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ST. PETERSBURG CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF IDEAS IN ST. PETERSBURG
http://ideashistory.org.ru/
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Bulletin № 343
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Information for scholars: grants, fellowships, conferences, job
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ОБЩЕСТВО ИСТОРИИ ИДЕЙ В САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГЕ
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Информационный бюллетень № 343
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Информация для гуманитариев: гранты, стажировки,
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Председатель Общества: Татьяна Владимировна Артемьева
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FELLOWSHIPS / СТАЖИРОВКИ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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http://www.washcoll.edu/centers/starr/fellowships/patrick-henry-writing-fellowship/index.php
Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship
The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience invites applications for its full-time residential writing fellowship, which supports outstanding writing on American history and culture by both scholars and nonacademic authors. The deadline for applications for the 2018-2019 Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship is November 1, 2017.
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http://www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/stipendien-15048
Research at the Francke Foundations in Halle:
Dr. Liselotte Kirchner Scholarship Programme
The scholarship programme is intended for research on and in the Francke Foundations. It serves to expand and deepen the body of knowledge of its history from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries and to formulate new research questions. The focus is on the usage of hand-written and printed sources available in the
Foundations’ Archive and Library.
The following core themes offer a range of topics of particular interest. Current research issues, methodological approaches and subject-specific topics reaching beyond these themes are also welcomed, provided they are related to the Foundations’ history or its resources:
- piety, science, and mediumship from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century
- transfer of culture and cultural contacts within Europe and with the extra-European world
- political, social and communication history in the eighteenth century
- Protestant pietist movements and religious practice
- material culture and the history of early museum collections
- the culture of remembrance, reception history, and image building
- the institutions at Glaucha during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
- the Francke Foundations during the nineteenth century and in contemporary history
- the Francke Foundations’ Publishing House and Library, history of books
- the history of schools and educational history
- architectural history and history of art
- the economic basis and administrative history of the Francke Foundations
- the medical and pharmaceutical history of the Francke Foundations
- the history of music and song culture
The following scholarships are available:
- Three-month scholarships of € 1,800 per month for established scholars from Germany and abroad for research in the Francke Foundations (postdoc). This sum includes all related costs, such as overnight stays, travel, insurance, working materials, etc.
- Three-month scholarships of € 1,100 per month for young scholars for research in the Francke Foundations. This sum includes all related costs, such as overnight stays, travel, insurance, working materials, etc. Upon request junior researchers from outside Europe can receive a reimbursement of travel costs amounting up to € 400.
Recipients of a scholarship are required to reside in Halle, give a scholarly presentation and submit a short report on their research carried out within the context of the scholarship programme.
Candidates are requested to include the following documents in their application:
- Curriculum vitae
- List of publications
- A project outline of three to five pages explaining why it is necessary for the intended research to be carried out at the Francke Foundations and how the proposed research is embedded in the current research landscape.
- At least one letter of recommendation.
Applications for scholarships must be received in full by 31 October of the respective year. Applications by e-mail (as a PDF attachment) are required. The selection is carried out promptly after this date. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to begin their scholarship within one year, by 30 November of the following year.
Scholarship proposals can be informally sent to the following address:
Francke Foundations
Prof. Dr. Holger Zaunstöck
Franckeplatz 1, House 37
D-06110 Halle
[email protected]
Kontakt
Franckesche Stiftungen
Prof. Dr. Holger Zaunstöck
Franckeplatz 1, Haus 37
D-06110 Halle (Saale)
[email protected]
www.francke-halle.de
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German Historical Institute
Gerda Henkel Fellowship for Digital History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display .
php?id=55054
October 15, 2017
With the generous support of the Gerda Henkel
Foundation, the German Historical Institute (GHI)
and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and
New Media at the George Mason University
(RRCHNM) invite applications from postdoctoral
scholars and advanced doctoral students for a 12-
month fellowship in digital history.
Over the last few years there has been a stunning
growth of new and exciting digital tools and methods
that have the potential to augment and revolutionize
traditional historical research. Historians have turned
to data mining, GIS, and social network analysis—to
name just a few new digital tools—to analyze source
material in innovative ways and to provide unique
insights for their research. Scholars increasingly need
to develop their own familiarly and facility with these
new digital tools and approaches in order to take
advantage of their potential for their research. As a
means to build out that capacity, this fellowship is
intended scholars who are perhaps new to digital
history but are interested in developing new skills
and methods that could aid their research as well as
to support junior scholars already working in the field
of digital history. Additionally, the fellowship aims to
connect scholars from Europe to the digital history
landscape in the United States.
The fellowship will provide a unique opportunity for
the recipient to work on his or her research project
at RRCHNM, where she/he will be in residence for
one year. We welcome applications from scholars
who are seeking seed-funding in order to develop a
thrilling idea into a new project and/or funding
proposal as well as from scholars who wish to pursue
fully-fledged research projects. While at the Center,
the fellow will also have the opportunity to
collaborate with one of the Center's Associate
Directors in order to develop the skills needed for his
or her project, join teams working on projects in
development at RRCHNM, and to sit in on graduate
digital history classes at GMU. Depending upon
qualifications and visa status, the fellow could teach
or co-teach undergraduate courses involving digital
history.
The fellow is also expected to cooperate with the GHI
on a regular basis. She/he will participate in the
Institute's scholarly activities and its digital projects.
Moreover, the fellow will have the opportunity to get
in contact with other North American centers for
digital history or digital humanities. Depending on
funding and approval, the fellow will also have the
chance to organize a workshop on new perspectives
in the field of digital history after completing the
fellowship sponsored by the Max Weber Foundation –
International Humanities.
A member institution of the Max Weber Foundation –
International Humanities, the German Historical
Institute Washington is a distinguished non-
university affiliated historical research institute that
conducts inter- and transdisciplinary research with a
transatlantic focus. Its fellowship program promotes
cutting-edge research in history and related
disciplines and the international exchange of scholars.
The GHI seeks to foster inter- and transdisciplinary
cooperation and contributes to the advancement of
digital history and digital humanities.
Founded in 1994, the Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History and New Media at George Mason University is
an internationally recognized leader in using digital
media and computer technology to preserve and
present the past; transform scholarship across the
humanities; advance history education and historical
understanding; and encourage popular participation
in creating history. The Center collaborates with
teachers, museums, libraries and archives, and
university researchers, and trains graduate students
though research assistantships and required courses.
Starting at the beginning of the 2018 GMU fall
semester, the successful applicant will be in residence
at the RRCHNM and will also participate in GHI
activities, events, and digital projects.
Funding will be provided for a 12-month stay for
postdoctoral scholars as well as advanced doctoral
students, who are currently affiliated with a
European research institution. The monthly stipend
will be € 3,400 for postdoctoral scholars at €2,000 for
doctoral students. The fellow will also receive
reimbursement for his or her round-trip economy
airfare to the U.S. and a grant for travel to other North
American institutions up to € 5,000.
The deadline for applications is October 15, 2017. To
apply, please send a cover letter, a CV, a copy of the
certificate of your most recently earned degree, the
names and contact details of two referees, and a
research project proposal (5 pages or 2,000 words
max.). The proposal should outline a research
question, the main sources to be used, and ideas about
what digital tools and methods could be used to
analyze those sources. We can accept applications in
electronic form only. Please submit your documents
as a single PDF file to: [email protected].
All candidates will be notified in December 2017 of
the result of their application.
For more information, please contact: Bryan Hart at
the GHI [email protected] or Stephen Robertson at
the RRCHNM: [email protected]
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SOCIETY FOR THE HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIPS 2018-2019
The focal theme for 2018-2019 is “AUTHORITY.” Six to eight Fellows will be appointed. Selected Fellows will collaborate with the Taylor Family Director of the Society for the Humanities, Paul Fleming, Professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies. The Invited Society Scholars will be Praesnijit Duara , Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies at Duke University, Bonnie Honig , Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science at Brown University, and Holly Hughes , Professor of Theatre and Drama at University of Michigan.
http://sochum.as.cornell.edu/society_fellowships.html
Focal Theme 2018-2019
AUTHORITY
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University seeks interdisciplinary research projects for residencies that reflect on the philosophical, aesthetic, political, legal, ecological, religious, and cultural understandings of authority.
From auctoritas to the author to authoritarianism, the question of authority – whether grounded in epistemological expertise, juridical power, rhetorical persuasiveness, creative innovation, divine decree, or political charisma – is inextricable from humanistic inquiry and critique. With authority, the power to decide, to authorize, to adjudicate, to rule, and to hold sway stands or falls – in science, law, art, oratory, religion, or politics. The Society invites scholarly projects that trace the consequences, crises, and possibilities of authority across historical periods, disciplinary boundaries, geographic territories, and social contexts.
At stake in authority is who or what authorizes and bestows power, prestige, and influence. On what basis does authority claim to rule? Knowledge? Law? Charisma? Popular will? The sovereign word? Tradition? Moreover, each expression of authority calls forth its contestation and opposition. At times authority is contested within the same discursive sphere (e.g. different scientific paradigms or hermeneutic interpretations at loggerheads); at times, however, the opposition is based on another source of authority: religious law vs. secular law; scientific knowledge vs. political will; economic concerns vs. ethical concerns. At such junctures, the question then arises: who or what power adjudicates the conflict between appeals to different authoritative instances?
The Society invites scholars to explore the ‘ends of authority,’ understood as its purposes, goals, and ideals as well as its limitations, aporias, and paradoxes. Applicants could investigate the rise of authoritarianism across different historical and political or religious contexts, exploring its conditions, its appeal, its critiques. One could research the crisis of scientific authority, in which expertise itself is called into question on grounds that are impervious to scientific argumentation. Considering the death of the author, one could question what signs, strokes, words, tics, and idiosyncrasies determine a text’s or artwork’s ‘author’; what authorizes an original from its copy or fake; or the degree to which the authority of a few authors still determines research fields today. In the age of a superabundance of information, what differentiates ‘real’ (authoritative) information from ‘fake news,’ and how one can be interchanged with the other as an ‘equal’ source of authority?
The Society for the Humanities welcomes applications from scholars and practitioners who are interested in investigating this topic from the broadest variety of international and disciplinary perspectives.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Fellows should be working on topics related to the year’s theme. Their approach to the humanities should be broad enough to appeal to students and scholars in several humanistic disciplines.
Applicants must have received the Ph.D. degree before January 1, 2017. The Society for the Humanities will not consider applications from scholars who received the Ph.D. after this date. Applicants must also have one or more years of teaching experience, which may include teaching as a graduate student.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
The following application materials must be submitted via AJO fellowship #9274 on or before OCTOBER 1, 2017 . Any other method of applying will not be accepted.
1. A curriculum vitae
2. A one-page abstract describing the research project the applicant would like to pursue during the term of the fellowship (no more than 300 words)
3. A detailed statement of the research project (1,000 – 2,000 words). Applicants may also include a one-page bibliography of the most essential materials to the project.
4. A course proposal for a seminar related to the applicant’s research. Seminars meet two hours per week for one semester and enrollment is limited to fifteen advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The course proposal should consist of:
a. A brief course description suitable for the University course catalog (50-125 words)
b. A detailed course proposal (up to 300 words)
c. A list of the essential texts for the course
5. One scholarly paper (no more than 35 pages in length)
6. Two letters of recommendation from senior colleagues to whom candidates should send their research proposal and teaching proposal. Letters of recommendation should include an evaluation of the candidate’s proposed research and teaching statements. Please ask referees to submit their letters directly through the application link. Letters must be submitted on or before OCTOBER 1, 2017 .
To apply, go to: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowship/9274
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CONFERENCES / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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http://www.museodellemarionette.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=799:call-for-paper&catid=90:news-museo&Itemid=665&lang=it
CALL FOR PAPERS
II International Study Conference
TATTOO ICONOLOGIES
Body writings and identity related fluctuations
Palermo, Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino
1-2 December 2017
The contemporary practice of tattooing is globally diffuse. From being a marginal anti-language, writing on the body has revealed itself as a globalized trend. While tattooing initially may have been a niche occurrence, being rather a minority practice, today its popularity confirms its normalization, hardly a trivialization: in 2015, about 30% of people in the United States, and 13% (which means more than seven millions) in Italy are tattooed. As for all the massive trends, not performing any tattoo begins to be an effective tendency as well, and is thereby facilitating its objectification.
Several Humanities have been dealing with this phenomenon, especially Criminal and Cultural Anthropology in their constitutive weavings with Sociology, Folklore Studies, Image Theory, Literary History and Cultural Studies, and – not least – Semiotics, that is Sense and Sign theory.
The issue of individual and collective identities, which involve the processes of building, transforming and denigrating the sign, flooding from somatic into social (and vice versa), however, only partially coincide with that related to the writing of the body. The practice of tattooing produces traditions – even invented – and translations beyond the strictly ethnic dimension, involving, today more than ever, the aesthetic dimension, i.e. sensory and somatic, but also visual, vestimentary, ultra-vestimentary and artistic factors.
The semiotic outlook, redoubling the plans of the problem (expression / content), allows not only to interpret its many anthropological paths but also the places where, while blocking, these same paths tend to institutionalize or, alternatively, dissolve, proposing original and 'creative' solutions. On the one hand, the body, stuck among suffered pains and sought aches, tends to become other-than-self, metaphorizing itself (What analogies do consequently exist between tattoo and street art, between tattooing and marking, between tattoo and branding or anti-branding?).
On the other hand, the so-called fluid society works to construct meanings that, by playing with the fate of the indelibility, just multiply by erasing each other (the self and the non-self, the group, and the other, the recognition and the disapproval ...). On the level of values, while marking is, historically, an affirmation of infamy, the tattoo is a positive revaluation. And if marking is, in other contexts, one of the narrative functions of magic fairy tales, which sanctions and emphasizes the quality of the subject of being the hero, the tattoo reverses the game again and, transgressively, characterizes the anti-heroes, the cursed, the different and the marginalized ones, now ready to form a legion.
In addition to carrying out a documentary review, the conference aims to extend the field and the methods of semiotics to the tegumentary mark in order to analyze the textual relationship between icons and bodies, between soma and sema (body paints, wounds, perforations, scarification, markings, etc.), as well as the enunciative tactics of the self-skin and his envelopes. The direction of the work is obviously twofold: on the one hand, the discourse (and the tales) over the tattoo, on the other one, the tattoo that, in itself, discusses and tells.
Semiotics – focused on the processes of "artification" and on the ways representation and meaning practices (body art, photography, street art, hip hop dance, etc.) become artistic – proposes the socio-semiotic examination of the various and unexpected ways in which tattoo art works (signed works, old genres, new schools, collections, galleries, critics, exhibitions, catalogs, magazines, books, movies, TV shows, websites and so on).
Multiple perspectives and research foci are consequently of interest:
* Tegumentary, dermatologic sign, redefinition of the trivialized concept of fashion – beyond the garment: naked and dressed relationship (cover / discover, hide / reveal, bewilder / surprise).
* Comparison with other sign systems, especially writing (grammatology, inks and colors, calligraphic arts) related to body and skin; makeups, prostheses, liftings, scarifications, piercings, burnings, etc. and related connections, underlining the differences in the meaning of expression: somatic and semantic role, self-skin's misfortunes.
* Bodygraphs.
* Typologies of iconic genres and invention of tradition: new tribalism, primitivism, etc.
* The specific role of the tattooist as a subject of enunciation in the particular relationship to the tattoo and its aesthetic and pathemic transformations.
* Topology of the proprioceptive expressions. Esthesia: pain and its role, visibility and communication.
* Performance, duration, corrections and deletions. Customization and Auto (Bio) – iconography.
* Availability, multiplications, tattoo replications: body metamorphoses.
* Debrayage and embrayage: tattoos placed on the body and tattoos inscribed in the body (casuality, 'nature': expression and physiognomy).
* Tattoos' remediation: films, tele-visions, reality shows, specialized magazines, etc.
* Tattoos and related practices: murals, street art, animal markings, branding.
* Branding tattoo.
* Tattoo removal.
* Tattoo as ethno-medicine.
* Tattoo, literary tales, ekphrasis.
* Trauma and tattoo.
* Tattoo and colonialism / post-colonialism.
* Tattoo & gender.
* Tattoo & biological quality.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Communication proposals must be between 1,500 and 2,500 max characters (spaces included) plus a short bibliography of references (max 5 titles).
Proposals should indicate: Name, surname, institution of membership and role, e-mail address and telephone number.
Communications and related proposals may be in French, English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Proposals must be sent to both of the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] , [email protected] , referring to 'Tattoo Iconologies' in the subject line.
The deadline for submitting proposals is September 30, 2017.
Acceptance notification will be sent by October 10, 2017.
Presentations will last for up to 20 minutes, with discussion at the end of a session.
FEES
The fee for enrollment at the conference, which is necessary for those who intend to submit a communication, is 35 Euros for doctoral students and independent researchers, and 70 Euros for full-time faculty (to be paid in advance to a bank account, for which information will be provided at the time of acceptance of the proposal).
The enrollment fee for the conference includes coffee breaks, two buffet lunches.
Papers, depending on their quality, will be considered for publication in a conference volume.
ACCOMODATION
Participants will be provided with a list of hotels and B&Bs that will offer discounted rates for presenters.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Emiliano Battistini, Alice Giannitrapani, Dario Mangano, Francesco Mangiapane, Gianfranco Marrone, Marco Mondino, Rosario Perricone, Davide Puca, Ilaria Ventura
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The Prokhorov Centre for the Study of Central and Eastern European Intellectual and Cultural History at the University of Sheffield announces the following proposed colloquium for Thursday, 17 May and Friday, 18 May 2018:
Ritzy, Recuperative, Critical: The Representation of Central European Hotels, Spas and Resorts in Cultural Critiques since circa 1900
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 1920s was the great decade of the “hotel novel”, especially among Central European writers. Austrian author Joseph Roth set his Hotel Savoy (1924) in Łódź. In 1928, Meinrad Inglin wrote about a Swiss “Kurhaus” being turned into a splendid spa resort for British and American health tourists, among others, called Grand Hotel Excelsior — a monstrosity that spoiled idyllic Swissness. The name of this gaudy new complex is a reference to Berlin’s Hotel Excelsior (completed ten years earlier and then expanded magnificently in the 1920s), which inspired Vicki Baum’s German novel Menschen im Hotel (Grand Hotel, 1929). The hotel was not only a popular literary setting in this decade between the two world wars; it was also the metaphorical source for Lukács’s early attack on critical theory as bourgeois idealism. And at the same time, the hotel lobby was central to Siegfried Kracauer’s theoretical reflections — as a microcosm of the modern city. In short, the hotel and the spa were spaces used for cultural critiques of society and modernity, or even civilisation per se. Many of the authors of such criticism had first-hand experience of working in hospitality or related industries. Inglin had been a hotel waiter, Baum a hotel chamber-maid, Kracauer an architect of public spaces, and so on. More broadly, their representations result from the fact that, from the turn of the twentieth century and into the 1920s, hotel construction boomed across the continent, and spas were expanding and becoming ever more high tech. The Germans, Austrians and Swiss — such as Lorenz Adlon, Anna Sacher and César Ritz — were among the leading hoteliers of the age, becoming famous worldwide. Some hoteliers also wrote: about their lives and hotels as representative of their time, its possibilities and ills.
Scholarship has already excavated the hotel of the early twentieth century as a setting in German and Austrian literature (see Bettina Matthias, 2006), and as a topos of transit (see Ulrike Zitzlsperger, 2013). Much work has been done on individual authors, too (notably Vicki Baum). But how do the representations of hotels, spas and other resorts of this era compare across linguistic and cultural contexts, and across literature, film, criticism and life writing? What common stories do they tell? How have these representational histories developed since the golden age of the grand hotel, and to what extent do they use works of this period as their foundation? Above all, the colloquium asks whether a comparative perspective on cultural representations of hotels, spas and resorts since the dawn of the twentieth century gives rise to a typology of critiques of an emergent Central European, consumerist culture of cosmopolitan luxury and an apparently liberal wellness (that is actually racialized, among its many features). But these spaces of tourism, inherently connected with the themes of transit and change, may also resist systematic, synchronic and diachronic comparison. Perhaps post-war capitalist and socialist societies in particular have led to a divergence in the ways in which hotels, spas and resorts are allegorised?
Recent films have made creative use of such cultural, modernist material concerning hotels, spas and resorts, and were inspired by Central European literary writers of the early twentieth century. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel of 2014 playfully harks back to the glory years of grand hotels throughout Europe, and is a homage to Stefan Zweig. Gore Verbinski’s A Cure for Wellness from 2016, meanwhile, takes a similar setting to Thomas Mann’s Der Zauberberg — but the noble and bourgeois elite here become wealthy, burnt-out executives. This interest in the hotels and spas of the past, and particularly the early twentieth century — for contemporary artistic ends and for entertainment — is complemented by similarly recent historical investigations for both general and scholarly readerships. David Clay Large’s The Grand Spas of Central Europe: A History of Intrigue, Politics, Art, and Healing (2015) and Marina Soroka’s The Summer Capitals of Europe, 1814-1919 (2017) are just two examples.
The aim of the colloquium is to capitalise on the currency of Central European hotels, spas and resorts as a topic, examining its contribution to cultural criticism. We shall focus on historical and present-day cultural representations, rather than the empirical histories of specific places. We welcome both individual case studies and comparisons across space and time. We are open to the analysis of how Central European hotels, spas and resorts are appropriated as a foil for critiques of other cultures. Relatedly, we also seek “outsider” perspectives: those of authors and filmmakers from elsewhere (and especially the US, Western Europe and Russia), reflecting on the hotels, spas and resorts of Central Europe (e.g. the renowned French film from 1961, L’Année dernière à Marienbad / Last year in Marienbad). For us “Central Europe” includes Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania.
We hope to cover accommodation and catering costs for speakers; depending on funding, we may be able to contribute towards travel expenses as well. We are talking to the editorial board of a leading comparative journal, since we plan to publish a special issue comprising selected papers.
Please send a substantial abstract and brief biographical sketch to:
Dr Seán Williams, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield: [email protected]
Deadline: 15 September 2017.
In the words of Fred Astaire, “you’ll declare it’s simply topping to be there!”
For further information on the Prokhorov Centre and its past events, please visit:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prokhorov-centre
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Научная конференция «Вольтеровские чтения»
(8-9 ноября 2017 г., г. Санкт-Петербург)
Уважаемые коллеги!
8–9 ноября 2017 г. Российская национальная библиотека проводит международную научную конференцию «Вольтеровские чтения» . Тема конференции 2017 года – «Пути Просвещения: личные библиотеки XVIII – начала XIX в. и их владельцы» .
Европейское Просвещение невозможно представить себе без книг и библиотек. Человека эпохи Просвещения невозможно представить себе без его книжного собрания.
Личная библиотека – инструмент Просвещения, но также отражение вкусов и пристрастий владельца, его интеллектуальных запросов, а еще отражение веяний моды во всем – от состава книг до их внешнего вида. Каждая библиотека – зеркало ее владельца, вместе же личные книжные собрания XVIII – начала XIX столетий – отражение эпохи Просвещения.
На конференции предстоит обсудить следующий круг тем:
* отражение круга чтения и читательских практик человека эпохи Просвещения
* универсальность библиотеки в эпоху Просвещения
* европейские связи и влияния
* Императорская Публичная библиотека как библиотека эпохи Просвещения
Время доклада – 15 минут.
Материалы конференции будут опубликованы в очередном выпуске сборника «Вольтеровские чтения».
Проезд и проживание участников – за счет направляющей стороны.
Для участия в конференции необходимо заполнить регистрационную форму на сайте РНБ.
Тему и резюме доклада (200–250 слов) просим сообщить до 10 сентября 2017 г. по адресу: [email protected]
Оргкомитет оставляет за собой право отбора заявок для включения в программу конференции. О результатах отбора участники будут извещены до 15 сентября 2017 г.
Контактная информация
Отдел редких книг,
Центр изучения эпохи Просвещения «Библиотека Вольтера»,
зав. Центром Наталия Михайловна Сперанская
e-mail: [email protected]
191069, Санкт-Петербург, Садовая ул., 18
тел. (812) 407-42-66
Бронирование гостиницы
Гравшина Злата Николаевна
e-mail: [email protected]
тел. +7 (812) 767-13-79 , +7 (952) 236-31-96
Оргкомитет
http://www.nlr.ru/tus/20171108/
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Mind and Brain Annual Conference
14th to 15th September 2017
Flint, United States of America
This annual conference will bring together scholars whose work involves mind and brain including epistemology, cognition, reasoning, theory of action, consciousness, philosophy of mind; topics may have a theoretical, practical or historical focus.
Enquiries: [email protected]
Web address: http://cognethic.org/events/2017/9/14/mind-and-brain
Sponsored by: Center for Cognition and Neuroethics
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Sixteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities - University of Pennsylvania
5th to 7th July 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Website: http://thehumanities.com/2018-conference/call-for-papers
Contact person: Grace Chang
New Directions in the Humanities Research Network: a conference and journal collection founded in 2003, exploring established traditions in the humanities as well as innovative practices that set a renewed agenda for their future.
Organized by: Common Ground Research Networks
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 5th June 2018
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2017 7th International Conference on Languages, Literature and Linguistics (ICLLL 2017)
9th to 11th December 2017
Kyoto, Japan
Website: http://www.iclll.org/
Contact person: Kiko Xu (Ms.)
Publication: International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics (IJLLL) ISSN: 2382-6282 Frequency: Quarterly DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL Indexing: Google Scholar, Engineering & Technology Digital Library, Crossref, Proquest and DOAJ.
Organized by: IEDRC
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 20th July 2017
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14th International Conference on Urban History, European Association for
Urban History (EAUH), Specialist Session (SS17), organized by Mathieu
Grenet and Hanna Sonkajärvi
29.08.2018-01.09.2018, Rome, Rome
Deadline: 05.10.2017
Several studies have recently enquired into the practices of inclusion
and exclusion in Early Modern cities - based on origin, religion or
economic interests, among other things. Others have dealt with the
social and political construction of borders and frontiers, which are
mostly understood as being not exclusively geographical ones. However,
there still appears to be a lack on studies that would specifically
focus on border towns and cities, and the ways in which urban space was
affected by political changes during the Early Modern Period. Once
territories were passed from one sovereignty to another, the nature of
border(s) could change, as could the social and spatial practices
related to these border(s). Hence, what exactly happens when a city
stops being a border city? Or, what if it becomes one? What if the
border is still there, but the city changes from one sovereignty to
another? Or what if the border shifts only at some distance away from
its former location? How did different social groups perceive these
changes, and to what extent did the latter affect their uses of urban
space(s)? Eventually, were some urban spaces and/or social groups more
resilient than others in this respect, keeping some sort of "memory" of
the border across time?
The session welcomes contributions that deal with questions of shifting
borders and how these shifts impacted the political, social, economic or
religious organization of a given city or cities in Europe. Papers may
focus on questions of practice, concerning the resilience of local
political elites and administrations or the local population. They may
also deal with the contemporary considerations to change the space of
both cities and states, political agendas, procedures to implement them
and the 'instruments' to control these implementations.
The session welcomes proposals and presentations both in French and
English.
Please, make your paper submission via the EAUH2018 website:
https://eauh2018.ccmgs.it/users/ .
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The Central Slavic Conference is pleased to invite scholars of all disciplines working in Slavic, Eurasian, and East European studies to submit proposals for panels, individual papers, and roundtables at its annual meeting to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October 20-22, 2017.
Founded in 1962 as the Bi-State Slavic Conference, the Central Slavic Conference now encompasses seven states and is the oldest of the regional affiliates of ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies). Scholars from outside the region and from around the world are welcome.
Proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables should be submitted by email to CSC President Dr. David Borgmeyer at [email protected] no later than September 1, 2017. Early proposals are encouraged. All proposals should include:
· Participant name, affiliation, and email contact information;
· For individual paper presentation: title and brief description (limit 50 words);
· For panels: panel title + above information for each participant and discussant (if applicable);
· For roundtables: roundtable title and participant information.
The CSC will also dedicate a separate portion of the conference to undergraduate research presentations. Faculty are encouraged to support conference proposals from undergraduate students for this section of the conference. Limited funding is available to provide graduate and undergraduate students with partial travel stipends.
Charles Timberlake Memorial Symposium
Now a regular part of the CSC program, the symposium is dedicated to the memory and scholarly interests of longtime CSC member Charles Timberlake. Those interested in participating should contact symposium coordinator Dr. Nicole Monnier at [email protected].
Timberlake Memorial Graduate Paper Prize
Students who present at the CSC Annual Meeting are invited to participate in the Charles Timberlake Graduate Paper Prize competition. Dedicated to the memory of Charles Timberlake as a teacher and mentor, the prize carries a cash award.
CSC registration and hotel reservation information will be available on the CSC website: http://www.slu.edu/international-studies-program/central-slavic-conference.
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GRANTS & AWARDS / ГРАНТЫ&ПРЕМИИ
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The Malevich Society is pleased to announce its call for 2017 grant applications.
The Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization based in New York dedicated to advancing knowledge about the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich and his work.
In the belief that Malevich was a pioneer of modern art who should be recognized for his key contributions to the history of Modernism, the Society awards grants to encourage research, writing, and other activities relating to his history and memory.
The Society welcomes applications from scholars of any nationality, and at various stages of their career. Graduate students are welcome to apply to the Society’s grants after completing at least one year of dissertation research. Proposed projects should increase the understanding of Malevich and his work, or augment historical, biographical, or artistic information about Malevich and/or his artistic legacy. The Society also supports translations and the publication of relevant texts.
Application forms and instructions may be requested by e-mail: [email protected] or may be downloaded from the website: www.malevichsociety.org . Applications and all supporting documents should be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] .
Deadline: September 30, 2017
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PUBLICATIONS / ПУБЛИКАЦИИ
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http://signsjournal.org/for-authors/calls-for-papers/#riseofright
Signs Special Issue: Gender and the Rise of the Global Right
As political events across the world have made clear, the right wing is ascendant: from the election of Donald J. Trump in the United States; to the Brexit victory in the United Kingdom; to the rise of rise of rightist, nationalist, anti-immigrant, and neo-Nazi parties across Europe; to the election of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in India; to the Philippine president’s professed admiration for Adolf Hitler; to the impeachment of a democratically elected woman leader in Brazil; to the military coup and gendered crackdown in Egypt; to the virulently antigay legislation in Uganda, in which US–based Christian evangelicals played no small role. Far less studied are the myriad ways in which the global Right represents a particular politics of gender. Indeed, backlash against perceived shifts in gender and sexual norms may have partly spurred the Right’s rise. And right-wing movements have often justified themselves by invoking gender and sexuality—whether through a desire to return to or preserve “tradition” and “shared values” or by stoking anxieties about the sexual threats represented by racial, foreign, or religious others.
These developments present an urgent need for feminist theorizing, across regions and disciplines. It is of critical importance that the central role of gender and sexuality in the rise of the Right be recognized and that the voices of critique be feminist ones, including investigations of the Rights’ representational politics, its workings in discourse, mass media, human rights, law, and culture broadly conceived. We welcome submissions from all disciplines, and especially submissions that are engaging across disciplines and that are themselves inter- or transdisciplinary.
Possible areas of focus might include:
* The gender politics of local right-wing resurgences, the transnational linkages among them, and comparative critiques of their cultures, discourses, and modes of organizing, funding, coordination, and transmission.
* Comparisons of the present moment with past historical shifts, such as the colonial encounter, and their gendered implications for the postcolonial present.
* The fault lines within right-wing gender politics, in which racialization determines which women are to be protected and which are threats, to be deported, jailed, or “liberated.”
* The role of religion and religious actors in right-wing politics, and the gendered agendas they advance.
* The Right’s use of the language of women’s rights, human rights, LGBT rights, or other rights discourses; the role of right-wing women in dignifying, legitimating, and speaking for their movements.
* Right-wing attacks on women’s and gender studies; efforts to discredit the field and establish right-wing ideologues in academic settings.
* Gendered life under repressive regimes; the role of networks, undergrounds, and samizdat.
* The media politics and cyberpolitics of the Right; the discursive structures of mainstream and social media; the gendered phenomenon of the internet troll.
* The interrelations between various gender-related crusades (e.g., the transnational antichoice movement, resistance against LGBT rights, the introduction of transphobic policies, efforts to stop antiviolence legislation).
* Right-wing masculinities (e.g., fathers’ movements, men’s-rights movements, militarist gender ideologies, and constructions of boyhood).
* Links between the gendered effects of global economic crises or structural adjustments and the rise of the Right.
* The representational politics of the global Right, in literature, film, music, art, and popular culture; representations and works of literature that resist, subvert, and push back against the arguments of the new Right and its normalizers.
Signs particularly encourages transdisciplinary and transnational essays that address substantive feminist questions, debates, and controversies without employing disciplinary or academic jargon. We welcome essays that make a forceful case for why the global rise of the Right demands a specific and thoughtfully formulated interdisciplinary feminist analysis and why it demands our attention now. We seek essays that are passionate, strongly argued, and willing to take risks. The issue will be coedited by Agnieszka Graff, associate professor at the Center for American Studies at the University of Warsaw; Ratna Kapur, visiting professor of law at Queen Mary University of London; and Suzanna Danuta Walters, Signs editor in chief and professor of sociology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Northeastern University.
The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2017.
Please submit full manuscripts electronically through Editorial Manager . http://www.editorialmanager.com/signs/default.aspx
Manuscripts must conform to the guidelines for submission .
http://signsjournal.org/for-authors/author-guidelines/
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JOB/ ВАКАНСИИ
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Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, Macalester College
The Department of Russian Studies at Macalester College
announces an opening for a tenure-track position in
Russian Studies, to begin in Fall 2018, at the rank of
Assistant Professor (in an exceptional case, a more
advanced appointment may be considered). Applicants
should have a PhD at the time of appointment in the
field of Russian history, culture, or related subjects and
possess native or near-native proficiency in Russian and
English. The successful candidate, whose tenure home
would be in Russian Studies, would teach Russian
language as well as courses that would cover Russia
and the neighboring region historically. Scholarly
promise, college teaching experience, an interdisciplinary
approach to the teaching of Russian Studies, strong
interest in teaching language, and knowledge of current
pedagogical methodologies are highly desirable.
The position entails teaching five courses per year,
including two Russian language courses per year
and three others, at least two of which can be cross-
listed with the History department. We are looking
for dynamic, broadly trained, theoretically informed
scholar-teachers with training in historical inquiry,
who are committed to the study of Russian history
and culture as an integral part of the undergraduate
liberal arts curriculum. The successful candidate will
join Macalester’s Russian Studies faculty in active
program building.
Submit electronic copies of a cover letter that
addresses why you are interested in Macalester,
a statement of teaching philosophy, CV, sample
syllabi, and arrange for three letters of recommendation
to be uploaded to Academic Jobs Online, https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9238 .
Inquiries can be directed to James von Geldern
at [email protected]. We will begin
reviewing applications on October 1, 2017 and will
interview at the ASEEES conference (Chicago,
November 9-12, 2017) and via Skype.
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Full-Time Positions in Pre-Modern Western History
(all ranks), Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Department of History invites applications for full-
time academic position(s) in pre-modern Western
history. In addition to having one of the teaching
specialties in the proposed geographical area and time
period: (A) global history; (B) Middle-East history;
(C) Russian history, we welcome applicants who have
the following research specialties: social history, cultural
history, legal history, environmental history or others.
The academic rank of appointment will be considered
with reference to the candidate’s qualifications and
experience.
Appointment(s) will normally be made on contract
basis for up to three years initially commencing
August 2018, which, subject to funding, performance
and mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term
appointment or substantiation later.
Applications will be accepted until the position(s)
is/are filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply by
August 31, 2017.
Candidates who have responded to the previous
advertisement (Ref: 1700004H) are currently under
review and need not re-apply.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/ unijobs/
listing/56656/professor-associate-professor-assistant-
professor-department-of-history/
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Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in European
Environmental History (including Russia), Loyola
University Maryland
The history department at Loyola University
Maryland invites applicants for a tenure-track
assistant professorship in European Environmental
history (post-1700, including Russia and excluding
Germany). Applicants should demonstrate a
commitment to undergraduate teaching, the
promise of significant scholarship, and a commitment
to service. The standard teaching load is three
courses per semester, and the successful candidate
will teach a 100-level introductory survey of modern
Europe and a rotating sequence of upper-division
courses in her or his area/specialty. Participation in
Loyola's Environmental Studies program is likely.
Appointment will begin in August 2018. Ph.D. is
expected by that date.
Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the
AHA annual meeting in January 2018. To apply, please
visit https://careers.loyola.edu/ to submit online a
cover letter, teaching evaluations, CV, three letters
of recommendation, and a copy of graduate transcripts.
Paper applications will not be accepted. Questions
regarding the position or users of Interfolio
recommendations should contact Dr. Thomas Pegram,
Chair Environmental/European Search Committee
at [email protected]. All materials must be received
by November 1, 2017.
https://careers.loyola.edu/postings/
2974?jtsrc=http%3A%2F%2F www.hnet.org%2Fjobs
%2F&jtsrcid=6085&jtrfr=&_jtochash=Bw1Aj8spygMy
SeM1uX7kV&_jtocprof=S5fjLXfU0wdWGyjUTx4bFLrUbj5TPlhp
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Instructor in Russian Language and Literature, Northern
Illinois University
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at
Northern Illinois University invites applications for an
instructor position for the Fall of 2017. This is a one-semester
replacement position.
The instructor, who replaces a professor on sabbatical,
will teach three courses. The successful candidate must
have an M.A. degree or very extensive experience
teaching Russian language and literature. The candidate
must have near-native fluency in English and Russian.
He/she will be expected to teach first- and second-year
Russian language classes, plus a 400-level Russian
literature class in translation.
If interested, please send an email and CV to the
Department Chair, Professor Katharina Barbe at
[email protected].
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Lecturers in Slavic Languages & Literatures,
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures seeks applications to fill
non-tenure track Instructional positions during the
2016-2017 academic year. Subject areas of particular
interest are, but are not limited to, Russian and Slavic
folklore, language, literature, and culture.
Compensation will take the form of wages. A terminal
degree is expected but not required. Candidates must
have a strong commitment to teaching.
To apply, please complete a Candidate Profile online
through Jobs@UVa ( https://jobs.virginia.edu ), and
electronically attach the following: a current CV, cover
letter, and complete contact information for three
professional references. Search on posting 0619044.
Questions regarding this position should be directed
to: Julian Connolly [email protected]
Questions regarding the online application process
should be directed to: Anne Zook [email protected]
www.jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=79470
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University lecturer, history
https://en.academicpositions.fi/ad/university-of-helsinki/2017/university-lecturer-history/102203?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts
The Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies belongs to the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, and has a strong profile in the multidisciplinary research and teaching of the humanities.
The Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, invites applications for the position of
UNIVERSITY LECTURER
to be employed until further notice as of 1 January 2018. The position is in the discipline of History. There is a four-month trial period for the position.
The appointee’s duties will include teaching according to the degree requirements, the supervision and examination of theses and dissertations, research in the field as well as contribution to the performance of the discipline’s other tasks.
The university lecturer in history shall provide teaching and supervision at all levels of both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The duties, which require good cooperation skills, include participating in the planning and development of teaching together with the other staff of the Department and discipline. The university lecturer shall also conduct research in his or her own field.
According to the University of Helsinki Regulations, holders of university lectureships are required to possess an applicable doctoral degree, to have the ability to provide high quality research-based teaching and to supervise theses and dissertations.
When assessing the qualifications of applicants, attention will be paid to academic qualifications and merits, such as publications, experience in research projects, as well as teaching and supervision experience, pedagogical skills and plans, the ability to produce learning material, and, if necessary, a demonstration of teaching skills. University lecturer is expected to be a wide-ranging scholar, who is able to teach writing skills and help students to find sources. In this particular job, it is vital to be able to supervise theses focusing on Finnish 19th and 20th century history. Finnish history is analysed as a part of wider Baltic and European developments. University lecturer should also be able to develop the teaching of digital or quantitative research methods. The guidance of personal study plans is an essential part of the work.
According to the Government Decree on Universities, university lecturers are required to be proficient in Finnish. They must also have at least satisfactory spoken and written skills in Swedish. Foreign citizens, non-native Finnish citizens or citizens who have not been educated in Finnish or Swedish may be exempted from this requirement without a separate application. Knowledge of other languages will be considered a further asset.
The salary for the position will be based on levels 5–7 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal work performance.
The application must be accompanied by a
1) CV (4 pages max).
2) list of publications.
3) report (5 pages max) on their teaching experience and plans to improve teaching.
4) report (3 pages max) of applicant’s research activities, including specialisation within the field of history and acquired research funding.
The above documents and information may also be presented in an academic portfolio.
Instructions to applicants for teaching and research positions https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-arts/faculty/instructions-to-appli ...
The applicants are asked to be prepared to send five of their publications for evaluation soon after the deadline, if shortlisted; and to be prepared to attend an interview, as well as to give a lecture for evaluation of teaching skills.
The application, together with the required attachment, must be submitted through the University of Helsinki electronic recruitment system by clicking on the link below. Internal applicants (i.e., current employees of the University of Helsinki) must submit their applications through the SAP HR portal. Closing date August 21.
Further information about the position may be obtained from prof. Niklas Jensen-Eriksen, tel. +3582941 23149 , [email protected] .
Further information about eRekry system, [email protected]
Apply at latest 21.08.2017
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Open Rank, Modern History
National Chengchi University
One Position: Open rank – Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor, or Professor
August 31, 2017
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55061
(National Chengchi University requires that
applicants be able to teach at least one English-taught
class per semester; non-Chinese speaking applicants
with a working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese
preferred.) The NCCU History Department was
founded in 1967 and is one of the top history
departments in Taiwan.
The Department is particularly strong in Modern
Chinese history and Cultural history. Required
application materials: copy of doctoral diploma (or
letter from dean’s office showing successful defense
before August 31, 2017), 2 copies of dissertation and
master’s thesis, and other writing sample (with
Chinese or English synopsis); doctoral and master’s
degree transcripts; curriculum vitae; list of
publications, research plan, proposed courses to
teach and sample syllabi (at least one English-taught
class) Candidates
without a doctoral degree, but with an exceptional
record of publication and teaching, will be required
to provide an official certification of position and the
other requirements as stated above, excluding
dissertation. Application materials must be postmark-
ed by August 31, 2017. Anticipated starting date for
appointment is February 2018. Applicants who
reach the second-round will be interviewed on
campus. NCCU will not cover travel expenses.
History Search Committee
Department of History, National Chengchi University
No. 64, Sec. 2, ZhiNan Road
Wenshan District, Taipei City 11605
Taiwan, R.O.C.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in European
Environmental History
Loyola University - Maryland
November 1, 2017
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display .
php?id=55048
The history department at Loyola University
Maryland invites applicants for a tenure-track
assistant professorship in European Environmental
history (post-1700, including
Russia and excluding Germany). Applicants should
demonstrate a commitment to undergraduate
teaching, the promise of significant scholarship, and a
commitment to service. The standard teaching load is
three courses per semester, and the successful
candidate will teach a 100-level introductory survey
of modern Europe and a rotating sequence of upper-
division courses in her or his area/specialty.
Participation in Loyola's Environmental
Studies program is likely. Appointment will begin in
August 2018. Ph.D. is expected by that date.
Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the AHA
annual meeting in January 2018. To apply, please
visit https://careers.loyola.edu/ to submit online a
cover letter, teaching evaluations, CV, three letters of
recommendation, and a copy of graduate transcripts.
Paper applications will not be accepted. Questions
regarding the position or users of Interfolio
recommendations should contact Dr. Thomas
Pegram, Chair Environmental/European
Search Committee
at [email protected].
All materials must be received by November 1, 2017.
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FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN PRE-MODERN
WESTERN HISTORY (ALL RANKS)
CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/resources/
opportunities/#jobs
August 31, 2017
Full-Time Positions in Pre-Modern Western History
(all ranks), Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Department of History invites applications for
full-time academic position(s) in pre-modern Western
history. In addition to having one of the teaching
specialties in the proposed geographical area and
period: (A) global history; (B) Middle-East history;
(C) Russian history, we welcome applicants who have
the following research specialties: social history,
cultural history, legal history, environmental history
or others. The academic rank of appointment will be
considered with reference to the candidate’s
qualifications and experience.
Appointment(s) will normally be made on contract
basis for up to three years initially commencing
August 2018, which, subject to funding, performance
and mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term
appointment or substantiation later.
Applications will be accepted until the position(s)
is/are filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply by
August 31, 2017.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/
listing/56656/professor-associate-professor-
assistant-professor-department-of-history/
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TT Asst. Professor - Russian Studies
Macalester College (MN)
Apply at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/
jobs/9238
October 2, 2017
The Department of Russian Studies at Macalester
College announces an opening for a tenure-track
position in Russian Studies, to begin in Fall 2018, at
the rank of Assistant Professor (in an exceptional case,
a more advanced appointment may be considered).
Applicants should have a PhD at the time of
appointment in the field of Russian history, culture,
or related subjects and possess native or near-native
proficiency in Russian and English. The successful
candidate, whose tenure home would be in Russian
Studies, would teach Russian language as well as
courses that would cover Russia and the neighboring
region historically. Scholarly promise, college teach-
ing experience, an interdisciplinary approach to the
teaching of Russian Studies, strong interest in teach-
ing language, and knowledge of current pedagogical
methodologies are highly desirable. The position
entails teaching five courses per year, including two
Russian language courses per year and three others,
at least two of which can be cross-listed with the
History department. We are looking for dynamic,
broadly trained, theoretically informed
scholar-teachers with training in historical inquiry,
who are committed to the study of Russian history
and culture as an integral part of the undergraduate
liberal arts curriculum. The successful candidate will
join Macalester’s Russian Studies faculty in active
program building.
Submit electronic copies of a cover letter that
addresses why you are interested in Macalester, a
statement of teaching philosophy, CV, sample syllabi,
and arrange for three letters of recommendation.
Inquiries can be directed to James von Geldern at
[email protected]. We will begin reviewing
applications on October 1, 2017 and will interview at
the ASEEES conference (Chicago, November 9-12,
2017) and via Skype.
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SUPERVISOR OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, CENTER
FOR EURASIAN, RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN
STUDIES (CERES)
WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE
http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/resources/
opportunities/#jobs
Georgetown’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East
European Studies (CERES) in the Walsh School of
Foreign Service houses one of the nation's preeminent
Master's degree programs and hosts a rich program
of events on the region.
The Supervisor of Academic Programs is responsible
for all academic advising and academic program
development activities in CERES. S/he manages
CERES admissions and recruitment, coordinates
with the Director and CERES faculty in program
and curriculum development, and engages with
alumni and other stakeholders in various outreach
activities. Reporting to the CERES Director, the
Supervisor has duties that include but are not
limited to: Academic Advising and Admissions;
Develops and manages CERES recruiting program,
including all related publications and advertising,
recruitment travel, and recruiting activities; Advises
prospective students for MA and certificate programs
on requirements for admission and courses of study;
Oversees the CERES admissions process; and forms
faculty committee, prepares applications for review,
and processes applications; Develops and conducts
program orientation for new students; Provides
academic advising to all enrolled students; Works
with Graduate School, Student Financial Services,
and Registrar to make sure student progress and
status are recorded and maintained; Works with
students and other programs and departments to
coordinate undergraduate and graduate certificate
and joint degree programs, and to monitor progress;
and develops and implements new certificate and
degree programs; Coordinates existing and develops
new student programs, such as lecture series and
other events; Serves on all GU and SFS committees
regarding academic and admissions policies, and
works with other units on campus and beyond to
enhance the academic program; Works with the SFS
Graduate Career Center to provide career advising
and assistance in finding internships for students.
Academic Program and Curriculum Development
In coordination with the Director, identifies potential
course offerings, determines course listing, and works
with Registrar on CERES offerings. In coordination
with the Director, identifies prospective adjunct faculty
and processes documentation for appointment re-
quests, working closely with the SFS Dean’s Office.
Works with Director to identify, apply for, and win
external funding; and assists Director with program
fundraising and relations with potential donors.
Works with SFS BSC on management of all internal
and external grants for CERES. Working with relevant
University departments, assists Visiting Researchers
with visa invitations, onboarding, affiliation, and
general administrative matters.
Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement
Works closely with the SFS Director of Alumni
Engagement on alumni initiatives. Develops and
maintains alumni outreach program and database
of alumni. Tracks alumni donations. Works with
Center Administrator on publications, including web-
site, advertising, and newsletters. Prepares agenda,
supporting materials, and information on adjunct
hires for biannual CERES Executive Committee
meetings.
Requirements
Master’s degree in Russian and East European Studies
or related field 3 to 5 years of experience in academic
administration, including curricular and advising
responsibilities Strong preference for experience in
program administration related to Russian and East
European Studies.
Submission Guidelines:
Please note that in order to be considered an appli-
cant for any position at Georgetown University you
must submit a cover letter and resume for each
position of interest for which you believe you are
qualified. These documents are not kept on file for
future positions.
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PROGRAM COORDINATOR - GRADUATE
INITIATIVE IN RUSSIAN STUDIES MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/resources/opportunities/#jobs
The Program Coordinator for the Graduate Initiative
in Russian Studies (GIRS) provides leadership in
GIRS’s efforts to develop, coordinate, and implement
a variety of seminars and workshops featuring
senior diplomats as well as leading Russian scholars
and experts to teach and interact with graduate
students of Russia and Eurasia. The Program
Coordinator works in tandem with the Director
and the other members of GIRS team as well as
MIIS senior administrators, and will, both
independently and collaboratively write and edit
grant proposals, reports, briefings and other
collateral materials for communication with corporate,
foundation, and government prospects. The GIRS
Program Coordinator will also be creating and
implementing systems for supporting GIRS
Advisory Council’s strategic planning, tracking and
reporting, and is in charge of the budget allocations,
monitoring and reporting. GIRS Program Coordinator
is also a technical lead for the GIRS team: writing
content and collaborating on the GIRS website; and
troubleshooting networking issues that arise.
The GIRS Program Coordinator is responsible for
the development of programs, planning and overall
operational execution of GIRS seminars, workshops,
and/or special events. As such, the Program Coordina-
tor should have outstanding communication and
interpersonal skills. He/she works on a variety of
programs simultaneously and serves as the day-to-day
planning contact for visiting experts, graduate
assistants and the GIRS director. This is a full-time
temporary staff position.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
• Assists the Director and others with writing and
editing grant proposals and reports, briefings and
other collateral materials for communication with
corporate, foundation and government prospects.
At the discretion of the Director, the Program
Coordinator will prepare and submit grant proposals.
• Primarily responsible for GIRS specialized research
of current and potential corporate, foundation, and
government funders.
• Creates and implements systems for supporting
strategic planning, tracking, and reporting for an
aggressive and successful grantsmanship plan.
• In coordination with the GIRS director, manages the
development and implementation of the Graduate
Initiative in Russian Studies’ seminar series and
related activities, including developing program
format, topics, speakers, and budget management to
ensure program objectives are successfully met.
• Serves as a technical lead for the GIRS team, helping
to develop and maintain the GIRS website.
• Demonstrates knowledge of both international
policy (bilateral relations and Russian domestic
and foreign policy in particular) and fundraising
techniques and strategies.
• Writes and edits highly impactful documents
for soliciting and reporting on philanthropic grants
• Researches and analyzes a variety of reference
material in order to compile, evaluate and disseminate
data
• Manages multiple, complex tasks and relationships
with initiative and independence
• Exercises sound judgement, prioritizes and manages
time effectively, and works effectively under pressure
• Acts as a team player by working collaboratively and
demonstrating initiative, creativity, sound judgement,
discretion, and leadership
• Communicates with visiting scholars and experts to
ensure that curriculum is designed to meet program
objectives and to coordinate logistics for their visit
(e.g., speaker contract, hotel, travel arrangements,
transportation and schedule).
• Manages, coordinates and arranges contracts for
hotel accommodations, air and ground transportation,
passport and visa clearances, program functions and
visitor entertainment.
• Creates and maintains internal calendar for
upcoming seminars and prepares promotional and
marketing materials for each event, including
invitations, flyers, and posters.
• Selects and manages key vendors by negotiating new
contracts, tracking contractual requirements and
ensuring vendors comply with company guidelines
while remaining within budget guidelines.
• Creates, tracks, and maintains project budgets and
expenses in order to ensure cost saving measures and
spending within allocated amounts. Assists in prepar-
ing grant applications and reports.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of programs by soliciting
participant feedback, summarizing results, and
formulating recommendations to determine successes
and areas of improvement, which will be used to
improve subsequent program effectiveness.
• Supervises and guides the work of GIRS Graduate
Research Assistants.
Qualifications
B.A. in Business Administration, Public
Administration, International Relations, or related
field required.
• Knowledge of the field of international relations,
history and bilateral relations, and knowledge of
basic fundraising techniques and strategies.
• Exceptional analytical (academic background in
international policy studies, Russian studies strongly
preferred), budgeting, negotiation, and project
management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• The ability to interact professionally and
comfortably with senior administrators, faculty
members, and external constituents.
• Must be self-motivated, articulate, and possess
excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented, highly organized, and ability to
multi-task.
• Ability to manage time-sensitive projects.
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency
with computer software for word processing,
presentations, spreadsheets, and calendars.
Proficiency with Excel, Word, database software.
• Advanced knowledge of foreign languages.
Experience
At least 3 years of demonstrated experience at the
international level in administration, budgeting,
conference and project management.
Physical Demands
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at
Monterey maintains a smoke-free workplace and
complies with the Federal Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act and Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Position requires light to moderate physical effort and
the ability to work at a computer keyboard for
extended periods of time.
https://www.globaljobs.org/jobs/11847-monterey-
california-middlebury-college-program-coordinator-
graduate-initiative-in-russian-studies
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Assistant Professor - Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program
Wesleyan University
http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5859
September 15, 2017
Wesleyan University's Russian, East European, and
Eurasian Studies Program invites applications for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor beginning July 1,
2018. Specialization is open, but we welcome the
ability to teach courses on twentieth-century and
contemporary Russian literature, culture, and society.
Native or near-native fluency in Russian required.
The appointment is in an interdisciplinary program
and will require working with colleagues in political
science, history, religion, and language and literature,
so preference will be given to applicants with a
proven commitment to interdisciplinarity. Candidates
must have a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures
or a related field in hand by the time of appointment.
The teaching load is 2/2. Additional duties include
advising and mentoring students, carrying on a
program of research, and participating in faculty
governance at the departmental and university level.
Wesleyan is a highly selective liberal arts college that
deeply values both scholarship and teaching, has a
strong, diverse undergraduate student body, and
offers a generous sabbatical program and
competitive salaries and benefits.
To apply, visit
http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5859 . A
complete application includes a cover letter,
curriculum vitae, writing sample, statement of current
research, and documentation of teaching experience,
including teaching statement, course syllabi, and
student evaluations. As part of the teaching statement
(or cover letter), we invite you to describe your
cultural competencies and experiences engaging a
diverse student body. You will also be asked to
provide the e-mail addresses of three referees from
whom we will obtain confidential letters of
recommendation. Applications should be submitted
online at http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5859 .
Applications completed by September 15, 2017, will
receive full consideration. Please contact Susanne
Fusso at [email protected] or 860-685-3123 if
you have questions about the application process.
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Professorship in the Study of Religion (916487)
Aarhus University, School of Culture and Society
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55067
August 2, 2017
The School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University,
invites applications for a permanent position as
professor within the Department of the Study of
Religion. The position is available from 1 January
2018 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The professorship is offered with a view to attracting
a particularly talented person who is expected to play
a key role in the continued creation of innovative,
internationally recognised research areas at the
Department of the Study of Religion with a particular
focus on the history of religion. The future professor
is expected to contribute to core activities at the
School of Culture and Society in general and the
Department of the Study of Religion in particular in
the following areas: research, education, talent
development and knowledge exchange. The professor
will also be expected to provide academic leadership
relating to research, education and academic
development as well as contributing actively to the
further development of the department, both
nationally and internationally.
In their letter of application applicants are expected
to formulate a vision for the contribution of their
research to the wider field of the study of religion.
Applicants must be able to document:
• Thorough knowledge of the study of religion,
including theoretical and methodological
perspectives.
• Thorough knowledge of the general history of
religion and comparative religion.
• Thorough knowledge of the history and
development of at least one particular religious
tradition outside Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
• Academic publications at the highest international
level including research innovation in the field of the
general history of religion. Please read more under
the headline: 'Formalities'.
• Experience of or interest in collaboration and
research with other fields within the study of religion
as well as with other disciplines.
• Experience of active participation in international
research collaboration.
• Experience of research management, including the
obtaining and administration of external funding.
• Strong teaching competences and experience of
supervising at all levels.
• Commitment to teaching development, supervision
of student projects, talent development, research
management, and the development of PhD courses.
Read the full job description and apply online here
Application deadline: 2/8/2017
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Open Rank, Faculty Search in Education and Humanities
Graduate School of Education
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55053
September 15, 2017
In 1917, the Stanford Leland Jr. Board of Trustees,
in recognition of the fundamental need and right to
a quality education, remade Stanford University’s
Department of Education into the School of Education.
In honor of its 100th anniversary, the Stanford
Graduate School of Education is conducting three
open-rank faculty searches to buttress its historical
strengths. The shared goal is to hire faculty who are
or will become scholars of true distinction. We are
looking for faculty who focus on education’s unique
role in serving the needs and aspirations of
individuals, communities, and nations. The searches
are broadly defined, include committee members
from across Stanford University, and invite applicants
from all scholarly traditions. We are especially
interested in research that uses the newest methods
and theories to (re)address the greatest challenges
and opportunities of education.
Faculty Search in Education and Humanities. The
search is chaired by Pigott Family Graduate School of
Education Professor, Eamonn Callan. We seek exciting
scholars from philosophy, history, or the arts, whose
research seriously engages educational questions,
broadly conceived.
http://apply.interfolio.com/42379
To see the description of all three Centennial Searches,
please visit https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/jobs .
The Centennial search committees will be in regular
communication and may contact an applicant to apply
for multiple positions should his or her expertise seem
particularly well-suited for more than one. Equal
consideration will be given to promising junior
scholars and more senior, tenured faculty.
Application Requirements:
• All applicants should provide a curriculum vitae
(including bibliography), a brief statement of research
interests, a teaching statement, and copies of a
maximum of three scholarly papers.
• Applicants for Assistant rank positions should
submit three letters of reference.
• Applicants for Associate and Professor ranks should
submit a list of three names of references (complete
with addresses and phone numbers). We will request
letters of recommendation for a short list of finalists
only.
• Materials must be received by September 15, 2017
for initial consideration. Questions pertaining to
this position should be directed to Tanya
Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer,
[email protected].
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Visiting Lectureship in Russian,
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a full-time Visiting Lecturer in Russian for the 2017–18 academic year (classes begin in the last week of August and conclude at the end of April). The teaching load is three 3-hour courses per semester or the equivalent, which may include Russian language, literature, and culture, primarily at the undergraduate level, but also with the possibility of graduate teaching for applicants who have a PhD. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled.
A PhD in hand or advanced ABD status is required, as is Russian language proficiency sufficient to teach language at all undergraduate levels. Preference will be shown to applicants who will have a PhD in hand by the beginning of our autumn semester (last week of August, 2017), but advanced ABD candidates may also be considered for a Visiting Instructor appointment. Preference will be shown to applicants who can teach a mixed graduate/undergraduate course on Vladimir Nabokov (which is already on the books and already has enrollment; PhD required), but we are prepared to adjust the teaching duties to accommodate a strong candidate who is (understandably!) not prepared to teach this specific course on short notice.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, a CV, and names and contact information for three professional referees (letters of recommendation are not required at this time) to Monika Losagio at [email protected]. The University of Pittsburgh, which is home to the Center for Russian and East European Studies (NRC Title VI; http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/ ), is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and diversity. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR OF RUSSIAN
Founded in 1640, the University of Helsinki is one of the best multidisciplinary research universities in the world. The University of Helsinki is an international academic community of 40,000 students and staff members. It operates on four campuses in Helsinki and at 15 other locations. The high-quality research carried out by the university creates new knowledge for educating diverse specialists in various fields, and for utilisation in social decision-making and the business sector.
The Faculty of Arts ( https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-arts ) of the University of Helsinki is Finland’s oldest institution for teaching and research in the humanities and the largest in terms of the structure and range of disciplines. It is also a significant international community fostering research, education and cultural interaction.
The Department of Modern Languages ( http://www.helsinki.fi/modernlanguages/ ) carries out research and teaching in languages spoken in Europe and elsewhere in the world as well as in literature written in these languages. It offers teaching in a total of 23 languages. The Department also contributes to the development of the general theory of linguistics, translation studies, language technology and literary research.
The Department of Modern Languages applications for the position of
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR OF RUSSIAN
The successful applicant may be appointed to a professorship or a fixed-term associate/assistant professorship (tenure track system), depending on his or her qualifications and career stage.
A professor will carry out and supervise scientific research, provide teaching based on it, follow developments in research and participate in societal interaction in his/her field and in international cooperation. He or she shall also participate in the development of teaching and acquire research funding.
The assistant professor/associate professor/professor shall hold a doctorate in the field of Russian language.
An appointee to the position of assistant/associate professor within the tenure track system shall have the ability to conduct independent scholarly work and have the teaching skills necessary for the position. In addition, applicants for assistant professorships shall demonstrate their capability and motivation as regards an academic career through publications and other means.
An appointee to a full professorship shall have top-level scholarly qualifications and experience in the supervision of scientific research, along with the ability to provide top-level research-based teaching as well as to supervise theses and dissertations. In addition, the appointee shall present documentation of international cooperation in the field of research that he or she represents. Holders of professorships shall also have the skills necessary to serve as academic leaders.
When assessing the qualifications of each applicant, attention will be paid to both scholarly and teaching qualifications. Scholarly qualifications include scientific publications and other research results of scientific value, success in obtaining external research funding, international research experience as well as international elected positions. When considering the teaching qualifications of each applicant, attention will be focused on teaching experience and pedagogical training, the ability to produce learning material, other teaching merits and, if necessary, a demonstration of teaching skills as well as participation in doctoral education. The applicant’s leadership and interaction skills as well as activity in the academic community will also be taken into account.
The assistant/associate professor/professor in Russian shall have excellent skills in Russian. To successfully attend to the duties of the position, the appointee must also have good English skills.
Holders of teaching and research positions at Finnish universities must be proficient in the language in which they provide instruction, i.e., Finnish or Swedish. They must also have at least satisfactory spoken and written skills in both Finnish and Swedish. Foreign citizens, non-native Finnish citizens or citizens who have not been educated in Finnish or Swedish language may be exempted from this requirement without a separate application. However, if the appointee to this position is not proficient in Finnish or Swedish, he or she is expected to acquire moderate proficiency. Support for language studies is offered.
The salary for the position will be based on levels 8−10 (professor) and 7 (assistant/associate professor) of the requirement scheme for teaching and research positions in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, a salary component based on personal performance will be paid.
Applicants are requested to enclose with their applications the following English-language documents:
1) A curriculum vitae
2) A report (max. 5 pages) on pedagogical expertise
3) A report (max. 5 pages) on the applicant’s research activities (including activities in scientific communities, the acquisition of research funding and international scholarly work)
4) A report (1-2 pages) on how the applicant intends to develop his or her research and focus his or her activities, if appointed
5) A list of publications.
For instructions see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-arts/faculty/instructions-to-appli ... .
Applicants are kindly asked to prepare for the situation in which, after the closing of the application period, the Faculty may request them to submit up to 10 publications of their choice to be sent to the assessors.
Please submit your application, together with the required attachments, through the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the link Apply for job. Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application via the SAP HR portal https://saphr.it.helsinki.fi/irj/portal .
Further information may be obtained from Head of Department, Professor Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen, sanna-kaisa.tanskanen(at)helsinki.fi.
For a description of the tenure track system at the University of Helsinki please see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/university/working-at-the-university/careers- ... .
In case you need support with the recruitment system, please contact recruitment(at)helsinki.fi (no service from 8 to 23 July).
Apply at latest 21.08.2017
APPLY LINK
https://rekry.helsinki.fi/sap/bc/erecruiting/posting_apply?param=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d ...
DUE DATE
Monday, August 21, 2017
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Instructor of Russian,
University of South Carolina
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is accepting applications for one full-time non-tenure track Instructor of Russian beginning August 15, 2017 at a 9 month salary of $42,000. This is an annual appointment that must be renewed each year, contingent upon satisfactory performance, departmental needs, and the availability of funding.
Duties: Teach introductory through advanced Russian language and/or culture or linguistics courses (four classes per semester); prepare course syllabi and handouts; evaluate and grade student class work, assignments and papers; maintain required records including student attendance and grades; maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students; participate in program and departmental meetings and activities.
Minimum Qualifications: A Master’s degree in Russian or a related field is required and must be in hand by August 1, 2017. Evidence of teaching experience at the collegiate level and native or near-native fluency in Russian and English is expected. Must currently be authorized to work in the U.S., without future need of any sponsorship for employment authorization.
Preferred Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Russian, or a related field.
Candidates must complete an application and upload a CV, letter of interest, one-page teaching philosophy, a full set of teaching evaluations, and a list of three references with contact information by visiting this link: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/ The deadline for completed applications is July 15. Screening will begin immediately.**
The University of South Carolina is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
**The position has been approved and the application will be available at the website above early next week. We wanted to post this today, though, so that applicants can have the time to prepare their materials before submitting. Please let me know if you have any questions!**
Dr. Judith Kalb
Assoc. Prof. of Russian and Comparative Literature
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
[email protected]
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https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55096
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
invites applications for a full-time position at the rank of
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of INTERNATIONAL HISTORY
with a specialisation in European History (“Europe in the World”)
starting on 1 September 2018 or on a mutually agreed-upon date.
The Institute is seeking to recruit a person either at the rank of assistant professor (with at least three years experience) or of associate professor (or in a similar position). Candidates must hold a PhD in history. They must have an outstanding teaching and research track record in the field of international history and be able to make a significant long-term contribution to the field of European History (“Europe in the World”).
The selected candidate must show an interest in comparative analysis and methodological innovation. The ability to work with colleagues from other disciplines will be an asset.
The successful candidate will teach postgraduate courses and supervise master’s dissertations and PhD theses in the Department of International History. She or he will also be called upon to teach classes and supervise master’s theses in the Institute’s interdisciplinary programmes and possibly contribute to executive education programmes.
The teaching language is either English or French. Prior knowledge of French is not required, but the successful candidate is expected to acquire at least a passive knowledge of it within two years of being hired.
Application deadline : 31 August 2017.
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https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55114
University of Houston , The Honors College
Visiting Assistant Professor/Director
The Honors College at the University of Houston invites applications for a full-time 12-month Visiting Assistant Professor to advise and teach students in support of nationally competitive scholarship activities. Applications are sought from candidates in all disciplines who have experience with co-curricular student development, coordinating scholarship initiatives, or applying to major awards, such as the Rhodes, Marshall, and Fulbright. Experience with course design, pedagogy, and assessment preferred. Responsibilities include advising students on major awards, developing and teaching courses, and assessing course and programmatic initiatives.
PhD required. Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter, and contact information for three references. Application review begins immediately, and will continue until a decision on the position has been made.
The University of Houston, with one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation, seeks to recruit and retain a diverse community of scholars.
The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Please apply online at https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC000215&tz=GMT-05%3A00
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https://academicpositions.co.uk/ad/universite-de-montreal/2017/150-research-chairs/102961?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts
150 Research Chairs
The Université de Montréal is seeking statements of interest by top-tier researchers in applying for the Canada 150 Research Chairs program.
The program will allow the Université de Montréal to strengthen its research capacity by recruiting internationally renowned researchers who are working outside of Canada. The University is also looking to diversify its faculty, encourage the exchange of different perspectives and enrich its teaching and research environment.
The Université de Montréal is the world’s leading general research French-language university, according to major international rankings. With its affiliated schools, HEC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal, it ranks 3rd in Canada in terms of research activities. It is also the largest university in Montréal, a city recognized as one of the best in the world for its quality of life and the size of its university sector.
Applicants accepted by the Canada 150 Research Chairs program will then be subject to the normal selection and hiring process for professors at the Université de Montréal. If applicable, the researchers concerned will be appointed as regular professors in an academic unit, at the level corresponding to their career stage. They will take up their duties in 2018.
This call for applications is intended for exceptional researchers who have top-tier achievements in their respective fields, and is especially aimed at scholars with Canadian citizenship living and working abroad. The University is inviting them to consider this opportunity to come to Montréal and help significantly enhance Canada’s research capacity.
All fields will be considered, and only the quality of the applicants – as measured by their publications, peer recognition, ability to obtain research funding, etc. – will be considered at this stage in the process.
Anyone wishing to apply for a Canada 150 Research Chair at the Université de Montréal must submit an application to [email protected] no later than August 7, 2017, comprising:
a covering letter;
a detailed curriculum vitae;
a brief description of their current and future research program;
the names and addresses of three references who are not in a conflict of interest situation vis à vis the applicant, as defined in the program’s Conflict of Interest Policy.
If you have any questions concerning this invitation, please send them to the same address.
Commitment to equal access to employment
Through its equal access to employment program, the University of Montreal invites women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities to apply. During the recruitment process, our selection tools can be adapted to the needs of the people with disabilities who request it. Be assured that this information will be kept confidential.
The University advocates for inclusion and diversity amongst its personnel and encourages people of any sexual orientation or sexual identity to apply.
Lastly, the University recognizes that career interruptions can have repercussions on an individual’s record of achievement, without diminishing its excellence. If applicable, candidates are encouraged to explain the circumstances of any interruption and its impact on their career path and record; this information will be duly taken into account during the evaluation.
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ST. PETERSBURG CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF IDEAS IN ST. PETERSBURG
http://ideashistory.org.ru/
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President of the Society: Tatiana Artemyeva:
(admission to the Society, subscription) [email protected]
Administrator of the distribution: Tatiana Novikova: [email protected]
We are grateful for the information that may be interesting
and useful for all members of the Society. Please, send it to [email protected]
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ОБЩЕСТВО ИСТОРИИ ИДЕЙ В САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГЕ
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Информация для гуманитариев: гранты, стажировки,
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Председатель Общества: Татьяна Владимировна Артемьева
(прием в Общество и подписка на бюллетень): [email protected]
Администратор рассылки: Татьяна Олеговна Новикова: [email protected]
Будем благодарны за информацию, интересную и
полезную всем участникам подписки.
Пожалуйста, посылайте ее по адресу: [email protected]
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FELLOWSHIPS / СТАЖИРОВКИ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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http://www.washcoll.edu/centers/starr/fellowships/patrick-henry-writing-fellowship/index.php
Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship
The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience invites applications for its full-time residential writing fellowship, which supports outstanding writing on American history and culture by both scholars and nonacademic authors. The deadline for applications for the 2018-2019 Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship is November 1, 2017.
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http://www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/stipendien-15048
Research at the Francke Foundations in Halle:
Dr. Liselotte Kirchner Scholarship Programme
The scholarship programme is intended for research on and in the Francke Foundations. It serves to expand and deepen the body of knowledge of its history from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries and to formulate new research questions. The focus is on the usage of hand-written and printed sources available in the
Foundations’ Archive and Library.
The following core themes offer a range of topics of particular interest. Current research issues, methodological approaches and subject-specific topics reaching beyond these themes are also welcomed, provided they are related to the Foundations’ history or its resources:
- piety, science, and mediumship from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century
- transfer of culture and cultural contacts within Europe and with the extra-European world
- political, social and communication history in the eighteenth century
- Protestant pietist movements and religious practice
- material culture and the history of early museum collections
- the culture of remembrance, reception history, and image building
- the institutions at Glaucha during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
- the Francke Foundations during the nineteenth century and in contemporary history
- the Francke Foundations’ Publishing House and Library, history of books
- the history of schools and educational history
- architectural history and history of art
- the economic basis and administrative history of the Francke Foundations
- the medical and pharmaceutical history of the Francke Foundations
- the history of music and song culture
The following scholarships are available:
- Three-month scholarships of € 1,800 per month for established scholars from Germany and abroad for research in the Francke Foundations (postdoc). This sum includes all related costs, such as overnight stays, travel, insurance, working materials, etc.
- Three-month scholarships of € 1,100 per month for young scholars for research in the Francke Foundations. This sum includes all related costs, such as overnight stays, travel, insurance, working materials, etc. Upon request junior researchers from outside Europe can receive a reimbursement of travel costs amounting up to € 400.
Recipients of a scholarship are required to reside in Halle, give a scholarly presentation and submit a short report on their research carried out within the context of the scholarship programme.
Candidates are requested to include the following documents in their application:
- Curriculum vitae
- List of publications
- A project outline of three to five pages explaining why it is necessary for the intended research to be carried out at the Francke Foundations and how the proposed research is embedded in the current research landscape.
- At least one letter of recommendation.
Applications for scholarships must be received in full by 31 October of the respective year. Applications by e-mail (as a PDF attachment) are required. The selection is carried out promptly after this date. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to begin their scholarship within one year, by 30 November of the following year.
Scholarship proposals can be informally sent to the following address:
Francke Foundations
Prof. Dr. Holger Zaunstöck
Franckeplatz 1, House 37
D-06110 Halle
[email protected]
Kontakt
Franckesche Stiftungen
Prof. Dr. Holger Zaunstöck
Franckeplatz 1, Haus 37
D-06110 Halle (Saale)
[email protected]
www.francke-halle.de
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German Historical Institute
Gerda Henkel Fellowship for Digital History
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display .
php?id=55054
October 15, 2017
With the generous support of the Gerda Henkel
Foundation, the German Historical Institute (GHI)
and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and
New Media at the George Mason University
(RRCHNM) invite applications from postdoctoral
scholars and advanced doctoral students for a 12-
month fellowship in digital history.
Over the last few years there has been a stunning
growth of new and exciting digital tools and methods
that have the potential to augment and revolutionize
traditional historical research. Historians have turned
to data mining, GIS, and social network analysis—to
name just a few new digital tools—to analyze source
material in innovative ways and to provide unique
insights for their research. Scholars increasingly need
to develop their own familiarly and facility with these
new digital tools and approaches in order to take
advantage of their potential for their research. As a
means to build out that capacity, this fellowship is
intended scholars who are perhaps new to digital
history but are interested in developing new skills
and methods that could aid their research as well as
to support junior scholars already working in the field
of digital history. Additionally, the fellowship aims to
connect scholars from Europe to the digital history
landscape in the United States.
The fellowship will provide a unique opportunity for
the recipient to work on his or her research project
at RRCHNM, where she/he will be in residence for
one year. We welcome applications from scholars
who are seeking seed-funding in order to develop a
thrilling idea into a new project and/or funding
proposal as well as from scholars who wish to pursue
fully-fledged research projects. While at the Center,
the fellow will also have the opportunity to
collaborate with one of the Center's Associate
Directors in order to develop the skills needed for his
or her project, join teams working on projects in
development at RRCHNM, and to sit in on graduate
digital history classes at GMU. Depending upon
qualifications and visa status, the fellow could teach
or co-teach undergraduate courses involving digital
history.
The fellow is also expected to cooperate with the GHI
on a regular basis. She/he will participate in the
Institute's scholarly activities and its digital projects.
Moreover, the fellow will have the opportunity to get
in contact with other North American centers for
digital history or digital humanities. Depending on
funding and approval, the fellow will also have the
chance to organize a workshop on new perspectives
in the field of digital history after completing the
fellowship sponsored by the Max Weber Foundation –
International Humanities.
A member institution of the Max Weber Foundation –
International Humanities, the German Historical
Institute Washington is a distinguished non-
university affiliated historical research institute that
conducts inter- and transdisciplinary research with a
transatlantic focus. Its fellowship program promotes
cutting-edge research in history and related
disciplines and the international exchange of scholars.
The GHI seeks to foster inter- and transdisciplinary
cooperation and contributes to the advancement of
digital history and digital humanities.
Founded in 1994, the Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History and New Media at George Mason University is
an internationally recognized leader in using digital
media and computer technology to preserve and
present the past; transform scholarship across the
humanities; advance history education and historical
understanding; and encourage popular participation
in creating history. The Center collaborates with
teachers, museums, libraries and archives, and
university researchers, and trains graduate students
though research assistantships and required courses.
Starting at the beginning of the 2018 GMU fall
semester, the successful applicant will be in residence
at the RRCHNM and will also participate in GHI
activities, events, and digital projects.
Funding will be provided for a 12-month stay for
postdoctoral scholars as well as advanced doctoral
students, who are currently affiliated with a
European research institution. The monthly stipend
will be € 3,400 for postdoctoral scholars at €2,000 for
doctoral students. The fellow will also receive
reimbursement for his or her round-trip economy
airfare to the U.S. and a grant for travel to other North
American institutions up to € 5,000.
The deadline for applications is October 15, 2017. To
apply, please send a cover letter, a CV, a copy of the
certificate of your most recently earned degree, the
names and contact details of two referees, and a
research project proposal (5 pages or 2,000 words
max.). The proposal should outline a research
question, the main sources to be used, and ideas about
what digital tools and methods could be used to
analyze those sources. We can accept applications in
electronic form only. Please submit your documents
as a single PDF file to: [email protected].
All candidates will be notified in December 2017 of
the result of their application.
For more information, please contact: Bryan Hart at
the GHI [email protected] or Stephen Robertson at
the RRCHNM: [email protected]
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SOCIETY FOR THE HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIPS 2018-2019
The focal theme for 2018-2019 is “AUTHORITY.” Six to eight Fellows will be appointed. Selected Fellows will collaborate with the Taylor Family Director of the Society for the Humanities, Paul Fleming, Professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies. The Invited Society Scholars will be Praesnijit Duara , Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies at Duke University, Bonnie Honig , Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science at Brown University, and Holly Hughes , Professor of Theatre and Drama at University of Michigan.
http://sochum.as.cornell.edu/society_fellowships.html
Focal Theme 2018-2019
AUTHORITY
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University seeks interdisciplinary research projects for residencies that reflect on the philosophical, aesthetic, political, legal, ecological, religious, and cultural understandings of authority.
From auctoritas to the author to authoritarianism, the question of authority – whether grounded in epistemological expertise, juridical power, rhetorical persuasiveness, creative innovation, divine decree, or political charisma – is inextricable from humanistic inquiry and critique. With authority, the power to decide, to authorize, to adjudicate, to rule, and to hold sway stands or falls – in science, law, art, oratory, religion, or politics. The Society invites scholarly projects that trace the consequences, crises, and possibilities of authority across historical periods, disciplinary boundaries, geographic territories, and social contexts.
At stake in authority is who or what authorizes and bestows power, prestige, and influence. On what basis does authority claim to rule? Knowledge? Law? Charisma? Popular will? The sovereign word? Tradition? Moreover, each expression of authority calls forth its contestation and opposition. At times authority is contested within the same discursive sphere (e.g. different scientific paradigms or hermeneutic interpretations at loggerheads); at times, however, the opposition is based on another source of authority: religious law vs. secular law; scientific knowledge vs. political will; economic concerns vs. ethical concerns. At such junctures, the question then arises: who or what power adjudicates the conflict between appeals to different authoritative instances?
The Society invites scholars to explore the ‘ends of authority,’ understood as its purposes, goals, and ideals as well as its limitations, aporias, and paradoxes. Applicants could investigate the rise of authoritarianism across different historical and political or religious contexts, exploring its conditions, its appeal, its critiques. One could research the crisis of scientific authority, in which expertise itself is called into question on grounds that are impervious to scientific argumentation. Considering the death of the author, one could question what signs, strokes, words, tics, and idiosyncrasies determine a text’s or artwork’s ‘author’; what authorizes an original from its copy or fake; or the degree to which the authority of a few authors still determines research fields today. In the age of a superabundance of information, what differentiates ‘real’ (authoritative) information from ‘fake news,’ and how one can be interchanged with the other as an ‘equal’ source of authority?
The Society for the Humanities welcomes applications from scholars and practitioners who are interested in investigating this topic from the broadest variety of international and disciplinary perspectives.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Fellows should be working on topics related to the year’s theme. Their approach to the humanities should be broad enough to appeal to students and scholars in several humanistic disciplines.
Applicants must have received the Ph.D. degree before January 1, 2017. The Society for the Humanities will not consider applications from scholars who received the Ph.D. after this date. Applicants must also have one or more years of teaching experience, which may include teaching as a graduate student.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
The following application materials must be submitted via AJO fellowship #9274 on or before OCTOBER 1, 2017 . Any other method of applying will not be accepted.
1. A curriculum vitae
2. A one-page abstract describing the research project the applicant would like to pursue during the term of the fellowship (no more than 300 words)
3. A detailed statement of the research project (1,000 – 2,000 words). Applicants may also include a one-page bibliography of the most essential materials to the project.
4. A course proposal for a seminar related to the applicant’s research. Seminars meet two hours per week for one semester and enrollment is limited to fifteen advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The course proposal should consist of:
a. A brief course description suitable for the University course catalog (50-125 words)
b. A detailed course proposal (up to 300 words)
c. A list of the essential texts for the course
5. One scholarly paper (no more than 35 pages in length)
6. Two letters of recommendation from senior colleagues to whom candidates should send their research proposal and teaching proposal. Letters of recommendation should include an evaluation of the candidate’s proposed research and teaching statements. Please ask referees to submit their letters directly through the application link. Letters must be submitted on or before OCTOBER 1, 2017 .
To apply, go to: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowship/9274
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CONFERENCES / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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http://www.museodellemarionette.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=799:call-for-paper&catid=90:news-museo&Itemid=665&lang=it
CALL FOR PAPERS
II International Study Conference
TATTOO ICONOLOGIES
Body writings and identity related fluctuations
Palermo, Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino
1-2 December 2017
The contemporary practice of tattooing is globally diffuse. From being a marginal anti-language, writing on the body has revealed itself as a globalized trend. While tattooing initially may have been a niche occurrence, being rather a minority practice, today its popularity confirms its normalization, hardly a trivialization: in 2015, about 30% of people in the United States, and 13% (which means more than seven millions) in Italy are tattooed. As for all the massive trends, not performing any tattoo begins to be an effective tendency as well, and is thereby facilitating its objectification.
Several Humanities have been dealing with this phenomenon, especially Criminal and Cultural Anthropology in their constitutive weavings with Sociology, Folklore Studies, Image Theory, Literary History and Cultural Studies, and – not least – Semiotics, that is Sense and Sign theory.
The issue of individual and collective identities, which involve the processes of building, transforming and denigrating the sign, flooding from somatic into social (and vice versa), however, only partially coincide with that related to the writing of the body. The practice of tattooing produces traditions – even invented – and translations beyond the strictly ethnic dimension, involving, today more than ever, the aesthetic dimension, i.e. sensory and somatic, but also visual, vestimentary, ultra-vestimentary and artistic factors.
The semiotic outlook, redoubling the plans of the problem (expression / content), allows not only to interpret its many anthropological paths but also the places where, while blocking, these same paths tend to institutionalize or, alternatively, dissolve, proposing original and 'creative' solutions. On the one hand, the body, stuck among suffered pains and sought aches, tends to become other-than-self, metaphorizing itself (What analogies do consequently exist between tattoo and street art, between tattooing and marking, between tattoo and branding or anti-branding?).
On the other hand, the so-called fluid society works to construct meanings that, by playing with the fate of the indelibility, just multiply by erasing each other (the self and the non-self, the group, and the other, the recognition and the disapproval ...). On the level of values, while marking is, historically, an affirmation of infamy, the tattoo is a positive revaluation. And if marking is, in other contexts, one of the narrative functions of magic fairy tales, which sanctions and emphasizes the quality of the subject of being the hero, the tattoo reverses the game again and, transgressively, characterizes the anti-heroes, the cursed, the different and the marginalized ones, now ready to form a legion.
In addition to carrying out a documentary review, the conference aims to extend the field and the methods of semiotics to the tegumentary mark in order to analyze the textual relationship between icons and bodies, between soma and sema (body paints, wounds, perforations, scarification, markings, etc.), as well as the enunciative tactics of the self-skin and his envelopes. The direction of the work is obviously twofold: on the one hand, the discourse (and the tales) over the tattoo, on the other one, the tattoo that, in itself, discusses and tells.
Semiotics – focused on the processes of "artification" and on the ways representation and meaning practices (body art, photography, street art, hip hop dance, etc.) become artistic – proposes the socio-semiotic examination of the various and unexpected ways in which tattoo art works (signed works, old genres, new schools, collections, galleries, critics, exhibitions, catalogs, magazines, books, movies, TV shows, websites and so on).
Multiple perspectives and research foci are consequently of interest:
* Tegumentary, dermatologic sign, redefinition of the trivialized concept of fashion – beyond the garment: naked and dressed relationship (cover / discover, hide / reveal, bewilder / surprise).
* Comparison with other sign systems, especially writing (grammatology, inks and colors, calligraphic arts) related to body and skin; makeups, prostheses, liftings, scarifications, piercings, burnings, etc. and related connections, underlining the differences in the meaning of expression: somatic and semantic role, self-skin's misfortunes.
* Bodygraphs.
* Typologies of iconic genres and invention of tradition: new tribalism, primitivism, etc.
* The specific role of the tattooist as a subject of enunciation in the particular relationship to the tattoo and its aesthetic and pathemic transformations.
* Topology of the proprioceptive expressions. Esthesia: pain and its role, visibility and communication.
* Performance, duration, corrections and deletions. Customization and Auto (Bio) – iconography.
* Availability, multiplications, tattoo replications: body metamorphoses.
* Debrayage and embrayage: tattoos placed on the body and tattoos inscribed in the body (casuality, 'nature': expression and physiognomy).
* Tattoos' remediation: films, tele-visions, reality shows, specialized magazines, etc.
* Tattoos and related practices: murals, street art, animal markings, branding.
* Branding tattoo.
* Tattoo removal.
* Tattoo as ethno-medicine.
* Tattoo, literary tales, ekphrasis.
* Trauma and tattoo.
* Tattoo and colonialism / post-colonialism.
* Tattoo & gender.
* Tattoo & biological quality.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Communication proposals must be between 1,500 and 2,500 max characters (spaces included) plus a short bibliography of references (max 5 titles).
Proposals should indicate: Name, surname, institution of membership and role, e-mail address and telephone number.
Communications and related proposals may be in French, English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Proposals must be sent to both of the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] , [email protected] , referring to 'Tattoo Iconologies' in the subject line.
The deadline for submitting proposals is September 30, 2017.
Acceptance notification will be sent by October 10, 2017.
Presentations will last for up to 20 minutes, with discussion at the end of a session.
FEES
The fee for enrollment at the conference, which is necessary for those who intend to submit a communication, is 35 Euros for doctoral students and independent researchers, and 70 Euros for full-time faculty (to be paid in advance to a bank account, for which information will be provided at the time of acceptance of the proposal).
The enrollment fee for the conference includes coffee breaks, two buffet lunches.
Papers, depending on their quality, will be considered for publication in a conference volume.
ACCOMODATION
Participants will be provided with a list of hotels and B&Bs that will offer discounted rates for presenters.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Emiliano Battistini, Alice Giannitrapani, Dario Mangano, Francesco Mangiapane, Gianfranco Marrone, Marco Mondino, Rosario Perricone, Davide Puca, Ilaria Ventura
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The Prokhorov Centre for the Study of Central and Eastern European Intellectual and Cultural History at the University of Sheffield announces the following proposed colloquium for Thursday, 17 May and Friday, 18 May 2018:
Ritzy, Recuperative, Critical: The Representation of Central European Hotels, Spas and Resorts in Cultural Critiques since circa 1900
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 1920s was the great decade of the “hotel novel”, especially among Central European writers. Austrian author Joseph Roth set his Hotel Savoy (1924) in Łódź. In 1928, Meinrad Inglin wrote about a Swiss “Kurhaus” being turned into a splendid spa resort for British and American health tourists, among others, called Grand Hotel Excelsior — a monstrosity that spoiled idyllic Swissness. The name of this gaudy new complex is a reference to Berlin’s Hotel Excelsior (completed ten years earlier and then expanded magnificently in the 1920s), which inspired Vicki Baum’s German novel Menschen im Hotel (Grand Hotel, 1929). The hotel was not only a popular literary setting in this decade between the two world wars; it was also the metaphorical source for Lukács’s early attack on critical theory as bourgeois idealism. And at the same time, the hotel lobby was central to Siegfried Kracauer’s theoretical reflections — as a microcosm of the modern city. In short, the hotel and the spa were spaces used for cultural critiques of society and modernity, or even civilisation per se. Many of the authors of such criticism had first-hand experience of working in hospitality or related industries. Inglin had been a hotel waiter, Baum a hotel chamber-maid, Kracauer an architect of public spaces, and so on. More broadly, their representations result from the fact that, from the turn of the twentieth century and into the 1920s, hotel construction boomed across the continent, and spas were expanding and becoming ever more high tech. The Germans, Austrians and Swiss — such as Lorenz Adlon, Anna Sacher and César Ritz — were among the leading hoteliers of the age, becoming famous worldwide. Some hoteliers also wrote: about their lives and hotels as representative of their time, its possibilities and ills.
Scholarship has already excavated the hotel of the early twentieth century as a setting in German and Austrian literature (see Bettina Matthias, 2006), and as a topos of transit (see Ulrike Zitzlsperger, 2013). Much work has been done on individual authors, too (notably Vicki Baum). But how do the representations of hotels, spas and other resorts of this era compare across linguistic and cultural contexts, and across literature, film, criticism and life writing? What common stories do they tell? How have these representational histories developed since the golden age of the grand hotel, and to what extent do they use works of this period as their foundation? Above all, the colloquium asks whether a comparative perspective on cultural representations of hotels, spas and resorts since the dawn of the twentieth century gives rise to a typology of critiques of an emergent Central European, consumerist culture of cosmopolitan luxury and an apparently liberal wellness (that is actually racialized, among its many features). But these spaces of tourism, inherently connected with the themes of transit and change, may also resist systematic, synchronic and diachronic comparison. Perhaps post-war capitalist and socialist societies in particular have led to a divergence in the ways in which hotels, spas and resorts are allegorised?
Recent films have made creative use of such cultural, modernist material concerning hotels, spas and resorts, and were inspired by Central European literary writers of the early twentieth century. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel of 2014 playfully harks back to the glory years of grand hotels throughout Europe, and is a homage to Stefan Zweig. Gore Verbinski’s A Cure for Wellness from 2016, meanwhile, takes a similar setting to Thomas Mann’s Der Zauberberg — but the noble and bourgeois elite here become wealthy, burnt-out executives. This interest in the hotels and spas of the past, and particularly the early twentieth century — for contemporary artistic ends and for entertainment — is complemented by similarly recent historical investigations for both general and scholarly readerships. David Clay Large’s The Grand Spas of Central Europe: A History of Intrigue, Politics, Art, and Healing (2015) and Marina Soroka’s The Summer Capitals of Europe, 1814-1919 (2017) are just two examples.
The aim of the colloquium is to capitalise on the currency of Central European hotels, spas and resorts as a topic, examining its contribution to cultural criticism. We shall focus on historical and present-day cultural representations, rather than the empirical histories of specific places. We welcome both individual case studies and comparisons across space and time. We are open to the analysis of how Central European hotels, spas and resorts are appropriated as a foil for critiques of other cultures. Relatedly, we also seek “outsider” perspectives: those of authors and filmmakers from elsewhere (and especially the US, Western Europe and Russia), reflecting on the hotels, spas and resorts of Central Europe (e.g. the renowned French film from 1961, L’Année dernière à Marienbad / Last year in Marienbad). For us “Central Europe” includes Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania.
We hope to cover accommodation and catering costs for speakers; depending on funding, we may be able to contribute towards travel expenses as well. We are talking to the editorial board of a leading comparative journal, since we plan to publish a special issue comprising selected papers.
Please send a substantial abstract and brief biographical sketch to:
Dr Seán Williams, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield: [email protected]
Deadline: 15 September 2017.
In the words of Fred Astaire, “you’ll declare it’s simply topping to be there!”
For further information on the Prokhorov Centre and its past events, please visit:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prokhorov-centre
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Научная конференция «Вольтеровские чтения»
(8-9 ноября 2017 г., г. Санкт-Петербург)
Уважаемые коллеги!
8–9 ноября 2017 г. Российская национальная библиотека проводит международную научную конференцию «Вольтеровские чтения» . Тема конференции 2017 года – «Пути Просвещения: личные библиотеки XVIII – начала XIX в. и их владельцы» .
Европейское Просвещение невозможно представить себе без книг и библиотек. Человека эпохи Просвещения невозможно представить себе без его книжного собрания.
Личная библиотека – инструмент Просвещения, но также отражение вкусов и пристрастий владельца, его интеллектуальных запросов, а еще отражение веяний моды во всем – от состава книг до их внешнего вида. Каждая библиотека – зеркало ее владельца, вместе же личные книжные собрания XVIII – начала XIX столетий – отражение эпохи Просвещения.
На конференции предстоит обсудить следующий круг тем:
* отражение круга чтения и читательских практик человека эпохи Просвещения
* универсальность библиотеки в эпоху Просвещения
* европейские связи и влияния
* Императорская Публичная библиотека как библиотека эпохи Просвещения
Время доклада – 15 минут.
Материалы конференции будут опубликованы в очередном выпуске сборника «Вольтеровские чтения».
Проезд и проживание участников – за счет направляющей стороны.
Для участия в конференции необходимо заполнить регистрационную форму на сайте РНБ.
Тему и резюме доклада (200–250 слов) просим сообщить до 10 сентября 2017 г. по адресу: [email protected]
Оргкомитет оставляет за собой право отбора заявок для включения в программу конференции. О результатах отбора участники будут извещены до 15 сентября 2017 г.
Контактная информация
Отдел редких книг,
Центр изучения эпохи Просвещения «Библиотека Вольтера»,
зав. Центром Наталия Михайловна Сперанская
e-mail: [email protected]
191069, Санкт-Петербург, Садовая ул., 18
тел. (812) 407-42-66
Бронирование гостиницы
Гравшина Злата Николаевна
e-mail: [email protected]
тел. +7 (812) 767-13-79 , +7 (952) 236-31-96
Оргкомитет
http://www.nlr.ru/tus/20171108/
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Mind and Brain Annual Conference
14th to 15th September 2017
Flint, United States of America
This annual conference will bring together scholars whose work involves mind and brain including epistemology, cognition, reasoning, theory of action, consciousness, philosophy of mind; topics may have a theoretical, practical or historical focus.
Enquiries: [email protected]
Web address: http://cognethic.org/events/2017/9/14/mind-and-brain
Sponsored by: Center for Cognition and Neuroethics
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Sixteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities - University of Pennsylvania
5th to 7th July 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Website: http://thehumanities.com/2018-conference/call-for-papers
Contact person: Grace Chang
New Directions in the Humanities Research Network: a conference and journal collection founded in 2003, exploring established traditions in the humanities as well as innovative practices that set a renewed agenda for their future.
Organized by: Common Ground Research Networks
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 5th June 2018
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2017 7th International Conference on Languages, Literature and Linguistics (ICLLL 2017)
9th to 11th December 2017
Kyoto, Japan
Website: http://www.iclll.org/
Contact person: Kiko Xu (Ms.)
Publication: International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics (IJLLL) ISSN: 2382-6282 Frequency: Quarterly DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL Indexing: Google Scholar, Engineering & Technology Digital Library, Crossref, Proquest and DOAJ.
Organized by: IEDRC
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 20th July 2017
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14th International Conference on Urban History, European Association for
Urban History (EAUH), Specialist Session (SS17), organized by Mathieu
Grenet and Hanna Sonkajärvi
29.08.2018-01.09.2018, Rome, Rome
Deadline: 05.10.2017
Several studies have recently enquired into the practices of inclusion
and exclusion in Early Modern cities - based on origin, religion or
economic interests, among other things. Others have dealt with the
social and political construction of borders and frontiers, which are
mostly understood as being not exclusively geographical ones. However,
there still appears to be a lack on studies that would specifically
focus on border towns and cities, and the ways in which urban space was
affected by political changes during the Early Modern Period. Once
territories were passed from one sovereignty to another, the nature of
border(s) could change, as could the social and spatial practices
related to these border(s). Hence, what exactly happens when a city
stops being a border city? Or, what if it becomes one? What if the
border is still there, but the city changes from one sovereignty to
another? Or what if the border shifts only at some distance away from
its former location? How did different social groups perceive these
changes, and to what extent did the latter affect their uses of urban
space(s)? Eventually, were some urban spaces and/or social groups more
resilient than others in this respect, keeping some sort of "memory" of
the border across time?
The session welcomes contributions that deal with questions of shifting
borders and how these shifts impacted the political, social, economic or
religious organization of a given city or cities in Europe. Papers may
focus on questions of practice, concerning the resilience of local
political elites and administrations or the local population. They may
also deal with the contemporary considerations to change the space of
both cities and states, political agendas, procedures to implement them
and the 'instruments' to control these implementations.
The session welcomes proposals and presentations both in French and
English.
Please, make your paper submission via the EAUH2018 website:
https://eauh2018.ccmgs.it/users/ .
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The Central Slavic Conference is pleased to invite scholars of all disciplines working in Slavic, Eurasian, and East European studies to submit proposals for panels, individual papers, and roundtables at its annual meeting to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October 20-22, 2017.
Founded in 1962 as the Bi-State Slavic Conference, the Central Slavic Conference now encompasses seven states and is the oldest of the regional affiliates of ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies). Scholars from outside the region and from around the world are welcome.
Proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables should be submitted by email to CSC President Dr. David Borgmeyer at [email protected] no later than September 1, 2017. Early proposals are encouraged. All proposals should include:
· Participant name, affiliation, and email contact information;
· For individual paper presentation: title and brief description (limit 50 words);
· For panels: panel title + above information for each participant and discussant (if applicable);
· For roundtables: roundtable title and participant information.
The CSC will also dedicate a separate portion of the conference to undergraduate research presentations. Faculty are encouraged to support conference proposals from undergraduate students for this section of the conference. Limited funding is available to provide graduate and undergraduate students with partial travel stipends.
Charles Timberlake Memorial Symposium
Now a regular part of the CSC program, the symposium is dedicated to the memory and scholarly interests of longtime CSC member Charles Timberlake. Those interested in participating should contact symposium coordinator Dr. Nicole Monnier at [email protected].
Timberlake Memorial Graduate Paper Prize
Students who present at the CSC Annual Meeting are invited to participate in the Charles Timberlake Graduate Paper Prize competition. Dedicated to the memory of Charles Timberlake as a teacher and mentor, the prize carries a cash award.
CSC registration and hotel reservation information will be available on the CSC website: http://www.slu.edu/international-studies-program/central-slavic-conference.
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GRANTS & AWARDS / ГРАНТЫ&ПРЕМИИ
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The Malevich Society is pleased to announce its call for 2017 grant applications.
The Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization based in New York dedicated to advancing knowledge about the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich and his work.
In the belief that Malevich was a pioneer of modern art who should be recognized for his key contributions to the history of Modernism, the Society awards grants to encourage research, writing, and other activities relating to his history and memory.
The Society welcomes applications from scholars of any nationality, and at various stages of their career. Graduate students are welcome to apply to the Society’s grants after completing at least one year of dissertation research. Proposed projects should increase the understanding of Malevich and his work, or augment historical, biographical, or artistic information about Malevich and/or his artistic legacy. The Society also supports translations and the publication of relevant texts.
Application forms and instructions may be requested by e-mail: [email protected] or may be downloaded from the website: www.malevichsociety.org . Applications and all supporting documents should be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] .
Deadline: September 30, 2017
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PUBLICATIONS / ПУБЛИКАЦИИ
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http://signsjournal.org/for-authors/calls-for-papers/#riseofright
Signs Special Issue: Gender and the Rise of the Global Right
As political events across the world have made clear, the right wing is ascendant: from the election of Donald J. Trump in the United States; to the Brexit victory in the United Kingdom; to the rise of rise of rightist, nationalist, anti-immigrant, and neo-Nazi parties across Europe; to the election of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in India; to the Philippine president’s professed admiration for Adolf Hitler; to the impeachment of a democratically elected woman leader in Brazil; to the military coup and gendered crackdown in Egypt; to the virulently antigay legislation in Uganda, in which US–based Christian evangelicals played no small role. Far less studied are the myriad ways in which the global Right represents a particular politics of gender. Indeed, backlash against perceived shifts in gender and sexual norms may have partly spurred the Right’s rise. And right-wing movements have often justified themselves by invoking gender and sexuality—whether through a desire to return to or preserve “tradition” and “shared values” or by stoking anxieties about the sexual threats represented by racial, foreign, or religious others.
These developments present an urgent need for feminist theorizing, across regions and disciplines. It is of critical importance that the central role of gender and sexuality in the rise of the Right be recognized and that the voices of critique be feminist ones, including investigations of the Rights’ representational politics, its workings in discourse, mass media, human rights, law, and culture broadly conceived. We welcome submissions from all disciplines, and especially submissions that are engaging across disciplines and that are themselves inter- or transdisciplinary.
Possible areas of focus might include:
* The gender politics of local right-wing resurgences, the transnational linkages among them, and comparative critiques of their cultures, discourses, and modes of organizing, funding, coordination, and transmission.
* Comparisons of the present moment with past historical shifts, such as the colonial encounter, and their gendered implications for the postcolonial present.
* The fault lines within right-wing gender politics, in which racialization determines which women are to be protected and which are threats, to be deported, jailed, or “liberated.”
* The role of religion and religious actors in right-wing politics, and the gendered agendas they advance.
* The Right’s use of the language of women’s rights, human rights, LGBT rights, or other rights discourses; the role of right-wing women in dignifying, legitimating, and speaking for their movements.
* Right-wing attacks on women’s and gender studies; efforts to discredit the field and establish right-wing ideologues in academic settings.
* Gendered life under repressive regimes; the role of networks, undergrounds, and samizdat.
* The media politics and cyberpolitics of the Right; the discursive structures of mainstream and social media; the gendered phenomenon of the internet troll.
* The interrelations between various gender-related crusades (e.g., the transnational antichoice movement, resistance against LGBT rights, the introduction of transphobic policies, efforts to stop antiviolence legislation).
* Right-wing masculinities (e.g., fathers’ movements, men’s-rights movements, militarist gender ideologies, and constructions of boyhood).
* Links between the gendered effects of global economic crises or structural adjustments and the rise of the Right.
* The representational politics of the global Right, in literature, film, music, art, and popular culture; representations and works of literature that resist, subvert, and push back against the arguments of the new Right and its normalizers.
Signs particularly encourages transdisciplinary and transnational essays that address substantive feminist questions, debates, and controversies without employing disciplinary or academic jargon. We welcome essays that make a forceful case for why the global rise of the Right demands a specific and thoughtfully formulated interdisciplinary feminist analysis and why it demands our attention now. We seek essays that are passionate, strongly argued, and willing to take risks. The issue will be coedited by Agnieszka Graff, associate professor at the Center for American Studies at the University of Warsaw; Ratna Kapur, visiting professor of law at Queen Mary University of London; and Suzanna Danuta Walters, Signs editor in chief and professor of sociology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Northeastern University.
The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2017.
Please submit full manuscripts electronically through Editorial Manager . http://www.editorialmanager.com/signs/default.aspx
Manuscripts must conform to the guidelines for submission .
http://signsjournal.org/for-authors/author-guidelines/
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JOB/ ВАКАНСИИ
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Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, Macalester College
The Department of Russian Studies at Macalester College
announces an opening for a tenure-track position in
Russian Studies, to begin in Fall 2018, at the rank of
Assistant Professor (in an exceptional case, a more
advanced appointment may be considered). Applicants
should have a PhD at the time of appointment in the
field of Russian history, culture, or related subjects and
possess native or near-native proficiency in Russian and
English. The successful candidate, whose tenure home
would be in Russian Studies, would teach Russian
language as well as courses that would cover Russia
and the neighboring region historically. Scholarly
promise, college teaching experience, an interdisciplinary
approach to the teaching of Russian Studies, strong
interest in teaching language, and knowledge of current
pedagogical methodologies are highly desirable.
The position entails teaching five courses per year,
including two Russian language courses per year
and three others, at least two of which can be cross-
listed with the History department. We are looking
for dynamic, broadly trained, theoretically informed
scholar-teachers with training in historical inquiry,
who are committed to the study of Russian history
and culture as an integral part of the undergraduate
liberal arts curriculum. The successful candidate will
join Macalester’s Russian Studies faculty in active
program building.
Submit electronic copies of a cover letter that
addresses why you are interested in Macalester,
a statement of teaching philosophy, CV, sample
syllabi, and arrange for three letters of recommendation
to be uploaded to Academic Jobs Online, https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9238 .
Inquiries can be directed to James von Geldern
at [email protected]. We will begin
reviewing applications on October 1, 2017 and will
interview at the ASEEES conference (Chicago,
November 9-12, 2017) and via Skype.
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Full-Time Positions in Pre-Modern Western History
(all ranks), Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Department of History invites applications for full-
time academic position(s) in pre-modern Western
history. In addition to having one of the teaching
specialties in the proposed geographical area and time
period: (A) global history; (B) Middle-East history;
(C) Russian history, we welcome applicants who have
the following research specialties: social history, cultural
history, legal history, environmental history or others.
The academic rank of appointment will be considered
with reference to the candidate’s qualifications and
experience.
Appointment(s) will normally be made on contract
basis for up to three years initially commencing
August 2018, which, subject to funding, performance
and mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term
appointment or substantiation later.
Applications will be accepted until the position(s)
is/are filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply by
August 31, 2017.
Candidates who have responded to the previous
advertisement (Ref: 1700004H) are currently under
review and need not re-apply.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/ unijobs/
listing/56656/professor-associate-professor-assistant-
professor-department-of-history/
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Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in European
Environmental History (including Russia), Loyola
University Maryland
The history department at Loyola University
Maryland invites applicants for a tenure-track
assistant professorship in European Environmental
history (post-1700, including Russia and excluding
Germany). Applicants should demonstrate a
commitment to undergraduate teaching, the
promise of significant scholarship, and a commitment
to service. The standard teaching load is three
courses per semester, and the successful candidate
will teach a 100-level introductory survey of modern
Europe and a rotating sequence of upper-division
courses in her or his area/specialty. Participation in
Loyola's Environmental Studies program is likely.
Appointment will begin in August 2018. Ph.D. is
expected by that date.
Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the
AHA annual meeting in January 2018. To apply, please
visit https://careers.loyola.edu/ to submit online a
cover letter, teaching evaluations, CV, three letters
of recommendation, and a copy of graduate transcripts.
Paper applications will not be accepted. Questions
regarding the position or users of Interfolio
recommendations should contact Dr. Thomas Pegram,
Chair Environmental/European Search Committee
at [email protected]. All materials must be received
by November 1, 2017.
https://careers.loyola.edu/postings/
2974?jtsrc=http%3A%2F%2F www.hnet.org%2Fjobs
%2F&jtsrcid=6085&jtrfr=&_jtochash=Bw1Aj8spygMy
SeM1uX7kV&_jtocprof=S5fjLXfU0wdWGyjUTx4bFLrUbj5TPlhp
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Instructor in Russian Language and Literature, Northern
Illinois University
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at
Northern Illinois University invites applications for an
instructor position for the Fall of 2017. This is a one-semester
replacement position.
The instructor, who replaces a professor on sabbatical,
will teach three courses. The successful candidate must
have an M.A. degree or very extensive experience
teaching Russian language and literature. The candidate
must have near-native fluency in English and Russian.
He/she will be expected to teach first- and second-year
Russian language classes, plus a 400-level Russian
literature class in translation.
If interested, please send an email and CV to the
Department Chair, Professor Katharina Barbe at
[email protected].
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Lecturers in Slavic Languages & Literatures,
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures seeks applications to fill
non-tenure track Instructional positions during the
2016-2017 academic year. Subject areas of particular
interest are, but are not limited to, Russian and Slavic
folklore, language, literature, and culture.
Compensation will take the form of wages. A terminal
degree is expected but not required. Candidates must
have a strong commitment to teaching.
To apply, please complete a Candidate Profile online
through Jobs@UVa ( https://jobs.virginia.edu ), and
electronically attach the following: a current CV, cover
letter, and complete contact information for three
professional references. Search on posting 0619044.
Questions regarding this position should be directed
to: Julian Connolly [email protected]
Questions regarding the online application process
should be directed to: Anne Zook [email protected]
www.jobs.virginia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=79470
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University lecturer, history
https://en.academicpositions.fi/ad/university-of-helsinki/2017/university-lecturer-history/102203?utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=Job+alerts
The Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies belongs to the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, and has a strong profile in the multidisciplinary research and teaching of the humanities.
The Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, invites applications for the position of
UNIVERSITY LECTURER
to be employed until further notice as of 1 January 2018. The position is in the discipline of History. There is a four-month trial period for the position.
The appointee’s duties will include teaching according to the degree requirements, the supervision and examination of theses and dissertations, research in the field as well as contribution to the performance of the discipline’s other tasks.
The university lecturer in history shall provide teaching and supervision at all levels of both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The duties, which require good cooperation skills, include participating in the planning and development of teaching together with the other staff of the Department and discipline. The university lecturer shall also conduct research in his or her own field.
According to the University of Helsinki Regulations, holders of university lectureships are required to possess an applicable doctoral degree, to have the ability to provide high quality research-based teaching and to supervise theses and dissertations.
When assessing the qualifications of applicants, attention will be paid to academic qualifications and merits, such as publications, experience in research projects, as well as teaching and supervision experience, pedagogical skills and plans, the ability to produce learning material, and, if necessary, a demonstration of teaching skills. University lecturer is expected to be a wide-ranging scholar, who is able to teach writing skills and help students to find sources. In this particular job, it is vital to be able to supervise theses focusing on Finnish 19th and 20th century history. Finnish history is analysed as a part of wider Baltic and European developments. University lecturer should also be able to develop the teaching of digital or quantitative research methods. The guidance of personal study plans is an essential part of the work.
According to the Government Decree on Universities, university lecturers are required to be proficient in Finnish. They must also have at least satisfactory spoken and written skills in Swedish. Foreign citizens, non-native Finnish citizens or citizens who have not been educated in Finnish or Swedish may be exempted from this requirement without a separate application. Knowledge of other languages will be considered a further asset.
The salary for the position will be based on levels 5–7 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal work performance.
The application must be accompanied by a
1) CV (4 pages max).
2) list of publications.
3) report (5 pages max) on their teaching experience and plans to improve teaching.
4) report (3 pages max) of applicant’s research activities, including specialisation within the field of history and acquired research funding.
The above documents and information may also be presented in an academic portfolio.
Instructions to applicants for teaching and research positions https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-arts/faculty/instructions-to-appli ...
The applicants are asked to be prepared to send five of their publications for evaluation soon after the deadline, if shortlisted; and to be prepared to attend an interview, as well as to give a lecture for evaluation of teaching skills.
The application, together with the required attachment, must be submitted through the University of Helsinki electronic recruitment system by clicking on the link below. Internal applicants (i.e., current employees of the University of Helsinki) must submit their applications through the SAP HR portal. Closing date August 21.
Further information about the position may be obtained from prof. Niklas Jensen-Eriksen, tel. +3582941 23149 , [email protected] .
Further information about eRekry system, [email protected]
Apply at latest 21.08.2017
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Open Rank, Modern History
National Chengchi University
One Position: Open rank – Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor, or Professor
August 31, 2017
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55061
(National Chengchi University requires that
applicants be able to teach at least one English-taught
class per semester; non-Chinese speaking applicants
with a working knowledge of Mandarin Chinese
preferred.) The NCCU History Department was
founded in 1967 and is one of the top history
departments in Taiwan.
The Department is particularly strong in Modern
Chinese history and Cultural history. Required
application materials: copy of doctoral diploma (or
letter from dean’s office showing successful defense
before August 31, 2017), 2 copies of dissertation and
master’s thesis, and other writing sample (with
Chinese or English synopsis); doctoral and master’s
degree transcripts; curriculum vitae; list of
publications, research plan, proposed courses to
teach and sample syllabi (at least one English-taught
class) Candidates
without a doctoral degree, but with an exceptional
record of publication and teaching, will be required
to provide an official certification of position and the
other requirements as stated above, excluding
dissertation. Application materials must be postmark-
ed by August 31, 2017. Anticipated starting date for
appointment is February 2018. Applicants who
reach the second-round will be interviewed on
campus. NCCU will not cover travel expenses.
History Search Committee
Department of History, National Chengchi University
No. 64, Sec. 2, ZhiNan Road
Wenshan District, Taipei City 11605
Taiwan, R.O.C.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in European
Environmental History
Loyola University - Maryland
November 1, 2017
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display .
php?id=55048
The history department at Loyola University
Maryland invites applicants for a tenure-track
assistant professorship in European Environmental
history (post-1700, including
Russia and excluding Germany). Applicants should
demonstrate a commitment to undergraduate
teaching, the promise of significant scholarship, and a
commitment to service. The standard teaching load is
three courses per semester, and the successful
candidate will teach a 100-level introductory survey
of modern Europe and a rotating sequence of upper-
division courses in her or his area/specialty.
Participation in Loyola's Environmental
Studies program is likely. Appointment will begin in
August 2018. Ph.D. is expected by that date.
Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the AHA
annual meeting in January 2018. To apply, please
visit https://careers.loyola.edu/ to submit online a
cover letter, teaching evaluations, CV, three letters of
recommendation, and a copy of graduate transcripts.
Paper applications will not be accepted. Questions
regarding the position or users of Interfolio
recommendations should contact Dr. Thomas
Pegram, Chair Environmental/European
Search Committee
at [email protected].
All materials must be received by November 1, 2017.
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FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN PRE-MODERN
WESTERN HISTORY (ALL RANKS)
CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/resources/
opportunities/#jobs
August 31, 2017
Full-Time Positions in Pre-Modern Western History
(all ranks), Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Department of History invites applications for
full-time academic position(s) in pre-modern Western
history. In addition to having one of the teaching
specialties in the proposed geographical area and
period: (A) global history; (B) Middle-East history;
(C) Russian history, we welcome applicants who have
the following research specialties: social history,
cultural history, legal history, environmental history
or others. The academic rank of appointment will be
considered with reference to the candidate’s
qualifications and experience.
Appointment(s) will normally be made on contract
basis for up to three years initially commencing
August 2018, which, subject to funding, performance
and mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term
appointment or substantiation later.
Applications will be accepted until the position(s)
is/are filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply by
August 31, 2017.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/
listing/56656/professor-associate-professor-
assistant-professor-department-of-history/
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TT Asst. Professor - Russian Studies
Macalester College (MN)
Apply at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/
jobs/9238
October 2, 2017
The Department of Russian Studies at Macalester
College announces an opening for a tenure-track
position in Russian Studies, to begin in Fall 2018, at
the rank of Assistant Professor (in an exceptional case,
a more advanced appointment may be considered).
Applicants should have a PhD at the time of
appointment in the field of Russian history, culture,
or related subjects and possess native or near-native
proficiency in Russian and English. The successful
candidate, whose tenure home would be in Russian
Studies, would teach Russian language as well as
courses that would cover Russia and the neighboring
region historically. Scholarly promise, college teach-
ing experience, an interdisciplinary approach to the
teaching of Russian Studies, strong interest in teach-
ing language, and knowledge of current pedagogical
methodologies are highly desirable. The position
entails teaching five courses per year, including two
Russian language courses per year and three others,
at least two of which can be cross-listed with the
History department. We are looking for dynamic,
broadly trained, theoretically informed
scholar-teachers with training in historical inquiry,
who are committed to the study of Russian history
and culture as an integral part of the undergraduate
liberal arts curriculum. The successful candidate will
join Macalester’s Russian Studies faculty in active
program building.
Submit electronic copies of a cover letter that
addresses why you are interested in Macalester, a
statement of teaching philosophy, CV, sample syllabi,
and arrange for three letters of recommendation.
Inquiries can be directed to James von Geldern at
[email protected]. We will begin reviewing
applications on October 1, 2017 and will interview at
the ASEEES conference (Chicago, November 9-12,
2017) and via Skype.
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SUPERVISOR OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, CENTER
FOR EURASIAN, RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN
STUDIES (CERES)
WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE
http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/resources/
opportunities/#jobs
Georgetown’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East
European Studies (CERES) in the Walsh School of
Foreign Service houses one of the nation's preeminent
Master's degree programs and hosts a rich program
of events on the region.
The Supervisor of Academic Programs is responsible
for all academic advising and academic program
development activities in CERES. S/he manages
CERES admissions and recruitment, coordinates
with the Director and CERES faculty in program
and curriculum development, and engages with
alumni and other stakeholders in various outreach
activities. Reporting to the CERES Director, the
Supervisor has duties that include but are not
limited to: Academic Advising and Admissions;
Develops and manages CERES recruiting program,
including all related publications and advertising,
recruitment travel, and recruiting activities; Advises
prospective students for MA and certificate programs
on requirements for admission and courses of study;
Oversees the CERES admissions process; and forms
faculty committee, prepares applications for review,
and processes applications; Develops and conducts
program orientation for new students; Provides
academic advising to all enrolled students; Works
with Graduate School, Student Financial Services,
and Registrar to make sure student progress and
status are recorded and maintained; Works with
students and other programs and departments to
coordinate undergraduate and graduate certificate
and joint degree programs, and to monitor progress;
and develops and implements new certificate and
degree programs; Coordinates existing and develops
new student programs, such as lecture series and
other events; Serves on all GU and SFS committees
regarding academic and admissions policies, and
works with other units on campus and beyond to
enhance the academic program; Works with the SFS
Graduate Career Center to provide career advising
and assistance in finding internships for students.
Academic Program and Curriculum Development
In coordination with the Director, identifies potential
course offerings, determines course listing, and works
with Registrar on CERES offerings. In coordination
with the Director, identifies prospective adjunct faculty
and processes documentation for appointment re-
quests, working closely with the SFS Dean’s Office.
Works with Director to identify, apply for, and win
external funding; and assists Director with program
fundraising and relations with potential donors.
Works with SFS BSC on management of all internal
and external grants for CERES. Working with relevant
University departments, assists Visiting Researchers
with visa invitations, onboarding, affiliation, and
general administrative matters.
Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement
Works closely with the SFS Director of Alumni
Engagement on alumni initiatives. Develops and
maintains alumni outreach program and database
of alumni. Tracks alumni donations. Works with
Center Administrator on publications, including web-
site, advertising, and newsletters. Prepares agenda,
supporting materials, and information on adjunct
hires for biannual CERES Executive Committee
meetings.
Requirements
Master’s degree in Russian and East European Studies
or related field 3 to 5 years of experience in academic
administration, including curricular and advising
responsibilities Strong preference for experience in
program administration related to Russian and East
European Studies.
Submission Guidelines:
Please note that in order to be considered an appli-
cant for any position at Georgetown University you
must submit a cover letter and resume for each
position of interest for which you believe you are
qualified. These documents are not kept on file for
future positions.
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PROGRAM COORDINATOR - GRADUATE
INITIATIVE IN RUSSIAN STUDIES MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/resources/opportunities/#jobs
The Program Coordinator for the Graduate Initiative
in Russian Studies (GIRS) provides leadership in
GIRS’s efforts to develop, coordinate, and implement
a variety of seminars and workshops featuring
senior diplomats as well as leading Russian scholars
and experts to teach and interact with graduate
students of Russia and Eurasia. The Program
Coordinator works in tandem with the Director
and the other members of GIRS team as well as
MIIS senior administrators, and will, both
independently and collaboratively write and edit
grant proposals, reports, briefings and other
collateral materials for communication with corporate,
foundation, and government prospects. The GIRS
Program Coordinator will also be creating and
implementing systems for supporting GIRS
Advisory Council’s strategic planning, tracking and
reporting, and is in charge of the budget allocations,
monitoring and reporting. GIRS Program Coordinator
is also a technical lead for the GIRS team: writing
content and collaborating on the GIRS website; and
troubleshooting networking issues that arise.
The GIRS Program Coordinator is responsible for
the development of programs, planning and overall
operational execution of GIRS seminars, workshops,
and/or special events. As such, the Program Coordina-
tor should have outstanding communication and
interpersonal skills. He/she works on a variety of
programs simultaneously and serves as the day-to-day
planning contact for visiting experts, graduate
assistants and the GIRS director. This is a full-time
temporary staff position.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
• Assists the Director and others with writing and
editing grant proposals and reports, briefings and
other collateral materials for communication with
corporate, foundation and government prospects.
At the discretion of the Director, the Program
Coordinator will prepare and submit grant proposals.
• Primarily responsible for GIRS specialized research
of current and potential corporate, foundation, and
government funders.
• Creates and implements systems for supporting
strategic planning, tracking, and reporting for an
aggressive and successful grantsmanship plan.
• In coordination with the GIRS director, manages the
development and implementation of the Graduate
Initiative in Russian Studies’ seminar series and
related activities, including developing program
format, topics, speakers, and budget management to
ensure program objectives are successfully met.
• Serves as a technical lead for the GIRS team, helping
to develop and maintain the GIRS website.
• Demonstrates knowledge of both international
policy (bilateral relations and Russian domestic
and foreign policy in particular) and fundraising
techniques and strategies.
• Writes and edits highly impactful documents
for soliciting and reporting on philanthropic grants
• Researches and analyzes a variety of reference
material in order to compile, evaluate and disseminate
data
• Manages multiple, complex tasks and relationships
with initiative and independence
• Exercises sound judgement, prioritizes and manages
time effectively, and works effectively under pressure
• Acts as a team player by working collaboratively and
demonstrating initiative, creativity, sound judgement,
discretion, and leadership
• Communicates with visiting scholars and experts to
ensure that curriculum is designed to meet program
objectives and to coordinate logistics for their visit
(e.g., speaker contract, hotel, travel arrangements,
transportation and schedule).
• Manages, coordinates and arranges contracts for
hotel accommodations, air and ground transportation,
passport and visa clearances, program functions and
visitor entertainment.
• Creates and maintains internal calendar for
upcoming seminars and prepares promotional and
marketing materials for each event, including
invitations, flyers, and posters.
• Selects and manages key vendors by negotiating new
contracts, tracking contractual requirements and
ensuring vendors comply with company guidelines
while remaining within budget guidelines.
• Creates, tracks, and maintains project budgets and
expenses in order to ensure cost saving measures and
spending within allocated amounts. Assists in prepar-
ing grant applications and reports.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of programs by soliciting
participant feedback, summarizing results, and
formulating recommendations to determine successes
and areas of improvement, which will be used to
improve subsequent program effectiveness.
• Supervises and guides the work of GIRS Graduate
Research Assistants.
Qualifications
B.A. in Business Administration, Public
Administration, International Relations, or related
field required.
• Knowledge of the field of international relations,
history and bilateral relations, and knowledge of
basic fundraising techniques and strategies.
• Exceptional analytical (academic background in
international policy studies, Russian studies strongly
preferred), budgeting, negotiation, and project
management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• The ability to interact professionally and
comfortably with senior administrators, faculty
members, and external constituents.
• Must be self-motivated, articulate, and possess
excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented, highly organized, and ability to
multi-task.
• Ability to manage time-sensitive projects.
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency
with computer software for word processing,
presentations, spreadsheets, and calendars.
Proficiency with Excel, Word, database software.
• Advanced knowledge of foreign languages.
Experience
At least 3 years of demonstrated experience at the
international level in administration, budgeting,
conference and project management.
Physical Demands
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at
Monterey maintains a smoke-free workplace and
complies with the Federal Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act and Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Position requires light to moderate physical effort and
the ability to work at a computer keyboard for
extended periods of time.
https://www.globaljobs.org/jobs/11847-monterey-
california-middlebury-college-program-coordinator-
graduate-initiative-in-russian-studies
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Assistant Professor - Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program
Wesleyan University
http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5859
September 15, 2017
Wesleyan University's Russian, East European, and
Eurasian Studies Program invites applications for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor beginning July 1,
2018. Specialization is open, but we welcome the
ability to teach courses on twentieth-century and
contemporary Russian literature, culture, and society.
Native or near-native fluency in Russian required.
The appointment is in an interdisciplinary program
and will require working with colleagues in political
science, history, religion, and language and literature,
so preference will be given to applicants with a
proven commitment to interdisciplinarity. Candidates
must have a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures
or a related field in hand by the time of appointment.
The teaching load is 2/2. Additional duties include
advising and mentoring students, carrying on a
program of research, and participating in faculty
governance at the departmental and university level.
Wesleyan is a highly selective liberal arts college that
deeply values both scholarship and teaching, has a
strong, diverse undergraduate student body, and
offers a generous sabbatical program and
competitive salaries and benefits.
To apply, visit
http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5859 . A
complete application includes a cover letter,
curriculum vitae, writing sample, statement of current
research, and documentation of teaching experience,
including teaching statement, course syllabi, and
student evaluations. As part of the teaching statement
(or cover letter), we invite you to describe your
cultural competencies and experiences engaging a
diverse student body. You will also be asked to
provide the e-mail addresses of three referees from
whom we will obtain confidential letters of
recommendation. Applications should be submitted
online at http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5859 .
Applications completed by September 15, 2017, will
receive full consideration. Please contact Susanne
Fusso at [email protected] or 860-685-3123 if
you have questions about the application process.
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Professorship in the Study of Religion (916487)
Aarhus University, School of Culture and Society
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55067
August 2, 2017
The School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University,
invites applications for a permanent position as
professor within the Department of the Study of
Religion. The position is available from 1 January
2018 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The professorship is offered with a view to attracting
a particularly talented person who is expected to play
a key role in the continued creation of innovative,
internationally recognised research areas at the
Department of the Study of Religion with a particular
focus on the history of religion. The future professor
is expected to contribute to core activities at the
School of Culture and Society in general and the
Department of the Study of Religion in particular in
the following areas: research, education, talent
development and knowledge exchange. The professor
will also be expected to provide academic leadership
relating to research, education and academic
development as well as contributing actively to the
further development of the department, both
nationally and internationally.
In their letter of application applicants are expected
to formulate a vision for the contribution of their
research to the wider field of the study of religion.
Applicants must be able to document:
• Thorough knowledge of the study of religion,
including theoretical and methodological
perspectives.
• Thorough knowledge of the general history of
religion and comparative religion.
• Thorough knowledge of the history and
development of at least one particular religious
tradition outside Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
• Academic publications at the highest international
level including research innovation in the field of the
general history of religion. Please read more under
the headline: 'Formalities'.
• Experience of or interest in collaboration and
research with other fields within the study of religion
as well as with other disciplines.
• Experience of active participation in international
research collaboration.
• Experience of research management, including the
obtaining and administration of external funding.
• Strong teaching competences and experience of
supervising at all levels.
• Commitment to teaching development, supervision
of student projects, talent development, research
management, and the development of PhD courses.
Read the full job description and apply online here
Application deadline: 2/8/2017
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Open Rank, Faculty Search in Education and Humanities
Graduate School of Education
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55053
September 15, 2017
In 1917, the Stanford Leland Jr. Board of Trustees,
in recognition of the fundamental need and right to
a quality education, remade Stanford University’s
Department of Education into the School of Education.
In honor of its 100th anniversary, the Stanford
Graduate School of Education is conducting three
open-rank faculty searches to buttress its historical
strengths. The shared goal is to hire faculty who are
or will become scholars of true distinction. We are
looking for faculty who focus on education’s unique
role in serving the needs and aspirations of
individuals, communities, and nations. The searches
are broadly defined, include committee members
from across Stanford University, and invite applicants
from all scholarly traditions. We are especially
interested in research that uses the newest methods
and theories to (re)address the greatest challenges
and opportunities of education.
Faculty Search in Education and Humanities. The
search is chaired by Pigott Family Graduate School of
Education Professor, Eamonn Callan. We seek exciting
scholars from philosophy, history, or the arts, whose
research seriously engages educational questions,
broadly conceived.
http://apply.interfolio.com/42379
To see the description of all three Centennial Searches,
please visit https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/jobs .
The Centennial search committees will be in regular
communication and may contact an applicant to apply
for multiple positions should his or her expertise seem
particularly well-suited for more than one. Equal
consideration will be given to promising junior
scholars and more senior, tenured faculty.
Application Requirements:
• All applicants should provide a curriculum vitae
(including bibliography), a brief statement of research
interests, a teaching statement, and copies of a
maximum of three scholarly papers.
• Applicants for Assistant rank positions should
submit three letters of reference.
• Applicants for Associate and Professor ranks should
submit a list of three names of references (complete
with addresses and phone numbers). We will request
letters of recommendation for a short list of finalists
only.
• Materials must be received by September 15, 2017
for initial consideration. Questions pertaining to
this position should be directed to Tanya
Chamberlain, Faculty Affairs Officer,
[email protected].
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Visiting Lectureship in Russian,
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a full-time Visiting Lecturer in Russian for the 2017–18 academic year (classes begin in the last week of August and conclude at the end of April). The teaching load is three 3-hour courses per semester or the equivalent, which may include Russian language, literature, and culture, primarily at the undergraduate level, but also with the possibility of graduate teaching for applicants who have a PhD. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled.
A PhD in hand or advanced ABD status is required, as is Russian language proficiency sufficient to teach language at all undergraduate levels. Preference will be shown to applicants who will have a PhD in hand by the beginning of our autumn semester (last week of August, 2017), but advanced ABD candidates may also be considered for a Visiting Instructor appointment. Preference will be shown to applicants who can teach a mixed graduate/undergraduate course on Vladimir Nabokov (which is already on the books and already has enrollment; PhD required), but we are prepared to adjust the teaching duties to accommodate a strong candidate who is (understandably!) not prepared to teach this specific course on short notice.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, a CV, and names and contact information for three professional referees (letters of recommendation are not required at this time) to Monika Losagio at [email protected]. The University of Pittsburgh, which is home to the Center for Russian and East European Studies (NRC Title VI; http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/ ), is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and diversity. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR OF RUSSIAN
Founded in 1640, the University of Helsinki is one of the best multidisciplinary research universities in the world. The University of Helsinki is an international academic community of 40,000 students and staff members. It operates on four campuses in Helsinki and at 15 other locations. The high-quality research carried out by the university creates new knowledge for educating diverse specialists in various fields, and for utilisation in social decision-making and the business sector.
The Faculty of Arts ( https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-arts ) of the University of Helsinki is Finland’s oldest institution for teaching and research in the humanities and the largest in terms of the structure and range of disciplines. It is also a significant international community fostering research, education and cultural interaction.
The Department of Modern Languages ( http://www.helsinki.fi/modernlanguages/ ) carries out research and teaching in languages spoken in Europe and elsewhere in the world as well as in literature written in these languages. It offers teaching in a total of 23 languages. The Department also contributes to the development of the general theory of linguistics, translation studies, language technology and literary research.
The Department of Modern Languages applications for the position of
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR OF RUSSIAN
The successful applicant may be appointed to a professorship or a fixed-term associate/assistant professorship (tenure track system), depending on his or her qualifications and career stage.
A professor will carry out and supervise scientific research, provide teaching based on it, follow developments in research and participate in societal interaction in his/her field and in international cooperation. He or she shall also participate in the development of teaching and acquire research funding.
The assistant professor/associate professor/professor shall hold a doctorate in the field of Russian language.
An appointee to the position of assistant/associate professor within the tenure track system shall have the ability to conduct independent scholarly work and have the teaching skills necessary for the position. In addition, applicants for assistant professorships shall demonstrate their capability and motivation as regards an academic career through publications and other means.
An appointee to a full professorship shall have top-level scholarly qualifications and experience in the supervision of scientific research, along with the ability to provide top-level research-based teaching as well as to supervise theses and dissertations. In addition, the appointee shall present documentation of international cooperation in the field of research that he or she represents. Holders of professorships shall also have the skills necessary to serve as academic leaders.
When assessing the qualifications of each applicant, attention will be paid to both scholarly and teaching qualifications. Scholarly qualifications include scientific publications and other research results of scientific value, success in obtaining external research funding, international research experience as well as international elected positions. When considering the teaching qualifications of each applicant, attention will be focused on teaching experience and pedagogical training, the ability to produce learning material, other teaching merits and, if necessary, a demonstration of teaching skills as well as participation in doctoral education. The applicant’s leadership and interaction skills as well as activity in the academic community will also be taken into account.
The assistant/associate professor/professor in Russian shall have excellent skills in Russian. To successfully attend to the duties of the position, the appointee must also have good English skills.
Holders of teaching and research positions at Finnish universities must be proficient in the language in which they provide instruction, i.e., Finnish or Swedish. They must also have at least satisfactory spoken and written skills in both Finnish and Swedish. Foreign citizens, non-native Finnish citizens or citizens who have not been educated in Finnish or Swedish language may be exempted from this requirement without a separate application. However, if the appointee to this position is not proficient in Finnish or Swedish, he or she is expected to acquire moderate proficiency. Support for language studies is offered.
The salary for the position will be based on levels 8−10 (professor) and 7 (assistant/associate professor) of the requirement scheme for teaching and research positions in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, a salary component based on personal performance will be paid.
Applicants are requested to enclose with their applications the following English-language documents:
1) A curriculum vitae
2) A report (max. 5 pages) on pedagogical expertise
3) A report (max. 5 pages) on the applicant’s research activities (including activities in scientific communities, the acquisition of research funding and international scholarly work)
4) A report (1-2 pages) on how the applicant intends to develop his or her research and focus his or her activities, if appointed
5) A list of publications.
For instructions see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-arts/faculty/instructions-to-appli ... .
Applicants are kindly asked to prepare for the situation in which, after the closing of the application period, the Faculty may request them to submit up to 10 publications of their choice to be sent to the assessors.
Please submit your application, together with the required attachments, through the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the link Apply for job. Applicants who are employees of the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application via the SAP HR portal https://saphr.it.helsinki.fi/irj/portal .
Further information may be obtained from Head of Department, Professor Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen, sanna-kaisa.tanskanen(at)helsinki.fi.
For a description of the tenure track system at the University of Helsinki please see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/university/working-at-the-university/careers- ... .
In case you need support with the recruitment system, please contact recruitment(at)helsinki.fi (no service from 8 to 23 July).
Apply at latest 21.08.2017
APPLY LINK
https://rekry.helsinki.fi/sap/bc/erecruiting/posting_apply?param=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d ...
DUE DATE
Monday, August 21, 2017
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Instructor of Russian,
University of South Carolina
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is accepting applications for one full-time non-tenure track Instructor of Russian beginning August 15, 2017 at a 9 month salary of $42,000. This is an annual appointment that must be renewed each year, contingent upon satisfactory performance, departmental needs, and the availability of funding.
Duties: Teach introductory through advanced Russian language and/or culture or linguistics courses (four classes per semester); prepare course syllabi and handouts; evaluate and grade student class work, assignments and papers; maintain required records including student attendance and grades; maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students; participate in program and departmental meetings and activities.
Minimum Qualifications: A Master’s degree in Russian or a related field is required and must be in hand by August 1, 2017. Evidence of teaching experience at the collegiate level and native or near-native fluency in Russian and English is expected. Must currently be authorized to work in the U.S., without future need of any sponsorship for employment authorization.
Preferred Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Russian, or a related field.
Candidates must complete an application and upload a CV, letter of interest, one-page teaching philosophy, a full set of teaching evaluations, and a list of three references with contact information by visiting this link: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/ The deadline for completed applications is July 15. Screening will begin immediately.**
The University of South Carolina is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
**The position has been approved and the application will be available at the website above early next week. We wanted to post this today, though, so that applicants can have the time to prepare their materials before submitting. Please let me know if you have any questions!**
Dr. Judith Kalb
Assoc. Prof. of Russian and Comparative Literature
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
[email protected]
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https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55096
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
invites applications for a full-time position at the rank of
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of INTERNATIONAL HISTORY
with a specialisation in European History (“Europe in the World”)
starting on 1 September 2018 or on a mutually agreed-upon date.
The Institute is seeking to recruit a person either at the rank of assistant professor (with at least three years experience) or of associate professor (or in a similar position). Candidates must hold a PhD in history. They must have an outstanding teaching and research track record in the field of international history and be able to make a significant long-term contribution to the field of European History (“Europe in the World”).
The selected candidate must show an interest in comparative analysis and methodological innovation. The ability to work with colleagues from other disciplines will be an asset.
The successful candidate will teach postgraduate courses and supervise master’s dissertations and PhD theses in the Department of International History. She or he will also be called upon to teach classes and supervise master’s theses in the Institute’s interdisciplinary programmes and possibly contribute to executive education programmes.
The teaching language is either English or French. Prior knowledge of French is not required, but the successful candidate is expected to acquire at least a passive knowledge of it within two years of being hired.
Application deadline : 31 August 2017.
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https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=55114
University of Houston , The Honors College
Visiting Assistant Professor/Director
The Honors College at the University of Houston invites applications for a full-time 12-month Visiting Assistant Professor to advise and teach students in support of nationally competitive scholarship activities. Applications are sought from candidates in all disciplines who have experience with co-curricular student development, coordinating scholarship initiatives, or applying to major awards, such as the Rhodes, Marshall, and Fulbright. Experience with course design, pedagogy, and assessment preferred. Responsibilities include advising students on major awards, developing and teaching courses, and assessing course and programmatic initiatives.
PhD required. Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter, and contact information for three references. Application review begins immediately, and will continue until a decision on the position has been made.
The University of Houston, with one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation, seeks to recruit and retain a diverse community of scholars.
The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Please apply online at https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC000215&tz=GMT-05%3A00
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150 Research Chairs
The Université de Montréal is seeking statements of interest by top-tier researchers in applying for the Canada 150 Research Chairs program.
The program will allow the Université de Montréal to strengthen its research capacity by recruiting internationally renowned researchers who are working outside of Canada. The University is also looking to diversify its faculty, encourage the exchange of different perspectives and enrich its teaching and research environment.
The Université de Montréal is the world’s leading general research French-language university, according to major international rankings. With its affiliated schools, HEC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal, it ranks 3rd in Canada in terms of research activities. It is also the largest university in Montréal, a city recognized as one of the best in the world for its quality of life and the size of its university sector.
Applicants accepted by the Canada 150 Research Chairs program will then be subject to the normal selection and hiring process for professors at the Université de Montréal. If applicable, the researchers concerned will be appointed as regular professors in an academic unit, at the level corresponding to their career stage. They will take up their duties in 2018.
This call for applications is intended for exceptional researchers who have top-tier achievements in their respective fields, and is especially aimed at scholars with Canadian citizenship living and working abroad. The University is inviting them to consider this opportunity to come to Montréal and help significantly enhance Canada’s research capacity.
All fields will be considered, and only the quality of the applicants – as measured by their publications, peer recognition, ability to obtain research funding, etc. – will be considered at this stage in the process.
Anyone wishing to apply for a Canada 150 Research Chair at the Université de Montréal must submit an application to [email protected] no later than August 7, 2017, comprising:
a covering letter;
a detailed curriculum vitae;
a brief description of their current and future research program;
the names and addresses of three references who are not in a conflict of interest situation vis à vis the applicant, as defined in the program’s Conflict of Interest Policy.
If you have any questions concerning this invitation, please send them to the same address.
Commitment to equal access to employment
Through its equal access to employment program, the University of Montreal invites women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities to apply. During the recruitment process, our selection tools can be adapted to the needs of the people with disabilities who request it. Be assured that this information will be kept confidential.
The University advocates for inclusion and diversity amongst its personnel and encourages people of any sexual orientation or sexual identity to apply.
Lastly, the University recognizes that career interruptions can have repercussions on an individual’s record of achievement, without diminishing its excellence. If applicable, candidates are encouraged to explain the circumstances of any interruption and its impact on their career path and record; this information will be duly taken into account during the evaluation.
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