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Information for scholars: grants, fellowships, conferences, job
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Информационный бюллетень № 329
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FELLOWSHIPS / СТАЖИРОВКИ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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 https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/104681/center-united-states-and-cold-war-fellowships-and-travel-grants
CENTER FOR THE UNITED STATES AND COLD WAR FELLOWSHIPS AND TRAVEL GRANTS 2016-2017

Michael Koncewicz's picture Announcement published by Michael Koncewicz on Monday, January 18, 2016
March 31, 2016

American History / Studies, Diplomacy and International Relations, African American History / Studies, Graduate Studies
New York University's Tamiment Library announces the Center for the United States and the Cold War fellowships and travel grants for 2016-2017. The Center for the United States and the Cold War at NYU's Tamiment Library supports research on the Cold War, especially on the ways in which this ideological and geopolitical conflict with the Soviet Union affected American politics, culture, and society. We will be offering a dissertation fellowship, a post-doctoral fellowship and at least three travel grants.

The fellowship program honors the late Agnese Nelms Haury, of Tucson, Arizona, whose insightful generosity created and sustains the Center for the United States and the Cold War, whose purposes she believed in passionately. The program will select one Agnese N. Haury Post-Doctoral Scholar and one Agnese N. Haury Dissertation Scholar. The post-doctoral fellowship is designed for junior scholars who will have received the Ph.D. by August 31, 2016. The stipend for the one-year post-doctoral fellow is $64,000.

Applicants for the dissertation fellowship must have passed their comprehensive examinations and expect to complete their dissertations within two years. The dissertation fellow will receive a stipend of $30,000 for a nine-month academic year.

The Center's Agnese N. Haury travel grants range from $500 to $3,000, depending on need, to support research in the holdings of the Tamiment Library. Research trips may last any length of time, however only scholars outside the New York metropolitan area will be considered. This year there will be at least three travel grants.

The post-doctoral, dissertation, and travel grant recipients are selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications and the scholarly significance of the project to the Center's mission to support research on the Cold War. Preference will be given to those projects that rely heavily on Tamiment's collections on the Left, the labor movement, or the Alger Hiss case.

All fellowship applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a short project description (5 pages maximum), three letters of recommendation from professional references and a short statement describing the relevance of the collections of the Tamiment Library to the project. Applicants for the travel grants should send a curriculum vitae, a short project description (3 pages maximum), one letter of professional reference, a travel budget and a short statement regarding the relevance of the collections of the Tamiment Library to the project.

Please submit all materials by March 31, 2016 to Timothy V Johnson, Tamiment Library Director and co-director, Center for the United States and the Cold War at [email protected]. When submitting a dissertation or post-doctoral fellowship application, please use the following format in the subject line: Cold War Center Fellowship Application LAST NAME. For travel grants, please use the subject line Cold War Center Travel Application LAST NAME.

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http://humanrightscolumbia.org/ahda/fellowship
Fellowship for Historical Dialogue and Accountability
2015 Fellows

The AHDA fellowship program gives participants the opportunity to engage in training, networking, project work, and academic study in historical dialogue and related fields at Columbia University in New York City for the fall semester. The comprehensive fellowship program, which runs from August 31, 2016-December 16, 2016, provides fellows with the opportunity to hone practical skills in fundraising, advocacy and leadership; to develop a deeper understanding of and engagement with the past; and to foster mutually beneficial relationships with their peers and with international and non-profit organizations based in New York and Washington, D.C.

The fellowship application period for 2016 is now open. 
How to Apply http://humanrightscolumbia.org//ahda/how-apply
AHDA Admissions Information

Selection of Participants
The Program is designed for lawyers, journalists, teachers, social workers, community organizers, artists, scholars and other human rights activists working on issues related to dealing with the past such as: transitional justice, historical dialogue, memory studies, historical justice, oral history, history education.

Participants are selected on the basis of their previous work experience in work that deals with the past, their commitment to the human rights field, and demonstrated ability to pursue graduate-level studies. Full-time students will not be considered. Applicants who are mid-career and hold full or part-time jobs pursuing their advocacy efforts are preferred.

Fellows must work in the country and/or region where they live. Fluency in English is required. Fellows must provide proof of institutional endorsement in English from their organizations for their participation in the Program and must commit to returning to that organization upon completion of the Program. The program lasts a full academic semester, from August 31, 2016 - December 16, 2016, and fellows are required to be in residence in New York City for this period.

Funding
After the ISHR selection committee conducts its selection process, it makes every effort to secure funding for shortlisted Fellows to attend the program. In certain cases where ISHR cannot secure funding, shortlisted Fellows may be asked to secure the funds needed for them to be admitted to the program.

2015 Fellows Dogu Eroglu (left) and Margarita Akhvlediani (right) attend a workshop on video advocacy.

Application Deadline

Completed applications are due 11:59pm GMT on Monday, February 29, 2016. The completed application must be submitted online by the deadline. Applicants should take into consideration technical issues and begin the process in advance of the deadline. Late applications will not be considered. 

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http://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships
Massachusetts Historical Society Fellowships
The Massachusetts Historical Society will offer more than three dozen research fellowships for the academic year 2016-2017. MHS Short-term Fellowships carry a stipend of $2,000 to support four or more weeks of research in the Society’s collections. The Boston Athenaeum and the MHS will offer one Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship on the Civil War, its Origins, and Consequences for at least four weeks at each institution. This fellowship carries a stipend of $4,000. The Society also participates in the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium of twenty-one organizations. These grants provide a stipend of $5,000 for eight or more weeks of research at participating institutions.
For more information, please visit  www.masshist.org/research/fellowships , email  [email protected]  or phone 617-646-0568.  Please note the various program deadlines, which fall between January 15 and March 1, 2016.

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   http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/english/fellowship/how_to_apply.html
Aleksanteri Institute Visiting Scholars Programme
Call open 4 January - 5 February 2016
Applications are invited from highly qualified scholars conducting research in a field relevant to the Aleksanteri Institute's  research agenda . Applicants at different stages of their academic career, from junior researchers to established scholars, are welcome to apply. Applicants  must hold a PhD degree  or equivalent (granted no later than 5 February 2016). In addition to academic excellence, a key factor in the selection process is the potential for a mutually beneficial research visit, both for the visitor and for the research community of the Aleksanteri Institute. Visiting Fellows are expected to work on themes related to the Aleksanteri Institute’s research agenda and are encouraged to participate actively in the academic life of the Aleksanteri Institute. 

The call for Aleksanteri Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2016–2017 is open 
from 4 January until 5 February 2016.

Successful applicants will be granted  monthly fellowships of 3000€  for research visits between one and three months at the Aleksanteri Institute. The visits should take place between 1 August 2016 and 15 July 2017. The last possible starting date for a visiting fellowship is 1 June 2017.  The selection of the Visiting Fellows will be concluded by 6 April when the names of the Visiting Fellows are posted on the Institute’s website. All applicants will be notified of the result.

For the application instructions and more information please see this link . 

Please note that applications received after the deadline will not be evaluated.

Find out more about the University of Helsinki at   http://www.helsinki.fi/university
Useful links to sites giving information on  Helsinki  and  Finland :   http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en  and  http://finland.fi/
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CONFERENCES / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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Storytelling: Global Reflections on Narrative
9th Global Meeting

Call for Participation 2016

Sunday 10th July – Tuesday 12th July 2016
Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Earlier meetings of the Storytelling: global reflections on narrative project have brought together participants with both personal and professional interests in the unique role that storytelling plays throughout our lives. We have been challenged by philosophers, literary theorists, artists, psychologists, playwrights, storytellers, film makers, historians, teachers, psychotherapists, nurses and many others, into reflecting on the place that story plays in our lives and the ways in which we consciously and unconsciously employ it. We have also been engaged, entertained and challenged by traditional storytellers from Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, the Philippines, India and elsewhere as well as by theatrical and musical performances, digital stories, films and performance art.

For our ninth global meeting we invite participants to continue to reflect on and celebrate story in challenging ways.

Human life is conducted through story, because the telling of stories comes naturally to us. Almost every time we speak we engage in storytelling, and sharing stories is arguably the most important way we have of communicating with others about who we are and what we believe; about what we are doing and have done; about our hopes and fears; about what we value and what we don’t. We make sense of our lives by telling stories about them; and we learn about other people by listening to the stories they tell. Sometimes, under the influence of the culture in which we are immersed, we live our lives in ways that try to create the stories we want to be able to tell about them.

The importance of the stories we tell and the stories we hear is recognized in every culture. The work of many professions, including medicine, nursing, teaching, the law, psychotherapy and counselling, involves a great deal of time listening to and communicating through stories. Story is a powerful tool for teachers, because by telling stories they can help students to integrate what they are learning with what they already know, by placing what they learn in a context that makes it easy to recall. Story also plays an important role in academic disciplines like philosophy, theology, anthropology, archaeology and history as well as literature Narrative methods for the collection of data are increasingly used in research in the social sciences and humanities, where the value of getting to know people in a more intimate and less distant way – almost as if we are getting to know them from the inside, is increasingly valued, and academics in many disciplines have begun to realise the value of storytelling as a model for academic writing.

Abstracts are invited for contributions that address any aspect of story or narrative, including, for example:

- Story as a pedagogical and research tool in academic disciplines such as history; anthropology, psychology, theology, cultural theory, medicine, law, philosophy, education, archaeology; the physical sciences and archaeology.

- Narrative and the gathering of stories of lived experience, as a research approach in any area of professional and public life, including academic disciplines such as those listed above.

- The place of story and storytelling in the practice of journalism; conflict resolution; architecture; religion; tourism, politics and the law, and in clinical contexts such as medicine, psychotherapy, nursing and counselling; personal relations and advertising..

- Story’s place in culture, including theatre; cinema; music, including opera, folk music and popular music; literature, including poetry, short stories and graphic novels.

- The place of storytelling in the digital age, including digital storytelling; forms of storytelling in social media; and computer gaming.

We especially welcome abstracts from those who bring together reflections from both professional and personal perspectives. Abstracts that address the interdisciplinary potential of storytelling, both as an approach to a wide range of topics and as a means for communication between colleagues from different academic disciplines and professions, are also warmly welcomed.

Further details and information can be found on the conference website:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/storytelling-global-reflections-on-narrative/research-streams/storytelling-global-reflections-on-narrative/story-2-call-for-papers/

Call for Cross-Over Presentations
The Storytelling project will be meeting at the same time as a project on Madness and another project on Persons and Sexualities. We welcome submissions which cross the divide between both project areas. If you would like to be considered for a cross project session, please mark your submission “Crossover Submission”.

What to Send
300 word abstracts, proposals and other forms of contribution should be submitted by Friday 26th February 2016.
All submissions be minimally double reviewed, under anonymous (blind) conditions, by a global panel drawn from members of the Project Team and the Advisory Board. In practice our procedures usually entail that by the time a proposal is accepted, it will have been triple and quadruple reviewed.

You will be notified of the panel’s decision by Friday 11th March 2016.
If your submission is accepted for the conference, a full draft of your contribution should be submitted by Friday 3rd June 2016.

Abstracts may be in Word, RTF or Notepad formats with the following information and in this order:

a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of proposal, e) body of proposal, f) up to 10 keywords.
E-mails should be entitled: Storytelling Abstract Submission

Where to Send
Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs with listed emails:

Organising Chairs:
Gavin Fairburn:  [email protected]
Rob Fisher:  [email protected]

This event is an inclusive interdisciplinary research and publishing project. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.

A number of eBooks and paperback volumes have already emerged and/or are in press from the work of this project. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference must be in English and will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). All publications from the conference will require editors, to be chosen from interested delegates from the conference.

Ethos
Inter-Disciplinary.Net believes it is a mark of personal courtesy and professional respect to your colleagues that all delegates should attend for the full duration of the meeting. If you are unable to make this commitment, please do not submit an abstract for presentation. Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.
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A Joint Miami University Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies and Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science Conference
 
STATEHOOD AND ITS DISCONTENTS:
RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPE AND EURASIA
 
June 15-17, 2016
Vilnius, Lithuania
 
Organizing Committee:  Karen Dawisha (Miami University),  Inga Vinogradnaitė (Vilnius University, IIRPS),  Neringa Klumbyt ė (Miami University), Vilius Mačkinis (Vilnius University, IIRPS).
 
In the post-Cold War era territorial borders have been continuously contested during the wars in Chechnya, the Caucasus, and more recently Ukraine. The conflict in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine has brought the questions of statehood and sovereignty again to the forefront of popular, political, and scholarly debates. There have also been internal challenges to how statehood and sovereignty are envisioned fuelled by migration, ethnic and religious disputes, and nationalism.
 
This conference explores historical and contemporary challenges to statehood and emergence of alternative sovereignty and governance regimes. We extend the definition of  “sovereignty” to “actualities of relations within ways of life” (Caroline Humphrey 2008), alternative forms of authority and legitimacy beyond the ones sanctioned by the state and international institutions. The potential topics include, but are not limited to: hybrid warfare, financial sovereignty, radical politics, nationalism, supranationalism, terrorism, secessionism, migration and displacement, borders and borderlands, memory and identity.
 
We especially welcome submissions from scholars early in their careers, who have done extensive research in the region of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
 
Keynote speakers: Karen Dawisha (Miami University), Ramūnas Vilpišauskas (Vilnius University) and Artemyi Troitsky.
Deadline for paper proposal submissions is  February 1. st  
Please send a 250 word abstract and one page CV to Neringa Klumbyt ė   [email protected]  AND Inga Vinogradnaitė   [email protected]  with the subject line STATEHOOD CONFERENCE ABSTRACT 2016.
 
The applicants will be notified about acceptance to the conference by March 1 st .
Deadline for submission of full papers to be posted on the Havighurst website (password protected) is May 25. th
 
There is no conference fee. The language of the conference is English. We expect that participants selected for the conference will read others’ papers, contribute to discussions in the panels, and join us in all activities during the conference. Accepted participants may be eligible to apply for partial travel reimbursement pending funding.
 
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A Hundred Years of  Ostranenie :  an International Conference
 
University of Erfurt, December 15-17 2016
 
Organizers: Alexandra Berlina and Holt Meyer, University of Erfurt
 
A century ago, in 1916, a young student named Viktor Shklovsky self-published his precocious essay-cum-manifesto “Art as Device”. In it, he coined a term which became crucial in literary studies, and important in the study of cinema and visual art:  ostranenie . Also known as “defamiliarization”, “estrangement”, “enstrangement”, “making strange” and “foregrounding” in English, and – causing confusion with Brecht’s concept – as “Verfremdung” in German,  ostranenie  is about rendering the usual extraordinary and thus making the reader (or viewer) perceive it anew. Or is it? The way Shklovsky uses the term in “Art as Device” is ambiguous enough; if we also consider his later and lesser-known works as well as the scholarly legacy of  ostranenie , we arrive at an array of meanings worthy of a fundamental investigation, thus our suggestion to make this subject the topic of a
conference.
A hundred years of  ostranenie  has not been a hundred years of solitude for the concept. It has been commented on and developed in countless ways, in monographs and in whole special issues of scholarly periodicals. Tracing these paths is tracing the history of modern literary theory itself. The OPOYAZ – the Society for the Study of Poetic Language, which formed in Petrograd around Shklovsky – also celebrates its centennial in 2016. The work of its members influenced structuralism, but tracing a straight line from Russian formalism to structuralism is a misleading simplification.
Reader-response criticism and cognitive poetics arguably owe as much to formalism as does structuralism. As regards literary heritage, some writers – such as Yuri Olesha and Bertolt Brecht – were directly influenced by the concept of  ostranenie , and many others exhibit a wealth of  ostranenie  in their work which remains to be discussed. The conference is international and interdisciplinary; scholars beyond Slavic and literary departments are expressly invited.  Ostranenie  features in diverse literatures, and in other cultural products than literary fiction – comic strips, films, paintings… The heritage of  ostranenie  in art and scholarship, as well as its fate in Shklovsky’s later works (especially his ‘recanting’), is the conference’s key focus.
The subfields may include, but are not restricted to: translating the terminology of  ostranenie; ostranenie  in world literature; forms and functions of  ostranenie; ostranenie , cognition and emotion;  ostranenie, Russianness and the East;  ostranenie , rhetoric and irony;  ostranenie,  diversion and   entertainment ; ostranenie  and deconstruction;  ostranenie  and Romanticism;  ostranenie,  war, and   terror; literary sources of ostranenie  discussed by Shklovsky (Sterne, Tolstoy etc.); the media of   o stranenie  (visual arts, film, music and mediality in general).
Keynote speaker will be the noted scholar of Russian Formalism Aage A. Hansen-Löve.
Abstracts of 150-300 words, accompanied by a brief bio (incl. affiliation), are welcome at
[email protected]  until February 1st 2016.

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 Symposium on music research, Joensuu, Finland, 11-13 May 2016 Call for papers 

The University of Eastern Finland, the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology and the project Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT) invite and bring together researchers from music studies and various other disciplines in order to discuss music in relation to ageing and technology. The theme is closely linked to one of the hosting university’s (UEF’s) current research orientations on human sciences and technology research. The participants of the symposium will look at all genres of music and ageing, often in the context of modern communication technology. The symposium hopes to offer multilayered and critical perspectives on the crosscuttings of digital technologies and ageing in relation to music studies, and how these approaches relate to other research traditions. Possible topics for proposals include, but are not limited to, the following themes: 

· Music, musicians and the everyday of ageing 
· Theoretical and methodological ear points on research into music, ageing, technology 
· Music genres and ageing 
· Perspectives on historical research on ageing and music 
· Sounds of generations and musical heritage 
· Music, soundscape, memory 
· Age, technology and music education 
· Well-being, age and music 
· Other themes from all fields of music research 

Keynote speakers 
* Sara Cohen (Professor, Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool) 
* Murray Forman (Professor, Media and Screen Studies, Northeastern University, Boston) 
* Line Grenier (Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Université de Montréal) 
* Ros Jennings (Professor, Centre for Women, Ageing and Media ‘WAM’, University of Gloucestershire) 

The organisers invite participants of the symposium to submit their own proposals for oral presentations (length maximum 20 minutes), panel sessions and poster presentations. Proposals can be strictly or indirectly related to the theme of the symposium. Alternatively, it is possible to propose presentations that are entirely outside the theme. Presentations can be given in Finnish, Swedish or English. 

Abstracts for the symposium should be submitted by 15 February 2016 using the online submission system. All accepted abstracts will be announced by 21 March 2016. 

The online submission system and the webpage of the symposium can be found at   http://joensuusymposium2016.blogspot.fi/
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COMPETITIONS / КОНКУРСЫ
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 Signs, Stimpson Prize for Feminist Scholarship, Due March 1, 2016

The University of Chicago Press and Signs are pleased to announce the competition for the 2017 Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship. Named in honor of the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, the Catharine Stimpson Prize is designed to recognize excellence and innovation in the work of emerging feminist scholars.

The Catharine Stimpson Prize is awarded biennially to the best paper in an international competition. Leading feminist scholars from around the globe will select the winner. The prizewinning paper will be published in Signs, and the author will be provided an honorarium of $1,000. All papers submitted for the Stimpson Prize will be considered for peer review and possible publication in Signs.

Eligibility: Feminist scholars in the early years of their careers (fewer than seven years since receipt of the terminal degree, including current graduate students) are invited to submit papers for the Stimpson Prize. Papers may be on any topic that falls under the broad rubric of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship. Submissions must be no longer than 10,000 words (including notes and references) and must conform to the guidelines for Signs contributors.

Deadline for Submissions: March 1, 2016.

Please submit papers online at   http://signs.edmgr.com . Be sure to indicate submission for consideration for the Catharine Stimpson Prize. The honorarium will be awarded upon publication of the prizewinning article.

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GRANTS & AWARDS / ГРАНТЫ&ПРЕМИИ
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   Columbia University Libraries Research Award
 
Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
invites applications from scholars and researchers
to its annual program designed to facilitate access
to Columbia’s special and distinctive collections,
the Libraries Research Awards.
 
The Libraries will award ten (10) grants of $2,500
each on a competitive basis to researchers who can
demonstrate a compelling need to consult Columbia
University Libraries/Information Services holdings
for their work. The award was established in 2011
and supports scholars and researchers who may
benefit from access to Columbia’s special and
unique collections. Participating Columbia libraries
and collections include those located on the
Morningside Heights campus:
 
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or Lawful
Permanent Residents (LPRs). Persons holding J-1 or
F-1 exchange, student, or visitor visas are not
eligible for this grant. Preference will be given to
those applicants residing outside the greater New
York metropolitan area who need to travel to New
York City to conduct their research. 
  Deadline is: February 29, 2016.
http://library.columbia.edu/about/awards/ research-awards.html

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http://www.mladiinfo.eu/2015/12/10/visegrad-small-grants-program/  
Visegrad Small Grants Program
Posted on December 10th, 2015 •  Comments (0)
>Deadline:  1 March 2016
>Open to:  any legal entity or natural person worldwide
>Grants:  up to EUR 6,000
Description
Applicants are invited to submit their applications for  Visegrad Small Grants program  that serves as a facilitator of shorter-term (up to 6 months), smaller-scale projects and is also suitable to provide seed funding and networking opportunities for future bigger scale projects. Any original proposal could be granted support provided it links individuals or institutions from at least 3 V4 countries and develops project activities in the fields of  culture, science and research, education, youth exchanges, cross-border cooperation (bi-/trilateral projects possible), and tourism promotion.
Eligibility
Any  legal entity or natural person worldwide  is eligible for funding. However preferences are given to applicants from non-governmental and non-profit organizations, municipalities and local governments, public schools and universities, research and scientific bodies and public institutions in general with the exception of organizations directly funded from state budgets. 

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PUBLICATIONS / ПУБЛИКАЦИИ
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Patriotic (Non) Consumption: Food, Fashion and Media
Special issues of  Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media  (digitalicons.org)
Guest-edited by Olga Gurova (University of Helsinki), Ekaterina Kalinina (Södertörn University), Jessie Labov (Ohio State University), Vlad Strukov (University of Leeds)
The economic crises of 2008-present and the recent political confrontations have shaped patterns of patriotic consumption and non-consumption (a refusal to consume particular types of products, symbols and discourses) in the countries of the Central, Eastern and Southern Europe as well as Central Asia, Caucasus and Russia, signaling their participation in the global economy as consumer societies.
We argue that these countries are consumer societies similar to the western or any other consumer societies, while possessing differences specific to this particular geographical region. These differences could be explained by historical, socio-cultural and political reasons, which often define the frames of patriotic (non) consumption. For example, the economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the western countries, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, led to anti-western sanctions imposed by Russia, which resulted in ‘patriotic’ refusal to consume some western products. These especially have affected producers of food, fashion and media in the region.  For instance, Ukraine recently applied embargo to a wide range of Russian products as a response to Russia’s ban on Ukrainian imports, while some Baltic states have banned Russian television channels. In addition,  "buy local” campaigns are typically motivated by concerns for the ecology or small business in many countries, but in Hungary and Slovakia they have developed a distinctly patriotic – and even sometimes nationalist – flavour.  These are just some examples of patriotic (non) consumption and changes in consumption patterns. Hence we invite authors to contribute with empirical studies of similar processes in the countries of the region, focusing on the relationship between (non) consumption and media / digital cultures.
Additionally, we wish to examine the role of (non) consumption and patriotism / nationalism in a historical context. The relationship between consumption and ethnicity / nationalism has produced a steady stream of scholarship starting from the 1980s to the present. More recently, there has been a surge of scholarly interest in consumerism during the socialist era and how it has affected post-socialist consumption. Now we would like to explore how all of these factors have led to changes in consumption in this region during the era of social media.
We also want to study patriotic (non) consumption from a theoretical viewpoint.  How can we conceptualise patriotic (non) consumption? How does non-consumption link with negative self-identification? How do Russians account for their anti-western stance and their own conspicuous consumption? Is non-consumption a new form of media rhetoric and cultural denominator that has supplanted the era of glamour? How do governments, media companies and users in the region imbue neo-liberal systems of consumption with their own nationalist agenda?
We are particularly interested in media discourses about consumption and patriotism and in how media influence patriotic (non) consumption in the region. What has been the role of media, especially digital social media, in constructing a sense of belonging and patriotism through the discourse of (non) consumption? How has digital culture impacted our understanding of (non) consumption? How do users navigate between the media rhetoric of patriotic boycotting and patriotic ‘buy-cotting’? How does patriotic consumer capitalism work in the era of accelerated globalisation and mediatisation of culture? These are some of the questions we wish to explore in our special issue. 
We invite a range of submissions: 1) research articles (7-9,000 words, external peer reviews); 2) essays (4-5,000 words, internal peer reviews); 3) digital memoirs (see the journal site for more information); 4) interviews; and 5) image and video galleries documenting the developments and exploring the topic using audio-visual media.
We will consider submissions in English and Russian (for contributions in other languages please contact the guest editors for an initial consultation).
Publication timeline:
1 March 2016 – submit an extended abstract / description of your submission (300-500 words in English); abstracts of research articles should include an outline of the contribution, methodological and theoretical underpinnings and some preliminary information on the findings
15  March 2016 - notification of acceptance
1 June 2016 – submit your contribution
Summer 2016 – peer reviews and revisions
Autumn 2016 – publication of the special issue 
Please submit your abstract by e-mail:  [email protected]

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   https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52428  
The Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies at Mount Holyoke College invites applications for a three-year appointment as Five College Lecturer in Russian serving the Russian Language Initiative for Mount Holyoke, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  The appointment is anticipated to begin in academic year 2016-2017, with the possibility of renewal, pending approval of funding and continuing need. 
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 Curator for Slavic and East European
Collections, Stanford University - Stanford,
California

Job Number: 68333
The Stanford University Libraries invites
applications and nominations for the position
of Curator for Slavic and East European
Collections. Slavic and East European Studies
scholars and/or librarians who are interested
in supporting world-class research and
teaching through a combination of traditional
and new collections and services are
encouraged to apply.

The Libraries seek a subject specialist with
graduate training in Russian or East European
Studies to develop and manage general and
special collections supporting these academic
areas as Curator for Slavic and East European
Collections. The scope of the Curator's
collecting responsibilities includes not only
the full range of published texts in all formats,
printed and electronic, but also unpublished
primary resources, including digital ones. The
Curator should possess an understanding of
research and teaching in Slavic and/or Eastern
European Studies. The Curator should be
familiar with literary, historical and social
science disciplines that make use of the
assigned collections and be knowledgeable
about the acquisition and use of original
archival and manuscript resources. The Curator
provides advanced reference and bibliographic
assistance appropriate to the needs of
Stanford's faculty and students in the
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
and the Center for Russian and East European
and Eurasian Studies, as well as related
departments and programs. The Curator will
work collaboratively with the Curator for Baltic
Studies and other Curators with
responsibilities for European regions.
In addition, the Curator will have demonstrated
communication and interpersonal skills that
enable contributions to the programs and
projects of the Libraries and to the University.

https://stanford.taleo.net/careersection/ stanford_ca/jobdetail.ftl?job=68333
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  Adjunct Faculty, SILP Russian Instructor,
Middlebury College

Posting Number SH00225
The Summer Intensive Language Program
(SILP) provides beginning, intermediate level,
and some advanced language instruction in an
intensive format to approximately 150
undergraduate students, graduate students,
and professionals for eight weeks every
summer. Under the supervision of the Language
Coordinator and the SILP Associate Director,
Language Instructors deliver lessons using a
communicative, content-based approach and
contribute to the day-to-day operations of
the program.

https://middlebury.peopleadmin.com/postings/ 12460
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Assistant/Associate/or/Full Professor,
Russian Language and Literature,
Hunter College-CUNY

The Division of Russian and Slavic Studies of
the Department of Classical and Oriental
Studies of Hunter College, City University of
New York, invites applications for a tenure
track/tenured position at the rank of assistant,
associate, or full professor to teach Russian
language and literature beginning in Fall 2016.
The successful candidate will be expected to
teach a wide range of undergraduate courses
in 19th , 20th, and 21st -century Russian
literature and culture, both in Russian and
English, as well as upper-level Russian-
language courses as needed. The position also
involves thesis advising for Russian majors
and minors and other Hunter College students,
as well as an active role in extracurricular
student activities. The successful candidate
will share responsibility for committee and
department assignments including
administrative, supervisory, and other
functions.

Job ID 14263
https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/ cnyepprd/GUEST/HRMS/c/ HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL  
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  Lecturer, Russian Language, Mount Holyoke
College

The Department of Russian and Eurasian
Studies at Mount Holyoke College invites
applications for a three-year appointment as
Five College Lecturer in Russian serving the
Russian Language Initiative for Mount Holyoke,
Smith College, and the University of
Massachusetts Amherst. The appointment is
anticipated to begin in academic year 2016-
2017, with the possibility of renewal, pending
approval of funding and continuing need.
The position requires teaching the Russian
language at all levels, designing instructional
materials, using instructional technology
where appropriate, organizing and
participating in extra-curricular programs.
The successful candidate will teach five courses
each academic year, at least two of which will
be on a campus other than Mount Holyoke. To
be assured full consideration applications must
be completed by February 14, 2016. Review
of applications will begin on February 15, 2016
and will continue until t.he position is filled.
Please direct inquiries to Search Committee
Chair Peter Scotto   [email protected]
See full job description and application
requirements at
https://jobs.mtholyoke.edu/index.cgi ? &JA_m=JASDET&JA_s=329
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   Associate/Full Professor and Chair, History,
University of Central Florida

The Department of History at the University of
Central Florida invites applications for the
position of department chair, with an expected
start date of August 2016. The academic home
for the department is in the College of Arts and
Humanities, and the chair reports to the dean
of the College of Arts & Humanities. The
successful candidate will deftly manage
programs, personnel, and budget, as well as
actively pursue opportunities for collaboration
and innovation.
The History Department takes pride in its
reputation for quality instruction and
publication. For more information see
www.history.cah.ucf.edu

https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id =52368
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CENFAD Fellow, International History,Temple University
 
The Department of History at Temple University is
pleased to announce a non-tenure-track, one-year
appointment in international history beginning in
fall 2016. Preferred specializations include political
economy; global trade; and/or war, technology, and
society. The teaching load will be one
undergraduate course per semester, and the
successful candidate will contribute to the Center
for the Study of Force and Diplomacy’s (CENFAD)
programs, particularly but not exclusively its
colloquia series.
 
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id =52432

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 http://academicpositions.eu/ad/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology-kit/2016/w3-professorship-philosophical-anthropology/70914/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts  
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is a public university of Baden-Württemberg and a national research centre in the Helmholtz Association. Its three strategic fields of research, teaching and innovation are united by KIT to be its mission.
The Institute of Philosophy of the KIT Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Division II) and the Institute of Technology Futures (ITZ) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is inviting applications for the position of
W3-Professorship of philosophical anthropology

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Five College Lecturer, Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies

https://jobs.mtholyoke.edu/index.cgi?&JA_m=JASDET&JA_s=329
 
The Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies at Mount Holyoke College invites applications for a three-year appointment as Five College Lecturer in Russian serving the Russian Language Initiative for Mount Holyoke, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  The appointment is anticipated to begin in academic year 2016-2017, with the possibility of renewal, pending approval of funding and continuing need.  
 
The position requires teaching the Russian language at all levels, designing instructional materials, using instructional technology where appropriate, organizing and participating in extra-curricular programs. The successful candidate will teach five courses each academic year, at least two of which will be on a campus other than Mount Holyoke.
 
Applicants are expected to have at least a Master’s degree or equivalent in Russian language, literature, linguistics, second language acquisition, or a related field; experience teaching Russian as a foreign language at the college or university level; and native or near-native proficiency in Russian and English.
 
Mount Holyoke is an undergraduate liberal arts college for women with 2,200 students and 220 faculty.  Over half the faculty are women; one-fourth are persons of color.  Mount Holyoke College is located about 80 miles west of Boston in the Connecticut River valley, and is a member of the Five College Consortium consisting of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts.  
 
Mount Holyoke is committed to enriching the educational experience it offers through the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff members.  Mount Holyoke College seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse faculty who will contribute to the college's academic excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and relevance in a global society.  In furtherance of academic excellence, the College encourages applications from individuals from underrepresented groups in the professoriate, including African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders, first generation college students, individuals who have followed non-traditional pathways to college due to exceptional talent and motivation in the face of adversity, such as societal, economic or academic disadvantages, and individuals with a demonstrated commitment to applying and including diverse backgrounds and perspectives to learning, scholarship, service, and leadership in the academy.
 
The successful candidate will demonstrate competence in working with students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion.
 
Applications must be made on-line at   https://jobs.mtholyoke.edu  by submitting the following: 1) letter of interest, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) teaching philosophy, 4) sample syllabi and course materials prepared by the candidate (as one pdf), and 5) teaching evaluations (as one pdf).   Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of reference  submitted on their behalf.  We recommend early submission because electronic prompts to referees will be generated automatically (and letters of reference accepted) only after the completed application has been submitted.
 
To be assured full consideration applications must be completed by February 14, 2016.  Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled.  Please direct inquiries to Search Committee Chair Peter Scotto   [email protected] .
 
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Assistant or Associate Professorship in Russian Studies 793679
The School of Culture and Society, Department of Global Studies at Aarhus University invites applications for a position as assistant or associate professor of  Russian studies with a special focus on Soviet and post-Soviet socio-political trends in Russia.
If an assistant professor is appointed, the position  will be a three-year probationary position, and subject to the availability of funding,  an associate professorship in the same field will be announced in open competition at the end of the three-year term. If an associate professor is appointed, the position will be a permanent, full-time position.

The position will commence on 1 April 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.
For further information see:   http://www.au.dk/en/about/vacant-positions/scientific-positions/stillinger/Vacancy/show/793679/5283/