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Human Rights Doctoral Fellows Program

Extended Deadline: April 28

The Pozen Human Rights Doctoral Fellows Program offers PhD students whose research intersects with human rights themes a yearlong forum to explore interdisciplinary conversations with each other, Pozen Center faculty, and Center-affiliated faculty. Applicants at any stage of a research project/idea may apply and draw from any discipline.

Fellows are provided a $2,000 stipend.  The Fellowship also supports conference participation linked with the Fellowship.

Applications are due Friday, April 28 at 11:59 PM (CDT).  For more information and a link to the application, visit: https://humanrights.uchicago.edu/doctoralfellows.

The Quest for Modern Language
Between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

April 13–14, 2023

Neubauer Collegium

5701 S. Woodlawn Ave.

REGISTER

Prof. Michael Khodarkovsky
Professor of History
Loyola University Chicago
"Empires of the Steppe: Russian, Ottoman, Persian and Chinese Empires in Comparative Perspective"

Thursday, March 30th, 2023
4:00PM-5:30PM
SSRB 302

Hudson Institute Political Studies offers top undergraduates a Summer Fellowship in political theory and practice that broadens and deepens understanding of public policy and classical political thought. The Fellowship combines the rigorous study of theory and practice through week-long seminars led by master teachers, policy workshops featuring think tank experts and experienced government officials, and a distinguished speaker series of exemplary figures from public life. Hudson Institute Political Studies is hosted in Washington, DC, and lasts for six weeks. Students participate free of charge, are given complimentary accommodations, and receive a $3,000 stipend. Applications due MARCH 6.

Please join the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois and the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages for the following virtual event:

Developing Educator Competence in Equity Literacy and Anti-Oppressive Pedagogies in the Field of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Wednesday, March 8, 4:00 PM CST

This event will be held in a virtual format via Zoom. To register, visit: https://go.illinois.edu/developingeducatorcompetence.

CISSR 23-24 Graduate Fellowships

Calls for proposals
The Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph Field Research Award supports MA and PhD students in the Social Sciences Division who are conducting global, international, and/or transnational research in any branch of the social sciences. 

The CISSR Dissertation Completion Grant provides funding and office space for doctoral students in the final year of the dissertation.

Apply at the UChicago InfoReady portal with number #1892543 by March 31, 2023 at 11:59 (CT)

Policy and International Affairs (PIA) Librarian

Princeton University Library (PUL) seeks an energetic, creative librarian to provide research assistance and collection development to support students and researchers in international affairs, public policy and education. This position has collection development responsibility for education-related topics.

https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/position/29061

the application deadline for American Councils' Summer 2023 Eurasian Regional Language Program (ERLP) is February 15, 2023. ERLP offers the following languages and locations: 

• • • Kazakh in Almaty, Kazakhstan
    • Azerbaijani and Turkish in Baku, Azerbaijan 
    • Kyrgyz in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
    • Romanian and Ukrainian in Chisinau, Moldova
    • Pashto, Persian (Dari/Farsi/Tajiki), and Uzbek in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
    • Chechen, Georgian, and Ukrainian in Tbilisi, Georgia
    • Armenian in Yerevan, Armenia

Grinnell Department of Russian invites applications for a one-year appointment beginning Fall 2023. Assistant Professor (Ph.D.) preferred; Instructor (ABD) possible. Research and teaching interests: Russian language and literature, topics in Ukrainian or Central Asian/Eurasian studies, Film Studies, Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies. https://apply.interfolio.com/120372. 

CAORC-NEH RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GUIDELINES

The CAORC - National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Research Fellowship provides the opportunity for scholars to spend significant time in one country with an ORC as a research base (includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Mongolia). This fellowship is currently accepting applications with a deadline of February 6, 2023.