CFA: Accepting Applications for Part-Time Adjunct Position in Russian at Howard University

Call for Applications! Part-time Adjunct Position in Russian at Howard University

Priority Deadline: March 27th

The Department of World Languages and Cultures at Howard University seeks applicants for a part-time adjunct position to teach two Russian language courses starting in Fall 2023, with the possibility to teach Russian literature and/or German language/literature courses in the future.

Preferred qualifications include: a PhD, native or near-native fluency in Russian and English, and a strong commitment to DEAI initiatives. Applicants who are ABD or have an MA with extensive teaching experience will also be considered. This is a great opportunity to acquire post-doc teaching experience and to support DEAI programs.  

If interested, please send the following to Dr. Kelly Knickmeier Cummings at kelly.knickmeiercum@howard.edu: cover letter, CV, a one-page diversity statement, and contact information for three references (name, institution, and email). Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled, but priority will be given to application packages received by March 27, 2023. 

 

For more information about Russian studies at Howard University, please email me at kelly.knickmeiercum@howard.edu. To learn more about Howard’s World Languages and Cultures Department, please visit: https://wlc.howard.edu/ 

Language Program: Online Summer Intensive Russian | UCLA

Online Summer Intensive Russian at UCLA

The UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures has open seats for both Intensive First Year Russian (Russian 10) and Intensive Second Year Russian (Russian 20) in Summer 2023.

REGISTERATION IS OPEN

Dates: June 26 – August 18, 2023 (8 weeks)

Times: Monday-Friday 10:00am – 1:50pm Pacific Standard Time

 

 

Russian 10 (Intensive Elementary):      Mon-Fri 10am-1:50pm PST

               Course ID: 421030110

 

Russian 20 (Intensive Intermediate):   Mon-Fri 10am-1:50pm PST

                                                                           Course ID: 421060110

 

For information on how to enroll, please see: https://www.summer.ucla.edu/academiccourses/uclastudent/registrationandenrollment

 

Students with prior experience in Russian should contact Professor Anna Kudyma, UCLA Russian Language Coordinator, in advance at akudyma@ucla.edu for questions regarding placement.

Language Program: Russian Language Summer School in Yerevan, Armenia

Russian Language Summer School - 8 weeks (or 4-7 weeks), from Jul 02, 2023, Yerevan, Armenia

The deadline to apply for summer school is April 5, 2023.

8 students have already confirmed their participation in ASPIRANTUM's Russian language summer school in Yerevan. 4 of them are recipients of the Dostoyevsky scholarship. You can see the profiles of Dostoyevsky scholarship awardees on ASPIRANTUM's social media accounts: 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/aspirantumcom/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/ASPIRANTUM/

TW: https://twitter.com/Aspirantumcom 

 

The 8-week summer school will start on July 2, 2023, and last until August 26, 2023. 

Applicants may also participate in the 4, 5, 6, or 7 weeks program.

For more details and to apply, please visit: https://aspirantum.com/courses/russian-language-summer-school

The deadline to apply for summer school is April 5, 2023.

During the eight weeks of international Russian language summer school, five trips will be organized to Armenia's most famous cultural heritage sites. On the first day (2 July 2023, Sunday), the school will start with a trip to the Garni pagan temple and Geghard Monastery. During four other weekends, the participants will have guided trips to Amberd fortress, Lake Sevan, Ejmiatsin, Tsaghkadzor, etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3PmyCWDsvg 

For video testimonials of our previous students, please watch the following videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs0fjgpb7jc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKXYf_4sscg

CFA: Professional Development Grant | American Council of Teachers for Russian

 

Professional Development Grant:  accepting applications from graduate students Honoring Olga E. Kagan, an expert in second language and heritage language pedagogy, this award aims to support the professional development of Russian language instructors. In 2023, this fund offers support for graduate students who wish to develop their teaching skills. Eligible reimbursable expenses include travel to professional and academic conferences, conference registration fees, pedagogical workshops, and other professional development and/or training activities which focus on language pedagogy. Requirements for the current award period: Must be enrolled in an MA or PhD program in Russian language, literature or cultural studies or in a related discipline Application must be accompanied by a letter of support from the graduate advisor or chair  Must be an ACTR member if awarded (membership is not required to be considered) Applications are due by April 1. Recipients will be announced by May 1 Funds must be used within 12 months of notification of the award Awards will be disbursed upon presentation of receipts Apply Here Please share with graduate students even if they are not ACTR members!     Olga Kagan (1947-2018) was a professor of Russian at UCLA for more than 30 years and directed both the UCLA International Institute’s Center for World Languages and the National Heritage Language Resource Center. She co-authored 11 Russian-language textbooks, as well as numerous articles and book chapters on the study and teaching of Russian as L2 and heritage language. A talented educator, a dedicated researcher, and a passionate advocate for bilingualism, she made fundamental contributions to the field of heritage language study and pedagogy. She served on the ACTR Board of Directors for many years and supported Russian language teachers both in the US and internationally through professional workshops, mentorship, and research collaborations.   Up to $300 for each of two awardees per year Applications are due April 1, 2023

Professional Development Grant:  accepting applications from graduate students

Honoring Olga E. Kagan, an expert in second language and heritage language pedagogy, this award aims to support the professional development of Russian language instructors. In 2023, this fund offers support for graduate students who wish to develop their teaching skills. Eligible reimbursable expenses include travel to professional and academic conferences, conference registration fees, pedagogical workshops, and other professional development and/or training activities which focus on language pedagogy. Requirements for the current award period: Must be enrolled in an MA or PhD program in Russian language, literature or cultural studies or in a related discipline Application must be accompanied by a letter of support from the graduate advisor or chair  Must be an ACTR member if awarded (membership is not required to be considered) Applications are due by April 1. Recipients will be announced by May 1 Funds must be used within 12 months of notification of the award Awards will be disbursed upon presentation of receipts

Apply Here

Please share with graduate students even if they are not ACTR members!

Suggested Professional Development Opportunities in Summer 2023  CARLA Summer Institutes for Language Teachers ACTFL online courses 2023 Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) in Action Summer Institute International Association for Language Learning Technology: Conference 2023 STARTALK institutes PEARLL Summer Institute Series (will be announced in February) Center for Applied Linguistics Question Formulation Technique Workshop

Course: Online Masters of Social Work Degrees

Online MSW Degrees

 

MSW programs were developed in an effort to help students gain knowledge of the social environment and the people within it. There are many fields that focus on individuals directly or the improvement of society, but this is the only field that blends both entities. The advancement of individuals and the environment rely heavily on the utilization of public services, advocacy, and support. This is exactly what MSW programs help to promote within their students. 

The Proliferation of the Online MSW

In response to the high popularity of these degree programs, universities across the country are offering MSW programs online, in addition to the traditional on-campus format. Colleges are also offering unique MSW programs that help more students enter an accredited program, including: MSW programs with no GRE requirements, Online programs are becoming a powerhouse for students seeking this degree program, due to the flexible nature of instruction and time-frames. The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE, cswe.org) currently accredits 69 online MSW programs in the U.S., and is continuing to accept applications from accreditation from universities seeking accreditation.

Please click the link below for complete information on online MSW programs:

https://www.onlinemswdegrees.org/

Job: Contractor Content Team, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Deadline: ASAP

The Applied Research Division (ARD) of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies will embark upon a new two-year pilot in 2023. The "Refresh" of the USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos will involve updating select content of Vol. 2 of the Encyclopedia series and migrating Encyclopedia content to an online platform to enhance the accessibility and functionality of the series going forward.

We are looking to hire a contractor content team consisting of:
- one content manager (funding for two years at $70,000 per year; full time)
- four researchers (funding for two years at $45,000 per person per year; full time)
- one literature reviewer (funding for three months at $2,000 per month; part time )

We are seeking to hire the content manager and literature reviewer as soon as possible. For detailed descriptions of the available positions and all application questions, please write to Dr. Alexandra Lohse, who is directing the project, at alohse@ushmm.org.

CFP: Heritage AS Resistance – Looking Forward to Cultural Recovery

Heritage AS Resistance – Looking Forward to Cultural Recovery 

SIEF2023 16th Congress, Living Uncertainty, Brno, June 7-10, 2023

This panel looks at Ukrainian cultural responses to Russia’s war, from explicit resistance to humor, from verbal defenses to re-assertions of identity through traditional practices. In dark times, we need optimism and hope; we try to reassert a sense of control.

Much of culture is an attempt to assert control over the world around us, controlling the uncontrollable through searching for patterns and predictability. But when the world as you know it is turned upside down, questions of identity are brought to the fore – Who am I? Who are we? Who are my people? – and there is an urgent need to reconstruct it through enacting and reinventing traditions, humor, and stories.

In this environment, our family traditions, markers of identity, and symbols of cultural heritage and allegiance can take on a range of functions, from redemptive and inspiring to elegiac and memorial. Collectively, they can help us, by reaching into the past, to rehearse the future, as W. F. H. Nicolaisen puts it, a future that will be, that might be, that we wish to be.

We invite contributions that examine, or employ, the present-day function(s) and meaning(s) of cultural inheritance, tangible or intangible, in the face of strife, conflict, and uncertainty – the unknown that looms large in all our lives.

At the workshop, contributors will reflect on papers and how we might move forward to practical projects aimed at facilitating community and cultural recovery.

https://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2023/programme#12820

Submission deadline: January 10, 2023