Study Abroad: AY 2022-2023 Russian Study Abroad Programs, Daugavpils University, Latvia

Deadline: July 31, 2022

Learn Russian in the European Union (Daugavpils, Latvia) is accepting

applications for Academic Year 2022-2023 Russian study abroad programs hosted
at Daugavpils University.

The following undergraduate programs are available:
    - Russian Language, Literature, and Culture;
    - Russian Language and Political Science;
    - Russian Language and East European Studies;
    - Russian Language and Natural Sciences/STEM with theory and laboratory
practice in Russian/English.

Daugavpils University awards up to 30 ECTS credits per semester – the
equivalent of 15 credit hours at US universities. Citizens of the USA do not
need a visa to study in Latvia.

Find more at
https://www.learnrussianineu.com/for-students/2022-2023-undergraduate-russian-study-abroad-programs.

After this message, I include a short introduction to Daugavpils as a location
and Learn Russian in the European Union programs.

Please contact program director Sergey Simonov directly,, if you have questions.

simonov@learnrussianineu.com

Prize: BASEES Women's Forum Prizes 2023

Deadline: July 1, 2022

Nominations are now open for the 2023 BASEES Women’s Forum Prizes. Nominations for the book and article/chapter prizes should be submitted by 1st July 2022. Please do submit your eligible publications for consideration!

 

The Forum will offer three prize awards this coming year, for scholarly works of high quality either produced by a woman or which furthers knowledge about gender and diversity relevant to the East European, Russian and Eurasian region, in the following categories:

a) A singly or jointly authored book OR a singly or jointly authored edited collection.

b) A scholarly article or book chapter.

c) A postgraduate conference paper, to be given at the BASEES conference in 2023.

Works nominated for consideration must be of a scholarly character and must be in English. Books and articles for the 2023 prize must have a 2021 publication date. The authors of nominated works must at the time of nomination be members or associate members of BASEES. For book prize nominations, two copies of the nominated work should be sent to the BASEES Women's Forum Prize Committee at the following address* (emailed PDF copies of articles and book chapters are sufficient):

 

BASEES Women’s Forum Prize Committee

c/o Dr Julia Sutton-Mattocks

Department of Russian and Czech

University of Bristol

17 Woodland Road

Clifton

Bristol

BS8 1UP, U.K.

*Nominees attending the 2022 BASEES conference in Cambridge may give hard copies to me in person.

The deadline for nominations for the postgraduate paper prize will be 1st March 2023. A copy of the paper should be submitted in advance of the conference.

 

You may submit nominations using the official form. This can be found on the BASEES website, where you will also find further details about the prizes: http://basees.org/basees-womens-forum-prizes/. (Please note that the information on the website currently relates to the 2022 round but that the general terms and conditions have not changed.) Please send your completed form to julia.sutton-mattocks@bristol.ac.uk. 

 

Job: Administrative Assistant, International Policy Center (U-M)

• Deadline: July 28, 2021
• Administrative Assistant, International Policy Center
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  How to Apply 

  To apply to this position, please include a cover letter attached as the first page of your resume, addressing your specific interest in the position and outline your skills and experience that directly relate to the position.

• Job Summary 

  The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy is seeking a talented individual to provide administrative, event planning, and study abroad support for the International Policy Center (IPC), a Ford School hub for international policy engagement and learning. The administrative assistant will support the work of IPC and its faculty affiliates, as well as our student-facing global engagement activities. The administrative assistant will also provide support for the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC), which is co-located with IPC in a single suite. IPC and WDC function as twin centers focused on foreign affairs and share a common director. The individual filling this position will receive functional and administrative supervision from IPC’s Global Engagement Program Manager.

  The Ford School is one of the nation’s foremost policy schools, housed at one of the world’s great public universities. We lead research that illuminates public policy challenges and opportunities, educate future policy leaders and analysts, and work with policymakers to inform and improve local, state, national, and international policies. Our dedication to the public good is grounded in our core values and inseparable from our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

  To learn more about the Ford School, read About Us.

  Please note: This is a part-time 60% effort (25 hours per week) position. The schedule is 5 hours per day Monday-Friday, with occasional early evenings and/or weekends to cover events and conferences and the possibility to request a flexible work arrangement after sustained successful performance. The administrative assistant may request unpaid summer leave for a period of up to seven weeks between mid-June and early August.

  Responsibilities* 

  Administrative Support:

  • Provide administrative support for IPC’s day-to-day operations. Duties include answering calls and email inquiries, handling mail, photocopying, faxing, routing materials, ordering and monitoring supplies and expenditures; processing transactions, including travel and hosting expense reports and credit card reconciliations; tracking documents and calendars; drafting correspondence for University of Michigan faculty, conference participants and researchers; maintaining and archiving files; and coordinating travel and hosting arrangements for faculty and academic visitors.
  • In consultation with the IPC Director and Global Engagement Program Manager, assist with monitoring monthly expenses; consult with the Business Office on appropriate procurement, reimbursement and reconciliation procedures for a variety of payments (student trips, small faculty research grants, faculty foreign travel expense reports).
  • Create, maintain and update spreadsheets and databases, draft invites for distinguished speakers, cultivate and maintain relationships with offices of these speakers and assist in securing the speakers, and supervising work-study students. 
  • Assist the IPC Director and Global Engagement Program Manager in planning new initiatives and projects and conducting marketing and outreach.
  • Assist with WDC activities as needed and perform other duties as assigned.

  Events Coordination/Outreach & Study Abroad Support:

  • Plan and manage IPC’s major events and conferences and assist with WDC events. Prepare budgets and conference materials, locate and reserve meeting space, negotiate and confirm vendors, coordinate with facilities and IT staff, process reimbursements, provide final accounting, etc.
  • Provide hands-on event support and overall coordination of event logistics, including invitations, RSVPs and registrations, room reservations, travel and lodging arrangements, agendas, meeting materials and packets, promotional materials, meals and refreshments, audio/visual solution coordination, and expense reimbursements. 
  • Serve as travel administrator for Ford School study abroad courses (e.g., coordinate group travel arrangements and group visa applications as appropriate).
  • Contribute writing/editing to IPC outreach materials, including newsletters and web pages, as necessary.

  
  

  Required Qualifications* 

  • An associate’s degree and at least two years of related administrative and event management experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience that will enable the performance of all aspects of this position.  
  • The ability to work independently with a high degree of self-initiative to complete tasks under minimal direct supervision from the center director.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; including the ability and commitment to working with a diverse community of students, faculty, staff and visitors of the Ford School and the University of Michigan.
  • Strong computing skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Suite products, as well as the ability to learn new software applications quickly.
  • Ability to manage a large and diverse workload with attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines in a timely manner.
  • Capacity to exercise initiative, independent judgment, diplomacy, and confidentiality with a positive service-oriented attitude.
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills including the ability to work cooperatively with students, staff, and faculty at the Ford School and throughout the University of Michigan.

  
  

  Desired Qualifications* 

  • A Bachelor’s degree. 
  • Experience or demonstrated interest in international public policy and/or study abroad.
  • Prior experience providing administrative and event management support within a higher education setting.
  • Proficiency with University of Michigan information technology enterprise systems such as Concur Travel & Expense, Canvas, Box and M-Compass. 
  • Knowledge of University of Michigan rules and regulations for business operations and sponsored projects. 
  • Experience with website design and maintenance.

  
  

  U-M EEO/AA Statement 

  The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

CFP: The Creation and Re-creation of National Armies in Post-Soviet and Post-Communist Countries

Deadline: July 1, 2021

The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies is an online international social sciences publication (blind peer-reviewed) devoted to the armed forces and power institutions in former Soviet countries. The journal draws on a comparative and multi-disciplinary perspective to study institutions employing armed personnel, their interaction with the society and their activity in times of war and conflict. It covers issues from the pre-Soviet times until today. 

Issue Editors: Masha Cerovic, Paul Lenormand, Ben McVicker,
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, 15 post-Soviet Armies have emerged, sometimes built from scratch. During this time, armies of post-communist countries^[1] have undergone several major transformations. For this future issue, we have chosen to study the creation and evolution of these armies primarily through the lens of social and cultural history, and the political aspects of their transition since 1991.

The process of creating post-Soviet and post-communist armies can be analyzed in different perspectives and at different levels. The issue will focus on the experience of post-Soviet states and post-communist countries with an in-depth examination of the kinds of individuals who put on the uniform, combining the approaches of sociologists, historians, political scientists, ethnologists and anthropologists from a comparative perspective.

 

We also welcome long-term historical perspectives that reflect upon the legacies of military reforms in Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union and the European socialist countries. A previous issue of PIPSS that focused on the integration of non-Russian servicemen in the Imperial, Soviet and Russian Army from the 19^th century onward, began to address this topic and it remains largely unexplored.

 

Academic articles as well as interviews of key participants in or witnesses to military reform are welcome. We are also open to comparative approaches of several national armies.

 

The following aspects could be of particular interest, the list being far from exhaustive:
 

1 - The historical evolution of national armies

• Culturally situated perceptions of threat and security: how perceived threats to security, military cooperation with foreign countries, and membership in the EU, NATO or CIS shaped national armies.
• The transformation of international military socializations within a changed geopolitical environment.
• The impact of contemporary military conflicts on military reform: civil wars, occupations, intervention in foreign conflicts, or reactions to conflicts taking place in neighboring countries.

2 - Creating officer corps and managing national armies: the practical process

• New loyalty and allegiances: affirmations, shifts of and calls upon the loyalty and allegiances of Soviet officers in an uncertain environment.
• The management of nationalities: the hierarchy of Slavic officers and national officers in post-Soviet armies; the weight of ethnolinguistic factors and qualification for citizenship in the construction of national armies; minorities in post-Soviet & post-communist armies.
• The demographic and quantitative evolution of the officer corps, conscripts, and contract personnel; the sociological profile of military personnel.
• The professional background of national elites: professional trajectories of officers from disbanded state federations (Soviet, Czechoslovak, Yugoslav) and their new national career paths.
• Military seniority facing change: opposition to reform and nostalgia for the Soviet Union or communism.
• The veterans’ legacy: the roles played by veterans of the Soviet-Afghan War, the Chechen Wars, and wars in Yugoslavia in military reform.
• Transforming practices of care: the reorganization of medical, mental health, and spiritual services in the armed forces.
• Gender issues: women in the military forces; shifting norms of masculinity; images and management of soldiers’ sexuality, from sexual violence to (non-) integration of LGBT service members.

3 - The relationship between the post-Soviet/communist armies and the states

• Renegotiation of the relations between military and civilian authorities.
• Redefinition of authority: which skills and competences (military, field experience, linguistic skills, political affiliations...) are devalued, which are promoted.
• Hierarchies and positions: economic and symbolic status of officers and other professional soldiers (wages, privileges, material support, symbolic rewards e.g. medals and awards).
• Funding the militaries: state funding of the army and the privatization of social support via semi-public foundations; private military companies or contractors.
• Memories and rituals: how does the military participate in the “memory wars” surrounding past military conflicts? How are military traditions invented? What are the roles of various veterans in the creation or transmission of military rituals? How have Soviet soldiers been commemorated and memorialized since 1991?
• Spaces: how were former military spaces - military barracks, training grounds, military academies, militarized border zones - abandoned, repurposed, reappropriated? How were new ones created?

 4 - The relationship between post-Soviet/communist armies and society

• Public opinion toward conscription and professional armies: the impacts of dedovshchina/hazing; resistance to pre-draft training and compulsory military service; representations and symbolic position of officers and other professional soldiers.
• Veterans’ participation in political affairs.
• The impacts of social media on military operations in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans, on post-communist participation in international coalitions (Afghanistan, Iraq).
• The emergence of grassroots movements, non-government organizations, and veterans’ unions; international organizations fostering alternative solidarities among soldiers and their families.
• The fate of army pensioners on foreign territory: social-welfare benefits and symbolical status as veterans in post-Soviet and post-communist states.

The deadline for abstracts of no more than 250 words is 1 July 2021. Abstracts should include the topic covered, argument, data sources and conclusions. Authors will be notified within approximately a month of the abstract submission deadline as to the status of their contributions. Submit abstracts to Elisabeth.Kozlowski@ehess.fr.
Selected submitters will be asked to provide a first draft of their paper by the end of February 2022.

Guidelines for submission
The journal publishes articles in three languages (French, English and Russian with a 100-word abstract in English), as a result of which most authors will be able to write in their native language. But we would like to draw your attention to the fact that articles in English will reach a much broader audience.
The articles (30 000 to 50 000 characters) submitted to pipss.org for publication should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication. Each article will be submitted to double-anonymous peer review; final decisions on publication will be made by the Editorial Board. For details about the guidelines for article submission please check http://pipss.revues.org/169. 
We also welcome shorter research notes (15 000 signs), interviews as well as presentation of unpublished documents.
Book review proposals are also welcome.

Book Reviews
Publishers interested in publicizing their editions, please send review copies to: Elisabeth Kozlowski, CERSIPS c/° CERCEC-EHESS, #B305, 54 bd Raspail, 75006 Paris, France.

 

CFP: First Wave of Russian Emigration Symposium No. 3 - Emigration and Press

Deadline: July 4, 2021

The First Wave of Russian Emigration

Symposium series 2020–22

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

The Research Centre for Russian Studies and Methodology of Eötvös Loránd Univeristy (Budapest), the A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature RAS (Moscow), the Historical Faculty of Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg) and the Vyacheslav Ivanov Research Centre (Rome) invites you to participate in the 3^rd event of
a series of symposia on The First Wave of Russian Emigration,
which will take place on July 15–16, 2021, online.

 

The aim of the 3^rd symposium

“The First Wave of Russian Emigration: Emigration and the Press”

will be to explore the range of current research topics regarding the press of and about the first wave of Russian emigration.

 

Papers in Russian or English are expected on the following sub-topics:

• History, publication forms, repertoire; editorial policy, reputation of specific emigrant periodicals;
• The history of emigrant publishing houses (individuals, groups, collectives);
• The press as a verbal space for self-reflective émigré political philosophy and historiography;
• The role of the press in preserving national identity;  the image of Russia and Russian culture in the emigrant press;
• Self-definition of the emigration in the emigrant press by representatives of the first wave (interferences between the first and the second waves);
• The image of the emigration in the local (non-emigrant) press;
• The image of the emigration in the Soviet press;
• Émigrés’ activity in non-emigrant media;
• Russian emigrants in movie-journals

 

 

The first symposium of the series was held on 13 November, 2020. The second symposium of this series was also held in the Zoom-room of the Research Centre for Russian Studies and Methodology of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest on 1–2 April, 2021. Videos of the first symposium are available on the YouTube channel of the Budapest Russian Centre.

 

In 2021, according to the plans of the organizers, one more online symposium will take place to complete the series. The preliminary date of the closing event which will focus on historiosophy and ego-documents is the 26^th of November.

The series of symposia forms an international, interdisciplinary, and inspiring platform for experts researching different aspects of the first wave of Russian emigration. Research results of the series will be published at the end of the joint work process.

 

Duration of presentations: 15 minutes

Languages of the symposium: Russian and English

Application deadline: 4 July, 2021

Approval of applications: 8 July, 2021

Applications are accepted via Google Form: https://forms.gle/QAxbGfjg9bi7bUYP7

Contact: russianemigrationconference@gmail.com

In the application form an abstract of your subject is necessary (up to 1000 characters with spaces)

Participation at the symposium is free of charge.

Prize/Award: BASEES Women's Forum Prizes

Deadline: July 1, 2021

The Forum will offer three prize awards this coming year, for scholarly works of high quality either produced by a woman or which furthers knowledge about gender and diversity relevant to the East European, Russian and Eurasian region, in the following categories:

a) A singly or jointly authored book OR a singly or jointly authored edited collection.

b) A scholarly article or book chapter.

c) A postgraduate conference paper, to be given at the BASEES conference in 2022. (The deadline for nominations for the postgraduate paper prize will be 1st March 2022. A copy of the paper should be submitted in advance of the conference.)

Works nominated for consideration must be of a scholarly character and must be in English. Books and articles for the 2021-22 prize must have a 2020 publication date. The authors of nominated works must at the time of nomination be members or associate members of BASEES. For book prize nominations, two copies of the nominated work should be sent to the BASEES Women's Forum Prize Committee at the following address (emailed PDF copies of articles and book chapters are sufficient):

 

BASEES Women’s Forum Prize Committee
c/o Dr Julia Sutton-Mattocks
Department of Russian and Czech
University of Bristol
17 Woodland Road
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 1UP, U.K.

 

You may submit nominations using the official form. This can be found on the BASEES website, where you will also find further details about the prizes: http://basees.org/basees-womens-forum-prizes/. Please send your completed form to julia.sutton-mattocks@bristol.ac.uk. 

CFP: Leo Tolstoy and World Literature (Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate in Yasnaya Polyana)

Deadline: July 1, 2021

On August 11-15, 2021, the State Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana is going to host XII International Academic Conference Tolstoy and World Literature. Problems of Tolstoy’s work and art in the context of Russian and World Literature, philosophy, and religion are to be discussed at the Conference sessions. Traditionally the Conference is organised on the basis of Tolstoy’s personal library with the books and periodicals in 39 foreign languages. The Book of Proceedings will be published.

The registration fee is 50 euro (in Russian currency equivalent). The Museum covers all hotel, meals, and cultural programme expenses.

On August 11^th, at 3 pm, at the metro station Akademika Yangelya there will be a bus to Yasnaya Polyana for the participants. August 15^th is the departure day.

The deadline for applications is July 1^st, 2021. The application includes the information about the participant and the abstract of the paper. For those who need an invitation for visa, the following information is to be sent before May 1st: the copy of the front passport page, institution, address, telephone, place of issuing visa. Please forward your application to Dr. Galina Alekseeva: gala@tgk.tolstoy.ru  or galalexeeva@mail.ru

Telephones: (48751)76-1-41, +7-910-944-5899

 

11-15 августа 2021 года «Музей-усадьба Л. Н. Толстого «Ясная Поляна» проводит XII Международную научную конференцию «Лев Толстой и мировая литература». На заседаниях конференции будут обсуждаться проблемы творчества писателя в контексте русской и мировой литературы, философии, религии. Конференция традиционно проходит на базе личной библиотеки Л. Н. Толстого, в которой хранятся книги на 39 иностранных языках. По итогам конференции издается сборник статей.

Регистрационный взнос участника – 50 евро (в рублёвом эквиваленте). Музей на себя расходы по проживанию, питанию и культурной программе.

Заезд участников 11 августа, в 15 часов, от метро Аннино,  отъезд 15 августа 2021 года, в 10 утра.

Заявки на участие в конференции принимаются до 1 июля 2021 года. Заявка включает информацию об участнике и тезисы выступления. Для получения приглашения для визы необходимо до 1 мая 2021 года прислать копию первой страницы паспорта, информацию о работе, месте жительства, адрес, телефон и город, в котором участник будет обращаться за визой. Заявки направлять Галине Алексеевой: gala@tgk.tolstoy.ru 

телефоны: (48751)76-1-41,  +7-910-944-5899

CFP: AATSEEL Conference 2022

Deadline: varies by application type, please see below

The AATSEEL national meeting is a forum for scholarly exchange of ideas in all areas of Slavic and East/Central European languages, literatures, linguistics, cultures, and pedagogy. The Program Committee invites scholars in these and related areas to form panels around specific topics, organize roundtable discussions, propose forums on instructional materials, and/or submit proposals for individual presentations for the 2022 conference. The conference regularly includes panels in linguistics, pedagogy, second language acquisition, literatures, and cultures relevant to the organization's regions of focus. The next annual AATSEEL conference will be held in person at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 17-20, 2022, and the Call for Papers and Call for Streams are currently open and accepting submissions. 

To submit a panel/paper/roundtable proposal (by July 1, 2021 or August 15, 2021): https://www.aatseel.org/cfp_main

The AATSEEL Program Committee invites proposals for panel stream topics. These streams promote greater cohesion among conference panels and foster a broader dialogue throughout the conference. The result can be a series of mini-conferences within the framework of our larger conference.

To submit a stream proposal (by May 15, 2021): https://www.aatseel.org/program/2022-call-for-streams/

Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent only to AATSEEL members in good standing. Memberships expire June 30th each year. Those submitting abstracts are encouraged to renew membership when submitting an abstract to avoid delays in appearing in the online conference program.

We recommend consulting the 2022 Conference Guidelines to prepare any submission for review for the conference.

For more information about the annual AATSEEL Conference, visit: https://www.aatseel.org/

For questions about stream proposals, contact the Division Head for Streams, Meghan Murphy-Lee (murphyle@uwm.edu).

For questions about all other conference proposals, contact Program Committee Chair, Ainsley Morse (Ainsley.E.Morse@dartmouth.edu)

CFA: How to Approach Biographical Research? Workshop (Warsaw, Poland)

Deadline to Apply: July 31, 2019

Workshop on Biographical Studies for Young Scholars. The days when historical biographies had been reserved for life pictures of “great men” and – to a lesser degree – “great women” have long passed. Since then, many outstanding studies have demonstrated the enormous potential of either individual or group biographies, or biographical approach for historical research.

30 November (Saturday), applications until: 31 July, free admission

Biographical approach can provide insight into the way people thought and felt in the past, make us aware of the complexity of political and personal decisions and also of the scope for action of individuals in historical situations. It has a special place in the Jewish studies, since it allows to research and analyse complex identity choices. Similar processes also affect other ethnic and/or religious. However, it is also useful to scholars dealing with migration studies, social history and history of ideas. 

In order to assist young scholars with biographical research projects and to provide them with a friendly space to discuss research questions and problems, the POLIN Museum invites early career scholars and especially PhD students to participate in a one-day workshop on 30 November 2019 in Warsaw. The workshop precedes the conference “Biographies and Politics. The Involvement of Jews and People of Jewish Origin in Leftist Movements in 19th and 20th Century Poland” (1-2 December 2019), jointly organized by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, the Aleksander Brückner Center for Polish Studies, the Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford and the UCL. The participants of the workshop are expected to also attend the conference.

Interested early career scholars and PhD students are invited to submit the completed application form to: geopconference@polin.pl. The working language of the workshop will be English. Additional reading skills in Polish, Yiddish or German will be a plus. Participation in the workshop is free of charge. The POLIN Museum will cover the costs of accommodation and meals during the Workshop and the subsequent conference. Participants without institutional funding may apply for a travel grant.

CFP: Marxism(s) in Art Historiography

Deadline to Apply: July 12, 2019


Conference organized by: the Chair of Art History of Eastern Europe, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Vert.-Prof. Dr. Katja Bernhardt)

In cooperation with: the Institute of Art History and Visual Culture (Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn) and the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO, University of Leipzig)

Date of the conference: 31st Jan. – 2nd Feb. 2020

Place of the conference: Humboldt-Universtiät zu Berlin



The historical and dialectical materialism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels provided a complex means of approaching the analysis of social processes that encouraged one to understand and analyse art as a moment integral to these processes. This approach presented an alternative worth taking seriously to art-historical models that had previously dominated discussion; models based on the idea of art as something that developed intrinsically. Nevertheless, it has always been a challenge to adapt Marxist theory for use in art-historical analysis and to link that theory to existing approaches to the subject. For art history, grappling with Marxism meant more than just a need for constant methodological reflection and updating. It was also necessary, and remains necessary, to define the Marxist conception of art itself within the various historical contexts in which it arose. Since Marxist theory aims at achieving social change, applying Marxism has demanded not only that art be set in relation to the social conditions that apply to it, but also to making a critical revision of the history of art and to revealing its social role in the relevant context in each case.


The conference sets out from these starting points. It aims to reflect on the history of Marxist approaches to Art History, hoping to reveal new insights for the wider discipline. It forms the third part in a series of conferences whose task was set as to investigate the history of art history in Eastern European countries formerly under socialist rule. In the wake of the first two conferences, “Art History and Socialism(s) after World War II” (2016, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn) and “Socialist Internationalism and the Global Contemporary. Transnational Art Historiographies from Eastern and East-Central Europe” (2017, GWZO Leipzig), this third conference will make a programmatic break from the geopolitical framework set out up until now. It will thus bring together considerations on Marxist art history that have up until generally been treated separately in accordance with the political systems within which they arose. We believe that the potentials of and the variations between the various different Marxist approaches to art history – both in relation to the concepts that they contribute to art history methodology and in terms of their socio-political functions – can be elaborated using a comparative approach and can thus be subjected to a differentiated critique. The historical beginning of the period for our observations is set roughly around 1945. We would like observations to extend into the period after 1989 and all the way up until the present day, so that we can include in our reflection the response made to what was a fundamentally transformed political situation.


We would like to examine how Marxism was adapted for the purposes of art-historical analysis in each specific historical moment under whatever political system under which it found itself.

• What impulses and demands both from within and outside the subject of art history were available to tackle Marxist theories and/or to subject existing Marxist approaches to art history to criticism? What role did the relevant institutional, local, national and other contexts play in these processes?
• What key points of theory were addressed, what pre-existing concepts were seized upon and what new ones were coined, and what aspects of theory became subject to criticism? How did the actors interlock their approaches with established strategies of art-historical interpretation and/or with discourses and discussions outside the field of art history (for example, on questions of nation, socialism, post-colonialism, feminist theory, etc.)?
• To what extent did appeals to Marxist theories succeed in opening out potential insights into art history and in making a substantial contribution to the fruitful revision, critique and further development of models of art-historical analysis? Have any innovative new models emerged? What critiques were raised against art histories based on Marxism? In what contexts did the concept of 'Marxist art history' remain no more than a hollow formulation that responded to political requirements, inside which other conceptions could be concealed?
• To what extent did the art-historical reflections of Marxist theory succeed in delivering an approach to the critique of the theory itself and/or to the historicization of Marx's understanding of art and/or of conceptions that followed on from Marx?
• How was the concept of 'art' negotiated in this context? Is it possible to identify approaches to a theory of art through these processes? To what extent and on the basis of what theoretical premises were concepts of a comprehensive art theory, Kunstwissenschaft, discussed in connection with Marxism?
• Who were the actors in these processes (from within the discipline and from people involved in culture policy, publishing, etc.)? What forms of institutionalization did such actors use to establish a Marxist history of art? What types of subject-related, social, political criticism were formulated or demanded by that institutionalization?
• To what extent was political or ideological commitment derived from or required of art history on the basis of a Marxist concept of art? How was it, and how was it expected to be, practised?

These questions should be understood as suggestions: specific, object-related elaborations of the issues would be very much welcome. Case studies or cross-sectional presentations would also be positively received, as would reflections on theoretical models and methodological discussions.

The conference will take place in Berlin from 31 January to 2 February 2020 at the Department for Art and Visual History of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Please send your exposé, with a length of approx. 2000 characters, by 12 July 2019 to:
katja.bernhardt@culture.hu-berlin.de

Job: Russian Lecturer, Central Washington University

Deadline to Apply: July 1, 2019

Applicants should apply through CWU lecturer pool. The review will begin immediately until the position is filled before July 1, 2019.

Follow the instructions below to apply:

1. Select the link below to access CWU careers site.
2. Sign In to access your account or if you are NOT an existing user select the New User link to create one: https://careers.cwu.edu/psc/careers/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?FOCUS=Applicant&&siteid=1

3. Review the job description and select the Apply button to begin your application.
https://careers.cwu.edu/psp/careers/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=2992&PostingSeq=1&data=02%7C01%7CVolha.Isakava@cwu.edu%7Cbc5a4d17545c460f55ff08d6deecb085%7Cf891d6c191d6444ba700d371910716c7%7C0%7C0%7C636941505502017150&sdata=kbir84fmut228qVna4Zmq1+2HX81ZQ/Oq6rl2Cl/YKA=&reserved=0

4. In addition, please email Volha Isakava to express interest in the position, so we know to look for you in our pool. Any other inquiries or questions should be directed to Volha as well: volha.isakava@cwu.edu

Required qualifications:

•      Native or near-native proficiency in Russian and English.

•      MA in Russian Studies or closely related field.

•      Experience teaching Russian language at a North American higher education institution.

Preferred qualifications:

•    PhD or ABD in Russian Studies or related field.

•     Experience teaching Russian language at all levels.

•      Ability to teach General Education humanities courses and Russian cultural history courses.

•      Ability to teach another language offered in our department (ASL, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish).

•      The ideal candidate will be able to teach all three levels of language courses as well as culture courses that are part of the department's General Education offerings.

Central Washington University is a regional comprehensive public university located in Ellensburg, Washington. Found in a picturesque Kittitas valley in the geographical centre of the state, CWU is home to 10 000 students in a small college town setting. CWU is only an hour and a half away from downtown Seattle, and a short driving distance to a variety of spectacular national parks in Washington state (Cascade Mountains and Snoqualmie Pass, Columbia River, Mount Rainier and Mount Stewart national park and others).

CWU is an Affirmative Action, and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated again on the basis of disability. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation during the employment selection process, please contact Stephen Sarchet, HR Partner, Stephen.Sarchet@cwu.edu, 509-963-1286.

Prior to employment, final candidate(s) will be required to submit to a background check. All information obtained through background investigations will be strictly confidential and revealed only to those required to have access.

The conditions of employment with Central Washington University are set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Central Washington University and United Faculty of Central, University policies and procedures, and applicable state and federal laws.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement may be found here: http://www.cwu.edu/hr/ufc.

CFP: Second International Conference on Post-Soviet Diaspora(s) in Western Europe, 1991-2019

Deadline to Apply: July 31, 2019

Dates: 16/17 December 2019
Venue: Auditório Municipal de Ourém (Portugal).
Organization: Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território - Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT-UL), with the generous support of the Municipality of Ourém.
Convenors: Elena Bulakh – elenabulakh@campus.ul.pt (ICS - UL) and António Eduardo Mendonça – antonioeduardo@campus.ul.pt (IGOT - UL)

Following the success of the International Workshop on Post-Soviet Diaspora(s) in Western Europe, 1991-2017 (Lisbon / Cascais, Portugal, December 2017; call for papers:  https://aps.pt/pt/call-for-papers-newsletter-aps-no-470/ , program: http://www.igot.ulisboa.pt/evento/international-workshop/ ), we have the pleasure to announce our Second International Conference on Post-Soviet Diaspora(s) in Western Europe, 1991-2019.

We invite contributions from anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, historians, demographers and others; we welcome papers both from senior researchers and from scholars who are completing their dissertation or have just received their PhD. There is a limited number of places. 

We will consider all pertinent proposals, but priority will be given to presentations addressing these three issues:  

• The economic and financial crisis and its aftermath: post-soviet migrants in Southern Europe, 2019;
• The religious dimension in post-soviet diasporic identities in Western Europe;
• Central Asian migrants in Western Europe.

Abstracts of up to 300 words and a short bio (50 words) should be sent to  elenabulakh@campus.ul.pt  AND  antonioeduardo@campus.ul.pt  by 31 July 2019. Decisions will be made by 15 August. We expect all speakers to submit their revised papers for publication in an edited collection or special journal issue by 31 March 2020.

The language of the conference is English.

Speakers who request it - one per accepted paper - will be offered accommodation by the organization in Fátima, 10 km. from Ourém (three nights - December 15/16/17 - in a twin room);  local transportation will be provided. Ourém and Fátima (famous for its sanctuary) are towns north of Lisbon, easy to reach by bus (1h 30m from the airport).  Unfortunately, we are not able to provide any support with travel expenses.   

CfP: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages 2020

Deadline: July 1, 2019

The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) is happy to remind SEELANGers about the Call for Papers for the 2020 conference. We are also pleased to announce that the first-round deadline for submissions has been extended to May 1, 2019. In addition to the general CFP, we are now issuing the CFP for the 2020 Streams, described in more detail below. 

The AATSEEL Call for Papers is available here:  http://www.aatseel.org/cfp_main

In addition to regular conference panels and events, the program also includes panel streams. The streams promote greater cohesion among conference panels and foster a broader dialogue throughout the conference. The result is a series of mini-conferences within the framework of our larger conference. There will be two stream sessions (“A” streams on Friday of the conference, and “B” streams on Saturday of the conference). The panels in each session will meet simultaneously, so members may apply for no more than one “A” stream and one “B” stream.  All conference attendees are welcome to attend stream panels, but participants in a stream are expected to attend all of the panels in their stream.

The stream topics for 2020 are:

Friday, February 7th, 2020 ("A" Streams)

• (1A) Tolstoy as a Reader
• (2A) Soviet Literary Institutions
• (3A) Performance after Communism
• (4A) Visual Literacies
• (5A) Critical Theory in Russian Texts and Contexts

Saturday, February 8th, 2020 ("B" Streams) 

• (1B) Dostoevsky Beyond Bakhtin
• (2B) From the Outskirts to the Center: The Many Faces of Soviet Unofficial Culture
• (3B) Science Fiction in Literature and Cinema
• (4B) Gender and Sexuality in the Slavic World

Full descriptions of the 2020 Streams are available here: https://www.aatseel.org/program/2020-streams/

All current AATSEEL members are eligible to submit paper proposals to any one of the streams listed above. Proposals should be submitted through the regular submission website (http://www.aatseel.org/cfp_main) as an “Individual Paper” with the title of the stream selected in the drop-down menu on the proposal form. Please do not send submissions directly to the stream organizers. Please submit your proposals by May 1, 2019 for early consideration (the final submission deadline is July 1, 2019).  

For more information, visit the AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org/program/. All proposals must be made through the online submission process - no emailed proposals will be accepted.

When submitting a proposal, please be mindful that doing so constitutes a professional commitment to attend the conference in San Diego, February 6-9, 2020. All proposal authors and panelists must be current AATSEEL members. The 2018-19 membership year ends on June 30th, 2019. Similarly, all participants in the AATSEEL conference are required to register for the conference by December 15, 2019. Online registration opens on August 15, 2019. 

Contacts:

• For questions about proposals and the conference program, please contact Yuri Leving, Chair of the Program Committee (yleving@dal.ca)
• For questions about the streams, please contact Meghan Murphy-Lee (murphyle@gmail.com), Division Head for Streams. 
• For all other conference questions, please contact AATSEEL's Conference Manager (aatseelconference@usc.edu).