Job Posting: University of Pittsburgh, Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature

University of Pittsburgh, Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at theUniversity of Pittsburgh invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a specialization in nineteenth-century Russian literature to begin in August 2010, pending budgetary approval. Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment. Native or near-native (or ACTFL superior-level) proficiency in English and Russian required. In addition to undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in Russian literature, the position may require teaching Russian language at all levels (including content-based advanced courses) and general-education literature and culture courses in English (both large lecture-based courses and smaller discussion-oriented ones). Expertise in a second Slavic language and literature is desirable. Applicants must demonstrate a strong interest and experience in teaching and promise of significant scholarly achievement. Candidates should arrange to submit a letter of application, CV, three confidential letters of recommendation (which should address both scholarship and teaching), representative student teaching evaluations, representative syllabi, and samples of scholarly writing (the length of one or two journal articles) by surface mail to:

Russian Literature Search Committee

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

1417 Cathedral of Learning

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Questions may be directed to Ms. Christine Metil, Department Administrator (metil@pitt.edu, 1-412-624-5906).

Review of applications will begin on October 15 and continue until the position is filled. Preliminary interviews will be held in Boston during the AAASS conference (November 12-15) and Philadelphia during the AATSEEL conference (December 27-30).

The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program brings emerging leaders in key professional fields from Eurasia to the United States for one to two years of graduate study at institutions across the United States.

For full information, see: http://www.irex.org/project/edmund-s-muskie-graduate-fellowship-program

The 2012 Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship application is due on November 2.

For application information, see: http://www.irex.org/application/edmund-s-muskie-graduate-fellowship-pr ogram-application

Source:
Amy Bernath Program Coordinator Education Programs Division
IREX
2121 K St. NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 628-8188 ext. 154 Fax: (202) 628-8189

CFP: «Японское культурное влияние и молодежные солидарности на постсоветском пространстве»

CFP: «Японское культурное влияние и молодежные солидарности на постсоветском пространстве»

Дата проведения семинара: 5-6 декабря 2011 года. Место проведения семинара: Центр молодежных исследований, НИУ ВШЭ – Санкт-Петербург. Семинар проводится при поддержке Фонда Академического Развития НИУ ВШЭ в Санкт-Петербурге.

Центр молодежных исследований НИУ ВШЭ в Санкт-Петербурге при участии коллег из Гарвардского Университета проводит семинар, на котором планируется обсудить исследовательские проблемы, теорию и методологию изучения японского культурного влияния, прежде всего аниме-культур, на молодежные практики и солидарности в постсоветских странах.

Цель данного междисциплинарного семинара — создание международной сети исследователей, работающих по данной тематике; обсуждение актуальной теории и методологии изучения популяризации японской музыки, театра, кино, спорта, аниме, литературы и т.п. в молодежной среде на постсоветском пространстве.

К участию приглашаются как начинающие, так и опытные исследователи, работающие по данной проблематике. Рабочие языки – русский и английский. Если Вы не можете участвовать в семинаре, но заинтересованы в сотрудничестве, будем рады включить Вас в сеть исследователей, интересующихся вышеобозначенной темой, и в дальнейшем информировать о наших активностях, в том числе и о планируемых новых семинарах, конференциях и прооектах.

У организаторов семинара в отдельных случаях есть возможность частичного покрытия расходов на проживание и проезд участников семинара. Заявки на участие в семинаре направлять по адресу: youth.hse.spb@gmail.com

до 13 ноября 2011 года. В заявке нужно указать: Ф.И.О., звание, место работы, должность, контактные e-mail и телефоны, мотивацию участия в семинаре, необходимость в финансовой поддержке, а также приложить 1 страничку тезисов выступления.

Source: Professor Serguei Oushakine

ARCHITECTURE AND MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Journal from Moscow

ARCHITECTURE AND MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC SCIENTIFIC - EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL-METHODICAL ASPECTS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AND DESIGNING WITH THE USAGE OF VIDEO AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES is published by MARKHI (The Moscow Architectural Institute), Moscow, Russian Federation. The ISSN Number for this journal is 1998-4839.

This open access journal can be retrieved here.

The journal archive is up to year 2007.

The Gender Library (Open-Access) of the Center of the Gender Studies of the European Humanities University.

Gendernaia Biblioteka: Proekt Tsentra gendernykh issledovanii Evropeiskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta.

http://library.gender-ehu.org/hms/unilister.php?show=articles&reset=1&expand=813,

English synopsis: This portal is entitled The Gender Library (here gender is used as an adjective). This project-site is maintained by the Center of Gender Studies of the European University of Humanities in Russian Federation. It is based on OPEN-ACCESS model and this virtual library allows its users to access and download several articles of relevance on gender studies.

The main landing page of the project can be accessed here: http://library.gender-ehu.org/hms/home.php?expand=29,

Site's Self-Description as it appears on its landing page: Добро пожаловать в общедоступную Гендерную Библиотеку! Здесь собраны тексты по "гендерным исследованиям." За последнее полтора десятилетия на русском языке был опубликован значительный корпус текстов по гендерным исследованиям, под которыми понимается как самостоятельная область, так и отдельные направления в традиционных дисциплинах. Многие из этих текстов, однако, появились в малотиражных, специальных или труднодоступных изданиях, поэтому основной целью Библиотеки является сбор и популяризация работ, связанных с проблематикой пола. Все материалы получены создателями библиотеки из открытых источников. Мы стремимся получить согласие на размещение текстов у всех авторов или правообладателей, но готовы убрать из открытого доступа материалы в случае получения обоснованных требований законных правообладателей. Мы надеемся, что пользователи сайта будут уважительно относиться к авторским правам на размещенные материалы.

Some web-sites for Russian Silver-Age Literature

There are several web based resources that I found useful when I started to read more about the Russian Silver Age Literature. These websites provided me with basic information and interesting reading suggestions that I believe my readers would also find interesting. Of course, I am not responsible for the contents on these suggested websites. Please make up your own mind about the utility of information that is contained within them. These websites are enumerated below.

Литературные течения: Сербряный Век.

The Silver Age of Russian Culture.

Поэты «Серебряного века»

Andrei Belyi Library Guide at Princeton

Dear Readers,

I would really like to get your feedback on a library guide that I have just created. The guide is dedicated to works of Russian author Andrei Belyi.Thank you so much in advance.

Karmazinskie Stipendii Announcement

http://www.hrc.ane.ru/tenders/

Центр Гуманитарных Исследований РАНХ и ГС и Фонд Михаила Прохорова объявляют конкурс на соискание Карамзинских стипендий:

Конкурс продлится до 31 октября Карамзинские стипендии предоставляются для проведения исследований в рамках коллективных научных проектов, реализуемых в Центре гуманитарных исследований (ЦГИ). Стипендии предназначены для молодых исследователей – кандидатов наук (или PhD), готовящих к публикации книгу, или аспирантов, завершающих работу над кандидатской диссертацией.

Темы исследовательских проектов ЦГИ 2012 года:

Русский язык как глобальный ресурс и новые технологии.

Научно-техническая интеллигенция в историко-культурной перспективе: формирование среды, мировоззрения и трудовой этики.

Опыт урегулирования межнациональных конфликтов после мировых войн (Кавказ).

Становление Российского государства раннего Нового времени: налоговое измерение.

Стипендия включаетежемесячную выплату в размере до 60 000 рублей, в зависимости от квалификации исследователя, характера и объема выполняемой работы, а также места постоянного проживания; компенсацию дорожных расходов (одна поездка в Москву от места проживания и обратно); компенсацию расходов на копирование материалов в библиотеках и архивах (по согласованию с руководителем проекта) и др.

Стипендия предоставляется на 6 месяцев с 1 января 2012 года с правом однократного продления при условии успешной работы над проектом. Подробнее об условиях участия в конкурсе, требованиях к кандидатам, необходимых документах и процедуре их рассмотрения можно узнать на сайте ЦГИ.
Source: Professor Oushakine. Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University

Soviet Era Posters at Princeton University

This morning, when I was doing a survey of our Russian collections, I discovered that at Princeton University Library, we do have an excellent collection of early Children's books from Russia (part of Cotsen Children's Library. Besides this collection, I discovered that we have an excellent collection of Soviet era posters. Some of these posters are digitized and can be accessed here.

Re-Defining Byzantium: Art and Thought in the Byzantine World

Although not directly related to Slavic Studies, I want to bring to the attention of my readers an important conference at Princeton University on Byzantine Art. The program of this two day conference can be found here.

I was lucky to hear papers of several specialists including an innovative paper of Dr. Jelena Trkulja of Princeton University that was entitled, "Experiencing Faith: Byzantine Ecclesiastical Architecture Revisited".

Call for Papers- The Silk Road: Interwoven History

ACANSRS (Association for Central Asian Civilizations & Silk Road Studies) invites scholars/researchers of Central Asia to submit your recent research papers for our annual publication 2012, tentatively tiled "The Silk Road: Interwoven History". The topics of the prospective articles could be in the fields of religion, art, archaeology, anthropology, musicology, philology, and history of the regions involved with the Silk Road trade. Please send us a brief summary of your possible article for the contribution by e-mail before the submission of the full article.

Tentative title of the multi-author publication 2012: The Silk Road: Interwoven History

1) Length: about 5000-9000 words (15 ­ 30 book pages) ­ double spaced/typed including footnotes and bibliography (1-2 pages).

2) Submission deadline: Dec 30, 2011 (both in pdf and Word doc files by e-mail attachment to editor@acansrs.org in addition to two hard copies sent to us)

3) Diacritic fonts and foreign languages such as Chinese can be included to a limited extent (Please consult the editor).

Please go to ACANSRS website (Our Publication/Style Sheet) for more details here.
Mariko Walter, Ph.D Director Association for Central Asian Civilizations & Silk Road Studies Third Floor, College House, 1430 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Source: Posted by: Mariko Walter

WHAT WAS THE SOVIET UNION? LOOKING BACK AT THE BREZHNEV YEARS

Wesleyan University October 20-21, 2011.
The conference administrator is Gloria Gdovin (; fax no. 860 685 3002).
Thursday October 20. Public lecture by Stephen Kotkin, 8.00-9.30 pm in Public Affairs Center 001
Friday October 21. POLITICS Friday October 20, 9.00-10.30 Chair Peter Rutland (Wesleyan) Martin Dimitrov (Dartmouth) “Tracking public opinion under authoritarianism: The case of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin.” Mark Kramer (Harvard) “Soviet national security affairs and policymaking during the Brezhnev era.” Eric McGlinchey (George Mason) “Central Asia under Brezhnev.” Nikolai Mitrokhin (Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, Bremen) “The KPSS Central Committee Apparatus, 1970-85: functions in the Soviet political system and the staff.” Discussant: Valerie Sperling (Clark) POLITICAL ECONOMY Friday October 20, 11.00-12.30 Chair James McGuire (Wesleyan) Cindy Buckley (SSRC) “Population and health under Brezhnev: A harbinger of things to come?” Linda Cooke (Brown) “The Soviet social contract revisited: Critiques, re-considerations, consequences for post-communism.” Vladimir Kontorovich (Haverford) “What was the Soviet economy?” Joachim Zweynert (Hamburg) “The Soviet economy of the Brezhnev years through the lens of contemporary Soviet economists.” Vitaly Naishul “The Brezhnev administrative market and its follow-ups.” Discussant Peter Rutland (Wesleyan) SOCIETY Friday, October 20, 1.30-3.00 Chair Phil Pomper (Wesleyan) Kate Brown (U of Maryland, Baltimore) “‘We had everything’: socialism in one (closed) city.” Lauren Mccarthy (U Mass Amherst) “Law and informal practices in the Soviet Union.” Serguei Oushakine (Princeton) “Against the Cult of Things": Crimes of Late Soviet Consumption.” Doug Rogers (Yale) “Nostalgia for Stagnation? Post-Soviet Villagers Recall Rural Socialism.” Discussant Ethan Pollock (Brown) CULTURE Friday October 20, 3.30-5.00: Chair Paul Bushkovitch (Yale) Yitzhak Brudny (Hebrew University) “Russian nationalism.” Christine Evans (U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) “Television and political authority under Brezhnev.” Victoria Smolkin-Rothrock (Wesleyan) “The meaning of life and the problem of indifference: The spiritual crisis of late Soviet Communism”” Sergei Zhuk (Ball State) “Detente, mass culture from the West, ‘disco mafia’ and Russification of Soviet Ukraine during the Brezhnev era.” Discussant Justine Buck Quijada (Wesleyan) Source: Dr. Serguei Oushakine http://d-princetonian.livejournal.com/251348.html#cutid1

Lev Kuleshov Guide at Princeton

I have created a guide on Лев Влади́мирович Кулешо́в (1899—1970) — советский кинорежиссёр, теоретик кино. Народный артист РСФСР. This guide can be accessed here.

I have created a library guide that provides access to various primary resources on Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russia and Central Asia. This guide is work in progress, and I would love your feedback. Some of the contents of this guide is proxy protected. The guide can be accessed here.

In Memoriam: Steve Jobs Obituary
His achievements and obituary can be accessed here.

Daniil Kharms Library Guide Created at Princeton!

I have created a concise guide that would help our students who are researching Daniil Kharms.

Soviet Samizdat Periodicals By Ann Komaromi at University of Toronto Libraries

Site Self-description: "Soviet Samizdat Periodicals is a database of information about editions of classic Soviet samizdat, 1956-1986. The Database includes approximately 300 titles, representing all known types of samizdat periodical editions from this late Soviet era, including human rights bulletins, poetry anthologies, rock zines, religious and national editions. The Database is fully searchable. Researchers will find detailed bibliographic and archival information. The site also includes information about samizdat and dissidence for the general public. The website is intended to provide a forum for continuing discussion about this outstanding phenomenon of recent history."
This site can be accessed at http://samizdat.library.utoronto.ca/

Turkmen Feature Film Guides Launched at Princeton University Library!

It is my great pleasure to announce launch of a library guide that is dedicated to Turkmenistan's Feature Films. The guide can be accessed here.