Job: Lecturer of Russian, Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College: Modern Languages & Literatures Department

Location

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

 

Open Date

Feb 05, 2026

 

Description

 

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Swarthmore College invites applications for a part-time Lecturer of Russian (7/8th). The position will start in August 2026. This is a non-tenure track, ⅞ time position; the initial appointment is for one year with an opportunity for multi-year renewal contingent upon a successful review. Responsibilities include the teaching/co-teaching of Russian at all levels and participation in Russian Section meetings and activities. In addition to teaching courses in our main two-year language track, there will be opportunities for teaching more advanced courses such as Russian Conversation, Introduction to Russian Culture (in Russian), and courses on topics of interest to students and the Lecturer.

The Russian program is a vibrant component of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, offering students two years of rigorous Russian language instruction, courses in Russian literature, folklore, and culture, with numerous co-curricular study opportunities.

Located in the suburbs of Philadelphia and near Wilmington DE, Swarthmore College is a highly selective liberal arts college whose mission combines academic rigor with social responsibility. Swarthmore has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, and actively seeks and welcomes applications from candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable commitments to a more inclusive society and world. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information on Faculty Diversity and Excellence at Swarthmore, see http://www.swarthmore.edu/faculty-diversity-excellence/information-candidates-new-faculty

 

Qualifications

Candidates should possess an MA (or PhD) in Russian language pedagogy and culture or in a closely related field. Successful candidates will have a proven record of excellence in teaching Russian at the College level in the USA or Canada. We seek an effective pedagogue capable of working with a diverse student body.

Candidates must be able both to teach autonomously and to work with a co-teacher; flexibility and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues is essential. The search committee will give preference to candidates familiar with current second language acquisition methodologies and able to use technology in language instruction effectively.  Superior proficiency in both English and Russian is expected.

 

Application Instructions

Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, graduate transcript, three recent letters of reference, and a statement of teaching philosophy detailing language teaching experience. Apply via Interfolio: <apply.interfolio.com/181042>.

Questions may be directed to Professor Sibelan Forrester, search chair, sforres1@swarthmore.edu.

All applications received by February 23, 2026, will receive full consideration, and review of applications will continue until the position is filled

 

Summer 2026 Russian Language Study with Indiana University

Indiana University’s Summer 2026 Language Workshop is now accepting applications for its intensive online Russian program!  

Immersion Courses 

• Learn 1 year of language in 2 months  
• Enjoy 20 hours of live instruction per week, plus cultural activities  
• Combine the effectiveness of intensive study with the convenience of an online class  
• Accelerate your learning with daily 1-on-1 skills training   
• Speed your learning by studying alongside enthusiastic and talented language learners  

Advanced Online Courses 

• Sustain or improve your advanced Russian skills  
• Enjoy 15 hours of live evening instruction per week 
• Combine the effectiveness of intensive study with the convenience of an online class  

Rolling Admission Application Deadline  

• May 21, 2026  

Learn more and apply here: go.iu.edu/russian-workshop 

Questions? Email the Language Workshop at languageworkshop@iu.edu or join virtual office hours.  

Contact Information

Kathleen Evans, Director, Indiana University Language Workshop 

Contact Email

ke1@iu.edu

URL

http://go.iu.edu/russian-workshop

Title VIII Funding is Now Available for American Councils Russian and Eurasian Language Programs

We are very pleased to write that Title VIII scholarships are now available to graduate students participating in the American Councils Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) and our Eurasia Regional Language Program (ERLP) this summer and fall. Title VIII funding can be used for students seeking generous funding for academic year study overseas; recently, it has served as a particularly valuable resource for students who have had other funding sources cut that they were hoping to use for long-term language study abroad. 

 

We recently received confirmation that scholarship funds should be fully distributed in keeping with our existing grants. Title VIII awards may cover as much as 80 percent of total costs for students who hold a BA at the time of their participation in our summer and fall-semester programs.

 

RLASP provides 20 hours per week of intensive Russian-language instruction, weekly cultural activities, extended travel, comprehensive overseas health insurance, language partners, housing with closely vetted host families, and ongoing support and 24-hour emergency assistance from onsite staff. The summer and semester programs are located in Almaty, Kazakhstan; Tallinn, Estonia; and Yerevan, Armenia. For more information, please visit: https://www.studyabroad.americancouncils.org/rlasp

 

ERLP provides the same program components and intensive instruction in Ukrainian, Romanian (Chisinau); Persian, Tajik, Dari, Uzbek, Pashto (Dushanbe); Georgian (Tbilisi); Armenian (Yerevan); and Kazakh (Almaty). For more information, please visit: https://www.studyabroad.americancouncils.org/erlp

 

Semester and summer academic credit (graduate and undergraduate) for both programs is provided by Bryn Mawr College. Summer programs are eight weeks long; semester programs are 15 weeks long.

 

Please inform your students that Title VIII funding is now available to all applicants who have completed a BA prior to the start of their program.

 

In addition to Title VIII funding, American Councils has launched several initiatives to increase scholarship support for our students in these challenging times. These include a new President’s Scholarship for Travel, which provides roundtrip airfare from participants’ home cities to their overseas sites, and increased funding for our Opportunity Scholarship and Dan E. Davidson Fellowship.

 

Recognizing that finances are the single greatest barrier to study abroad participation, we are committed to working with each of our applicants to help ensure they have the resources necessary to join the program of their choice.

 

I hope you will encourage your students to take advantage of this important financial support for intensive overseas language study. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me directly.

 

American Councils staff are also available to talk with students in more detail about these programs. If you would like to schedule a brief virtual classroom visit, please click here. If your students would like to book an individual advising appointment, please use this tool. 

2026 Medieval Slavic Summer Institute

https://rcmss.osu.edu/mssi

CfP--Canadian Association of Slavists Annual Conference

The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists will take place at the University of Ottawa May 7 through 9, 2026. Proposal submissions (deadline February 16, 2026), as well as early bird registration (available until April 1, 2026), are currently open at:

 

https://event.fourwaves.com/casottawa2026

 

Proposals are invited for individual papers, panels, and roundtable discussions. Complete panels are preferred. The deadline for all proposals is February 16, 2026. All proposals must be submitted through the conference application portal. Proposals submitted by e-mail will not be considered. ALL PRESENTERS MUST BE MEMBERS OF CAS. Join CAS online: https://slavists.ca/membership/

 

This year’s keynote speaker will be John Connelly, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of European History at the University of California, Berkeley (USA).

 

The conference welcomes papers from the wide range of disciplines devoted to the study of central and eastern Europe, the Balkans, Eurasia, Russia, the Soviet Union, and the post-Soviet space. In the past, this has included panels on (in alphabetical order):

•  Cinema

•  Folklore and Ethnographies

•  History

•  Linguistics (comparative and Slavic)

•  Literatures and Cultures

•  Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition (teaching of individual skills; curriculum design, presentation of new teaching materials; use of technology in language teaching; study abroad; etc.).

•  Politics, Policy and Governance

•  Religion

 

The meeting of the Canadian Association of Ukrainian Studies (CAUS) is traditionally part of the CAS conference and therefore Ukrainian Studies are always very prominently represented at the CAS Annual Meeting, including panels on, for example, Ukrainian folklore and ethnography; diaspora studies; Ukrainian Canadian literature; museum studies; Holodomor studies; Ukrainian history, literature, politics, and culture.

 

Early career scholars and graduate students are especially encouraged to participate. We kindly ask our senior CAS membership to support graduate students in applying to participate in the conference. Limited funds are available to graduate students to help with the cost of attending the conference. An application form for the 2026 Travel Grant will be sent out in March 2026 by the Secretary-Treasurer and will also be available on the CAS website.

 

CAS members can use the Canadian Slavonic Papers (CSP) mailing list to help them form panels and roundtables:

canadian-slavonic-papers@mailman.srv.ualberta.ca

 

For any further questions, suggestions or concerns please contact the conference program chair:

 

•      Mark Conliffe: mark.conliffe@ucalgary.ca

 

Job announcement: Russian Flagship Program Coordinator, University of Wisconsin–Madison

The Russian Flagship Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison invites applications for the position of Russian Flagship Program Coordinator. Please see this page for information about the position, a link to apply, and contact information for questions. The application deadline is 11:59 pm CST on Monday, February 16.

Call for Submissions to Sj/SLS

Article submissions are now being accepted for the next issue of Slovenski jezik / Slovene Linguistic Studies, which will be published in fall 2026. The editors, Mija Michelizza, mija.michelizza@zrc-sazu.si, and Grant Lundberg, grant_lundberg@byu.edu, invite contributions on Slovene or topics of interest to Slovene linguistics. The articles will go through a double-blind peer-review process. All necessary information can be found on the journal website http://sjsls.byu.edu/. Submissions should be sent to either editor. Book reviews and other contributions will be arranged with them as well. Papers received before the end of February 2026 will be considered for the 2025 issue. The journal is published in both paper and electronic form.