2017-2018

Program Assistant, Higher Education Programs
American Council for International Education, Washington, D.C.

Inkwell On-Campus Writing Retreat, Oct 20, 2017

A Moon of Nickel and Ice Film Screening at Cinema Chicago

A Moon of Nickel and Ice, directed by François Jacob, is a haunting award-winning documentary that provides a look at the icy Russian mining city of Norilsk, which was a Soviet labor camp.

October 15, 5:15pm
October 16, 3:00pm

Free webinar from IALLT (International Association for Language Learning Technology) about 

Post-secondary administrative perspectives on technology-mediated language learning

Conference "Poetics of (Mis)understanding: Culture-Making Potential of Interference in Artistic Communication"

Warsaw, 7-8 December 2017

Saint Louis University, a Catholic, Jesuit institution dedicated to student learning, research, health care, and service seeks an adjunct instructor in Russian (Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) for the Spring 2018 semester.  The successful candidate will possess at least a M.A.

This week, the University of Chicago's Persian Circle are fortunate to host Andrew Hicks (Associate Professor of Music and Medieval Studies, Cornell University) for a talk entitled: 

"Musical Agency in Ghaznavid Court Poetry" [this talk in English]

Please join us this Thursday 5th October, 5:00-6:30pm for what promises to be a fascinating talk!

If you will be in the South Caucasus this year, the American Research Institute of the South Caucus has two great opportunities for you.

Click HERE for more information and to apply.

Stipends for lectures and workshops in the South Caucasus

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites applications for U.S. scholars to conduct lectures and/or workshops in the South Caucasus countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

Alignment shift in Chukotkan: the case against contact-induced change
Jessica Kantarovich (UChicago)

The first meeting of the Language Variation & Change workshop of the year is Friday, October 6, at 3:30 PM (location TBD).

Jessica Kantarovich will be presenting on alignment change in the Chukotkan languages.

Call for Papers for The 2018 Annual Soyuz Symposium

New Stages? Postsocialisms, Postliberalisms, and Performances

Yale University
March 2–3, 2018