JOBS
Assistant Professor of Russian, Middlebury College, MIDDLEBURY, VT
Assistant Professor of Polish at UC Berkeley
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Polish Language, Literature, and Culture.
Area of specialization: Polish language, literature, and culture of any period, from the early modern to the contemporary.
We welcome scholars with a supplementary comparative focus on the Slavic or Jewish languages, literatures, and cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, and candidates with interdisciplinary interests in other fields. The successful candidate will teach introductory and special topics courses in Polish and East/Central European Literature and Culture, as well as courses designed to appeal to a wider section of undergraduates interested in the humanities, mentor undergraduate and graduate students, supervise and help grow the department’s program in Polish studies, and engage with the broader Slavic and East European studies community on campus.
Applications are due by October 15, 2026.
For full information about the position and how to apply, please go to this link.
Assistant or Associate Professor of Russian Studies at Binghamton University
The Department of German and Russian Studies at Binghamton University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor, beginning August 2027. The research specialization for this position is open, and candidates specializing in any aspect of Russian Studies from Early Slavic to the present are encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in candidates with research trajectories in areas including Russian-Jewish Literature and Culture, the Literatures and Cultures of Russian-speaking Diasporas, and/or Ethnically Diverse Russian-speaking Cultures; as well as 21st-century Russian-language Literature and/or Media Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Environmental Humanities, and other research areas that would complement existing departmental and interdisciplinary research communities at Binghamton.
The successful applicant will successfully teach the Russian language and core courses in Russian-language culture, be able to offer new undergraduate courses within their research area, and imaginatively contribute to undergraduate outreach, curricular development, and program growth. We enthusiastically invite applications from those at the ABD level as well as advanced Assistant or early Associate rank. Applicants at the Associate level should further demonstrate capacity for program leadership.
Application Instructions
All applicants must apply via Interview Exchange: http://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=204087 Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the vacancy is filled. Please submit: cover letter, CV, research statement, statement of teaching philosophy, and names and email addresses of three references.
Letters of recommendation and supplementary materials will be requested for candidates whose applications advance in the selection process. The position will remain open until filled. Applications received by October 15 will receive priority consideration. We anticipate that first-round interviews will be conducted over Zoom in mid-December, with campus visits taking place early in the spring semester.
Assistant Professor of Russian Studies at McGill University
Deadline of Submission of Application: October 24, 2026
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures within the Faculty of Arts of McGill University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Russian Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor. Applicants must hold a PhD by the date of appointment and possess proficiency in Russian and English appropriate for effective university-level teaching, research, and service.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications must be submitted online through Workday (McGill’s employment portal). The system is easiest to navigate if all required documents are combined into a single PDF file. https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Careers/job/Sherbrooke-680/Assistant-Professor_JR0000079402
Applications should include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, teaching portfolio, two syllabi for content-based courses taught in English, and up to two writing samples. Candidates selected for the longlist will be contacted at a later date and asked to provide the names and contact information of three referees.
If you have questions about the application process or experience any issues navigating the application portal, please contact Cecily Raynor at cecily.raynor@mcgill.ca.
Visiting Position at Williams College
The Department of German and Russian at Williams College seeks to fill a one-year visiting assistant professor position in Russian to begin in July 2027. The teaching load is four courses, or the equivalent, across two semesters: two in the fall and two in the spring. Specialization is open. PhD preferred. Native or near-native proficiency in the language is required. A passion for teaching is a must. Specifically, the successful candidate will have significant language teaching experience, innovative ideas for upper-level courses in Russian, and a desire to work effectively, both inside and outside the classroom, with a student population that is broadly diverse. Our program is founded on close student-faculty interaction and strong mentoring, as well as vibrant scholarship.
Application deadline: December 7, 2026. Application should include: CV, cover letter, and four reference letters; a writing sample and other materials may be solicited later. All materials should be addressed to Gail Newman, Chair, Department of German and Russian, and must be submitted through Interfolio. Fax and email applications will not be accepted. All queries should be directed to Gail Newman at gnewman@williams.edu". We welcome applications from members of groups traditionally underrepresented in the field. All offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background check.
INTERNSHIPS
There are no internship opportunities at this time
FUNDING
Each year, as outlined below, REEEC invites student applications for Skalnik Scholarship Grants.
Each fall, we will award two Conference Grants of $500, meant to help students present the results of their research at professional conferences and public events. In the spring, we will award one short-term Summer Grant of $750, meant to support student research or participation in educational or training programs. Undergraduate as well as graduate students are eligible and encouraged to apply for these Skalnik Scholarship Grants.
Fall Deadline for Conference Grants: September 23, 2026
Submission Guidelines:
For both grants, students should submit a short cover letter (1-2 page) describing their research, educational, or conference plans, and why they are seeking Skalnik Scholarship Grant support. Applicants should also include with this attachment: 1) a short budget, explaining how they will use the grant; 2) any supporting materials documenting their plans (such as correspondence about a summer program or conference, or any research prospectus or proposal they have developed for their project).
Eligibility:
Applicants must be currently enrolled as students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously won a Skalnik Scholarship Grant.
Submit Application Materials by E-mail to: REEEC Resources, at reeec_resources@illinois.edu". Please place “Skalnik Scholarship” in the subject heading.
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
"Ukraine's Archival Landscape" webinar series
We are pleased to share a public webinar series, Ukraine's Archival Landscape: Remote Access and Research Opportunities, running from 28 August to 20 November 2026.
The series opens with a keynote by Prof. Dr. Maryna Paliienko on Ukraine's archival sector in wartime, situating the central state archives within the country's broader archival network. The six sessions that follow each spotlight one of Ukraine's central state archives: their directors introduce their institutions to an international audience, opening up what each archive actually holds, how those holdings are organised, and — crucially for researchers abroad — how much can be consulted without travelling to Ukraine. Speakers also address how their institutions are safeguarding irreplaceable records and keeping the archives running amid the ongoing war. Along the way, sessions cover the practical mechanics of remote research: how to search finding aids, how to submit a copy request that gets answered, and, where relevant, how to pay for one from a foreign account. Every session is moderated by scholars based at universities across Europe and North America, and ends with an open Q&A, with simultaneous Ukrainian–English interpretation throughout.
Practical details:
· Dates: every other Friday, 28 August – 20 November 2026 (seven sessions)
· Time: 16:00 Kyiv / 15:00 Berlin / 09:00 Bloomington
· Format: online via Zoom; free and open to all
· Registration: required separately for each session! The registration link for each webinar goes live about a week in advance on our website and in our Facebook group. Registration closes at 23:59 Kyiv the day before each webinar.
· Recordings and presentations: published open-access after each webinar
September 17-19, 2026 | Virtual Conference
https://site.pheedloop.com/event/ARISC20thConference/home
This conference is an opportunity to reflect on the scholarship produced by ARISC members and friends of ARISC over the past two decades, and to provide a platform to showcase new research by senior researchers, early career scholars, and students alike. At a time when rapidly shifting political circumstances have made research in the South Caucasus challenging, ARISC is providing an open forum for posing new questions, exchanging ideas and methodologies, workshopping works-in-progress, and outlining new research agendas that will propel regional scholarship forward. With this conference, ARISC strives to deepen our understanding of the South Caucasus and renew our commitment to sustaining the ARISC community. The conference language is English.
Keynote address: The Caucasus: Sovereignty Beyond the State by Dr. Harsha Ram (University of California at Berkeley)
Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 12:30pm ED
All registration must be completed two days before the start of the conference, by September 15th. Registration will close at 11:59pm Pacific time on September 14, 2026.
View the schedule and speakers at https://site.pheedloop.com/event/ARISC20thConference/scheduleweb
Please direct all inquiries to: info@arisc.org
SOYUZ SYMPOSIUM | HARRIMAN INSTITUTE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | FEB 26-27, 2027 | NYC
Deadline for Submission of Proposals: September 18, 2026
Ethnography Meets Geopolitics: Postsocialist Cultural Studies in an Age of War, Reconstruction, and the Erosion of the Liberal World Order. From Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine to the global rise of illiberal political projects, from shifting regimes of mobility to new forms of enclosure, from emergent expressions of transnational solidarity to the rising tides of exclusionary nationalisms, recent years have transformed the social, political, and spatial landscapes in which scholars of postsocialism conduct their work. Mounting geopolitical calamities have challenged many of the conceptual frameworks that guided postsocialist cultural studies in the twenty-first century, while raising urgent questions about political and ethical orientations to scale, method, and interpretation. This conference invites scholars to consider what happens when local cultures meet powerful geopolitics. How do large-scale geopolitical transformations become visible through everyday practices? Conversely, how might close scholarly attention to lived experience reshape our understanding of such political processes?
Submissions are welcome from scholars of any discipline of the social sciences or humanities. Graduate students and early career scholars are especially encouraged to participate.
Please submit paper title and abstract (up to 500 words-long) together with your name, affiliation and contact address to soyuzsymposium2027@gmail.com by September 18, 2026. We expect to announce paper selections by late October 2026. Please write to the Soyuz Programming Coordinator, Maria Sonevytsky (msonevyt@bard.edu) with any questions.
June 3-5, 2027 with optional excursions June 6
Location: Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: October 15, 2026
We invite papers on Dostoevsky and modernity in both directions: on Dostoevsky as a writer shaped by the intellectual, spiritual, political, and aesthetic transformations of the modern age, and on Dostoevsky as a force that helped shape modernity after him. “Dostoevsky’s modern afterlives” offers a shorthand for this second line of inquiry.
Papers on other Dostoevsky-related topics are also welcome.
The working languages of the conference will be English and Greek. Papers in Russian may also be accommodated, subject to confirmation.
Please send a title, an abstract of up to 300 words, and a short biographical note to:
sljivancanin.zorka@ucy.ac.cy, ckarakep@slavstud.uoa.gr, markosgalounis@yahoo.com, s-mcreynolds@northwestern.edu
Harriman Institute, Columbia University, April 2-3, 2027
Our conference will honor the 150th anniversary of Anna Karenina, a novel whose serial publication between 1875 and 1877 elicited a spectrum of responses, from disgust and disappointment to bewilderment to reverence. Reflecting on these early reviews, Tolstoy famously challenged readers to look past the plot and appreciate the novel’s architecture—the internal “labyrinth of linking” that holds it together. Since then, the novel has inspired readings from a myriad of disciplinary perspectives: historical, philosophical, sociological, political, psychological, neurocognitive, narrative. Our conference will be an occasion not only to celebrate Tolstoy’s transformative and ever-transforming novel but also to explore its legacies and seek new horizons for its interpretation.
We invite early career scholars—graduate students and recent PhDs (within the past seven years)—to submit proposals for the workshop panels. We welcome work that considers Anna Karenina in relation to broader questions about Tolstoy’s writings, Russian realism, literary interpretation, the novel as genre, and the direction of 19th-century studies today. Selected proceedings from the conference will be published in the next year’s issue of Tolstoy Studies Journal.
Please submit a 300-500 word abstract and a short biography to tgershkovich@amherst.edu and csk2196@columbia.edu by October 16th, 2026.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by November 15th.
Call for Papers: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies Annual Meeting March 2027 Atlanta
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
63nd Annual Meeting: March 4-6, 2027
Atlanta, GA (hosted by Kennesaw State University)
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: December 4, 2026
The SCSS is the largest (and best) of the regional Slavic and Eurasian Studies associations in the United States, known for its welcoming and supportive atmosphere. The purpose of the SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet and East European studies. Membership in the SCSS is open to all persons interested in furthering these goals. All participants must be members of SCSS and can join when registering for the conference. Registration opens in January.
Papers from all humanities and social sciences disciplines, on any topic and time period, are welcome. We encourage participation from scholars of all Slavic, East European, and Eurasian regions, and scholars at all levels from senior scholars to undergraduate students. PLEASE NOTE: SCSS does not offer funding to support conference travel for participants.
We strongly encourage complete panel or roundtable proposals, but proposals for individual papers will also be accepted. A panel typically consists of a chair, three members and a discussant, while a roundtable has a chair and three to five participants.
The portal for submissions is here: https://forms.gle/u7gth5iokBSSeJPd8
The accessible spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PBLrYUxKjRo0L1HMKo0vYIBK2Otyir2PYUp4HZlQBb4/edit?usp=sharing