CFPs and Conferences

The AHRC-funded Slavic and East European Maternal Studies Research Network (SEEMS) will host a one-day symposium on July 9th, 2022 in Exeter, UK at the historic Devon and Exeter Institution, Cathedral Green, Exeter. The symposium will explore maternal creativity and depictions of motherhood in Slavic and Eastern European cultures. The organizers (Professor Muireann Maguire, University of Exeter and Dr Eglė Kačkutė, University of Vilnius) welcome papers from a range of disciplines, including literature, art, cinema, and comparative cultural studies. Proposals due April 29, 2022. 

The 22nd Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature, and Folklore Conference will take place April 7-10, 2022. It is being hosted virtually by The Ohio State University. The keynote speaker is CEERES' former director, University of Chicago Professor Victor Friedman. 

Are you interested in learning about Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia? Would you like to talk with peers as well as with alumni who have already successfully navigated REEES-related studies and professional paths? The Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies Northeast (REEESNe) network is bringing together undergraduate and master’s students from institutions across the northeastern U.S. to engage with one another and with professionals experienced in the region. The conference will be held from Friday, April 1, 2022 - 9:00am EST to Saturday, April 2, 2022 - 4:15pm EST. 

Every year, the Russian Studies department at Macalester College organizes a student research competition. This year, the competition will be in a virtual format and is open to undergrads at all U.S. colleges and universities. Your project should be based on a term paper, digital project, or part of a senior thesis on any topic relevant to Eastern/Central Europe, Russia, or Central Asia written in Spring 2021, Fall 2021, or work-in-progress from Spring 2022. Abstracts due April 11, 2022.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites submissions for a Junior Scholar Two-Day Workshop on theme of “Russia and the Global Color Line.” Probing the role of Russia in the global dimensions of the color line, this interdisciplinary workshop raises exploratory questions about the meanings and functions of racial identifications and categories; the relationship between race, whiteness, and geography; how Russia fits into the global dimensions of the color line; and when and why skin color emerged as an important element in the complex process of identity formation. We welcome proposals on these and other related themes and questions on all aspects of modern Russian history and culture. Deadline for submissions is April 14, 2022.

The conference will reflect on the process of the globalisation of avant-gardes in the arts and literature, and on the situation of artistic avant-gardes in the context of globalisation more generally – technologically, economically, and politically. We invite papers on topics related to the avant-garde across all of the arts.

The deadline for submissions is March 27, 2022. 

Arizona State University will be hosting the 11th Macedonian-North American Conference on Macedonian Studies from November 4-7, 2022, in-person. Proposals are invited for papers on topics in the broad area of Macedonian studies, including language, linguistics, literature, cultural studies, folklore, art, history, anthropology, sociology, and politics. The working language of the conference will be English. 

The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2022.

The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) and the Slavic Reference Service (SRS) at the University of Illinois are happy to announce a Call for Applications to the 49th annual Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. Applications are welcome for both in-person and virtual associateships from regional specialists (advanced graduate students, faculty, independent scholars, and library science or other professionals) to conduct research on all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. The Laboratory Program will be held from June 13 - August 7, 2022.

Application Deadline: April 4, 2022

We are honored to invite you to the 1st Eurasian Symposium on Social Sciences
and Arts, which will be held online 13-14 May 2022, in Turkey. For the 1st ESSA Symposium, we invite abstract submissions
(proposal submissions) relating to all aspects of the social sciences and arts. Abstract submissions are due May 05, 2022.

All the Russias, the NYU Jordan Center blog invites 750-1200 word submissions from full- or part-time M.A. and Ph.D. students from any accredited academic institution in the United States, on any topic and sub-discipline within Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, broadly defined. Essays are due by 11:59 PM EST Monday, April 18th, 2022.