Kenya, water
availability/quality in Malaysia, higher education capacity building in Tanzania, and a number of
other development challenges.
The Global Knowledge Initiative seeks a passionate and enthusiastic person keen to support
international development through the application of science, technology, and innovation. The
intern will support GKI through research, writing, and performance of communication and
outreach tasks germane to collaborative innovation in GKI’s target geographies, likely East and
Southern Africa or Southeast Asia. In particular, the intern will undertake primary and
secondary research on the economic, scientific and technological, and institutional contexts of
target geographies. The intern will gain experience in international development project
management and support, while being exposed to an extensive network of international experts
in foreign policy, development, and a wide array of scientific and technical fields. Interns will be
eligible for paid travel to an international pilot project (this is not guaranteed, but has been
available to some interns in the past).
The ideal candidate should have a broad interest in international development and leveraging
international networks to solve development challenges. Specific interest or experience in GKI’s
target geographies is a plus, as is experience working in the field of international development.
The intern must display excellent English written and oral skills, with demonstrated interpersonal
and organizational abilities. A candidate for this position must be able to work in a varied, fastpaced
environment, both in a team and independently. This internship is unique in its scope
and in the potential for international travel and professional growth — as such, it requires a level
of dedication, creativity, and leadership beyond what is expected in many internships.
Responsibilities:
-‐ Research and produce analyses of economic, social, and scientific/technological
contexts in relevant countries, economic sectors, and institutions
-‐ Assist in training international partners on collaborative innovation
-‐ Write press releases and reports for the GKI website, and for dissemination to media
outlets and development professionals
-‐ Communicate regularly with international and domestic partners on behalf of GKI
leadership
-‐ Provide administrative and logistical support as needed
Qualifications:
- In pursuit of a Master’s degree (or Ph.D.) in a field relevant to science, technology, and
innovation for development. This may include but is not limited to: international
development, international science and technology policy, international education, public
policy, or any scientific or technical fields (e.g. engineering, biological sciences)
- Experience or career interest in international development
- Experience working in or knowledge of one or more of the pilot geographies in which
GKI works (East and Southern Africa, Southeast Asia) a plus
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Outstanding English written and oral communication skills; ability to synthesize data
concisely and accurately
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a varied, fast-paced
environment
- Flexibility and adaptability; willingness to take on new challenges and learn new skills
- Preference will be given to candidates who can provide their own laptop
Application Process:
To apply, please send a one-page cover letter, resume, a short writing sample (no more than 2
pages), and indicate 2-3 references to Andrew Gerard, GKI Program Officer, at
andrew.gerard@gkinitiative.org. The cover letter should express your qualifications,
experience, and interest in this position. Candidates should refer to GKI’s website at:
www.globalknowledgeinitiative.org and blog at: http://www.globalknowledgeblog.wordpress.com
to learn more about the organization’s mission and programs. Resumes will be accepted
through April 26, 2013. The preferred start-date is May 20, 2013.
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March 26, 2013
CFP: Slovo CALL FOR PAPERS Volume 25.2 (FALL 2013)
Deadline: 29th April 2013 (3rd May 2013 for reviews)
Slovo is now accepting submissions for volume 25.2. Contributions, including
research articles, book and film reviews, and review articles are welcome from all
research students and academics. Submissions to the Board of Editors may be sent
via e-mail attachment (slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk), or on a CD in Microsoft Word
format. All research articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and adhere to
the MHRA Style guide in advance of submission (available for download for free
from http://www.mhra.org.uk/Publications/Books/StyleGuide/download.shtml).
All manuscripts are refereed and undergo a review process. Contributions
submitted must not be under consideration by other publications at the time of
submission. The editors reserve the right to make any changes thought to be
necessary or appropriate to typescripts accepted for publication.
The maximum length for consideration of an article is 6,000-8,000 words (including
footnotes), and 700 words for a review.
The deadline for articles for Volume 25.2 is 29th April 2013 (3rd of May 2013 for
reviews).
If you have any queries about becoming a contributor for Slovo please do not
hesitate to get in touch via slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk and we will be happy to assist.
For more information about Slovo visit our website:
http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/slovo.htm.
The address for postal correspondence is:
Slovo School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University College London
Gower Street
London, United Kingdom
WC1E 6BT
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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.
Anyone who is interested in submitting a story should submit their full name (unless they prefer to be anonymous), their personal blog address, the location from where the story originated, a picture related to their story, and the story itself. Please email these stories to thenomadicstorytellers@gmail.com.
For more information you can visit the website at: www.thenomadicstorytellers.com
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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.
This year we will be organising the C2 level for those who have
learned their grammar but still struggle with writing, as well as for
those whose mother tongue is BCS, but who have never studied it in
school.
Application process has already started, the price being 250 euro if
you apply before 1 June.
If you apply later, the price is 300 euro.
We offer a discount for those who do not want to attend the additional
activities and only wish to attend the classes (the price being 200
euro for two weeks and 300 euro for three weeks).
The accommodation is not included in the price.
For additional information, please visit:
http://www.lingvisti.ba/bsc-school/bcs-summer-school/description-of-the-school
You can also check our e-magazines to find info about the previous summers:
http://www.lingvisti.ba/download/7dcbab9d-bc71-4329-b3ee-b94917127195.pdf,
as well as some photos:
http://www.lingvisti.ba/o-nama/foto-album/cetvrta-ljetna-skola
If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
Udruženje za jezik i kulturu Lingvisti
Association for Language and Culture Linguists
Alojza Benca 1/1, 71000 Sarajevo
Tel/faks: 033 645 343
www.lingvisti.ba
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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:"Challenging the Social Order: Revolution, Reform and Transformation Under and After Socialism"
Deadline: April 30, 2013
http://www.ukrainianstudies.uottawa.ca/summer_school_2013.html
Fifth International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine
Co-Sponsored by
The Embassy of France in Ukraine
The countries of the former Socialist Bloc have repeatedly
experienced throughout the last century the difficult, perilous and
uncertain task Machiavelli warns us against. Building, managing and
deconstructing socialist states and societies appears to be a
circular process of radical social and economic transformation. Thus,
collectivization, arguably one of the most ambitious attempts
implemented by a state to alter the socio-economic order, can be been
as a starting point for major crises such as famines, population
displacement and deportation, and the disruption of the countryside.
Perestroika, enacted as a response to the decline of the Soviet
economy, served as a catalyst for painful transition processes in
Central and Eastern Europe, the introduction of neoliberal reforms
and steep rise of social inequalities. Similarly, Soviet informal
practices have been interpreted both as a reaction to the deep
economic crisis of the late 1980s and as constituting a major cause
of yet another crisis, the failure of the rule of state and economic
transition. These challenges to the social order have had seminal
political consequences, such as Soviet industrialization and the rise
of Stalinism, the post-war establishment of Communist rule in Central
Europe, the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the introduction of
political pluralism under perestroika, the August 1991 putsch and the
collapse of the Soviet Union, shock therapy, the 1998 financial
crises in Russia, the colored revolutions and the return of
authoritarianism.
The Summer School seeks to examine these moments of disruption of the
existing social order when state and society are challenged in their
institutions, rules, values and principles.
The Fifth International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine
welcomes proposals from the disciplines of history, sociology,
anthropology, political science, economics, and adjacent fields.
While the primary focus will be on the socialist and post-socialist
era (in the former Soviet Union, Central, Eastern and Southern
Europe), pre-Soviet history may also be examined. The Summer School
is designed to be interdisciplinary and international and follows the
format of a Workshop. Each participant will have the opportunity to
present a paper and receive comments from a group of international
scholars, as well as from the other participants, who are expected to
be active in these discussions.
Duration: One week, Tuesday 2 July - Tuesday 9 July 2013.
Eligibility
The Summer School is open to PhD students (or students enrolled in a
kandidat nauk program) and young researchers (up to six years removed
from their PhD or kandidat nauk degree). Proposals strong on theory
and empirical research are particularly welcomed. The working
language of the Summer School is English. Prospective participants
must be fluent in English. Selected candidates will be notified
before the end of May. Program Costs There is no program fee. Local
transportation from/ to Kyiv, accommodation, meals, classes,
lectures, seminars and excursions are provided by the organizers and
free of charge. The participants or their universities will only have
to pay the travel expenses from their current place of residence
country to Kyiv.
How to apply
To be considered for the Summer School, candidates must
complete an application form (that includes a 500 word project
proposal) and add a CV. They are also encouraged to send an
additional written sample, such as a conference paper, a dissertation
chapter, or a publication, although this is optional. The application
must be sent by e-mail to ukrainesummerschool@gmail.com, by 30 April
or downloaded on the following address:
http://www.ukrainianstudies.uottawa.ca/summer_school_2013.html
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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)
*COURSES OFFERED*
- Title TBC (Lecturer: Didier Eribon)
- Desire, Power and Fantasy (Lecturer: Antke Engel)
- The Violence of Inclusion and the Ethics of Betrayal (Lecturer:
Tomasz Sikora)
** For detailed information for the Summer Institute programme please
visit our website
<http://euba.edu.mk/details-ohrid-summer-university/items/158.html,
or see detailed document
<http://euba.edu.mk/tl_files/OSU%20aplikacii%202013/SISPC%20Call%202013.pdf
*ELIGIBILITY *
- Participants should be postgraduate students (preferably MA, PhD
student or young researchers) interested in exploring the issues of
Gender,
Queer, Cultural Studies, Visual Arts and Humanities and related Studies.
- Participants from all countries are eligible to participate.
- All applicants should send Application form including paper abstract
(appr. 200 words max.). Please download the application form on our
website.
*TUITION FEE: 300 EUR *
- *Note that we offer 20% discount if the participant apply in the first
application deadline and pays the total fee to 15th of May and 10%
discount
if the participant pay the total fee to 15th of June.*
- *Applicants from the partner universities are offered 30% tuition fee
discount*
Discounts: university partners, alumni and university groups (see more on
this in the detailed
document
http://euba.edu.mk/tl_files/OSU%20aplikacii%202013/SISPC%20Call%202013.pdf
or on our website
http://euba.edu.mk/details-ohrid-summer-university/items/158.html
MOBILITY & GRANTS: CEEPUS Freemover Mobility Grants (see instructions here
*APPLICATION DEADLINES* - Deadline 1 for early applications (20% discount): April 20th / Please send all applications to Slavco Dimitrov and Stanimir Panayotov: slavco.euba@gmail.com, spanayotov@gmail.com
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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. This issue of Verges will not be a themed issue; thus, we accept interdisciplinary articles pertinent to Germanic and/or Slavic Studies including, but not limited to: film, language, linguistics, literature, history and art. We are looking for articles at least 3,600 words long (not including works cited) in MLA format. The deadline for submissions is June 22, 2013. Please visit the journal's website for more information: http://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/verges or contact the journal editors at gsreview@uvic.ca. We look forward to receiving your submissions.
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Articles should be no longer than 1000 words and should not include Please submit potential columns to the contributing editor at
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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. Program Dates: June 17-August 9, 2013 Program Highlights: • Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese For more information, contact: Monterey Institute of International Studies
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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. 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. We view these various grey zones not merely as legacies of socialism but as something in and of themselves. We thus deploy the notion of grey zones in order to find new ways of approaching and conceptualizing current situations in Eastern Europe, ways that are not preconfigured in terms of ‘post-socialism’ or ‘transition’. We invite papers which ethnographically explore (but are not necessarily restricted to) one or more of the following questions: What are the relations between governance, corruption and informality in contemporary Eastern Europe? Please send an abstract of 250 words, along with a short biography of 150 words, no later than June 1st 2013 to:
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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 The Russian "Forum" has been published twice per year, since We will publish a special section of the "Forum" on We require properly footnoted, scholarly researched, well-structured, and http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/Vorgaben%20Forum%20RU.pdf All versions of the papers should be submitted as MS Word Documents. For authors who wish to publish an English-, German- or Ukrainian-language Unfortunately, however, we do not have funds to pay translators. Thus, we The translator will, after delivering a satisfactory final version of the Authors of texts that have been published in English, German or Ukrainian Please, submit your text until either Dr. Andreas Umland
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Regional identities in globalized societies Imagined territories: cyber space, urban vs. rural, center vs. periphery, This journal is distinguished from others in similar fields by its We are now receiving papers to be reviewed for publication in Vol. 2, Research Articles: Review Articles: Reviews are expected to contain a scholarly apparatus, although it Full submission guidelines and style sheet are available at the
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Deadline: April 8, 2013 We're currently soliciting papers for 'On the Spatial Epistemology of What knowledge of politics is produced through space? How have the We are soliciting papers from a wide range of disciplinary and Papers and additional information on the book can be found at
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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. The Faculty particularly welcomes applications from candidates with linguistic backgrounds able to participate in the Faculty’s projects on learners corpora. Responsibilities include joint teaching at the Russian Language Center and at the Faculty’s Linguistics department (the total of 600 contact hours per academic year), as well as supervising the departmental Russian Language teaching practice, participation in departmental seminars and scholarly work, and other similar activities. The courses include Russian Language instruction at different levels (at the Russian Language Center), Theory of Russian Language Instruction, and a Research Seminar in a linguistic topic of the candidates’ choice (at the Linguistics Department). Candidates should have a native knowledge of the Russian language, a Ph.D. in hand at the time of employment and preferably have published in peer-reviewed journals. Applications should include a CV; a statement of research and teaching interests; names and contact information (not letters) for two people able to provide recommendations; samples of scholarly writing; and relevant syllabi. Salary is competitive and commensurate with the teaching experience and academic qualifications of the applicants, in particular, their publications in English-language peer-reviewed journals. Review of applications will begin on 15 April 2013; the deadline for all applications is 15 May 2013. Please send all materials by e-mail to erakhilina@hse.ru. For enquiries about the position or the Higher School of Economics, contact Ekaterina Rakhilina at erakhilina@hse.ru, or Valentina Apresyan at vapresyan@hse.ru.
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Deadline: April 5, 2013 This is a note about a Call for Papers for an international conference in Moscow on: ‘The local politics of 'big' science: man and social conditions in the production of knowledge in the late-Soviet period', 4-6 July 2013. Please send an abstract of no more than 2500 characters in Russian or English by 5 April 2013 to: hrc.ane.ru@gmail.com or timur.atnashev@gmail.com For further details or queries about this event, please contact Imogen Wade at: Research student
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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. The program consists of three modules: Afterclass activities will allow students to explore Russian culture with the most experienced and inspiring guides. The cultural program includes tours of Moscow and its suburbs, visits to Vladimir, Suzdal, and St. Petersburg. Accommodation: students have a choice of staying with a host family or at the Institute’s residence hall. Homestay includes breakfast 7 days a week. Program Fees Accommodation Why Maxim Gorky Literary Institute?
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Deadline: April 15, 2013 George Washington University Visiting Fellowship on Russia’s Global The Post-Doctoral Scientist will spend approximately 50 percent of time on Candidates must have native-level fluency in Russian speaking and writing; Candidates should apply at https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/14284. The cover The deadline for receipt of all application materials is April 15, 2013.
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Deadline: May 15, 2013 International Turgut Ozal Congress 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. Aim of the Congress This congress aims to provide opportunities of knowledge sharing with academics from a range of disciplines and establishing contact with experts from different countries and institutions. All theoretical and empirical papers from business, economics and political science disciplines in wide range of subject areas are welcomed. Organizing committee values papers on contemporary theoretical developments, theoretical modeling and empirical research including case studies, historical, comparative and multidisciplinary studies. In addition, studies on Turgut Ozal’s views, policies and legacy are highly encouraged by the editorial board. Selected papers from all submissions will be published in the Journal of Business, Economics and Political Science (JOBEPS) and other sponsor journals, subject to compliance to review report, editorial comments, conference feedback and payment of applicable publication fee. Sessions and Workshops for Young Scientists Graduate students are particularly encouraged to submit research papers. Accepted submissions of master and PhD students will be clustered around their common topics and will be presented in related and/or in young scientists sessions. Congress will also offer workshop sessions for professional development of graduate students, on fundamentals of cultivating high quality graduate dissertations and publishing in international journals. Each workshop session will open with a seminar of a prominent researcher, who will also moderate the following discussion. A brief summary and the structure of the workshop sessions will be announced from the www.intoc.org. Congress Awards The best three papers and the best graduate paper will be awarded. The best paper awards will honor the authors who display innovativeness, significant theoretical contribution and methodological rigor. Congress will grant 3000 TL for the first place, 2000 TL for the second place and 1000 TL for the third place author(s), 2000 TL will be granted to the best graduate research paper and each winner will receive an award certificate. In addition a special Turgut Ozal Award of 3000 TL will be granted to the best paper of the relevant track to open the vision and legacy of Turgut Ozal to discussion and deliberation at academic platforms. The candidates should submit their full papers until August 15th, 2013. Abstracts should include the title, objectives, methodology, major findings and keywords of the paper and must not exceed 500 words. Both English and Turkish submissions are welcomed and the presentation sessions will be clustered according to the submission language. The editorial board’s right to reject the submissions that do not match the internationally accepted rules of research paper publication, on any time of the submission process, is reserved. For further information please visit www.intoc.org. Business • Organization Theory Economics • Economic Growth and Development Political Science and Public Administration • Political Theory International Relations • Diplomatic History Turgut Ozal and His Legacy Early Registration Fee 125 USD From 01/09/2013 Until 30/09/2013 For detailed information on congress fees please visit: www.intoc.org.
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Deadlines: direct questions to office@abimperio.net or ai_us@abimperio.net № 1/2013 How Do We Understand Freedom Today? Free Interpretations and Predetermined Models Freedom and liberty ● dialectics of freedom and sovereignty ● “natural rights” and the problem of their defense and maintenance ● “anarchy is the mother of order” ● does the class-based approach have a future? ● are human rights contrary to freedom? ● “hierarchy of freedoms”: paradoxes of emancipation movements and decolonization ● whose freedom? ● “progressors”: can freedom be imposed? ● imperial liberties and modern conceptions of freedom ● body as the space of freedom and object of freedom and bondage ● phenomenon and concept of legal pluralism ● imperial law and imperial rights ● common law and modernization of legal discourses ● “for our freedom and yours!”: national and imperial emancipation movements ● concepts of autonomy and federalism in colonial and continental empires ● concept of historical justice and its connection to the right for autonomy and for a sovereign state ● Siberian oblastnichestvo yesterday and today ● Cossack concepts of self-government and invention of the Cossack tradition in the early twentieth century ● modern citizenship and imperial subjecthood ● historical precedents of multiculturalism ● twentieth-century humanitarian interventions and new post–Cold War world order. № 2/2013 Freedom and Order: Interpreters and Intermediaries – Entrepreneurs of Groupness Subjects of freedom ● concepts of freedom and privileges in empire and nation ● freedom as the new order: democracy or nationalism? ● unrecognized freedom and invented traditions of liberty: regional and corporate regimes of self-government and democracy from the moment of incorporation into empire to the invention of traditions in the era of mass national movement and politics ● imperial “peoples–intermediaries” ● authoritarian tendencies of emancipator messianism from Slavophilism to communism ● comparative history of political representation and constitutionalism in land-based empires: Russian parliament of the early twentieth century, Ottoman parliament of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ● Russian revolutionaries and projects of revolutionary nation ● Mensheviks are for spontaneity, Bolsheviks are for discipline? – rethinking the old model ● pogrom and Aktion: the other side of emancipation? ● is there diversity under socialism? gradient of freedom: thawing out of the Soviet regime ● freedom to be a nation under socialism ● Soviet dissidents ● politics of childhood: pedagogy as a guardian of group identity. Translatability and untranslatability of languages of self-description: how to recognize freedom? ●translatio imperii and hegemony as a problem of translation ● interpreters in the system of administration and foreign policy of Muscovy and the Russian Empire ● a breath of freedom: the school of Soviet literary translation ● emancipation and kulturtraegershaft: projects of translation into and from languages of the peoples of the USSR ● misusing the right to groupness: ethnic conflict as a Soviet invention ● translation of historical knowledge into politics and administration ● post-imperial reinventions of groupness and collective identities ● languages of codification as politics of translation of legal traditions ● translating and mediating urban spaces ● education: disciplinary practices of shaping freedom of thought ● transfer of educational models into Russia ● subtexts of emancipation and discrimination: politics of gender in education ● alternative forms of socialization and politics of (self)education ● private schools and universities in late imperial Russia ● Soviet education: site of modernization, indoctrination, or social engineering? ● did Russia have colonial institutes? ● imperial subalterns as products of educational systems: unification of subjugation and protest ● exile as a laboratory of imperial knowledge ● postcolonial and post-imperial knowledge: emancipation, freedom of manipulations, violence. № 4/2013 Emancipation of Researchers Through the Decentralization of Normative Models: Reciprocal Comparisons Academic freedom today: institutional mechanisms and cultural norms of stimulating and limiting scholarly research ● innovation or trickstering? recognizing innovation in the humanities ● freedom from stereotypes: the principle of historicism and method of estrangement from historical experience ● comparative history of key social and political conceptions ● modernity beyond Eurocentrism ● hierarchies in the production of knowledge ● reciprocal comparison: circulation of knowledge and interwoven institutions and practices in historical dynamics ● instrumentality of translation for comparative history ● historians after postmodernity ● deterritorialization of analytical models ● decentralization of narrative without “toxic relativism” ● new horizons, conceptual traps and dead ends of normalizing the exceptionalism of historical experience.
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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. 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. We view these various grey zones not merely as legacies of socialism but as something in and of themselves. We thus deploy the notion of grey zones in order to find new ways of approaching and conceptualizing current situations in Eastern Europe, ways that are not preconfigured in terms of ‘post-socialism’ or ‘transition’. We invite papers which ethnographically explore (but are not necessarily restricted to) one or more of the following questions: What are the relations between governance, corruption and informality in contemporary Eastern Europe? Please send an abstract of 250 words, along with a short biography of 150 words, no later than June 1st 2013 to: If your abstract is accepted we will ask you to send a paper for pre-circulation by October 1st. During the conference each participant will have 20 minutes to present, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. After the conference we will select the most relevant papers and publish them in an edited volume. Participants will receive an ‘information package’ about hotels, busses and conference dinner. Please note that the conference organizers will not be able to cover travel expenses and accommodation for anyone other than the keynote speakers.
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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. Questions about the position should be addressed by email to Prof. Katherine Faull, Comparative Humanities (faull@bucknell.edu) or Prof. Ludmila Shleyfer Lavine, Russian Studies. Any supplementary materials should be sent to Pamela Glass, Academic Assistant, Program in Comparative Humanities and Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837 or electronically to pglass@bucknell.edu. Applications accepted until the position is filled. To apply, go to: https://jobs.bucknell.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=164341
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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. You will be volunteering to work with children, sharing your culture and language while learning theirs as well. In most cases, you will assist wherever needed. Room and board will be included throughout the program. These are considered volunteer positions because you are paid the same as your fellow Russian counselors, which may only work out to be a very small stipend. For more information on the program and how to apply visit: http://www.ccusa.com/Programs/CampCounselorsRussia.aspx
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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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selection results by April 30th / payment due May 15th
- Deadline 2 for early applications (10% discount): May 20th /
selection results by May 30th / payment due June 15thCall for Papers: Verges: Germanic & Slavic Studies in Review
Call for Contributors: Anthropology News: Soyuz Network for Postsocialist Studies Column
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.
kghodsee@bowdoin.edu.COURSES: 2013 Summer Intensive Language Program at the Monterey Institute
• 8-week intensive program
• Small class size (8-10 student average)
• Graduate and undergraduate credit earned
• Elementary, intermediate, and advanced courses offered
in most languages
Intensive and Custom Language Programs
831-647-4115
silp@miis.eduMarch 15, 2013
CFP: Exploring the ‘Grey Zones’: Governance, Conflict and (In)Security in Eastern Europe (Aarhus University, Denmark, 1-2. November 2013)
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.
How do new emerging class systems in Eastern Europe affect people’s perceptions of self and other?
In which ways do changing relations between individuals, institutions and state manifest themselves in everyday life?
Which roles do the mafia and organized crime play in contemporary Eastern Europe?
How do increased illegal work and labour migration to Western Europe relate to insecure situations on the home front?
How to citizens in Eastern Europe relate to the influx of migrants from Africa and the Middle East in relation to their own situation and their perceptions of the borders of Europe (or the EU)?
How are we to perceive the seemingly increasing presence of antagonism, violence and openly expressed racism and homophobia in present-day Eastern Europe?
Ida Harboe: etnoih@hum.au.dk
or
Martin Demant Frederiksen: etnmdf@hum.au.dkCFP: Radical Nationalism in Ukraine Yesterday and Today
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.
2004, as a scholarly WWW periodical supplementing ZIMOS's printed
German-language "Forum fuer osteuropaeische Ideen- und
Zeitgeschichte." See
http://www.ku-eichstaett.de/forschungseinr/zimos/publikationen/zeitschrift_forum/
ultra-nationalism in Ukraine, in the journal's 19th web-edition.
Submitted papers may deal with both, ukrainophone, ethnocentric
historic/current right-wing extremism (e.g. OUN-B, "Svoboda"), and
russophone, pan-Slavic historic/current radical anti-Westernism
(e.g. PSPU, "Rodina"). This Russian-language WWW project parallels
somewhat similar English- and Ukrainian-language collected papers projects
currently implemented within the journals "Communist and Post-Communist
Studies," "Russian Politics and Law," and "Ukraina Moderna," as well as by
the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
thoroughly edited Russian-language texts with a length of no less than
4,000 and no more than 14,000 words. Papers should be based on primary as
well as secondary sources, which are fully listed and adequately
presented, in footnotes.
Papers accepted content-wise for publication will only be published in the
case of a proper adaptation of their linguistic quality and formal style
(footnotes, punctuation, headings, references, citations etc.) to the
standards of the "Forum" by the author/s. When preparing your text for
publication, please, use this formal style required of the final editions
of the papers to appear:
text in Russian language, we can provide qualified Russian translating
services. We have professional interpreters who will provide high quality
translations which will be edited - stylistically and orthographically -
by the journal's editorial board members.
regret to state that the costs for translation will, as outlined below,
have to borne fully by the author her- or himself. In addition, after
provision of a draft translation by our expert-translator, authors will be
required to carefully check the translated Russian draft version, before
the translator produces the final version of the text for editing by the
journal's board and printing.
translation, have to be paid, by the author/s, EUR0.07 per word of the
English, German or Ukrainian original version of the article, i.e., for
instance, EUR350 for a 5,000-word article. The word count includes also
non-Russian bibliographical literature listed in the footnotes that will
not be translated into Russian or transcribed into Cyrillic, yet the
formal style of which will be adapted to the format of the "Forum" by the
translator. The copyright of the Russian version of the article remains
with the translator until the author has made payment for the translation.
before are advised to clarify with the editors of the periodical, book, or
non-Russian web site (where the paper originally appeared) whether
re-publication in a Russian-language web journal is permissible. The
editors of
the "Forum" will not take responsibility for any violations of
copyright.
- 1 June 2013 for non-Russian papers yet to be translated, or
- 1 July 2013 for Russian papers,
as an MS Word Document, to:
andreas.umland@stanfordalumni.org (with cc to anumland@yahoo.com)
or as a hard copy to:
DAAD Lectureship Mohyla Academy
German Embassy
vul. Bohdana Khmelnitskoho, 25
UA-01901 Kyiv
UKRAINECFP: 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:
Communication and transmission of information
Migration and boundaries
Transition: politics, economy, society, and culture
etc.
Inter-regional cooperation
Identities in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, memories, and nostalgia
(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.
No. 2 and subsequent issues. There is no thematic constraint, so we
welcome any papers investigating various topics pertaining to the
history and current affairs of the Russian Federation, East Europe,
and Central Asia. As well as research papers, we also receive
reviews/review essays of books on topics falling into the given scope.
A brief guideline for submission of research papers/reviews/review
essays is given below:
There is no absolute length requirement for manuscripts but the
preferred length is 8,000-10,000 words. An abstract of no more than
150 words should be provided at the beginning of the article. If
possible, manuscripts should be prepared in MS Word using Times New
Roman 12 point font. Double-space the abstract, manuscript, notes, and
indented quotations. Number pages consecutively.
Review essays analyze in depth a discrete body of noteworthy secondary
works, should begin with a title and list of books under
consideration, with full bibliographical information. The preferred
length is 1,500-3,000 words.
need not be extensive. The preferred length is 750-1,000 words. A
review should bear no title and begin with the bibliographic data of
the reviewed book.
homepage of the Slavica publishers,
http://www.slavica.com/journals/region/index.html
Call for Papers: On the Spatial Epistemology of Politics, or How We Know Politics Through Space: Essays for Design Studies'
Politics'. The deadline for submission is April 08, 2013 via the website
www.spaceandpolitics.org
'On the Spatial Epistemology of Politics, or How We Know Politics Through
Space: Essays for Design Studies' is a forthcoming edited book that
explores how spaces are political and how politics is spatial. Co-edited
by Harvard PhD candidates Delia Wendel and Fallon Samuels Aidoo, the book
is funded in part by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the
Fine Arts.
politics of contention and consensus affected our built environment, and
vice versa? Through spaces of protest, occupation, segregation, neglect,
and spaces of deliberation, negotiation, reconciliation, and
commemoration, we have become familiar with the production of space as a
mode of political consciousness, representation and engagement. Our global
history is replete with examples of these political spaces arising from
explicit designs for political purposes or transformations through
politicization ex post facto. This call for papers solicits original
research to explore the politics of contention and consensus in spatial
forms and practices.
geographical concentrations to explore how spatial practices and forms
produce knowledge of political conflict and consensus. The full Call for
www.spaceandpolitics.org You can also
contact the co-editors Delia and Fallon at:
dwendel@fas.harvard.edu or
fsamuels@fas.harvard.edu
Job: Russian instructor position at Higher School of Economics, Moscow
The Higher School of Economics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Call for Papers: 'Big Science' conference at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow), 4-6 July 2013
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University College London (UCL)
Email: imogen.wade.10@ucl.ac.ukStudy abroad: Summer Russian Language Program at Maxim Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow
Program dates: July 22 – August 23, 2013.
Students should arrive in Moscow on July 20 - 21.
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.
Application opens: March 11, 2013. Application deadline: June 21, 2013.
For questions regarding academic content please contact: t.e.nikolskaya@gmail.com.
For general program questions please contact the Literary Institute International Department staff: liternity@litinstitut.ru. Phone: +7 495 694 0812.
About the institute: http://www.litinstitut.ru.
About summer schools: http://www.litinstitut.ru/index.php?area=1&p=product&action=showdetails&id=7.
Tuition
Classes of 3 and more students – $1.300 / 4 weeks (per a student)
Classes of 1-2 students - $ 2000 / 4 weeks. (per a student)
With a host family - $ 850
At the dormitory - $ 650 (room for one)
$ 350 (room for two)
Culture, tourism and entertainment: base package - $500.
Miscellaneous (letter of invitation, airport transfers, studying materials, etc.) - $150.
- Highly professional Russian language instructors. Most of our teachers have a PhD degree in Russian language.
- Decades of teaching Russian to non-Russian speakers.
- Friendly environment. We are a small school and we like to pay close attention to every student.
- We are located in a historical XVIII century mansion in the very heart of old Moscow, on the Tverskoi Boulevard, next to The Pushkin Square
- This is a great place to learn about Russian literature and culture. The Institute teaches current generation of Russian poets, writers, literary critics and translators.Postdoctoral Fellowship: George Washington University Visiting Fellowship on Russia’s Global Engagement
Engagement. The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at
George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs
(http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/) announces a competition for one
Post-Doctoral Scientist position for the academic year 2013-14.
his/her own research and the other 50 percent serving as Russian-language
editor for the website of the Program on New Approaches to Research and
Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia, http://www.ponarseurasia.org). The
Russian-language website will include translations of PONARS Eurasia
material, so as to make this material more widely accessible to the
Russian-speaking community, and a Russian-language blog. Responsibilities
will include supervising and ensuring the quality of translations of
PONARS Eurasia material on the website (separate translators will do the
actual translation) and soliciting original entries (at least 1 post a
week) for the blog from PONARS Eurasia members and other qualified experts
on important global issues concerning Russia and Eurasia, as well as
reaching out to other Russian-language media outlets. The Post-Doctoral
Scientist is expected to be in residence at IERES for the entire period of
the fellowship and contribute actively to IERES’s lively intellectual
community through participation in the institute’s seminars, talks, and
other events.
enjoy fluency in English and have a record of English-language
publications; possess a Ph.D. or Kandidat Nauk (Russian candidate of
sciences) degree; and have a scholarly professional background. Candidates
should have a superb grasp of global issues and debates concerning Russia
and Eurasia. Non- U.S. citizens are welcome to apply. The Post-Doctoral
Scientist will receive a pre-tax stipend of $4,000/month (plus benefits)
for 10 months (beginning in August or September 2013). IERES will also
cover the cost of one round-trip air ticket and J-1 visa fee.
letter should include a description of the research the applicant plans to
conduct and their vision for further developing the Russian-language
PONARS Eurasia website (including ideas for the blog). Questions may be
directed to IERES Associate Director Cory Welt at cwelt@gwu.edu.
This position is funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation.
CFP Conference: International Turgut Ozal Congress on Business, Economics and Political Science
on Business, Economics and Political Science
Submissions
Congress Tracks
The congress tracks highlight the fundamental study areas under business, economics and political science disciplines. Submissions related, but not limited to the spectrum of the tracks representing these disciplines are welcomed.
• Organizational Behavior
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Finance
• Production Management
• Management Information Systems
• International Business
• Tourism Management
• Innovation and Technology Management
• Business Law and Ethics
• Crisis Management
• Knowledge Management
• Comparative Economic Systems
• Industrial Economics
• Labor Economics
• Health Economics
• Monetary Theory and Policy
• Public Finance
• Economic and Monetary Integration of EU
• Islamic Finance
• Institutional Economics
• Central Banking
• Economic History
• Green Economy
• New Economy
• Turkish Economy
• Economic Methodology and Modeling
• World Economy
• Comparative Politics
• Turkish Politics
• Constitutional Institutions
• Non-governmental
Organizations
• Central - Local Government
• Bureaucracy and Public Institutions
• International Relations Theory
• Area Studies
• International Security
• International Organizations
• International Political Economy
• Turkish Foreign Policy
• Democratization
• Political and economic reforms
• International peace
• Turkic World
Deadlines
Abstract Submission: 15 May 2013
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 15 June 2013
Full Paper Submission for Award Candidates: 15 August 2013
Full Paper Submission: 15 September 2013
Early Registration: 01 September 2013
Late Registration: 01 October 2013
Congress registration and participation fees
Registration Fee 150 USD
Registration Fee for Graduate Students 100 USD
For the additional information please contact: intoc@turgutozal.edu.trCFP: Ab Imperio Journal
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
№ 3/2013 Freedom as an Object of Intellectual Import and Export: Lost in Translation, Found in TranslationMarch 14, 2013
CFP: Exploring the ‘Grey Zones’: Governance, Conflict and (In)Security in Eastern Europe (Aarhus University, Denmark, 1-2. November 2013)
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.
How do new emerging class systems in Eastern Europe affect people’s perceptions of self and other?
In which ways do changing relations between individuals, institutions and state manifest themselves in everyday life?
Which roles do the mafia and organized crime play in contemporary Eastern Europe?
How do increased illegal work and labour migration to Western Europe relate to insecure situations on the home front?
How to citizens in Eastern Europe relate to the influx of migrants from Africa and the Middle East in relation to their own situation and their perceptions of the borders of Europe (or the EU)?
How are we to perceive the seemingly increasing presence of antagonism, violence and openly expressed racism and homophobia in present-day Eastern Europe?
Ida Harboe: etnoih@hum.au.dk
or
Martin Demant Frederiksen: etnmdf@hum.au.dkJob: Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Humanities and Russian Studies at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Job: University of Michigan Students to Volunteer at a Russian Summer Camp
Job: Looking for Russian Student