REEI Panel Discussion on Crisis in Ukraine

Q&A with an Army Linguist (PIZZA SERVED!)

Drop-in Question/Answer Session with an Army Linguist

Friday, Oct. 11, 2013

Ballantine Hall 565

1:30-3:30

Ryan McMeen, IU alumnus and current Army Linguist will be on hand to discuss his career path and answer questions.

Come at 1:30 for pizza!

Ryan McMeen is a Sergeant in the United States Army.  He graduated from Homestead High School in 2003 and subsequently enrolled at Indiana University Bloomington.  During his time at IU, Ryan studied Russian, German, Czech, and a little Georgian on the side before studying abroad in Olomouc, Czech Republic in 2005; in Freiburg, Germany, 2005-2006; and finally, in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2006-2007.  Ryan received his Bachelor’s with a double major in Slavic Languages and Literatures and Germanic Studies with a Minor in Russian and East European Studies. Afterwards, Ryan waded through a difficult job market, landing opportunities from grocery store cashier to a counselor at a Russian-immersion children?s camp in Bimidji, MN before becoming a Russian teacher for grades 3-5 in Memphis, TN.  After 6 months, Ryan decided he needed something less stressful and enlisted in the Army as a Cryptologic Linguist (35P).  After basic training, Ryan enrolled in the Defense Language Institute where he studied Modern Standard Arabic, and then he studied Pashto at Diplomatic Language Services, returning as a qualified Pashto linguist. Ryan makes regular use of all of his language skills in his job at Fort Gordon supporting forces engaged in the war on terror.  

Sponsored by the Russian and East European Institute.

Third Annual McCloskey Lecture:
“A Future for Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe”

The Russian and East European Institute and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures present the

Third Annual McCloskey Lecture:
“A Future for Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe”

Victor Jackovich
First US Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wednesday April 17, 4:00 pm

IMU University Club, President’s Room

Wine and cheese reception to follow the lecture

The annual McCloskey Lecture honors the memory of the late Frank McCloskey, who represented Indiana’s 8th District in Congress from 1983 to 1995. As a congressman who took a passionate interest in the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, he withstood the resistance of his party and the White House by persistently advocating for US action to stop the genocide in former Yugoslavia. His efforts spurred US involvement in the diplomatic process that eventually led to the Dayton Accords of 1995. After an unsuccessful re-election campaign in 1994, McCloskey devoted his energies to the cause of ending ethnic strife in the Balkans, making numerous trips to Bosnia and serving the National Democratic Institute as Kosovo Director.

Following his graduation from IU in 1971 with BA/MA degrees in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Victor Jackovich embarked on a distinguished career in the US government spanning four decades. He directed the Department of State’s Task Force on the Balkan Crisis (1990–1991), headed the first US representation to the independent state of Moldova (1992) and led US delegations to international conferences on the Balkans in Geneva and elsewhere (1992–1993). He opened the US embassy in Bosnia (1994) and spent the conflict years in Bosnia as its first US ambassador (1992–1995), before going on to serve as US Ambassador to Slovenia (1995-1998) and Associate Director of the George Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany (1999-2002).

Persons with disabilities who wish to attend the lecture and would like to request assistance should contact the REEI office (812-855-7309 or reei@indiana.edu).

Katherine Hendley on Russia's Courts

Thursday, April 11
4:00 pm
Faculty Conf. Room (3rd Floor)
Maurer School of Law

The Law & Society Center Workshop will host a presentation by Kathryn Hendley (U. Wisconsin –Madison) who will present her paper “Is Justice Possible in Russia's Courts? An Analysis from the Bottom Up.” Light refreshments will be provided.

After Benghazi: Making Sense of the Protests

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PANEL DISCUSSION

 

Asma Afsaruddin, Chair & Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Sumit Ganguly, Professor of Political Science Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations

Feisal Istrabadi, University Scholar in International Law and Diplomacy and Director, Center for the Study of the Middle East

Nazif Shahrani, Professor of Anthropology, Central Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Abdulkader Sinno, Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies

Regina Smyth, Associate Professor of Political Science

 

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Woodburn Hall 111

7:15 pm

 

REEI Calendar of Events 8/16/2012-8/30/2012

Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:

1.      The Collective Action Factor: Russian Mass Protests 2011-2012” ­­–­ in Russian by Anton Sobolev of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow

2.      Tuesday, August 28: “Governor’s Dilemma: Social and Economic Policy Trade-Offs in the Russian Regions” by Irina Soboleva of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow

3.      Wednesday, August 29: REEI Fall Reception

Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:

1.      “Ready for Democracy? Religion and Political Culture in the Orthodox and Islamic Worlds” Conference at Indiana University Bloomington, February 28-March 2, 2013

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In addition to being sent with the weekly calendar, many relevant calendar items can be found through the REEI website.  Events can be found on the REEI Onestart Calendar and our list of  Upcoming and Ongoing Events.  For more funding, conference, publication and other opportunities see our Opportunities webpage.

If you would like to submit an item for REEI to advertise, please send an e-mail to  reei@indiana.edu with detailed information about the event or opportunity and, if possible, a flyer. For inclusion in the weekly digest it is strongly recommended that you submit your item by 5:00 PM on Tuesday of the week you would like it to be run.

REEI Calendar of Events 3/29-4/5

Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:

1.  Friday, March 30: "Translation as an Element of Agency: The Pitfalls and Potentials of Translating Johan Turi's An Account of the Sámi into English"

2.  March 30-31: Romanian Studies Conference

3.  Monday, April 2: "Portrait of a Russian Province" by Catherine Evtuhov

4.  Wednesday, April 4: "The Islamic State and Moral Philosophy: Engaging Post-Modernity" by Wael Hallaq

5.  Friday, April 6: REEI Roundtable on Post-Communism "Energy and Conservation"

6.  Monday, April 9: "Politics and Organized Crime in Croatia" by Dalibor Dolezal

7.  Tuesday, April 10: "The Implications of Turkish Membership for the European Union" by Neill Nugent

Cultural Events:

1.  "Hipsters" a Russian Musical

2.  Thursday, March 29: Estonian Film: "Kinnunen"

3.  Thursday, March 29: Russian Film: «Ночной дозор» с Алекс Хантер

4.  Saturday, March 31: Russian Film "My Perestroika"

5.  Sunday, April 1: Navruz (Celebrate the Central Asian New Year)

6.  Saturday, April 14: The Hungarian Cultural Association's Spring Picnic

Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:

1.  Call for Papers: 4th Annual Yuri Lotman Days At Tallinn University, Due April 11

2.  Call for Nominations: 2012 International Tracing Service Seminar, Due April 13

3.  Call for Articles: History of Communism in Europe, Due April 15

4.  Call for Articles: The Semiotics Of August In The 20th Century, Due April 15

5.  Call for Papers: Socialist Realist Art: Production, Consumption, Aesthetics, Due April 20

6.  Call for Papers: “Representing the Past in Architecture” Due: April 30

7.  Call for Papers: 12th Aleksanteri Conference: Competition and Good Society - the Eastern Model, Due, April 30

8.  Call for Papers: International Symposium “Media and Value Priorities of Society”  Due: April 31

9.  Call for Papers: International Conference: World War II, Nazi Crimes, and the Holocaust in the USSR, Due May 15

10.Call for Papers: Decadence or Renaissance? Russian Literature since 1991, Due: May 18

11.Call for Papers: Post-Atheism: Religion, Society and Culture in Post-communist Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Due: June 01

12.Call for Papers: Perspectives on the “Great” War (Rückblick auf den Ersten Weltkrieg), Due: September 1

Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:

1.  SWSEEL: The Summer Language Workshop at Indiana University

2.  Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Fellowships in Central European Studies, Due March 30

3.  REEI/Mellon Conference Travel Grants, Due April 1

4.  REEI/Mellon International Faculty Travel Grants, Due April 1

5.  SSRC Eurasia Program Title VIII Summer Workshops in Quantitative Methods, Due April 10

6.  George Washington University Visiting Fellowship on Russia’s Global Engagement, Due April 15

7.  Robert C. Tucker/Stephen F. Cohen Dissertation Prize, Due April 15

8.  The Wilson Center East European Studies Junior Scholars’ Training Seminar, Due April 15

9.  2012 Summer Research Laboratory, Due April 15

10.Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant, Due April 15

11.Serbian Language and Cultural Workshop Scholarship, Due May 1

12.Grants for World History Curriculum Reform In Europe, MENA, N. America, Due May 31

13.ASEEES Graduate Student Essay Prize, Due June 1

14.Postdoctoral Position in DFG Research Training Group (“Graduiertenkolleg”) 1681 “Privacy. Forms, Functions,Transformations”, Due June 15

Other Announcements:

1.  Friday, March 30: International Work: Careers with IGOS and NGOS

2.  Friday, March 30: MultiVisions Communications Conference

3.  Tuesday, April 3: Employer Panel: Marketing Yourself for the Job and Internship Search

4.  Wednesday, April 4: Spanish Language, Latin America, and Caribbean Career Night

5.  Wednesday, April 4: CIA National Clandestine Service (information session)

6.  May 17-17, 2012: Workshop in Slavic Linguistics

7.  Call For Participation: The Third International Conference On Islam

8.  Online Elementary Macedonian Course at UNC Chapel Hill

9.  Online Elementary Croatian Course from the University of Zagreb

Language Tables and Coffee Hours

1.      Friday, March 30: Czech Language Table

2.      Friday, March 30: Russian Language Table

3.      Friday, March 30: Serbo-Croat Language Table

4.      Saturday, March 31: Ukrainian Language Table

5.      Monday, April 2: Hungarian Coffee Hour

6.      Tuesday, April 3: Finnish Coffee Table

7.      Thursday, April 5: Estonian Language Table

8.      Thursday, April 5: Romanian Language Table

9.      Thursday, April 5: Polish Table

REEI Events

Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:

1.      Friday, February 10: “From Virtue to Virtuality: Property, Commerce, and the Quest for Masculine Character from Dostoevsky to DeLillo” by Professor Russell Valentino

2.      Saturday, February 11: Teacher Workshop: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia

3.      Wednesday, February 15: Information Session about Studying Abroad in Central and Eastern Europe

4.      Friday, February 17: Nonprofit Career Forum

5.      Friday, February 24: 17^th Annual Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Graduate Student Conference

Cultural Events:

1.  Sunday, February 12: Human Trafficking Film Series “Blind Mountain”

2.  Monday, February 13: Film at IU Cinema “Werkmeister Harmonies” by Béla Tarr

3.  Tuesday, February 14: West European Studies Valentine’s Day Bakeoff

4.  February 16: Russian Film «Питер ФМ» с Коди Браунстейн

5.  Saturday February 18: Jovan Dučić Choir’s Pre-Lenten Ćevap Dinner/Dance Fundraiser

Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:

1.  Call for Papers: Council for European Studies at Columbia University First Article Prize, Due February 15

2.  Call For Spring 2013 Course Proposals: Global Village Living-Learning Center at Indiana University, Due February 15

3.  Call For Papers: New Perspectives On East-European Youth Cultures, Due February 15

4.  Call for Papers: Adaptation of Language Resources and Tools for Processing Cultural Heritage Objects, Due February 25

5.  Call for Papers: 32nd Annual Slavic Forum, Due March 16

6.  Sixth Annual CLAC Conference: Exploring Approaches to Cultures & Languages Across the Curriculum, Registration Deadline March 7

7.  Call for Workshop Papers: The German Diaspora in Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, Due March 31

8.  Call for Papers: 10th International Biographic Readings “The Right to a Name: Biography in the 20th Century” in Memory of Veniamin Iofe, Due April 1

9.  Call for Course Proposals: Central East European Summer University 2013, Due April 5

10.Call for Articles: History of Communism in Europe, Due April 15

11.Call for Articles: The Semiotics Of August In The 20th Century, Due April 15

12.Call for Papers: International Symposium “Media and Value Priorities of Society” Due: April 31

13.Call for Papers: VIII International Academic Conference Tolstoy and World Literature, Due June 1

Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:

1.      Postdoctoral Fellowship for Transregional Research: Inter-Asian Contexts and Connections, Due February 13

2.      REEI/Mellon Summer Pre-Dissertation Travel Grants, Due February 15

3.      Institute for Advanced Study Funding Opportunities 2012-2013

4.      ARISC Collaborative Heritage Management in the Republic of Armenia, Due February 17

5.      International Enhancement Grants & Pre-dissertation Grants, Due February 17

6.      Aleksanteri Institute Visiting Fellowships 2012-2013, Due February 24

7.      Post-Doc Fellowship in History/Philosophy of Science or Anthropology at American University of Central Asia, Due February 24

8.      Senior and Junior Fellowships: Central European University, Institute for Advanced Study (CEU -IAS) Budapest, Hungary, Due February 29

9.      Call for doctoral studentships at The Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS), Due March 1

10.  Fellowship in Ethnographic Writing at UTSC, Due March 1

11.  2012 Estophilus Scholarship Applications, Due March 1

12.  REEI/Mellon Dissertation Write-Up Fellowship (One Semester), Due March 1

13.  REEI/Mellon Summer Faculty Research Fellowships, Due March 1

14.  REEI/Mellon Faculty Grants-in-Aid of Research, Due March 1

15.  Title VIII Fellowships for Summer Language Study Abroad, Due March 1

16.  2012-2013 Sara and Albert Reuben Scholarships To Support the Study of the Holocaust

17.  4th Annual Rossica Young Translators Award,  Due March 15

18.  Post-Secondary Curriculum Development Grants, Due March 15

19.  Postdoctoral and Doctoral Fellowships in Russian and East European Studies in Israeli Universities, Due March 15

20.  Paul Celan Fellowship 2012-2013 for Translators, Due March 25

21.  REEI/Mellon Conference Travel Grants, Due April

22.  REEI/Mellon International Faculty Travel Grants, Due April 1

23.  2012 Summer Research Laboratory, Due April 15

24.  The Rachel Tanur Prize for Visual Sociology, Due April 20

25.  Serbian Language and Cultural Workshop Scholarship, Due May 1

26.  Durham University Fellowships

27.  Second Annual Marc Raeff Book Prize, Due June 30

Other Announcements:

1.  Russian Cultural Association Weekly Walk and Talk, Wednesdays, 8pm

2.  IUB Libraries Workshops (Spring Semester 2012)

3.  Collegium Civitas International Professional Internships in Warsaw, Poland

4.  Compass Translation Award: 2012 – Marina Tsvetaeva Competition

5.  May 17-17, 2012: Workshop in Slavic Linguistics

6.  MA in International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy: Dubrovnik International University in Cooperation with the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy

7.  Indiana University Internship Program in Sustainability, Due February 17

8.  Study Abroad: Energy in Central Asia Program (ECAP), Due March 1

9.  Fall 2012 State Department Internship, Due March 2

10.Fourth International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine "Violence and its Aftermath in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Context", Due April 15

11.Warsaw Summer School Gender Studies, Due May 13

12.Prague Summer Schools 2012, Due May 15

Language Tables and Coffee Hours

1.      Friday, February 10: Czech Language Table

2.      Friday, February 10: Russian Language Table

3.      Friday, February 11: Serbo-Croat Language Table

4.      Saturday, February 11: Ukrainian Language Table

5.      Monday, February 13: Hungarian Coffee Hour

6.      Tuesday, February 14: Finnish Coffee Table

7.      Thursday, February 16: Estonian Language Table

8.      Thursday, February 16: Romanian Language Table

9.      Thursday, February 16: Polish Table