2012 Summer Research Laboratory at Russian Centre, Uni of Illinois

2012 Summer Research Laboratory ADVANCE YOUR RESEARCH. ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. June 11-August 3, 2012 http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/srl/

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers scholars an extensive opportunity to advance their research and careers through the Summer Research Lab (SRL). The program provides access to the University Library and an opportunity to consult the expert librarians of the Slavic Reference Service <http://www.library.illinois.edu/spx/srs.html> (SRS). Graduate students and junior scholars have the chance to participate in specialized workshops and programming current with area studies' trends.

Grants are available but are restricted by U.S. Department of State funding regulations. Please consult the website for housing and travel grant eligibility: http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/srl/grants/

The application is available online at: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/8191108

Junior Scholars Training Workshops 2012

The JSTWs offered by REEEC during the summer are an excellent opportunity to advance academically and professionally. Workshops are moderated by well-respected experts in their field, and the topics covered are on trend with current area studies research.

Summer Program: Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute

Summer Program: Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) University of Wisconsin-Madison June 18-August 10, 2012 creeca.wisc.edu/cessi

The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proud to announce the second annual Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute, CESSI, to be held at UW-Madison from June 18-August 10, 2012.

In summer 2012, CESSI will offer intensive courses in beginning and intermediate Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek. With sufficient enrollment, other Central Eurasian Turkic languages could also be offered. Please contact the CESSI program coordinator if you are interested in a language not listed above. Scheduling of all courses is contingent upon enrollment. Please apply to CESSI as early as possible to help ensure that your class will be offered.

CESSI 2012 will also feature lectures (in English) on Central Eurasian history and culture and a rich program of cultural events and field trips related to the countries of Central Eurasia. Information and application materials are available on the CESSI Web site: creeca.wisc.edu/cessi

The deadline for admission and the fee remission grant is April 16, 2012. The application deadline for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships at UW-Madison is February 15, 2012. More information about UW-Madison FLAS fellowships is available at: flas.wisc.edu

CESSI is a joint initiative of 16 U.S. Department of Education-funded National Resource Centers at 10 U.S. universities, along with Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan).

For further information about CESSI 2012, please contact Nancy Heingartner, CESSI program coordinator, cessi@creeca.wisc.edu, 1-608-262-3379

JOB: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Russian, University of Pittsburgh

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a specialization in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian literature and culture to begin in August 2012, pending budgetary approval. Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment. Native or near-native (or ACTFL superior-level) proficiency in English and Russian required. 


In addition to undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in Russian literature and culture, the position may require teaching Russian language at all levels (including content-based advanced courses) and general-education literature and culture courses in English (both large lecture-based courses and smaller discussion-oriented ones).


Applicants must demonstrate promise of significant scholarly achievement and a strong interest and experience in teaching. Expertise in a second Slavic language and literature, especially Polish or BCS, is desirable. 


Candidates should arrange to submit a letter of application, CV, representative student teaching evaluations, representative syllabi, samples of scholarly writing (the length of one or two journal articles), and the names and contact information for three persons able to provide confidential professional letters of recommendation (we do not need the letters themselves at this time, but we do need the names of the recommenders) by surface mail to: 


Russian Assistant Professor Search Committee 
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1417 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260


Questions may be directed to: 
Ms. Christine Metil, 
Department Administrator 
metil@pitt.edu 
1-412-624-5906 
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. 


Preliminary interviews will be held in Washington, DC during the ASEEES conference (November 17–20) and Seattle, WA during the AATSEEL conference (January 5–8).


The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups under-represented in academia are especially encouraged to apply.

http://www.aatseel.org/joblist/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-russian1.htm