Opportunities

Associate News Editor, Moscow Times
The Moscow Times is seeking a highly motivated Associate News Editor to play a key role in our daily reporting of events in Russia. 

You will join a dynamic team that produces fair, balanced and accurate journalism as it becomes increasingly difficult to obtain reliable information from inside Russia. Working closely alongside our reporters and editors, you will be closely involved in daily news coverage, manage partnerships with other independent media outlets, and assist in raising MT’s profile and online presence, including via social media.   

There will also be opportunities for independent reporting, as well as working on other products — for example podcasts and newsletters.  

This is an entry-level editing position and you will report to the Senior Editor, News and Opinion Editor and Editor-in-Chief. 

You should be highly motivated, have excellent communication skills and thrive in a small, fast-paced newsroom environment.

Requirements:

• A broad understanding of Russian current affairs
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Native English and excellent Russian 

Preferred:

• Journalism and editing experience

This position is full-time and requires occasional evening and weekend work. It will be based in Amsterdam (work permit support provided), although may initially be remote.   

Please send your CV and cover letter to: applications@themoscowtimes.com (subject line “News Editor”) by Friday, Jan. 27. 

Visiting Lecturer, Russian Language and Culture, University of Florida, (Gainesville, FL). Education/Instructional, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, time-limited, Visiting Lecturer in Russian Language and Culture, beginning August 16, 2023.

Requirements: M.A. degree or higher in Russian language and culture or other relevant area, including second-language acquisition, applied linguistics, and language pedagogy. Other requirements include native or near-native proficiency in Russian and English. Candidates with experience teaching Russian language at the US college/university level will be preferred.

Compensation: Salary is competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience, and the compensation includes a full benefits package.

Duties: (a) teach six (6) undergraduate language classes during the academic year at the beginning and intermediate levels (and/or other language levels if necessary), (b) collaborate with colleagues to ensure smooth articulation across the levels of language instruction, and (c) demonstrate willingness to contribute to efforts to diversify the Russian language curriculum.

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is home to multiple language programs. It offers training in languages and cultures from all corners of the globe. From Swahili to Japanese, Russian to Arabic, we give our students the opportunity to gain the cross-cultural knowledge and expertise relevant to careers in an ever more internationalized world. The Department is committed to creating an environment that affirms diversity across a variety of dimensions, including ethnicity/race, gender identity and expression, and the Department especially encourages applications from women and minority groups. We particularly welcome applicants who can create such a diverse environment with their scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and professional service.  Please see https://diversity.clas.ufl.edu/diversity-statement/ for more information about diversity and inclusion in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The university and greater Gainesville community enjoy a diversity of cultural events, restaurants, year-round outdoor recreational activities, and social opportunities.

Instructions for candidates: For full consideration, applications must be submitted online at https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/524897/visiting-lecturer-russian and must include 1) letter of application, 2) complete curriculum vitae, 3) statement of teaching philosophy, and 4) the names and titles of at least three individuals prepared to write letters of recommendation on the candidate’s behalf. After initial review, letters of recommendation will be requested from the references for selected applicants. Student evaluations may be requested at a later date.

To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by January 31, 2023, but the search will remain open until the position is filled. Applications received after January 31, 2023, may be considered at the discretion of the committee.

Questions may be directed to Dr. Ingrid Kleespies, Chair, Search Committee, at iakl@ufl.edu. 

All candidates for employment are subject to a pre-employment screening which includes a review of criminal records, reference checks, and verification of education.

The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States require evaluation by a professional credentialing service provider approved by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law. If an accommodation due to disability is needed in order to apply for this position, please call (352) 392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at (800) 955-8771 (TDD).

Cyber-Social Fellow, University of Kansas, Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
Position Overview
The University of Kansas’ Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies is excited to announce the search for a new post-doctoral position. The CREES Cyber-Social Fellow will pursue research on regional and global cybersecurity and disinformation challenges arising from Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia and their social, cultural, and historical contexts. The Fellow will collaborate with KU’s new Center for Cyber-Social Dynamics, which is devoted to developing new approaches to cybersecurity and disinformation that take into account the crucial role played by cultural dynamics, social factors, and human-machine interaction. The position is interdisciplinary and open to a range of fields, including Anthropology, Communications, History, Linguistics, Political Science, Slavic Languages & Literatures, and Sociology.

The initial appointment will begin August 15, 2023. Initial appointment is for one year, position may be renewed for one additional year based on satisfactory progress. 

Application review begins February 1, 2023 and continues until a pool of qualified applicants is identified. For more information, and to apply, please see link posted above.

Visiting Assistant Professor - Russian History, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
Brief Summary of Work for this Position
The History Department of the University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applications for a nine-month full-time Visiting Assistant Professor in Russian history for a fixed-term two-year non-renewable appointment beginning August 2023 through May 2025.

Area of expertise is open, though we are especially interested in candidates whose research or teaching encompasses ethnic minorities, the non-Russian regions or republics, nationality issues, or imperial borderland histories. Candidates should be prepared to teach surveys covering the entirety of Russian history including the post-Soviet period, upper-division courses and seminars in their area of concentration, and lower-division surveys in European history. The successful candidate will also be expected to teach seminars for our MA programs. Faculty members at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor in the History Department teach eight courses per academic year (4-4).

The successful candidate will join a department with strong commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence and will be expected to contribute actively to these efforts. Our department actively fosters a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
At the time of appointment, the successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in History in hand and teaching experience at the university level. 

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Online teaching experience is preferred.

Primary Function of Organizational Unit
UNCW is a comprehensive university enrolling over 18,000 students situated in the historic city of Wilmington, a port city between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. The Department of History, which offers degrees at the B.A. and M.A. levels, shares the university’s commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. A constituent of the College of Arts and Sciences, the department supports the university’s mission to ground all of its students in the humanities by providing a quality education taught by a student-centered faculty who consider their scholarship, research, and service to be essential to effective teaching. It seeks to foster a tradition of high-quality research productivity, community and global engagement, diversity and inclusion, and pedagogical innovation. The department has been committed since its inception to internationalization of the curriculum, to community and regional service, and to university-wide and interdisciplinary programs. 

College/School Information
The College of Arts and Sciences is UNCW’s largest academic unit and awards approximately two-thirds of the university’s academic credits. Ours is a comprehensive arts and sciences college comprising the arts, the humanities, the mathematical and natural sciences, and the social and behavioral sciences.

The College’s twenty-five units offer a variety of undergraduate majors leading to the Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Fine Arts, the Bachelor of Music, and the Bachelor of Science. The College also offers a full complement of minors, including interdisciplinary minors such as Africana studies, Asian studies, Forensic studies, Latin America studies, Middle East & Islamic studies, Native-American studies, and Women’s and Gender studies, among others.

Applied learning is a hallmark of the student experience in the College of Arts and Sciences. Each of the College’s departments requires an applied learning experience as a part of the curriculum for its undergraduate majors. Examples include faculty-directed research, internships, service learning, and capstone courses and projects, all of which challenge students to integrate various strands of knowledge and to apply that knowledge to broader, real-world or real disciplinary situations. Through applied learning, students in the College gain direct hands-on experience with the skills of their major fields as an essential part of their preparation for life and career.

In addition to its undergraduate major and minor programs, the College is chiefly responsible for the curriculum that comprises the UNCW’s University Studies Program, through which all UNCW undergraduates gain a foundation in the liberal arts and develop the transferable skills essential for life in the twenty-first century. The College strives in its undergraduate programs and in its University Study offerings to nurture creative thinking, intellectual curiosity, diversity and inclusion, and academic integrity in students while providing them with a solid foundation of knowledge in their chosen fields. Upon completion of their undergraduate studies, College of Arts and Sciences students will have the necessary preparation for rewarding careers, advanced study, effective citizenship, and meaningful lives.

Graduate degrees awarded in the College of Arts and Sciences include the Master of Arts, the Master of Fine Arts, the Master of Public Administration, the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy (Marine Biology and Psychology). In addition, the nationally awarded Graduate Liberal Studies program offers a personalized curriculum of interdisciplinary study leading to the Master of Arts. Post-baccalaureate certificates in Applied Statistics, Environmental Studies, Forensic Science, Conflict Management and Resolution, Gender Studies and Hispanic Studies are available. Graduate programs in the College are designed to develop intellectual competence and to prepare the student for careers in business, industry, government, teaching or for further study at the doctoral level.

Deadline: February 2, 2023

Preceptor in Ukrainian Language, Harvard University
The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at Harvard University seeks applications for a position as Preceptor in Ukrainian Language. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2023 with teaching beginning in fall semester 2023.

The preceptor will be responsible for courses in beginning and intermediate Ukrainian (4 courses per academic year) and additional language tutorials in advanced Ukrainian as needed. The preceptor will work with the Director of the Slavic Language Program to develop courses and materials in Ukrainian language and assist with recruitment of students and expanding interest in the Ukrainian language program. An interest in furthering broader Slavic Language Program goals is highly desirable, including materials development for Ukrainian. The preceptorship in Ukrainian language is offered for three years, renewable for a second term of up to five years for a combined total of eight years, contingent on performance, enrollments, curricular need, position availability, and divisional dean authorization. Interviews will be conducted by phone or video conference in spring semester 2023.

Basic Qualifications
The successful applicant should have experience in teaching Ukrainian language, student advising and recruitment, materials design, teaching with technology, and have native or near-native proficiency in Ukrainian and English.

Preferred Qualifications
An MA or PhD or equivalent graduate training is preferred.

Special Instructions

Please submit the following materials through ARIeS portal (http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11856) no later than February 3, 2023:

1. Cover letter, including a description of teaching experience and philosophy and comments on any efforts to encourage diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

2. Curriculum Vitae.

3. A brief teaching statement and a sample of teaching materials and syllabi.

4. Names and contact information of at least three references who will be submitting letters of recommendation on your behalf. (Letters should be submitted on the ARIeS portal and your application will be complete only when at least three letters have been submitted.)

You may send an email to Steven Clancy <sclancy@fas.harvard.edu>, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Slavic Language Program, for any questions.

Deadline: February 3, 2023

Librarian – East Central Europe Section, US Library of Congress

For more details, please click the hyperlinked title.

Catalogs various materials in an automated cataloging environment where the bibliographic characteristics of the material are relatively easy to determine and cataloging decisions are made within established standards. Searches entries in automated and manual catalogs. Assigns headings to catalog entries. Selects and assigns classification numbers. Establishes personal and corporate names and uniform titles for inclusion in the name authority file. Establishes and recommends subject headings for inclusion in the subject authority file and classification schedule. Creates and revises bibliographic records, authority records, and classification schedules. Performs content designation of bibliographic and authority records. Performs research in the cataloger's reference collection, online databases, the World Wide Web, and the collections of the Library. Recommends resolutions to problems and inconsistencies in the cataloging process.

Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.

Ability to communicate in Hungarian, Romanian, or a Slavic language from the following group: Belarusian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish or Slovak, in addition to English.**

Knowledge of library acquisitions and metadata rules, practices, and procedures.

Ability to organize, analyze, and interpret data relating to acquiring or cataloging library materials.

Ability to use library software applications, integrated library platforms, or other information technologies.

Ability to interact collaboratively with others to provide consultation and liaison services.

Ability to communicate in writing.

Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.

Deadline: February 8, 2023

News Reporter, Moscow Times

The Moscow Times is looking for an energetic, proactive News Reporter to contribute to our daily coverage of Russian news, with a specific focus on the Russian military and battlefield developments in Ukraine. You should be comfortable calling sources in both Russian and English, and be able to find and break stories. 

This position involves regular news writing shifts during which you will be expected to produce multiple news briefs and monitor Russian and international news outlets — catching the news as it happens and quickly turning around stories.

In addition, you will be responsible for reporting and writing features and analysis — both on daily news developments, as well as more deeply reported articles and exclusives. 

You should have excellent communication skills and thrive in a small, fast-paced newsroom environment.

Requirements:

• Experience in journalism
• Strong news judgment
• A deep understanding of Russian current affairs
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Fluent English and excellent Russian 

This position is full-time and requires occasional evening and weekend work. It will be based in Amsterdam (work permit support provided), although may initially be remote.   

Send your CV, cover letter and samples of previously published work to applications@themoscowtimes.com (subject line “News Reporter”) by Friday, March 3. 

ESL Teachers Part and Full Time, American Home in Vladimir, Russia

The American Home in Vladimir, Russia – which is celebrating its 31^st anniversary this year – welcomes applications for part-time and full-time online and in-person ESL teaching positions in the American English Program for the 2023-2024 academic year (August 2023 - June 2024).

Hundreds of people – school kids, university students, working professionals, retirees – continue to study English at the American Home each semester. They seek contact with the global community and see English as a necessary resource.

PROGRAM BENEFITS: monthly stipend, one-to-one Russian lessons with faculty trained to teach Russian as a foreign language, thorough teacher orientation and ongoing teaching support from 2 full-time teacher trainers, textbooks customized specifically for our program, a pleasant and well-equipped teaching environment for both onsite and remote teachers, excellent Russian staff, and much more.

Information about the American Home and the American English Program, including a short video about teaching online, is at: www.ah33.ru/teach-english/.The program's “Vkontakte” page (Russian equivalent to Face Book) has pictures and information about activities at the American Home https://vk.com/americanhome33. 

For application instructions and additional information, please contact Oxana Ustinova (assistant director): serendipity.american.home@gmail.com

Assistant Professor of Russian, Grinnell College, IA

Description

The Department of Russian invites applications for a one-year appointment beginning Fall 2023. Assistant Professor (Ph.D.) preferred; Instructor (ABD) possible. Research and teaching interests might include but are not limited to: Russian language and literature, topics in Ukrainian or Central Asian/Eurasian studies, Film Studies, Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies. The teaching load is five courses over two semesters.  Additional information about our curriculum and faculty can be found at https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/majors-concentrations/russian.

Qualifications

Ph.D. preferred, ABD possible

Application Instructions

In letters of application, candidates should discuss their interest in developing as a teacher and scholar in a highly selective undergraduate liberal arts college that emphasizes close student-faculty interaction. They should also discuss their potential to contribute to a college community that maintains a diversity of people and perspectives as one of its core values. To be assured of full consideration, all application materials should be received by March 7, 2023. Candidates will need to upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts (copies are acceptable), and provide names and email addresses to request three confidential letters of recommendation. Questions about this search should be directed to the search chair, Professor Todd Armstrong, at RussianSearch@grinnell.edu or 641-269-4655.

 

Zuzana Simoniova Cmelikova Visiting International Scholar in Leadership and Ethics, University of Richmond
The University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies invites applications for a full-time visiting position as the Zuzana Simoniova Cmelikova Visiting International Scholar in Leadership and Ethics for the 2023-24 academic year.

This position, made possible by a generous gift from the Ukrop family, is designed to give visiting scholars with extensive international experience the opportunity to conduct research, develop courses, and/or design programs on leadership ethics. Visiting International Scholars pursue their own advanced research related to leadership and ethics; and actively contribute to the intellectual life of the School and University through meaningful interactions with faculty including presenting their research and/or issues related to leadership in their country. Ordinarily, the fellowship is renewable for a second year.

Visiting international scholars may be new Ph.D.s or experienced scholars who hold a Ph.D. in an academic area related to the study of leadership and ethics. Scholars from newly formed or restored democracies are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants should explain in a cover letter how their research, teaching, and future plans relate to the scholarship that they would pursue as a visitor at the Jepson School.

Inaugurated in 1992, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies is an independent academic unit of the University and offers students the opportunity to major or minor in Leadership Studies. With the aim of educating students for and about leadership, the Jepson School offers an intellectually challenging liberal arts curriculum delivered by means of a rigorous and innovative pedagogy.

The University of Richmond is a private university located just a short drive from downtown Richmond, Virginia. Through its five schools and wide array of campus programming, the University combines the best qualities of a small liberal arts college and a large university. With nearly 4,000 students, an 8:1 student-faculty ratio, and more than 90% of traditional undergraduate students living on campus, the University is remarkably student-centered, focused on preparing students “to live lives of purpose, thoughtful inquiry, and responsible leadership in a global and pluralistic society.”

The University of Richmond is committed to developing a diverse workforce and student body, and to modeling an inclusive campus community which values the expression of difference in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal development, and institutional success. Our academic community strongly encourages applications that are in keeping with this commitment. For more information on the School and its programs, please see https://jepson.richmond.edu/.

Applicants should apply online at http://jobs.richmond.edu and submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, one-page research plan, and writing sample. Candidates for this position may be asked, at a later date, to provide the names and contact information for three references who will be asked to submit letters of recommendation.   Review of applications will commence March 15, 2023; the deadline for applications is March 31, 2023.

Lector/Senior Lector I in Russian language, Yale University

Description

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University invites applications for a Lector/Senior Lector I in Russian language.  The appointment will begin on July 1, 2023, with the teaching beginning at the start of the fall semester 2023.  This is a 3-year full-time appointment with renewal contingent on excellent performance and sufficient enrollments.  Salary and rank are commensurate with experience and qualifications.  If the initial appointment is at the rank of Lector, a promotion review for Senior Lector I must take place in the fifth year or earlier.  Senior lectors at Yale are expected to participate in teaching-related professional activities (e.g., workshops, seminars, training activities, conferences) and have no limits on reappointment, provided the performance is successful and there is ongoing curricular need. The successful hire may be considered for the position of the Language Coordinator.

Primary duties include teaching 6 courses per academic year, which can be realized through teaching 5 term courses in the language sequence and providing 1 course equivalent of administrative, pedagogical, or other service in support of the academic priorities of the University. Lectors are eligible for Yale’s generous package of benefits, including health coverage, and they are encouraged to participate in the wide range of professional development opportunities offered through the Center for Language Study, the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office.

Qualifications

The appointee must have an M.A. or equivalent by the time of hire and native or near-native fluency in Russian and English. It is preferred that the appointee have a Ph.D. by the time of hire in second-language pedagogy, Russian language/linguistics, applied linguistics, or a related field, and experience teaching Russian in a U.S. university or equivalent to heritage and non-heritage learners, using current teaching methodologies. Additional desirable characteristics include experience in curriculum development and in incorporating technology in the classroom; research profile in foreign language pedagogy; ACTFL Certification; the ability to teach another East European or Eurasian language; and the ability to train and offer language pedagogy courses to graduate student instructors.

Application Instructions

All applicants should submit the following via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/119170, a letter of application addressed to Prof. Marijeta Bozovic, a CV, a statement of teaching philosophy (not to exceed one page), three confidential letters of recommendation, evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., course evaluations or supervisor reviews), and a sample of teaching materials and syllabi.  Review of applications will begin February 10 and will continue until the position is filled.  Initial interviews will be held via Zoom. 

If you do not have a free dossier account with Interfolio, you will be prompted to create one during the application process.  Assistance is available from Interfolio’s Customer Support (help@interfolio.com or call (877) 997-8807).  For inquiries about other application logistics, please contact the Department Administrator, Cheryl Morrison (cheryl.morrison@yale.edu).  For questions about the position itself, please contact Prof. Bozovic (marijeta.bozovic@yale.edu).

 

The U.S. Russia Foundation Internship Opportunities
The U.S. Russia Foundation invites applications for its internship program in the Foundation’s Washington DC office for Spring, Summer and Fall semesters. USRF interns will have responsibilities in two areas: (1) supporting USRF staff in grant administration and management, and in the operation of the Washington office; and (2) researching, writing, and producing an in-house report for USRF Board members and staff on current trends in Russia and U.S.-Russia relations.

USRF interns will also participate in a program of seminars, discussions, and events to develop their expertise on Russia and knowledge of careers and professions in government, the private sector, and education.

Interns will work flexible schedules of 15-20 hours per week under the supervision of USRF staff. The Spring internship program runs from January 15 through May 31. The Summer internship program runs from June 1 through August 31. The Fall internship program runs from September 15 through December 31. Interns will receive a monthly stipend of $1200 and support for public transportation costs in the DC metro area.

An applicant must:

1. Be a current full-time undergraduate student at an accredited U.S. college or university with a focus on Russian studies (in any academic discipline), OR be a current Masters degree or professional degree candidate. Preference is given to undergraduates, but MA candidates may also apply.
2. Have completed at least 2 years of Russian language studies or the equivalent
3. Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
4. Be a U.S. citizen

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for each semester. Spring semester applications are due by December 1st; Summer semester applications are due by April 30th, and Fall semester applications are due by September 13th. These should be submitted to chief@usrf.us.

Applicants should submit:

1. A letter of interest that includes: your background, your interest in Russia, and what you think USRF should be doing to advance its mission (see the USRF website http://usrf.us )
2. 2 letters of recommendation from professors, instructors, or teaching assistants
3. A current university transcript
4. A writing sample

Internships with the Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute is accepting applications for Spring 2023 internships. Please submit applications for Summer 2023 internships between March and April, 2023.

The Kennan Institute offers paid research internships for undergraduate, graduate, and prospective graduate students. Each intern works with a scholar in residence at the Institute over a period of three to nine months. Applicants should have a good command of the Russian or Ukrainian language and ability to conduct independent research. This internship offers a flexible schedule of 15 hours per week.

To apply, send a resume and cover letter describing your availability to work in Washington, D.C. and your research interests and strengths. Please be sure to note in your cover letter the period for which you wish to be considered (for example, spring or fall semester). You may send your application by email to joseph.dresen@wilsoncenter.org, or by regular mail to: 

Research Assistant Coordinator
Kennan Institute
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027

For more information, you may email Joseph Dresen or call (202) 691-4245. 

International students are eligible, but they must hold a valid F-1 or J-1 visa and appropriate work authorization especially if they are receiving compensation for the internships. All international students must obtain written permission from their Designated School Official or Responsible Visa Officer at their university stating that they are in valid immigration status and eligible to do an internship at the Center. The Wilson Center is an equal opportunity employer and follows equal opportunity employment guidelines in the selection of its interns.

Jordan Center New York City Summer Fellowship

Option A. Funding for Unpaid Russia-Related Internships 

Description: The Jordan Center New York City Summer Fellowship in Support of Russia Related Internships and Research supports undergraduate and MA students who have obtained unpaid Russia-related summer internships in New York City over the summer. Selected fellows will receive a stipend of $5600 for the 8-week program. All fellows will be paired with individual mentors in their chosen areas of interest. A series of career-related conversations will also take place throughout the summer with professionals from a wide array of fields working on Russia-related projects.

Deadline: April 1, 2023

Eligibility: Applicants must be currently enrolled as undergraduate or MA students at NYU. Applicants must have already obtained an internship offer by the time of applying. All internships must be based in New York City.

Application Guidelines
Applicants must submit:

1. One page statement of interest
2. Current CV or resume
3. Internship Confirmation
4. One letter of recommendation

Option B. Funding for Russia-Related Research 

Description: The Jordan Center New York City Summer Fellowship in Support of Russia Related Internships and Research supports undergraduate and MA students who seek to conduct Russia-related research in New York City over the summer. Selected fellows will receive a stipend of $5600 for the 8-week program. All fellows will be paired with individual mentors in their chosen areas of interest. A series of career-related conversations will also take place throughout the summer with professionals from a wide array of fields working on Russia-related projects.

Deadline: April 1, 2023

Eligibility: Applicants must be currently enrolled as undergraduate or MA students at NYU. Research projects must be based in New York City.

Application Guidelines
Applicants must submit:

1. One page research statement
2. Current CV or resume
3. Letter of recommendation from a professor or TA (ideally from someone advising applicant on the research project).

The Jordan Center Fellowship Committee will review complete applications and decisions will be announced within 2-3 weeks of the submission deadline.  

PLEASE BE SURE TO NOTE WHETHER YOU ARE APPLYING FOR OPTION A (INTERNSHIPS) OR OPTION B (RESEARCH) WHEN APPLYING

Please upload your application materials HERE by April 1, 2023. 

For more information please contact jordan.russia.center@nyu.edu

 

Title VIII Senior Scholarships, Kennan Institute
Title VIII Senior Scholarships lasting up to six months are available to assistant, associate, and adjunct faculty with at least 5 years’ experience. Awarded applicants will spend a semester in Washington, D.C. to conduct original research on new projects that advance the Title VIII mission. Policy relevant research proposals examining Russia, Ukraine, and the countries of Eurasia are eligible. Awards are limited to scholars who are U.S. citizens. The Title VIII Senior Scholar grant offers a stipend of $3,500 per month, research facilities, computer support, and some research assistance. Grant recipients are required to be in residence at the Institute in Washington, D.C. for the duration of their grant. The Title VIII Senior Scholar Program is supported by the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII) of the United States Department of State. One round of competitive Title VIII Senior Scholar selection is held per year. The deadline for receipt of applications and supporting materials is January 31, 2023. Application materials may be submitted by email. Please download the application packet on this page. Applicants will be notified of decisions in early March; awardees are able to commence their appointments as early as July of that year. Recipients are asked to complete their residency by August 2024, in accordance with our grantors, and we ask that successful applicants not defer their start date unless under extenuating circumstances. Please note that continuation of the Senior Scholar program each year is contingent on future funding.

Deadline: January 31, 2023

The University of Southern California, Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research: Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship
The USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research invites proposals for three research fellowships for advanced-standing PhD candidates: the 2023-2024 Margee and Douglas Greenberg Research Fellowship; the 2023-2024 USC Shoah Foundation Robert J. Katz Research Fellowship in Genocide Studies; and the 2023-2024 Breslauer, Rutman, and Anderson Research Fellowship. Each fellowship provides $4,000 support and will be awarded to an outstanding advanced-standing PhD candidate from any discipline for dissertation research focused on testimony from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive and other USC resources. The USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive is a collection of over 55,000 audiovisual testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides, including the Rwandan, Armenian, Guatemalan, Cambodian genocides, the Nanjing Massacre in China, anti-Rohingya mass violence, and war and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The majority of testimonies are life history interviews in which interviewees discuss their lives before, during, and after genocide and mass violence. With interviews conducted in 65 countries and in 44 languages, testimonies capture both the individual experience of mass violence and the social and cultural history of the 20th century on a global scale. Learn more about the Visual History Archive and its collections here. The recipient will be required to spend one month in residence at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research in Los Angeles during the 2023-2024 academic year. Each fellow will be expected to provide the Center with fresh perspectives, to play a role in Center activities, and to give a public talk during the stay.

Deadline: January 31, 2023

Title VIII Fellowships for the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)
About the program:

CESSI is an intensive, eight-week language program held each summer in Madison, Wisconsin.  This year the program will run from June 19 - August 11, 2023. Students receive the equivalent of one year of language study during this time and earn eight credits upon completion of the program.  In addition to language classes, CESSI students have the opportunity to attend lectures on Central Eurasia; participate in cultural events; engage with local Central Eurasian communities; and network with other scholars of Central Eurasia.  Students of all disciplines and academic programs are welcome! 

The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) has been granted Title VIII funding from the U.S. State Department. CESSI will provide 10 fellowships for graduate students, post-baccalaureate scholars, and professionals who are U.S. citizens studying Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, or Uzbek. Title VIII Fellowships will cover tuition and fees as well as provide a stipend of $2,500 to cover living expenses for the summer. Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to using their linguistic knowledge for subsequent academic and government research on Central Eurasia. CESSI is held in Madison, Wisconsin from June to August each year.

Deadline: February 1, 2023

Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Kansas, Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
The University of Kansas’ Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies is excited to announce the search for a new post-doctoral position. The CREES Cyber-Social Fellow will pursue research on regional and global cybersecurity and disinformation challenges arising from Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia and their social, cultural, and historical contexts. The Fellow will collaborate with KU’s new Center for Cyber-Social Dynamics, which is devoted to developing new approaches to cybersecurity and disinformation that take into account the crucial role played by cultural dynamics, social factors, and human-machine interaction. The position is interdisciplinary and open to a range of fields, including Anthropology, Communications, History, Linguistics, Political Science, Slavic Languages & Literatures, and Sociology. The initial appointment will begin August 15, 2023. Initial appointment is for one year, position may be renewed for one additional year based on satisfactory progress.

Deadline: February 1, 2023

Graduate Research Fellowships, Center for Jewish History
The Center for Jewish History offers ten-month fellowships to doctoral candidates to support original research using the collections of the Center’s Partners - American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Preference is given to those candidates who draw on the archival and library resources of more than one Partner institution. Fellowships must run for 10 months, starting September 2023, and applicants should have completed all requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation. A total of four or five fellowships are available for the 2023-24 year: three Lapidus Fellowships and one or two Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Fellowships. These fellowships carry stipends of $30,000 for a period of 10 months.
Preference for the Lapidus Fellowships will be given to those researchers who will use the Sidney Lapidus Collections of the Center or its in-house partner, the American Jewish
Historical Society. The fellowships are open to qualified doctoral candidates from accredited domestic and international institutions; Applicants should have completed all requirements (i.e., coursework, exams, dissertation proposal) for the doctoral degree except for the dissertation. Applications are to be submitted to: fellowships@cjh.org.

Deadline: February 3, 2023

Fordham University, The Orthodox Christian Studies Center Fellowship Opportunities
The Orthodox Christian Studies NEH Dissertation Completion Fellowship, supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is intended to enable an advanced PhD student to devote full-time work to the final year of dissertation research and writing. The Fellow must be prepared to complete her or his dissertation within the period of the Fellowship. Applications are welcomed for projects in any methodological discipline of the humanities (e.g., art history, history, philosophy, or theology), or for projects emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach including but not limited to those of gender studies, postcolonial studies, or postmodern studies as well as other contemporary theoretical methods of inquiry. Proposals are encouraged for projects of any chronological period or geographical region so long as the primary subject of investigation relates to a critical examination of some aspect of the history, thought, or culture of Orthodox Christianity. The recipient of the Fellowship will receive a stipend of $30,000 (which includes the costs incurred for the residency requirement) and will be expected to be absolved of any service or teaching responsibilities at his or her home institution. The Fellow will not be required to reside full-time in New York City, but they are invited to participate in Center activities and will be offered the opportunity to deliver a public lecture related to his or her research. The recipient of the Fellowship, by policy of Fordham University, must provide proof of health insurance. If health insurance is needed, the Fellow may buy in to the Fordham University health plan at a discounted rate.

The Research Fellowship in Coptic Orthodox Studies is intended to support research and writing on some aspect of Coptic Orthodox Christianity. The Fellowship is open to current full-time faculty of all ranks and independent scholars, or it may serve as a dissertation completion fellowship for advanced PhD students prepared to complete their dissertation within the Fellowship period. Applications are welcomed for projects in any methodological discipline of the humanities or social sciences (e.g., art history, history, philosophy, theology, anthropology, political science), or for projects emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach including but not limited to those of gender studies, postcolonial studies, or postmodern studies as well as other contemporary theoretical methods of inquiry. Proposals are encouraged for projects of any chronological period as long as the primary subject of investigation relates to a critical examination of some aspect of the history, thought, or culture of Coptic Orthodox Christianity whether in Egypt or elsewhere.

Deadline: February 3,2023

COHEN-TUCKER DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Established in 2015, the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowships provide a maximum stipend of $25,000 for doctoral students at US and Canadian universities, who are citizens or permanent residents of the US, to conduct dissertation research in Russian Studies. The program is open to students in any discipline whose dissertation topics are within 19th-early 21st century Russian historical studies.

As of 2022, ASEEES is offering a new Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship for Women's and Gender Studies with the same provisions and eligibility as the other Dissertation Research Fellowships.

Eastablished in 2019, the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Completion Fellowships provide a maximum stipend of $25,000 for doctoral students at US and Canadian universities, who are citizens or permanent residents of the US, to complete their dissertation. The program is open to students in any discipline whose dissertation topics are within 19th-early 21st century Russian historical studies.

A flyer describing this program is available here.

FELLOWSHIP PROJECT SCOPE

For both the Research Fellowship and Dissertation Completion Fellowship:

• The dissertation topic must be in 19th-early 21st century Russian historical studies; in cases of equally qualified applications, some preference may be given to research on the Soviet era
• The dissertation topic can be in cultural, economic, intellectual, political, or social historical studies
• The geographic focus of the dissertation must be predominantly within the current boundaries of the Russian Federation. NOTE: This does not exclude research related to other former Soviet Republics or territories of the 19th c. Russian Empire, but the research topic must still be predominantly a historical study of Russia 

For the Research Fellowship only:

• For 2023-2024, due to the difficulty of conducting research in Russia, applicants may propose to conduct research at locations that are most beneficial for their research topic, including within the United States. However, preference will be given for archival research in Eastern Europe and/or Eurasia.
• [This does not apply in 2023-2024 - The research must be conducted primarily in the Russian Federation, but the fellowship may be used to conduct research for a briefer period in secondary site(s) in one other former Soviet republic or territory once forming part of the Russian empire (NOTE: The fellowship does not support research in North America).]
• One Research Fellowship is designated for women's and gender studies

FELLOWSHIP DURATION

For the Research Fellowship:

• The duration of research travel must be at least nine (9) months. Research can be conducted in multiple trips if the visa situation requires it, but all proposed research travel must be concluded within 15 months from the start of research travel.

For the Dissertation Completion Fellowship: 

• The maximum duration of the fellowship is twelve (12) months - from August 15 of the fellowship competition year to August 14 of the following year. Applicants may apply for a one-semester fellowship (for which the stipend will be a maximum $12,500). Fellowship recipients MUST complete the dissertation during their fellowship tenure. 

For eligibility, or to apply, please click here.

 

ARISC Conference Travel Grants

The ARISC Conference Travel Grant promotes cooperation and exchange among South Caucasus and U.S. researchers and institutions by providing support to Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian scholars and PhD students for presenting research at scholarly conferences or workshops in the U.S. The ARISC Travel Grant provides travel costs up to $3,000 USD.

The Conference Travel Grant funds may be used for the presentation of papers, organization of panels, active participation in workshops that include topics relevant to area studies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and/or Georgia at scholarly conferences in the U.S. This competition is open only to citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, or Georgia, with priority given to those affiliated with colleges, universities, or research institutions in the South Caucasus (e.g. students, faculty, researchers).

Funding for the ARISC Conference Travel Grant Program is provided by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs through a grant to the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

ALEKSANTERI INSTITUTE VISITING FELLOWSHIPS 2023-2024

The Aleksanteri Institute, the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European studies at the University of Helsinki, is pleased to invite applications for its Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2023-2024 from scholars holding a PhD degree and pursuing research that relates to the Institute's research profile.

The Fellowship carries a monthly grant to cover the expenses related to the research visit. Fellowships are for two months (with some exceptions specified in the call for proposals, for three months). The Visiting Fellowship scheme is intended for scholars who reside outside Finland.

The deadline for applications is 12 February 2023.

Please see call details and application instructions in the Call for Proposals.
You can find more information on the Visiting Fellows Programme here.

Association for Women in Slavic Studies Travel Grants
The Association for Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS) is pleased to be able to offer travel grants of between $200 and $1000 for scholars from Eurasia studying women's and gender studies, who are presenting papers at the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) meetings, the AWSS meetings, or the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) meetings.

Requests to support travel to other conferences will be considered if funds are available. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Scholars should complete the information listed below and submit a budget and a current CV with their application. All recipients of awards are required to submit a short (maximum 250 words) report on their grant activity within 30 days after the event for which travel was supported.

Non-Residential Fellowships for Scholars from Ukraine, Institute for Human Sciences
In recognition of the need for urgent support of Ukraine’s intellectual community in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Vienna), the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University (HURI), and the Harriman Institute at Columbia University have partnered to offer non-residential fellowships for Ukrainian scholars, cultural figures, and public intellectuals. These fellowships provide a one-time stipend of 5000 EUR to support recipients’ intellectual activities. These fellowships are open to: Ukrainian scholars in the humanities and social sciences who hold a PhD or its equivalent at the time of application; Ukrainian writers, artists, and public intellectuals whose work contributes to deeper international understanding of Ukrainian society. Preference was given to applicants who intend to or must remain in Ukraine for legal, professional, or personal reasons.

AISEES 2023 Travel Grant Program

We invite applications for the AISEES Travel Grant Program (deadline on March 15, 2023). The travel grants are for the travel expenses of advanced students or scholars living in and traveling from southeastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia) to present original research at a professional conference or symposium of international importance within the domains of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The conference/symposium must take place outside the scholar’s country of residence and must be of international importance (for example, European Association of Archaeology, American Anthropological Association, ASEEES, Byzantine Studies Association). The travel grant may be used for a one-time or recurring conferences/symposia hosted by a university or an academic institute. 

Deadline: March 15, 2023

AISEES 2023-24 Fellowships

AISEES offers 3 fellowships for US graduate students and early postdoctoral scholars in the United States to support research in southeastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia). The 2023-24 AISEES Fellows will be awarded $3000 each. Projects in fields within the Social Sciences, Humanities, and related disciplines are eligible.

Deadline: March 31, 2023

AISEES Summer 2023 Scholarship with the Balkan Heritage Foundation

AISEES is pleased to resume our partnership with the Balkan Heritage Foundation (www.balkanheritage.org) to offer a scholarship of 1800 euros to enable a student based at an American university to participate in a program sponsored by the Foundation. The scholarship can be applied to any of the BHF programs of excavation or conservation in southeastern Europe.

Deadline: April 15, 2023

SEESA Travel Grants

To support graduate student scholarship and international participation in the field of Southeast European Studies, the Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA) has established the SEESA Travel Grants to subsidize travel costs for the presentation of papers at international, national, regional, or state conferences. In 2023, the grants will be awarded to graduate and undergraduate students for presentation of work on topics related to Southeast European Studies at conferences in any field – including, but not limited to, history, linguistics, literature, anthropology, the arts, social and political science, and folklore. SEESA plans to fund, on a competitive basis, at least 2 awards of $500 each. Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students in Southeast European Studies or a related field. Students may receive only one SEESA Graduate Student Travel Grant over the course of their studies. Applicants should submit an abstract of the paper of no fewer than 500 words, proof that the abstract has been accepted, a C.V., a short bibliography of their paper, and proof of student status as an email attachment to Bavjola Shatro [seesa.travel.grants@gmail.com]. Author name(s), affiliation(s), and contact information should be provided below the title of the paper. Applicants who cannot submit proof of acceptance of their abstracts by March 10th because the conference where they plan to present has later deadlines for sending acceptance notifications, should contact SEESA’s Committee for Travel Grants at the email address given above before submitting their application in order to be given the necessary instructions to complete and submit their application for the SEESA Travel Grants. The applications will be evaluated by SEESA’s Committee for Travel Grants. The quality of writing of the abstract as well as its content will be considered. Questions about the grants may be directed to Bavjola Shatro.

Deadline: March 10, 2023

Business Language Research and Teaching Awards, Indiana University

In order to encourage faculty, lecturers and graduate students in foreign language departments to add a business-language dimension to their research and teaching, the 16 Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) have pledged a portion of their Title VI CIBER grant funding to support the Business Language Research and Teaching (BLRT) Awards. In 2023, two $4,000 and one $5,000 awards will be made to research or teaching projects in foreign languages (excluding ESL and ASL).

The 2023 BLRT recipients will present their research findings at the 2024 International Symposium on Language for Specific Purposes. Recipients will also receive a travel stipend of up to $1,000 to cover costs associated with presenting at this conference.

Proposal Guidelines

Each of the following sections must be included in the proposal submission:

1. Facts for applicant:

• Name
• Title
• Institutional Affiliation
• E-Mail Address
• Phone Number
• Address
• City, State, Zip Code

2. Project Title
3. Target Language
4. Project Description (250-350 words)
5. Proposed Timeline
6. Proposed Detailed Budget
7. Applicant CV

Note: Doctoral students must submit a letter of support from their advisor along with the proposal.

All proposals should be submitted via email to IU CIBER (ciber@indiana.edu) by April 3, 2023.

CLIR/ASEEES Underrepresented Regions, Year 3

 

The CLIR Executive Council, in partnership with ASEEES, is starting year three of a multi-year pilot program to engage with librarians, archivists, and other information professionals from underrepresented regions within Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia. The annual convention will once again serve as the platform for structured discussions between ASEEES members and representatives from these regions.

The program seeks to bring 3-4 librarians, archivists, and other information professionals from underrepresented regions. The ASEEES administration will provide comped membership and waive registration fees, and the Slavic Reference Service will provide each participant with a $400.00 stipend.

For the 2023 annual convention, they are focusing on Central Asia (emphasis on Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan).  In order to coordinate and facilitate these discussions with regional librarians, the CLIR Executive Council is creating a working group that will do the following:

• Identify themes and focus areas for two structured roundtable discussions at the upcoming 2023 annual convention
• Setup up an application review process for program participants  
• Work with CLIR Executive Council to promote these discussions
• Moderate discussions & coordinate meetings with ASEEES members and representatives from the region

The working group will be led by two co-chairs. The deadline to complete this work is August 2023.  

Next segment:

• Fourth-year - Siberia and the Far East (strong emphasis on indigenous memory institutions) (2024)

They are encouraging librarians, students, and scholars (4-5) with specialization in Central Asian Studies to join this working group. If you are interested in serving as a co-chair, participating in the working group, or nominating a chair or co-chair, please contact Anna Arays at anna.arays@yale.edu.  

 

North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (NESEEES), 2023 CALL FOR PAPERS

The North East Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Executive Board invites proposals for individual papers and complete panels for the 44th annual NESEEES conference.

The conference will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia (New York University). Details on the conference format and procedures will be provided to registered participants. The registration fee is $40 ($25 for students). 

Scholarly papers and panels are welcome on any aspect of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Proposals for complete panels of thematically related papers are strongly encouraged. Recommendations for discussants and chairs are not required for panel proposals but are invited and will be taken into consideration.

Proposals must include the following:

• Title and a one-paragraph abstract
• Technology requirements
• Presenter’s email address
• Presenter’s institutional affiliation and professional status (professor, graduate student, etc.)
• The name and contact information for the panel organizer, where applicable.

Proposals may be submitted directly by graduate students enrolled in related programs as well as by independent scholars with academic credentials and by faculty members of all ranks.  Proposals may be submitted on behalf of undergraduate students by faculty mentors supervising their projects. 

We strongly urge professionals in the field to volunteer to serve as chairs and/or discussants. Those wishing to volunteer may do so using the space provided on the proposal submission Form.

2023 Midwest Slavic Conference, Columbus, OH

March 24-26, 2023

The Midwest Slavic Association and The Ohio State University (OSU) Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) are pleased to announce the 2023 Midwest Slavic Conference to be held at OSU in Columbus, Ohio on March 24-26, 2023. The conference committee invites proposals for papers on all topics related to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian world, particularly those related to the theme of displacement and diaspora. As war and other disasters continue in these regions, this theme will explore how war has displaced and damaged cultures, cultural artifacts, and cultural production. It will also provide students and scholars with the opportunity to think about how these horrors prompt cultures, societies, and languages to flourish and thrive while creating new centers and pulls across the globe when citizens are forced to flee.

The conference will open on Friday with a reception by Dr. Valeria Sobol (U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Building on the keynote address, a plenary panel will follow on Saturday morning Panels by conference participants will then commence on Saturday and Sunday. This year’s conference will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Society for Slovene Studies.

Please send a one-paragraph abstract and a brief C.V. in a single PDF format file to cseees@osu.edu by Friday, January 27. Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to participate. Interdisciplinary work and pre-formed panels are encouraged. Proposals for individual papers will be accepted.

More information is available on the Conference website. The Midwest Slavic Conference is organized by the Midwest Slavic Association and the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies at Ohio State.

DEADLINES

• Abstract and C.V. Deadline: January 27                                           
• Notification of Acceptance: February 13                                          
• Scheduling Conflicts Due: February 16                                                                  
• Panels Announced: February 17                                                    
• Final Papers to Chair: March 17
• Presenter Registration Deadline: March 17

REGISTRATION FEES

• Student Presenters: $35
• Faculty/Independent Scholars: $50
• All attendees (those not presenting): $25

If you have any questions regarding the conference, please email us at cseees@osu.edu or call us at (614) 292-8770.

PIASA issues a Call for Papers for its annual Polish Studies conference

New Britain, Connecticut, June 9-11, 2023

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America and the Polish Studies Program at Central Connecticut State University are pleased to invite proposals for a joint conference/anniversary celebration to be held at Central Connecticut State University, June 9-11, 2023.

Proposals are solicited for complete sessions or individual papers in any of the disciplines in the liberal arts, sciences, or business/economics. The Polish Studies Program at CCSU celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2024; this joint PIASA/CCSU conference comprises the main event of that anniversary celebration. The general theme of the conference is “Migrations,” for which New Britain, Connecticut, a destination of generations of Polish and other immigrants, is a most appropriate setting. It was those Polish immigrants who helped fund an endowed chair in Polish and Polish-American Studies at Central Connecticut State University, whose library also houses the Connecticut Polish American Archive. Therefore, we particularly welcome panel and paper proposals which discuss the determinants, processes, and outcomes of human migration in all of its manifestations and from various disciplinary perspectives, including the migration of ideas and material culture.  However, papers do not necessarily have to address the conference theme. Since we value comparative sessions that place the Polish and East Central European experience in context, papers need not focus specifically on Poland or the Polish diaspora but could revolve around a central theme of a panel. Similarly, sessions including presenters from more than one country are encouraged.

Each session is scheduled for 90 minutes to accommodate three papers or about 20 minutes per paper, with suitable time left for discussion. The conference language is English.  All conference rooms will be equipped with AV for PowerPoint presentations. Presenters are invited to submit their conference papers to be considered for possible publication in The Polish Review subsequent to the conference.

To submit a paper or complete session, please send the name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, tentative paper title and brief one-paragraph abstract for each presenter to program chairs Patrice Dabrowski at pmd639@g.harvard.edu and Lynn Lubamersky at lynnlubamersky@gmail.com. The deadline for proposals is February 1, though earlier submissions are welcome since capacity, including the possibility of virtual participation, is limited. All participants are expected to pay the conference registration fee of $80, discounted to $40 for students.

In addition to the conference panels, several additional events are being organized. Our traditional pre-conference tour is scheduled for the afternoon and evening of Thursday, June 8 (3:00-8:00 p.m.). The tour consists of a trip to the New England Air Museum to see the Kosciuszko Squadron exhibition and ends with a stop for traditional Polish food and drink in the Polish National Home in Hartford. One must pre-register and pay for the tour.  There will also be a reception on Friday, June 9, free to all registered participants.  The conference banquet will be held on Saturday, June 10, for which participants are again asked to pre-register and pay a separate fee. 

CfP for Workshop: Ecologies of Health and Disease in Eurasia: New Perspectives in the Environmental Humanities and History

Oslo School of Environmental Humanities, University of Oslo, Norway. June 1-2, 2023.

Keynote speaker: Professor Kate Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Aims of the workshop

This workshop aims to develop a multidisciplinary dialogue on the entanglements of politics, society, ecology, environment, health, and disease in the regions of East-Central Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, bringing together scholars in the history of medicine and the medical humanities with scholars in environmental history and the environmental humanities.

It aims to deepen understandings of regional particularities and traditions, including a possible divergence in approaches to environment and health in Eurasia from approaches taken in other regions, such as Western Europe, East Asia, and South Asia.

At the same time, the workshop aims to explore the local, transnational, international, and global connections, circulations, and integrations that cut through and extend beyond the regions of Eurasia and call its distinctiveness into question. It aims to foster a discussion about what the study of the regions of Eurasia might contribute to the developing fields of medical-environmental humanities and medical-environmental history.

Questions that the workshop will address include:  

• Where were links between the physical environment, health, and disease made visible in the regions of Eurasia, and where were they obscured? How can these developments be explained?

• Which categories, concepts, disciplines, and practices were employed to analyse and enact the relationship between environment, health, and disease in the regions of Eurasia, and how did these shape approaches to managing, protecting, building in, and transforming the physical environment? Who were the main actors participating in these processes?

Papers

The workshop welcomes papers on diverse topics, building on a range of methodologies and theories. Drawing on the “environmental turn” in the history of architecture, design, and planning, it seeks also to integrate the built environment into the medical-environmental humanities of the regions of Eurasia.

Papers are welcome in and across such disciplines as history; anthropology; science and technology studies; literature; film studies; history of art, architecture, design and planning; and geography.

Papers may address some of the following themes:

• the role of ecology, climate, geography, and/or landscape in medical research, theory, and practice

• the environmental knowledge produced in biomedical research, also in relation to indigenous and vernacular knowledge

• indigenous, vernacular, religious, and spiritual epistemologies, knowledges, practices, and environments

• psycho-physiological responses to the physical environment and understandings of the human body and mind

• antibiotic and probiotic medical research, theory, and practice in ecological and environmental context

• entanglements of human and more-than-human health and disease

• biopolitics and micro-biopolitics in relation to the physical environment

• (divergences in) approaches to global health, international organizations, and congresses in relation to the physical environment

• architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and environmental design in relation to environmental management, transformation, and protection and to medicine and public health

• agriculture and the health and disease of plants, animals, and soils

• toxicity, radioactivity, and pollution, in relation to environment, medicine, health, and disease

How to apply

To apply for the workshop, please send a paper title and abstract (200-400 words) and a brief academic biography (200-400 words) to Johanna.Conterio@iakh.uio.no by February 1, 2023. Workshop papers will be pre-circulated and are due May 15, 2023.

PhD students and early career researchers are encouraged to apply. An edited volume drawing on workshop papers is planned.   

Practical information

The workshop will be in a hybrid format, allowing for virtual participation.

Accommodation for two nights in Oslo will be provided for all in-person participants. Limited funds will be available to offset travel costs.

Contact details

Dr Johanna Conterio, conference convener
Associate Professor of Environmental History 
University of Oslo
Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History 
PB 1008, Blindern, NO-0315 Oslo, Norway
Johanna.Conterio@iakh.uio.no 

FASL 32: Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics

May 19–21, 2023

Indiana University, Bloomington

Invited Speakers:

Darya Kavitskaya, University of California, Berkeley

Adam Prziepiórkowski, ICS - Polish Academy of Sciences & U of Warsaw

Adrian Stegovec, University of Connecticut

Ksenia Zanon, University of Cambridge

Call for Papers

Abstracts are invited for talks or posters on topics dealing with formal Slavic linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and computational linguistics. All talks will be 30 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author.

Abstract submissions should be made via Easyabs at:

http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/FASL32/

Abstracts should take the form of a PDF, with any non-standard fonts embedded in it. Abstracts should be presented with 1-inch (2.5 cm) margins on all sides and be limited to one page of text, with an additional page for data and references. Abstracts should be prepared in anonymous form. Submissions not adhering to these guidelines will not be considered for presentation at the conference.

Organizing committee: Damir Cavar, Malgorzata Cavar, Matthew Fort,

George Fowler, Steven Franks, Van Holthenrichs, Miriam Shrager, Francis Tyers

Conference email: fasl32@indiana.edu

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2023

Intermarriage during the Holocaust: Jewish and Romani “Mixed” Families in Nazi Europe International Research Workshop
August 9-18, 2023, Washington, D.C.

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for a research workshop entitled Intermarriage during the Holocaust: Jewish and Romani “Mixed” Families in Nazi Europe. The Mandel Center will co-convene this workshop with Benjamin Frommer, Department of History, Northwestern University, Michaela Raggam-Blesch, Institute for Contemporary History, University of Vienna, and Tatjana Lichtenstein, Department of History, University of Texas, Austin. The workshop is scheduled for August 9⁠–18, 2023, and will take place at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Questions should be directed to Krista Hegburg, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, International Academic Programs Division, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, at khegburg@ushmm.org.

Deadline: February 10, 2023.

Call for Papers, "Girls on the Move: Girlhood and Forced Displacement, Migration and (Re)settlement"

Forced displacement, migration, and (re)settlement, both within nations and across borders, is an ever-escalating crisis affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that at the start of 2022, over 100 million people had been forcibly displaced from their homes because of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations (2022a). Added to these numbers are the millions displaced each year because of disaster and the devasting, unabating effects of climate change (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre 2022; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2022b). While exact numbers remain elusive, it is estimated that women and girls account for just over half of all those displaced by conflict and violence (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2022a) and account for an even greater proportion of those displaced by disaster and climate change (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre 2022; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2022b). Research consistently identifies women and girls as vulnerable and, in comparison with their male counterparts, disproportionately at risk of physical and sexual violence, domestic abuse, kidnapping, trafficking and sexual exploitation, and early and forced marriage (Noble et al. 2017).

This portrait of vulnerability and disadvantage, while unquestionably concerning and essential to providing grounds for international and local responses to the plight of displaced women and girls, provides but a partial view. Grouping women and girls into a single category contributes to a homogenizing discourse that glosses over the particular experiences of girls facing forced displacement, migration, and (re)settlement. Further, such a portrait leaves unexamined the diverse and uneven experiences and expressions of girls’ intersectional identifications. And finally, a concentration on vulnerability, victimization, and disadvantage risks obscuring the potential, capacities, resilience, strengths, autonomy, and voices of girls on the move.

For this special issue of Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, we invite articles that use a range of methodological approaches or that arise from various disciplinary perspectives to explore the experiences and representations of forcibly displaced girls on the move. Without denying or ignoring the obvious risks, dangers, and disadvantages facing forcibly displaced girls, we are especially interested in articles that consider girls’ active participation in their journeys of displacement, migration, and (re)settlement. With a recognition that context—geographical, temporal, cultural, legal, and sociopolitical—influences these particular experiences of girls, we are also interested in articles that draw attention to and explore the intersectional complexity shaping the journeys of these girls.

Contributors are invited to explore questions such as:
•       What are the varied experiences, actions, and movements of forcibly displaced girls?
•       How do diverse and intersecting aspects of identity shape girls’ experiences and navigation of forced displacement, migration, and (re)settlement?
•       How are forcibly displaced girls portrayed, imagined, or represented in public, popular, and/or professional discourses?
•       How do girls talk about or express in other ways their journeys of forced displacement, migration, and (re)settlement?
•       How has the global response to Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine and the resultant wave of forcible displacement influenced understandings of, and responses to, displaced girls?
•       How can research attend to and include girls affected by forced displacement, migration, and (re)settlement? What are some of the ethical and methodological questions that need to be addressed?
•       How has the recent and ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic influenced the experiences and needs of (and responses to) girls affected by forced displacement, migration, and (re)settlement?

Articles may include empirical research, case studies, autoethnographic experiences, may include or focus on artistic representations, or may address theoretical or methodological frameworks related to girls and forced displacement, migration, and (re)settlement. Along with conventional articles, we will also consider visual essays, alternative contributions such as a very short screenplay or piece of fiction, poetry, or lyrics, as well as material produced by girls and young women.

This special issue will be guest edited by Rosemary R. Carlton and Nesa Bandarchian Rashti.

Rosemary R. Carlton (she/her/hers) (ORCID: 0000-0003-0550-0381) is an assistant professor at the School of Social Work, Université de Montréal. She is an active member of Global Child McGill, an interdisciplinary group involved with research on, and with, children and families affected by war and migration in Canada and abroad. Rosemary’s extensive years of experience as a social worker influence her scholarly interests in the intersecting areas of girlhood, child protection, child sexual abuse and exploitation, gender-based violence, social work practice, and transformative pedagogies. With a particular focus on qualitative and participatory methods, Rosemary integrates feminist, intersectional, and decolonial perspectives into her research with girls and youth.

Nesa Bandarchian Rashti (she/her/hers) is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. She is also a Research Assistant at the Participatory Cultures Lab where she has worked on various projects related to children, youth, and families affected by war, conflicts, and displacement. In her interdisciplinary PhD research, she uses Participatory Visual and Arts-based methodology to investigate the issues and challenges of adolescent refugee girls and young women after their resettlement in Quebec, Canada.

Article Submission

Abstracts are due by 13 February 2023 and should be sent to: girlsonthemove22@gmail.com

Full manuscripts are due by 17 July 2023. Authors should provide a cover page giving brief biographical details (up to 100 words), institutional affiliation(s), and full contact information, including an email address.

Articles may be no shorter than 6000 and no longer than 6,500 words including the abstract (up to 125 words), keywords (6 to 8 in alphabetical order), notes, captions and tables, acknowledgments, biographical details, and references. Images in a text count for 200 words each. Authors are responsible for securing copyright for any images used.

Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, follows Berghahn’s preferred house style, a modified Chicago Style. Please refer to the Style Guide online: journals.berghahnbooks.com/_uploads/ghs/girlhood-studies_style_guide.pdf

2023 REECAS Northwest Conference

REECAS Northwest, the annual ASEEES northwest regional conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) will take place April 20 – 22, 2023 at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes students, faculty, independent scholars, and language educators from the United States and abroad. Proposals on all topics connected to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian world are encouraged. The conference hosts panels on a variety of topics and disciplines including political science, history, literature, linguistics, anthropology, culture, migration studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, film studies and more.

Established in 1994, REECAS Northwest is an important annual event for scholars and students in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. This interdisciplinary conference is organized by the University of Washington’s Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies.

The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes papers by individuals and pre-formed panels. Individual papers will be grouped thematically into panels.

There are no registration fees for REECAS Northwest conference participants or attendees.

The CFP is open! To submit your proposal, please submit a 300-word abstract and C.V. using the form on the REECAS Northwest Conference webpage: https://bit.ly/REECAS-Northwest

Questions? Please email reecasnw@uw.edu with any questions not answered on the conference website.
Deadline: February 20, 2023

Summer School: Modern History and Anthropology of Work

Jagiellonian School of History and Culture

Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University

The Department of History, Jagiellonian University is pleased to announce the 2023 Summer School  Modern History and Anthropology of Work, which will take place on 27 August–2 September 2023 at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland.

Labour is an important social, political and cultural topic, linking issues of contemporary relevance such as inequality, migration and exploitation of the natural environment. The dominant view in the public sphere is that work has changed significantly over the last two centuries: from being a commodity manufacturing activity to one that produces intangible objects, from being dominated by industrial work to being a service activity, and these processes have been accompanied by the precarization of work. Work is transforming, however, in a much less linear way: immaterial labour is not replacing industrial labour – combinations of both practices were present and exist in both past and present workplaces; the deindustrialization of different regions of the globe coincides with the industrialization of others, while the precarization of labour in the West and in post-socialist countries has drawn attention to the precariousness of labour in other regions. The proliferation of digital technologies and the expansion of transnational production networks are changing work around the world, but the effects of this vary in different parts of the globe. Alongside these processes, we observe different forms of the (in)visibility of work, which provoke questions about the bodily dimension of work, its social consequences, the actors involved, the gender segregation and the transformation of the environment, among others. The summer school is intended to bring together scholars working in the field of history and anthropology of work to exchange experiences of research work, establish scholarly contacts and together confront questions of comparative studies in the field.

The focus of the school is on issues specific to the social and cultural history and anthropology of work: leisure, workplaces, working environments, skills and technologies, labour policies, labour economies, mobility and work, representations of work, and cultures of work. In addition, it seems worthwhile to compare the already mentioned processes of the deindustrialization and precarization of work in different regions of the world and their complex relationship with concurrent economic and political changes, for example the relationship between the deindustrialization and the precarization of work and the economic and political transformation that has taken place in the countries of Southern, Central and Eastern Europe.

Also central to the research is the link between bodies and work, as the interaction between workers and the environment not only produces commodities, but also shapes the bodies and identities of workers along with their physical, social and cultural capacities. Bodies at work are most often considered in terms of recognition, agency, inequality, gender and bodily adaptation to the work environment (noise, smell, dust, body position). Adding that the work environment (including the working body) is an ecological environment, it is therefore important to study work as a practice that conditions and co-shapes the natural environment. This assumption directs attention to issues such as the causality of non-human actors (animals, plants, landscape), changes in nature, and the resilience of socio-natural systems.

What to expect

Five lecturers and twelve students will participate in the school. Confirmed lecturers are Małgorzata Fidelis (University of Illinois Chicago), Sharryn Kasmir (Hofstra University), Katherine Lebow (Oxford University), Irene Peano (Universidade de Lisboa), and Nitin Varma (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

The participants will work with the distinguished scholars in seminars. Each lecturer additionally offers a lecture or reading class which will be attended by the entire group. Lecturers will also hold office hours (individual meetings with students, to which students will enrol before the school starts).

The Department of History, JU will cover the participants’ accommodation (6 nights), meals (breakfast, receptions, lunches, dinners), and an excursion. The organizers will not cover travel expenses. The tuition fee is €250.

How to apply

We invite MA and PhD students from all disciplines researching modern history and anthropology of work. Those interested in participating in the conference are asked to send their CVs, outlines of their MA/PhD thesis (2,000 words), and abstracts (500 words) of their presentations in docx or pdf format to magdalena.bubik@uj.edu.pl, by 28 February 2023.

School Overview

School days: August 27– September 2, 2023

Where: Department of History, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

Attendance: on site

School level: Master’s, PhD candidates from all disciplines

Confirmed lecturers: Malgorzata Fidelis (University of Illinois Chicago), Sharryn Kasmir (Hofstra University), Katherine Lebow (Oxford University), Irene Peano (Universidade de Lisboa), and Nitin Varma (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).

Forms of tuition: on site, lectures, reading groups, seminars

Application deadline: 28 February 2023

Tuition fee: €250. The Department of History, JU will cover the participants’ accommodation (6 nights), meals (breakfast, receptions, lunches, dinners), and an excursion.

Organizers

The organizing committee is led by Jakub Muchowski (JU), Kamil Ruszała (JU), Magdalena Bubík (JU). The school is co-organized by the [Lab]orans Research Group (JU) dedicated to the history and anthropology of work.

CALL FOR PAPERS: 2023 REECAS Northwest Conference

REECAS Northwest, the annual ASEEES northwest regional conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) will take place April 20 – 22, 2023 at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes students, faculty, independent scholars, and language educators from the United States and abroad. Proposals on all topics connected to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian world are encouraged. The conference hosts panels on a variety of topics and disciplines including political science, history, literature, linguistics, anthropology, culture, migration studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, film studies and more.

Established in 1994, REECAS Northwest is an important annual event for scholars and students in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. This interdisciplinary conference is organized by the University of Washington’s Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies.

The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes papers by individuals, roundtables, and pre-formed panels. Individual papers will be grouped thematically into panels.

There are no registration fees for REECAS Northwest conference participants or attendees.

The CFP is open! To submit your proposal, please submit a 300-word abstract and C.V. using the form on the REECAS Northwest Conference webpage: https://bit.ly/REECAS-Northwest. Deadline February 20!

Questions? Please email reecasnw@uw.edu with any questions not answered on the conference website.

 

CALL FOR PAPERS: Migration Narratives and Border Studies

May 23-25, 2023

Faculty of Languages, University of Gdańsk

The Border Studies Group (BSG) and the International Border Studies Center (IBSC) at the University of Gdansk welcome proposals for the Border Seminar 2023 on the theme of “Migration Narratives”, as well as the wider field of Border Studies, especially as it relates to accounts of migration experience and the emerging interdisciplinary field of border aesthetics.

The Border Seminar is an interdisciplinary conference organized at the University of Gdańsk by the BSG, an international team of literary/cultural scholars, linguists, historians, sociologists, artists, and educators interested in research and pedagogy centered on the notion of the border.

Johan Schimanski and Jopi Nyman (2021) argue that migration is the “master narrative” underlying the conceptual metaphors and concrete images of “the path, the bridge, the door (and implicitly the threshold) and the window,” which Georg Simmel, in his pioneering work on “border aesthetics,” proposed as “the central figurations of the divisions and joinings between different spaces”. Schimanski and Nyman apply Simmel’s concepts to explain that “migrants follow routes (paths), they pass through crossing points (bridges), they are excluded and have to wait outside selective barriers in order to enter (doors), and they can see a better life on the other side of the border (windows)” (Schimanski and Nyman). In other words, border aesthetics can be thought of as imaginings of migration or movement articulated as border-crossings and bordering processes.

At the same time, borders are now understood as “contingent social and cultural productions and as instruments of power, which determine and often substantiate our perception of the world” (Fellner 8; our emphasis). As such, their function is cognitive and semiotic, their figurations (in narratives, stories, photographs, films, images, and sounds) are constitutive, sustaining, and generative of relations of privilege and exclusion. In fact, as David Newman says, “it is on the level of the narrative, anecdote, and communication that borders come to life” (in Fellner 11). Migration narratives of necessity engage and negotiate such borders’ power in both content and form.

If border aesthetics and poetics inquire how cultural representations deal with borders and related concepts investigations of borders in narratives and images of cultural crossings and migrations can reveal unique, dynamic study material. It is there that the narrative trope of the border in its, what Astrid Fellner calls, “defining narrative function“ akin to that of a “literary giant” or to what Harold Bloom calls the “precursor” or the “strong poem”, comes into contact, negotiates, and grinds against other, larger and smaller narratives/images articulated as border-crossings.

Following these suggestions, we want to think of migration narratives as the ground upon which these negotiations occur, that is we propose to discuss imaginative representations  of migration as borderscapes (Brambilla 2015) and bordertextures (Weier et.al. 2019), where multiple border-crossings and bordering processes take place, interact. Concomitantly, we want to investigate the border-crossings/migrations of narratives as we probe the scope of the border aesthetics.

We welcome contributions from the wider interdisciplinary fields of Border Studies and Migration Studies, especially as they relate to the narrative/representational challenges of borders and migration, where themes such as the crisis of language and memory, the clash of time-frames and generations, haunting, notions of flows and porosity, transgressions of gender, class, race and genre, labor relations, questions of authenticity and decency, scholarly practice and intellectual theft, real and imaginary landscapes, and more may be present.

In connection with the above, the BSG and IBSC at the University of Gdansk look forward to receiving proposals that relate to but are not limited by the following categories:

→ migration narratives in connection with education and alternative forms of education

→ migration narratives as a guiding principle in performance

→ the theorizing of practice in terms of migration narratives and border aesthetics

→ language teaching theory and /or practice underpinned by migration narratives

→ borders and languages

→ new digital technologies and narratives of migration

→ migrations of objects, migrations of narratives

→ migration as the master narrative in border aesthetics

→ migration narratives in diasporic literatures and other media

→ formal challenges to representing migration as bordering experiences and processes

→ visibility/invisibility and migration

→ spectrality and the spectacular

→ border imaginaries and ethnic loyalties

→ coloniality, colonialism and routes of migrations 

→ decolonial migration imaginations

→ migration narratives and the intermedial critique and practice

→ migration narratives and hospitality studies

The Border Seminar 2023 will involve international special lectures, individual presenters, panel discussions, workshop sessions, performances, and screenings.

The Border Seminar 2023 will be held on site at the Faculty of Languages, University of Gdansk.

The conference will be HYBRID, with an option of in-person as well as online participation.

The conference fee is 200.00 PLN - a fee waiver is possible under special circumstances, please contact organizers. 50% fee reduction for online participants and graduate students.

Please submit:

→ proposals for individual 20-minute papers (max. 250 words)

→ proposals for thematic panel sessions (max. 750 words)

→ short bios

→ state your affiliation

→ Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2023.

→ send by email to grzegorz.welizarowicz@ug.edu.pl 

For more information please visit: https://ibsc.ug.edu.pl/

Border Seminar 2023 Organizing Committee:

The Border Studies Group/Pracownia badań nad granicami and International Border Studies Center: Dr. Ross Aldridge; Dr. Martin Blaszk; Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz, Dr. Maciej Rataj, Dr. Krzysztof Ulanowski, Dr. Grzegorz Welizarowicz.

Caucasus Research Forum - 2023

The Caucasus is home to a rich ecosystem that encompasses a vast network of biotic and abiotic factors that have shaped its communities and landscape. The Slavic Reference Service invites students, early scholars, scientists, librarians, and archivists to discuss ongoing and completed scholarly research during the 2023 Caucasus Research Forum on the following theme: People and the Environment.

Subthemes for this iteration of the Caucasus Research Forum will include:

• Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• Environmental Protection and Policy
• Climate Change
• Nature and Literature
• Environmental History
• Environment and Ethnology

Participants are welcome to present in any language, but we are asking participants to provide an accompanying English translation of their remarks. The forum will be held on March 30th-31st, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., CST. Those interested in presenting should upload an abstract to https://forms.gle/nDUo1R4PJKGwdxox5 by March 3rd, 2023. Zoom details will be shared after registration.

Call for Applications: Summer Research Laboratory at Illinois

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are pleased to announce a call for applications to the 50th annual Summer Research Laboratory (SRL). The program will take place June 12 - August 4, 2023. Funded in part by the U.S. Department of State's Title VIII Program, the SRL program provides research support for graduate and post-graduate level research on Central and East Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union.

We will provide support for both in-person and virtual associateships for scholars to conduct summer research concerning all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Please note that the majority of Associateships will be in-person.

The program is open to a wide range of researchers, including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, independent scholars, professionals in government and nongovernmental organizations as well as library science.

The priority application deadline is March 3, 2023.

Awarded on a competitive basis, SRL support will include:

Designation as a REEEC Summer Research Laboratory Associate.
Research support for general queries throughout the Summer and beyond.
Access to digital and database collections of our Library for an extended period.
A free of charge duplication service for University of Illinois Library materials, restricted to 20 pages per request and subject to copyright restrictions.
Thematic and skill-building workshop events as well as opportunities to present and discuss works in progress.
Associates may apply for personalized bibliographic sessions with SRS (priority given to graduate students and early career scholars)
Applicants who are U.S. citizens and who are conducting policy-relevant research may apply for a Title VIII Research Award to support their associateships (in-person or virtual). These research awards provide:

For in-person associates, a housing award furnishing accommodation on campus for up to 9 nights at the shared rate, travel support of up to $600 to offset transportation costs to and from Urbana-Champaign, and a research stipend of $1000 in support of their work
For virtual associates, a research stipend of $500 in support of their work
Limited competitive funding may be available for international scholars for travel support.

Featured workshops this summer include:

Language Learning and Language Competencies for Field Research in Eurasian Studies
Sovereignty and National Security in the Post-Soviet Space
 

For more information and to apply, please visit
https://reeec.illinois.edu/research/summer-research-laboratory

ASEEES 55th Annual Convention
75th Anniversary of ASEEES

Virtual Convention, October 19-20, 2023
Philadelphia, Marriott Downtown, November 30 - December 3, 2023

Theme: Decolonization

2023 ASEEES President: Juliet Johnson, McGill University

Decolonization is a profoundly political act of re-evaluating long-established and often internalized hierarchies, of relinquishing and taking back power. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to widespread calls for the reassessment and transformation of Russo-centric relationships of power and hierarchy both in the region and in how we study it. The 2023 ASEEES convention invites scholars to explore the theme of decolonization across time, place, field, and institutional setting.

Decolonization can be explored on one level as a contemporary and historical force within the region. What do we mean by decolonization, what sparks decolonization processes, and under what circumstances do these processes succeed or fail over time? What does decolonization entail in linguistic, cultural, historical, spatial, social, political, and economic terms? How does decolonization in one realm affect its prospects in others? Understanding decolonization requires inquiry into the nature of imperial and colonial relationships as well. Such relationships are established, transformed, and destroyed through political, military, and economic levers, through the privileging and subjugation of languages and cultures, across space and time. As an interdisciplinary gathering, the ASEEES annual convention provides an exceptional opportunity to grapple collectively with these dynamics.

Engaging decolonization on another level involves re-examining our current research, teaching, and professional practices. How have power relationships and hierarchies within the region and beyond shaped what we study, how we study it, and who has a place at the table? What does it mean to de-center Russian studies and how should we do so? How might calls for decolonization inform the evolution of our syllabi, course offerings, graduate programs, and hiring practices? How should area-focused centers and organizations, including ASEEES, reflect on and transform their current structures and practices?

Proposals from all disciplines and historical periods are welcome and encouraged.

Submission site will open on January 15, 2023
Proposal Deadline - March 15, 2023

JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES XXXV 2023, CALL FOR PAPERS:

THE AMERICAN CENTURY & ITS CHALLENGES:
U.S., RUSSIA, P. R. CHINA

It is by now legendary that the 20th century was “the American Century.”  But, did the West celebrate prematurely the implosion of the Soviet empire?  Apart from the “Havana Syndrome,” Putin’s Russia, and its war in Ukraine, remains a major geopolitical rival, with its hackers holding U.S. companies hostage for ransom.  Among communist one-party states–People’s Republic of China, N. Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba–“China” poses the greatest challenge.  China’s hackers steal U.S. civilian and military tech secrets, while its trade and investment policies, 5G broadband, quantum communications, and Artificial Intelligence aim to create dependent “vassal” states, undermining democracies abroad, and suppressing dissent at home (laogai-the Chinese Gulag).  Thus, U.S. companies are constrained by lack of parts that are manufactured abroad, including strategic high tech and medicines.  A 2020 student petition demanded the closure of Confucius institutes in U.S., most of which reopened under different names reflecting China’s Playbook of disinformation, censorship, and control, enticing foreign entities with gifts (Trojan Horses), with strings attached.  The question arises: Can the U.S. heal its unprecedented internal social divisions of identity politics, and find the courage to withstand China’s “smoke-and-mirrors” gambit for world domination?  According to David P. Goldman’s You Will Be Assimilated: China’s Plan to Sino-Form the World, “China” has seized the Fourth Industrial Revolution and thrown down the gauntlet globally, seeking the ultimate triumph of its “Made in China” strategy.  Can democracies compete with dictatorships in the 21st century without becoming like their adversaries?  And, can the U.S. declare its economic independence, rebuild its manufacturing, and strengthen democratic institutions, while reclaiming its technological leadership?

This proposed thematic volume has a double-focus:
(A) Russia-Ukraine Conflict;
(B) P.R. China’s Quest for World Dominance.

In (A), we’re interested especially in papers addressing:

    (1) Ukraine’s Struggle for Independence, 1918-1922; 1939-1945; 1991-2022, punctuated by Euromaidan (2013), Russian annexation of Crimea (2014); Ukrainian Orthodox Church autocephalos (2019), another pretext for Russia’s “special military operation” in Feb. 2022.  If Ukrainian farmers cannot plant new crops due to war, will there be another Holodomor in 2023?  For geopolitics experts, note that Russia historically wanted buffer states, friendly or neutral.  What are the chances of Ukraine as a neutral country that may join the European Union but not NATO: would such an agreement have prevented the war or restore peace?

    (2) In 1988, there was a celebration of Millennium of Christianity in Rus.  What are the chances for another Vladimir the Great who in 988 united various East Slavic tribes and chose Eastern Orthodox Christianity as a common faith, one ring to bind them all, for a paper on: “Russia-Ukraine: Two Peoples, One Faith.”

    (3) What is the role of Eastern Orthodoxy in the current Russia-Ukraine conflict?  How many tomos will it take to reconcile Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox?  Or, is there a need for spiritual renewal in and out of churches as a precondition for reconciliation and genuine peace?  Eastern Orthodox may find deep spiritual roots in the icon, not the Internet meme, but religious art: cf. Gruenwald, Oskar. 1990. The Icon in Russian Art, Society and Culture. In Christianity and Russian Culture in Soviet Society, ed. Nicolai N. Petro. Boulder, CO: Westview Press: 161-182.

In (B), we are interested in U.S. and other countries’ experience with P.R. China’s quest for world dominance by extension of “soft power” addressing:

   (1) The role of Confucius Institutes as propaganda, control over Chinese students abroad, censorship, disinformation, denial of free speech on such taboo topics as human rights.

    (2) The Soviet Gulag was dismantled by the 1980s in part because it was no longer economically viable.  In contrast, Nicole Kempton’s Laogai, The Machinery of Repression in China (2009), estimated the Chinese Gulag at 3-5 million incarcerated in its system of forced labor camps, prisons, and prison-factories.  But recent estimates are that another est. 8 million were incarcerated in the last 6 years, probably includes at least 1 million Uighurs.  Unlike Eastern Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, there is no large-scale organized dissent in P.R. China, or, at least not visible to the rest of the world due to Chinese Communist Party’s total control.  What are the chances of really free elections, multi-party system, and democracy in P.R. China?

   (3) Many countries around the world are becoming “vassal” states to P.R. China, as much manufacturing, in part by slave labor in prison-factories, has created a global market for cheap “Made in China” goods from toys and iPhones to medicines.  According to David Goldman’s book, You Will Be Assimilated, “China” has seized the Fourth Industrial Revolution as part of its global trade and investment policies, offering foreign entities, esp. in the developing countries, to build roads, infrastructure, etc. (Trojan Horses) over which P.R. China retains control.  Can nations withstand P.R. China’s gambit that undermines democracies abroad, while repressing dissent at home?

Application Instructions: Send 1 electronic file (in MS Word or RTF), including 150-175 word Abstract, typed, double-spaced, in-text citation format, via e-mail attachment  + 1 Both-Sided copy of: 15-25 page manuscript (ca. 5,000-7,500 words), author identification on a separate sheet, via regular mail, to:  Dr. O. Gruenwald, JIS Editor, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, 1065 Pine Bluff Drive, Pasadena, CA 91107, USA.  Early mss. submissions recommended.  View Mss. Guidelines.  E-mail inquiries: info at jis3.org.

Deadline: March 15, 2023.  

 

Call for papers: Mobilities, land use and ecological crises in Europe’s peripheries

Hosman, Romania, 13-16 September 2023 – offline and online conference

Global agriculture is deeply affected by ecological crises, industrial production increases pressures on communities and on the environment, and the continuous expansion of (mega)cities consumes their hinterlands. All these processes are overwritten by migration/mobilities and have profound consequences on land uses. Tracing these processes in Eastern Europe and other regions of high emigration becomes increasingly important, as these regionsgenerate large migratory flows, which then shape land uses both at home and in destination places. Rural communities are profoundly shaped by high emigration and ageing populations. More critical, return pulls in these regions impact on local economies whilethese regions are prominentin political debatesand elections in the national arenas.The COVID-19 pandemic crisis opened-up importantquestions regarding the dependency of European agriculture onprecarious seasonal work. The growing literature on seasonal workers in agriculture – including on Eastern European migrants – indicate agricultural workers as essential workers in developed countries.

This conference guides the attention towards countries of origin and countries experiencing different forms of mobility: out-migration, return, and immigration. In this sense it investigates how migration and work regimes are transforming agriculture and rural population in the European periphery and other similar regions. As the literature on seasonal workers in European agriculture focusses almost exclusively on countries of destination, our focus is rather on return migration. Secondly, the conference enlarges the scope of the research by looking not just at agricultural workers, but also at returnees, entrepreneurs and self-employed in agriculture, part of which may have been agricultural workers at a certain point in time, while others may have had a different migratory career. In addition, as many migrants live transnational lives and are separated by their families long periods of time, we ask how such relations intersect and influence agricultural work and land use practices. In this sense, inquiries into different forms of international mobilities helps us explaining the relationship between different mobile subjects: migrants, migrants’ families, returnees, and investors and the ways in which they influence agriculture and land use in countries of origin of large migratory flows.

Finally, the global ecological crisis induces often dramatic changesall along the migratory routes in agriculture. Different categories of mobile people started to have different understanding of ecology and land-as-value. Whereas debates on climate change have long started,climate change and climate risks are only recently felt concretely by many people. As farmers learn about their impact on the soil, crops and water use and balance commercial with climate responsibility, society-land relations are deeply transformed on and by rural sites. The ways in which people engage with land also differ from those inclined to invest in technology, to others who simply abandon cultivating the land in their countries of origin, yet not agriculture entirely, as they may remain to work in the fields in developed countries. We approach the nexus between land use, mobility and ecological crises from a mobility and transnationalism perspective looking at how different mobilities shape and are shaped by agricultural practices and the new challenges posed by massive ecological change.

Proposed topics

Environmental dislocations, mobility and land use

Pioneer returned entrepreneurs in agriculture

Lifestyle and utopian migrants involved in agriculture

Transnational families and land uses

Land and rural capitalism

Eastern Europe’s ‘new peasantries’: how mobility and IT usage change local populations

Agrarian populism

Seasonal work and health

Essential but precarious: seasonal work in the European agriculture

Immigrant workers in agriculture in new countries of destination

Conference organisers

National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania and Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

Conference committee

Anghel, Remus Gabriel, PhD, Professor, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration & ISPMN, Romania

Roxana Bărbulescu, PhD, AssociateProfessor, University of Leeds, UK

Vesalon Lucian,PhD, AssociateProfessor, West University of Timișoara, Romania

Valer Simion Cosma, PhD, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Date and location

The conference will take place between 13-16 September 2023 in Hosman (Hosmengen), Transylvania, Romania.Hosman is a romantic Transylvanian village located 25 km distance from Sibiu (Hermannstadt), Romania. More on the location is here https://www.facebook.com/Hosman.Romania/

Online participation is possible. Travel costs(accommodation, meals and lowcost flights) will be covered by organizers.

Proposed aim

The aim of the conference is to enhance dialogue on the relationship between mobility and land use. Selected papers will be part of a common publication project.

Paper delivery 

Abstract delivery 1^st of April 2023

Paper delivery 15th of July2023 (tentative)

Contact information

email: remusgabriel@yahoo.com, lvesalon@gmail.com

webpage and more information at: returnita.wordpress.com

 

Ukrainian Catholic University- School of Ukrainian Language 
Founded in 2002,  the School of Ukrainian Language and Culture has become one of the most prestigious institutions of Ukrainian language and culture programs for international students looking to study in Ukraine. The academic courses offered include  both intensive and non-intensive Ukrainian language classes, semester abroad programs, summer schools, Ukrainian lessons for individuals, online Ukrainian lessons, study group trips, and an internship program. The School’s programs provide a unique opportunity to learn about Ukraine’s language, culture, and modern life firsthand. Current programs include: Ukrainian Online Courses for Groups, Online Courses, Spring/Fall Program, Individual Courses, and Ukrainian for Specific Purposes.

Online intensive courses are available for the Fall 2022 semester (Deadline August 27, 2022), Winter 2023 (Deadline January 23, 2023), and Spring 2023 (Deadline April 30, 2023).

Harvard Summer Program in Tbilisi, Georgia
The Harvard Summer Program in Tbilisi provides you with a hands-on experience living and studying in the capital of the Republic of Georgia, along with a full course in intermediate Russian language meeting daily. Additional lectures with regional experts on Russian and Georgian culture, history, literature, film, urban studies, and Russian literary works dealing with the Caucasus and their cultural mythology.

You also delve into Georgian politics, history, and culture. These program elements will provide a larger context for Georgia-US relations, as well as Georgia-Russia relations and will make use of Tbilisi as a laboratory, including meetings with writers, politicians, and NGOs. Topics will be brought to life in excursions and trips within Tbilisi and throughout Georgia. Pre-departure introduction to the Georgian language and alphabet for participants. Language classes, along with many excursions, events, museum tours, etc., will be conducted in Russian.

Your studies include intermediate-Russian language courses every weekday along with additional excursions, museum visits, and lectures on Georgian culture, history, literature, film; and Russian literature and culture pertaining to the Caucasus. RUSS S-BG counts as one full-year course (8 credits) of degree credit and also counts as two 4-credit courses towards the language citation.

Deadline: January 26, 2023

Intensive Advanced Turkish Language at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language in Istanbul offers intensive advanced study of Turkish at Bogazici University during the summer 2023. Participants must have completed two years of Turkish language study or the equivalent. The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend. The application deadline is February 10, 2023, 5 pm.

For additional information please see the ARIT webpage at https://aritweb.org/fellowships/arit-summer-fellowships-turkish/

Indiana University Bloomington Summer Language Workshop - Russian Immersion Program 
Russian was the first language to be offered in the Language Workshop, in 1950. Since then, the Workshop has helped thousands of students improve their mastery of Russian and their understanding of the cultures of the Russian-speaking world.

Today's Russian program offers seven levels of accelerated, proficiency-based courses developed in collaboration with the Russian Language Flagship Program. Courses combine formal classroom instruction, daily one-on-one, level-appropriate conversation and communication coaching sessions, and a rich program of extra-mural activities led by facilitators from across the Russian-speaking world.

To maximize exposure to Russian, students, faculty, and staff sign an Immersion Contract and commit to living in the Russian section of the Workshop dorm and to speaking only Russian for the duration of the program. (Yes, there are exceptions for emergencies and other situations where speaking Russian is not realistic.)

Title VIII Fellowships:
Indiana University Bloomington also has several funding opportunities through the Title VIII program for Russian, Hungarian and 23 other languages offered through their Summer Language Workshop.

Dates, requirements, costs, and format differ from course to course. Use the buttons at the bottom of this page to explore your options and find the right course for you or write to languageworkshop@indiana.edu for assistance.

University of Wisconsin Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)
The Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) is an eight-week summer intensive language program for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals. Language courses are supplemented by a rich program of cultural events, excursions, and a weekly academic lecture series.

Course offerings each summer are dependent on student interest and enrollment. Typical course offerings include Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek. Languages are generally offered at the beginning and intermediate level, although advanced level courses may be offered with sufficient student interest. Additional languages, such as Kyrgyz or Azerbaijani, may also be offered with sufficient interest.

CESSI was founded in 2011 by a consortium of international and area studies centers at major U.S. universities. Since its creation, CESSI has been hosted by the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

CESSI is part of the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI), which offers training in more Less Commonly Taught Languages than any other university in the U.S. For more information, visit the WISLI website. Sign up to receive information from WISLI here.

Kazakh language courses through CESSI also qualify towards fulfilling the UW Russian Flagship Kazakh language requirement.

American Councils Study Abroad Programs
For over 45 years, American Councils has conducted comprehensive study abroad programs for thousands of students, teachers, and professionals. Participants greatly benefit from individual attention in small classes, life with local host families, global internship experience, and other immersion opportunities outside the classroom. Programs offered by American Councils include the Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP), Balkan Language Initiative, Eurasian Regional Language Program, Overseas Professional and Intercultural Training (OPIT), Peace and Security in the South Caucasus Program, and Russian Heritage Speakers Program. Also offered are online programs through the Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program, Balkan Language Initiative, and Eurasian Regional Language Program.

American Councils Research Abroad
American Councils has administered grants in support of research in a range of disciplines and geographies for over 30 years. Through our strong presence overseas and a network of scholars and institutional partners, we connect grantees with the resources they need to achieve their research goals. Please see their website for more information on their Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Program (CRLT) and Title VIII Research Scholar Program.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Slavic, East European, and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute
The University of Pittsburgh’s Slavic, East European, and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute offers a focus on critical and less commonly taught languages through proficiency-based instruction through courses in Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Whether students choose to study on Pitt’s campus or on one of the SLI’s many study abroad programs, they can expect to cover approximately one academic year’s worth of course work during a single summer. For full information, click here.

CIEE Study Abroad in Russia
Since 1947, nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization CIEE has been bringing the world together, advancing peace by building bridges of mutual understanding between different people, different countries, and different cultures. The current programs CIEE offers are: Semester or Year Russian Area Studies, Summer Russian Area Studies, Semester or Year Russian Language, and Summer Russian Language.

The Critical Languages Institute at Arizona State University's Melikian Center
Since 1991, ASU's Critical Languages Institute (CLI) has offered intensive summer courses in less commonly taught languages. Drawing on an international team of master-teachers, many of whom hold university appointments in their home countries, CLI equips students with the tools to communicate effectively and confidently in a foreign language. CLI has offered classes in Tempe and in 15 overseas locations, with over 750 students studying abroad between 1995 and 2019.

CLI offers the equivalent of a full year of college-level language study in one summer. With intensive classes plus a wide variety of co-curricular cultural programming, it’s no wonder that CLI students start dreaming in their target language! This immersive experience accelerates student gains in proficiency and builds regional knowledge.

CLI reflects ASU’s broader commitment to inclusion and student success. Tuition subsidies are available for all students, and in most years, more than half of enrolled students receive scholarship support from either federal or philanthropic funding. CLI also provides career and fellowship advising and mentoring. CLI students have gone on to win prestigious national awards such as the Fulbright, Boren, CLS, Pickering, Gilman, and Rangel scholarship. 

CLI offers programs in Albanian, Armenian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS), Hebrew, Indonesian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Tatar, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Uzbek.

Jagiellonian University Polish Language and Culture Semester- and Year-Long Programs
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland invites foreign participants to semester- and year-long programs of Polish language and culture. Beginning in October 2020 the courses will be offered in a traditional in-class form, as well as (due to the coronavirus pandemic) online. Their current programs include: Intensive Semester and Annual Programs, Non-Intensive Polish Courses, Intensive 2-week Courses, Summer Programs, and Individual Lessons.

Aspirantum- Armenian School of Languages and Cultures
ASPIRANTUM provides life-changing education for academically-oriented people, students, researchers, and professionals. ASPIRANTUM - School of Languages and Cultures has a long tradition of organizing language schools in the Republic of Armenia.  ASPIRANTUM operates as a separate brand/entity with the aim to offer language courses in Armenian, Persian, Russian, Georgian, Arabic, Turkish, and Kurmanji. Since 2014 we have organized Armenian, Persian and Russian summer and winter schools for students and scholars from around the globe. ASPIRANTUM has already served more than 100 students from more than 20 countries. Current ASPIRANTUM programs include: Persian Language Winter School and Russian Language Winter School.

Study Abroad in Kazakhstan, Middlebury College
While our School in Russia is on pause, students of Russian have the chance to study in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, where Russian is an official language. Kazakhstan is a state in Central Asia bordering Russia, Kyrgyzstan, China, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. А leader in the fields of economics, innovation, education, and international business in the post-Soviet space, Kazakhstan is in a period of dynamic development while striving to preserve its national flavor, its history, and its rich culture. Students will take Russian language courses and Middlebury-organized electives designed for language learners at our host university (more details coming soon), with the chance to take mainstream courses alongside Kazakh students. All coursework will be in Russian under the Middlebury Language Pledge. Admissions deadlines for non-Middlebury students is February 1 for the Fall or Academic Year, and for Spring October 1.

American Councils' Scholarships
American Councils is pleased to offer the programs featured below in Summer and Fall 2023. The application deadline for Summer 2023 is February 15, 2023 while Fall 2023 applications are due on March 15, 2023.  

• Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program, currently offered at:   
  • Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan  
  • Yerevan State University in Yerevan, Armenia   
• Balkan Language Initiative, which offers the following languages and locations:   
  • Albanian in Tirana, Albania  
  • Bosnian in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina  
  • Bulgarian in Sofia, Bulgaria  
  • Macedonian in Skopje, North Macedonia  
  • Serbian in Belgrade, Serbia  
  • Montenegrin and Serbian in Podgorica, Montenegro
• Eurasian Regional Language Program, offering 15 different languages at the sites below, including:   
  • Armenian in Yerevan, Armenia 
  • Azerbaijani and Turkish in Baku, Azerbaijan   
  • Chechen, Georgian, and Ukrainian in Tbilisi, Georgia  
  • Kazakh in Almaty, Kazakhstan  
  • Kyrgyz in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 
  • Pashto, Persian (Dari/Farsi/Tajiki), and Uzbek in Dushanbe, Tajikistan   
  • Romanian and Ukrainian in Chisinau, Moldova 
• Overseas Professional and Intercultural Training Program (summer only): 
  • Internships in 19 different countries in the Balkans, Caucasus, East Asia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia  
  • Disciplines in Business and Innovation, Democracy Building and Human Rights, Ecology and Environmental Issues, Education Management, Gender and Women’s Rights, Journalism and Mass Media, Marketing and Communications, Public Health, and Social Services 

Program participants live with host families, meet with conversation partners for several hours per week, and go on weekly excursions to aid cultural integration and support academic learning. All activities are conducted in the target language to foster greater language gains.   

Participants receive between 15 and 20 hours of instruction in small classes each week, earning 8 undergraduate/10 graduate credit hours in summer and 16 undergraduate/15 graduate credit hours for semester programming from Bryn Mawr College upon successful completion.   

Generous financial aid is available through the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Education, and several American Councils Scholarships, including the Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship and the Dan E. Davidson Scholarship for advanced language students. To learn more, please visit our Financial Aid page.   

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at mshelton@americancouncils.org.   

Year abroad in Poland

A scholarship to attend an intensive Polish language course at the Jagiellonian University, one of the oldest continuously operating universities in the world, dating back to the 14th century! Our award includes a tuition fee waiver & a monetary scholarship of approximately $2,975 per semester.

Deadline: March 21st, 2023