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Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
4. The American Council of Learned Societies: Fellowships and Grants in East European Studies, 2010-11
Other Announcements:
Language Tables and Coffee Hours:
Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
1. Thursday, September 23, 2010: Colonel J. Mattox, Defense Threat Reduction University (Department of Defense), "The Semiotics of Military Deception: A Moral Evaluation"
5:30-6:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 003
Deception – an important semiotic phenomenon – always has played, and continues to play, a significant role in military operations at all levels. Nevertheless, its significance does not override the reality that deception, like so many other semiotic phenomena of war, is subject to limitations imposed by the demands of morality. Those demands include the imperative that military professionals act in good faith even with those who are their adversaries. Military leaders sensitive to this reality are far better equipped to use deceptive measures in a way that minimizes their long-term negative effects than are those who ignore the moral dimension of deception. U.S. Army Colonel John Mark Mattox, Dean of the Defense Threat Reduction University – the Department of Defense's premier training and education institution for matters relative to nuclear and radiological weapons – will discuss the interrelationships among semiotics, military tactics, and morality as they pertain to this phenomenon.
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM , Ballantine Hall 003
Velesova kniga stands at the ideological epicenter of the growing Russian neo-pagan "industry," which reveres it as an "ancient, sacred, runic text" of the late eighth or ninth century. This text has become an empty vessel that a nation searching for a "usable past" (and thus creating a different future) for itself is filling with new mythology. The presentation outlines the checkered history of the Book of Veles and examines its role in the attempt to craft a new, self-respecting Russian identity in the face of collapse of empire.
3. Thursday, September 30, 2010: Stefanie Sigrid Rehm (Liason for the Brussels Office of the State Chancellery of Saxony), “20th Anniversary of German Reunification”
12:30PM-2:00PM, Maple Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Discussion with brown bag lunch. Sponsored by the American Council on Germany along with the Indianapolis Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany, the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago, and the Indiana University Bloomington West European Studies Center and Department of Germanic Studies.
Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
Deadline for Submissions: December 1, 2010
Studies in Slavic Cultures is now accepting submissions for the 2011 issue. The theme of this issue is “Postmodernism” and we welcome graduate student submissions investigating any aspect of this topic in relation to literary, visual, performative, and other areas of contemporary culture in Russia and Eastern Europe.
We understand postmodernism to mean a cultural tendency emerging globally in the wake of World War II. Beginning in the 1970s, the particular iteration of postmodernism of the Soviet bloc responds to the tropes of modernity and the imposed aesthetic practice of Socialist Realism, among other things. The demise of the Soviet Union brought about an explosion of new texts as
artists eagerly appropriated and reworked a plethora of previously unexplored themes, images, and material from both East and West. The question is now open as to whether postmodernism is at an end, whether all texts are finally played out, and whether the author is really and truly dead. We propose no solution to this question, but seek rather to explore what may be the outermost limits of this period.
We understand postmodernism to mean a cultural tendency emerging globally in the wake of World War II. Beginning in the 1970s, the particular iteration of postmodernism of the Soviet bloc responds to the tropes of modernity and the imposed aesthetic practice of Socialist Realism, among other things. The demise of the Soviet Union brought about an explosion of new texts as
artists eagerly appropriated and reworked a plethora of previously unexplored themes, images, and material from both East and West. The question is now open as to whether postmodernism is at an end, whether all texts are finally played out, and whether the author is really and truly dead. We propose no solution to this question, but seek rather to explore what may be the outermost limits of this period.
Submissions should concern texts produced within the bounds of postmodernism, as defined above. We understand “text” in the widest sense possible, from the monumental trace of architecture to the ephemera of performance art. Interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to postmodernism, postmodernity, and the postmodern condition will be considered.
Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2010. Queries and submissions should be sent to Hillary Brevig and Elise Thorsen at sisc@pitt.edu.
Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2010. Queries and submissions should be sent to Hillary Brevig and Elise Thorsen at sisc@pitt.edu.
May 6-7, 2011, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Goettingen, Germany
Deadline: October 8, 2010
There is a growing body of anthropological literature devoted to religious revival and religious conversion in both former and currently communist countries. Many of these studies make broader arguments about the relationship between religious practice and communist ideology, or communist forms of governance. But despite recent calls to re-examine the Cold War as a global phenomenon, studies of religion under and after communism have remained within traditionally defined area studies boundaries. This workshop seeks to cross these boundaries by asking: Is there a relationship between religion and communism writ large? What does the comparison between different forms of communism tell us about the relationship between communism, as an ideology and form of governance, and religious practice after 1989? We invite proposals that consider the impact of anti-religious propaganda and/or communist forms of governance on religious practice, the relationship between religious practice and various forms of communist and post-communist markets, comparative moralities, the nationalization of religions as well as new points of comparison for an edited volume that will seek theoretical conclusions about the current state of the field.
Critics will, of course, note that China, Vietnam and North Korea are still communist regimes, while some of the countries of the former Soviet Union, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, have been post-communist for twenty years. Others might argue that some Asian countries are communist in name only, or that many countries of the former USSR are democratic in name only.
However, it is precisely these differences that promise to yield productive results. All of these countries have experienced a history of communist social engineering, and subsequent market reforms. We wish to keep the question of whether or not individual countries are "communist" or "post-communist" open, in favor of asking, what elements of continuity and change are
relevant to religious practice? Given different political and economic situations, widely different cultural histories, and the presence of widely different religions, the similarities between Asian and European examples are all the more striking, allowing us to see more clearly the relationship between communism and religious practice.
Analyses of religious practices in communist and post-communist countries have focused primarily on the "nationalization" of religious practices under socialism, or on the way in which religious practices provide an alternative moral structure with which to counter either the communist state or the "ideological vacuum" of the post-Soviet world.
Both of these approaches highlight the way religion came to be defined in communist ideology as a false ideology destined to be replaced by atheist truth. Within this ideology, scientific atheism is progressive and modern, and bringing this awareness to the "backwards" masses justifies state intervention, and often, state violence.
There is a growing body of anthropological literature devoted to religious revival and religious conversion in both former and currently communist countries. Many of these studies make broader arguments about the relationship between religious practice and communist ideology, or communist forms of governance. But despite recent calls to re-examine the Cold War as a global phenomenon, studies of religion under and after communism have remained within traditionally defined area studies boundaries. This workshop seeks to cross these boundaries by asking: Is there a relationship between religion and communism writ large? What does the comparison between different forms of communism tell us about the relationship between communism, as an ideology and form of governance, and religious practice after 1989? We invite proposals that consider the impact of anti-religious propaganda and/or communist forms of governance on religious practice, the relationship between religious practice and various forms of communist and post-communist markets, comparative moralities, the nationalization of religions as well as new points of comparison for an edited volume that will seek theoretical conclusions about the current state of the field.
Critics will, of course, note that China, Vietnam and North Korea are still communist regimes, while some of the countries of the former Soviet Union, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, have been post-communist for twenty years. Others might argue that some Asian countries are communist in name only, or that many countries of the former USSR are democratic in name only.
However, it is precisely these differences that promise to yield productive results. All of these countries have experienced a history of communist social engineering, and subsequent market reforms. We wish to keep the question of whether or not individual countries are "communist" or "post-communist" open, in favor of asking, what elements of continuity and change are
relevant to religious practice? Given different political and economic situations, widely different cultural histories, and the presence of widely different religions, the similarities between Asian and European examples are all the more striking, allowing us to see more clearly the relationship between communism and religious practice.
Analyses of religious practices in communist and post-communist countries have focused primarily on the "nationalization" of religious practices under socialism, or on the way in which religious practices provide an alternative moral structure with which to counter either the communist state or the "ideological vacuum" of the post-Soviet world.
Both of these approaches highlight the way religion came to be defined in communist ideology as a false ideology destined to be replaced by atheist truth. Within this ideology, scientific atheism is progressive and modern, and bringing this awareness to the "backwards" masses justifies state intervention, and often, state violence.
This ideology rests on a teleology derived from the same enlightenment traditions that produced theories of secularism and secularization in Europe and America. However, both of these are ideal political visions. In practice, both secular and atheist states invoke ideas about transcendent power, creating slippages that disturb the neat division between "rational statecraft" and "irrational religion". The existence of state-sponsored atheism within the parameters of the Cold War has transformed, not only the religious practices of those living under atheist regimes, but the political valence of religion around the globe. A closer examination of the relationship between communism and religion has the potential to contribute significantly to the debate on secularism and religion as a global phenomenon.
In order to contribute to this debate we must move beyond case studies to ask broader questions:
In order to contribute to this debate we must move beyond case studies to ask broader questions:
-Does communism produce or privilege particular forms of religion, or are there merely
multiple constellations of local practice? Has existing research fetishized the communist
experience to the exclusion of local cultural factors? Is there something specific to the communist experience that prompts religious revival, or is it more productive to see contemporary religious practice as a response to capitalist reform and part of a global resurgence in public religion?
-What kinds of religious behavior are enabled, constrained or determined by communist forms of governance? How do communist ideas about community, ethnicity, gender, race, class and the nation influence the way religious communities define themselves? What kinds of selves are formed through the intersection of communism and religious practice? Do communist definitions of the "good life" and the "moral person" shape religious aspirations? And conversely, how does religion influence political projects within, as well as directed towards, communist and post-"communist states" What is the relationship between trans-national influences such as missionary networks, global economic markets, global media, or political demands for "free religious markets," and the social, political and moral habits acquired under communism?
-What kinds of religious behavior are enabled, constrained or determined by communist forms of governance? How do communist ideas about community, ethnicity, gender, race, class and the nation influence the way religious communities define themselves? What kinds of selves are formed through the intersection of communism and religious practice? Do communist definitions of the "good life" and the "moral person" shape religious aspirations? And conversely, how does religion influence political projects within, as well as directed towards, communist and post-"communist states" What is the relationship between trans-national influences such as missionary networks, global economic markets, global media, or political demands for "free religious markets," and the social, political and moral habits acquired under communism?
This workshop seeks to bring together scholars of religion in communist and former communist countries to address these theoretical questions through comparative data from a broad geographic spectrum. We invite scholars who work on religious practice in post- or currently communist countries to present their work at a two-day workshop, concluding with a round-table discussion. Our goal is to produce an edited volume that assesses the state of current research, provides clarity about what can be said about the relationship between religion and communism, and defines new directions for research.
Projects do not have to be based on comparative research, but must seek to draw theoretical conclusions that enable comparison across geographic boundaries.
Papers presented at the workshop must not be committed for publication elsewhere.
The workshop will be held at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Goettingen, Germany on May 6-7, 2011.
Please submit a paper proposal of no more than 500 words and a brief biographical description or CV to Quijada@mmg.mpg.de by October 8, 2010. Travel and accommodation will be provided for workshop participants. Papers will be circulated to all participants prior to the workshop in order to facilitate the discussion. Any questions please contact: Quijada@mmg.mpg.de
Projects do not have to be based on comparative research, but must seek to draw theoretical conclusions that enable comparison across geographic boundaries.
Papers presented at the workshop must not be committed for publication elsewhere.
The workshop will be held at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Goettingen, Germany on May 6-7, 2011.
Please submit a paper proposal of no more than 500 words and a brief biographical description or CV to Quijada@mmg.mpg.de by October 8, 2010. Travel and accommodation will be provided for workshop participants. Papers will be circulated to all participants prior to the workshop in order to facilitate the discussion. Any questions please contact: Quijada@mmg.mpg.de
3. CALL FOR PAPERS: Anthropology of Eastern Europe Review, “Health and Care Work in Postsocialist Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union”
Deadlines: October 1, 2010 (abstracts due)
November 1, 2010 (drafts of selected papers due)
The Special Issue section theme for the Fall 2010 issue is "Health and Care Work in Postsocialist Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union."
We welcome submissions that tackle health care transformations in postsocialist space. As many Eastern European states and the former Soviet republics move away from the socialized health care models and towards market-based mechanisms (in theory or in practice), the ideologies and practices of health and care work are influenced by these changes. At the same time, critical views of transformations and skepticism about promises of the global economy are abundant.
Contributors are encouraged to submit any relevant research in regards to local perceptions and practices of health and healing, interactions between states, individuals and international flows of ideas, policies, goods and people. We are interested in research that addresses the ways in which care work takes place, professionally and informally, as well as the ways in which health related ideas and products circulate.
Please send in electronic form (preferably MS Word), an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short (one paragraph) biography by October 1 to: anthroeasteuropereview@gmail.com. Those authors selected to submit complete papers (up to 6,000 words) will be asked to do so by November 1.
The Anthropology of East Europe Review (AEER), a publication of the East European Anthropology Group and SOYUZ (the Research Network for Post-socialist Cultural Studies), is a biannual edited journal of scholarship on Eastern Europe, Russia, the Balkans, and Central Asia.
Contributors are encouraged to submit any relevant research in regards to local perceptions and practices of health and healing, interactions between states, individuals and international flows of ideas, policies, goods and people. We are interested in research that addresses the ways in which care work takes place, professionally and informally, as well as the ways in which health related ideas and products circulate.
Please send in electronic form (preferably MS Word), an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short (one paragraph) biography by October 1 to: anthroeasteuropereview@gmail.com. Those authors selected to submit complete papers (up to 6,000 words) will be asked to do so by November 1.
The Anthropology of East Europe Review (AEER), a publication of the East European Anthropology Group and SOYUZ (the Research Network for Post-socialist Cultural Studies), is a biannual edited journal of scholarship on Eastern Europe, Russia, the Balkans, and Central Asia.
Our mission is to showcase fresh, up-to-date research and to help build a community of scholars who focus on the region.
October 28, University of Pittsburgh
Call for papers deadline: September 25, 2010 (EXTENDED)
We invite paper proposals for a panel on the topic of "Ethics in Romanian Cinema." The graduate student panel will be organized in conjunction with the second edition of the Romanian Film Festival organized by the Pittsburgh Romanian Studies association at the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute (New York) and the Romanian National Center for Cinema. The festival benefits from the support of the Cultural Studies Program, the Film Studies Program, the Jewish Studies Program, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, and the Russian and Eastern European Studies Program.
The new generation of Romanian filmmakers has opened the black box of the communist past, as well as Pandora's box of the uncertain present, to unravel personal ethical dilemmas, which reflect larger social problems. The slow tempo and intimate atmosphere of many of the
post-1989 feature films and shorts enable the spectators to identify with the protagonists and ponder over the way in which they might have acted had they been in a similar position.
The panel will explore a range of ethical problems raised by post-1989 Romanian cinema. How do harsh socio-economic conditions shape personal decisions? What are the strategies employed by Romanian filmmakers to underscore the interdependence between individual and collective responsibility? What is the relation between the gritty aesthetics of these movies and the troublesome ethical questions they pose? How are people adjusting their personal ethical compass to the new political, economic, and judicial systems introduced in the wake of the 1989 revolution?
Symposium topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
The new generation of Romanian filmmakers has opened the black box of the communist past, as well as Pandora's box of the uncertain present, to unravel personal ethical dilemmas, which reflect larger social problems. The slow tempo and intimate atmosphere of many of the
post-1989 feature films and shorts enable the spectators to identify with the protagonists and ponder over the way in which they might have acted had they been in a similar position.
The panel will explore a range of ethical problems raised by post-1989 Romanian cinema. How do harsh socio-economic conditions shape personal decisions? What are the strategies employed by Romanian filmmakers to underscore the interdependence between individual and collective responsibility? What is the relation between the gritty aesthetics of these movies and the troublesome ethical questions they pose? How are people adjusting their personal ethical compass to the new political, economic, and judicial systems introduced in the wake of the 1989 revolution?
Symposium topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
-heroes and anti-heroes of the communist and post-communist period
-correlations between ethics and aesthetics
-morality and the law
-ethics and the media
-the generation gap
-the convergence of multiple temporalities
-memories, melancholy, estrangement
-the relationship between East and West
-skepticism and pessimism
We encourage paper submissions from graduate students at all stages of research, working in any discipline - film studies, philosophy, sociology, art history, etc. Abstracts should be under 350 words.
We encourage paper submissions from graduate students at all stages of research, working in any discipline - film studies, philosophy, sociology, art history, etc. Abstracts should be under 350 words.
Final presentations should not exceed 20 minutes. Please submit abstracts and CVs to: ethicsinromaniancinema@gmail.com by September 25, 2010 (the deadline has been recently extended). We will notify selected speakers by September 30.
http://ethicsinromaniancinema.wordpress.com/
Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
Deadlines: October 1, January 15, April 1 (if funds available)
Grants-in-Aid of Research
Small grants are available to help graduate students who require modest support (up to $700/year) for research-related travel (domestic or international), travel for participation in a structured internship program, or travel for advanced language study in the Russian East European region. Grants may also be used for expenses related to publication of completed research. Students applying under this program may also be eligible for support under Office of International Programs, International Enhancement Grants. Please discuss your plans with the REEI staff before submitting an application.
Application Materials Needed:
- One REEI/Mellon Endowment graduate student application form (available at REEI, Ballantine Hall 565 and online.
- One letter of recommendation (preferably from the student's academic advisor) addressing the quality of the student's work generally.
- Itemized budget of expected expenditures.
- Current IU transcript (unofficial transcript sufficient) and CV or list of academic honors.
- For conference travel: an abstract of the paper and a copy of the conference program (or notification of the acceptance of the paper).
- For research: a statement of 1,000 words or less describing educational goals, career interests and plans; the statement should describe the project and the specific purposes for which aid is sought; it should address this activity will further the participant's academic progress and ultimately help achieve career goals.
- For internships: include documentation of confirmed acceptance by the internship provider.
REEI provides grants to help graduate students who specialize in the Russian East European region present their research at major association meetings and conferences. Student travel reimbursement is limited to minimum airfare or mileage (per IU guidelines), one night lodging, and conference registration fee. Students may also be eligible for conference travel support from the College of Arts and Sciences. Please check with your home department graduate advisor to see if you can be nominated. REEI domestic conference travel grants will not exceed $400 and international grants will not exceed $600.
Application Materials Needed:
- One REEI/Mellon Endowment graduate student application form (available at REEI, Ballantine Hall 565 and online.
- One letter of recommendation (preferably from the student's academic advisor) addressing the quality of the student's work generally.
- Itemized budget of expected expenditures.
- Current IU transcript (unofficial transcript sufficient) and CV or list of academic honors.
- For conference travel: an abstract of the paper and a copy of the conference program (or notification of the acceptance of the paper).
- For research: a statement of 1,000 words or less describing educational goals, career interests and plans; the statement should describe the project and the specific purposes for which aid is sought; it should address this activity will further the participant's academic progress and ultimately help achieve career goals.
Deadlines: October 1, January 15, April 1 (if funds available)
Grants-in-Aid of Research
Small grants are available to help graduate students who require modest support (up to $700/year) for research-related travel (domestic or international), travel for participation in a structured internship program, or travel for advanced language study in the Russian East European region. Grants may also be used for expenses related to publication of completed research. Students applying under this program may also be eligible for support under Office of International Programs, International Enhancement Grants. Please discuss your plans with the REEI staff before submitting an application.
Application Materials Needed:
- One REEI/Mellon Endowment graduate student application form (available at REEI, Ballantine Hall 565 and online).
- One letter of recommendation (preferably from the student's academic advisor) addressing the quality of the student's work generally.
- Itemized budget of expected expenditures.
- Current IU transcript (unofficial transcript sufficient) and CV or list of academic honors.
- For conference travel: an abstract of the paper and a copy of the conference program (or notification of the acceptance of the paper).
- For research: a statement of 1,000 words or less describing educational goals, career interests and plans; the statement should describe the project and the specific purposes for which aid is sought; it should address this activity will further the participant's academic progress and ultimately help achieve career goals.
Conference Travel Grants
REEI provides grants to help graduate students who specialize in the Russian East European region present their research at major association meetings and conferences. Student travel reimbursement is limited to minimum airfare or mileage (per IU guidelines), one night lodging, and conference registration fee. Students may also be eligible for conference travel support from the College of Arts and Sciences. Please check with your home department graduate advisor to see if you can be nominated. REEI domestic conference travel grants will not exceed $400 and international grants will not exceed $600.
Application Materials Needed:
- One REEI/Mellon Endowment graduate student application form (available at REEI, Ballantine Hall 565 and online).
- One letter of recommendation (preferably from the student's academic advisor) addressing the quality of the student's work generally.
- Itemized budget of expected expenditures.
- Current IU transcript (unofficial transcript sufficient) and CV or list of academic honors.
- For conference travel: an abstract of the paper and a copy of the conference program (or notification of the acceptance of the paper).
- For research: a statement of 1,000 words or less describing educational goals, career interests and plans; the statement should describe the project and the specific purposes for which aid is sought; it should address this activity will further the participant's academic progress and ultimately help achieve career goals.
Deadlines every year: October 1, January 15, and April 1 (or the following Monday if the deadline falls on a weekend)
Please find below the procedures to apply for REEI conference travel support, first for domestic and then for international conferences, through the end of academic year 2010-11 and summer 2011.
Domestic
Applications for funding of faculty travel to conferences in the United States and Canada will be evaluated and awards made twice a year. Grants will not exceed $500, and faculty members are encouraged to combine REEI funds with other IU sources. The fall application deadline is October 1. The spring application deadline is February 1, 2010. In either round, faculty members may apply for travel to conferences that will take place before August 14, 2011.
Applications will be ranked on the following basis: 1) paper presenters; 2) officers of national professional organizations whose attendance is required for committee or board meetings; 3) round table participants and panel commentators; 4) panel chairs; and 5) others.
There are no application forms. Applications should be submitted in the form of a memo either on paper or by e-mail reply to this message and should include: 1) faculty name (and any change in contact information from last year); 2) name of conference; 3) confirmation of participation on program (if it is not printed in a national newsletter that REEI receives); and 4) short abstract or title of paper or 1 paragraph statement of importance of faculty member's attendance.
The applications will be ranked according to the above priorities, and a final funding decision will be made as soon as possible after the application deadlines. Consideration will be given to the significance of the conference, the number of times REEI has supported the faculty member's travel in recent years, and the overall budget situation. Highest priority will be given to faculty whose conference travel will contribute to future teaching and research activities at Indiana University.
International
REEI has set aside special Mellon Endowment funds (up to $850 per grant) to assist a limited number of faculty members in traveling to conferences abroad during each academic year. Applicants should be presenting a paper or otherwise participating in the program as a chair or discussant on a panel or roundtable.
Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to apply to the Office of International Programs for travel support as well (“Overseas Conference Fund” program http://www.indiana.edu/~ovpia/ovpia/funding/uWide.php#OCF, with current deadlines of October 1, January 15, April 1, July 1).
Application materials needed:
- Application form for REEI Faculty Travel Grant/International
- Itemized budget of expected expenditures;
- A copy of the preliminary conference paper showing the panel on which the applicant will be participating (or confirmation of faculty member participation from conference organizers);
- An abstract of the paper;
- Faculty members not presenting a paper should include a brief statement (one page) addressing the importance of their attendance for participation on a panel of for other purposes;
- Current c.v.
Applications are available in Ballantine Hall 565 or on the web
As in all REEI travel support competitions, consideration will be given to the significance of the conference, the number of times REEI has supported the faculty member's travel in recent years, and the overall budget situation. Highest priority will be given to faculty whose conference travel will contribute to future teaching and research activities at Indiana University.
Full information about REEI faculty research and travel funding can be viewed on the web at
4. The American Council of Learned Societies: Fellowships and Grants in East European Studies, 2010-11
Deadlines vary.
For research and language training related to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of State under the Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act of 1983, as amended (Title VIII).
Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of State under the Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act of 1983, as amended (Title VIII).
All applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Dissertation fellowships (deadline: November 10, 2010) For graduate students at U.S. universities who have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation (ABDs). Applicants can apply for research fellowships for use in Eastern Europe or for writing fellowships for completing the dissertation outside of Eastern Europe after research is complete.
Early career postdoctoral fellowships (deadline: November 10, 2010): For scholars before tenure, including independent scholars.
Language grants to institutions (deadline: January 14, 2011): For U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct intensive summer language courses at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced-mastery levels.
Language grants to individuals (deadline: January 14, 2011): For attendance at intensive summer language courses (priority given to graduate students seeking to acquire the language as a basic research tool).
Travel grants (deadline: January 28, 2011): For travel to conferences to present research papers (all academic ranks).
Conference grants (deadline: January 28, 2011): To support planning workshops and conferences for the presentation of significant new research.
Request for proposals for research on heritage speakers (deadline: January 14, 2011): Individuals or collaborative teams are invited to propose socio-linguistic research on U.S. communities of heritage speakers of an East European language. The project should produce an analytical paper and a syllabus for an advanced-mastery course for heritage speakers to bring their language competence to a professional level.
Further information is available at http://www.acls.org/programs/eesp
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-6795, www.acls.org
Early career postdoctoral fellowships (deadline: November 10, 2010): For scholars before tenure, including independent scholars.
Language grants to institutions (deadline: January 14, 2011): For U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct intensive summer language courses at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced-mastery levels.
Language grants to individuals (deadline: January 14, 2011): For attendance at intensive summer language courses (priority given to graduate students seeking to acquire the language as a basic research tool).
Travel grants (deadline: January 28, 2011): For travel to conferences to present research papers (all academic ranks).
Conference grants (deadline: January 28, 2011): To support planning workshops and conferences for the presentation of significant new research.
Request for proposals for research on heritage speakers (deadline: January 14, 2011): Individuals or collaborative teams are invited to propose socio-linguistic research on U.S. communities of heritage speakers of an East European language. The project should produce an analytical paper and a syllabus for an advanced-mastery course for heritage speakers to bring their language competence to a professional level.
Further information is available at http://www.acls.org/programs/eesp
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-6795, www.acls.org
Other Announcements:
12:00-3:00PM, Woodlawn Shelter, Bryan Park
All are invited to welcome friends of the Polish Studies Center to a new academic year at the Polish Studies Center Picnic.
Please bring a dish to share: salads, meats (there will be a ready grill), side dishes, deli items, desserts, etc. All picnicware will be provided, including cups, plates, forks, knives, napkins and ice, as well as non-alcoholic beverages. Polish dishes are highly appreciated if you are able.
It has become a tradition for the Polish Studies Center to give away some duplicate items at the annual picnic. This year is no exception: we'll have videos as well as books! As before, there will be an optional donation box, so you might want to have a few dollars handy.
We also have some items that will not be on display at the picnic, but which are headed for the recycle bin unless someone claims them. If you think you might be interested in any of these, please let us know soon.
-Dialog. A nearly complete run of this Polish theater journal from the early 1980s through the late 1990s
-Puls and Znak - miscellaneous issues of these journals from the mid-1980s and early 1990s.
-Wiadomosci: this weekly was published in London in the 1970s; we have about 5 full years of it.
Sad as it may be, these are not going to be kept. Please do let me know soon if you are interested. As always: take a look at the website for news about the picnic, the Polish Table, and other upcoming events. Sponsored by the Polish Studies Center of Indiana University, 1217 E. Atwater Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana tel: (812) 855-1507 www.indiana.edu/~polishst
7:00 PM, Jordan Hall A100
You are invited to the first showing of the Czech Film Series for the year 2010-2011. Ladislav Rychman's (1964) classic "The Hop Pickers" (In Czech with English subtitles; 88 minutes) will be shown on Wednesday September 29 at 7:00 in Jordan Hall A 100. Please note that this location is different from the room in which Czech films have been shown in the past. Jordan Hall is located at 1001 E. 3rd St.
A group of teens are brought to the hop fields on a school-supervised trip. There's lots of coed working (and singing!) during the day, but at night the girls and boys are separated into two different parts of an old farmhouse. The story picks up when one student finds a secret attic and moves his belongings up there, later to be discovered by the cute girl he really likes. Rychman's first musical tells a tale of teenage love and rebellion. Sometimes referred to as "The Hop Side Story," the film is comparable to Western films of the 1960s. Introduced by Professor Bronislava Volkova.
Language Tables and Coffee Hours:
5:30 PM, Yogi’s Bar and Grill
6:00 PM, Indiana Memorial Union Starbucks
6:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
5:45 PM, Indiana Memorial Union Starbucks
2:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 244
7. Wednesday, September 29: Ukrainian Language “Salo” Hour
5:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 506
7:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
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