Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
Cultural Events:
Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
13. Call for Papers: VIII International Academic Conference Tolstoy and World Literature, Due June 1
Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
Other Announcements:
Language Tables and Coffee Hours
(Please contact specific language tables due to Thanksgiving)
1. Friday, December 2: Czech Language Table
2. Saturday, December 3: Ukrainian Language Table
3. Monday, December 5: Hungarian Coffee Hour
4. Tuesday, December 6: Estonian Language Table
5. Thursday, December 8: Romanian Language Table
6. Thursday, December 8: Polish Table
7. Thursday, December 8: Serbo-Croat Language Table
Detailed Descriptions of Events
Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
6:15 pm, December 1
Religious Studies Library (Sycamore Hall Room 224)
Join the Islamic Studies and Jewish Studies Programs for a discussion about and close reading of two essays on the role Jews played in the study of Islam in 19th century Europe. The essays we will discuss are: Ismar Schorsch, “Converging Cognates: the Intersection of Jewish and Islamic Studies in Nineteenth Century Germany” and Franz Rosenthal, “Steinschneider’s Contribution to the Study of Muslim Civilization.” PDF Flyer
December 1, Ballantine Hall 004
2-3 pm, Boren Scholarship session for undergraduate study abroad
3-4 pm, Boren Fellowship session for graduate study abroad
4:00-5:30 pm, December 5
Dogwood Room, Indiana Memorial Union
The Area Studies Programs of Indiana University are hosting a FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships) information session on Monday, December 5, 4:00 – 5:30 in the Dogwood Room at the IMU. Bring your questions and concerns. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for these awards, which provide tuition coverage and living stipend for students enrolled in foreign language and area studies courses during the academic year and summer. Here is link to the campus-wide website and application: http://www.indiana.edu/~flas/
4. “Evolutionary Law: Ideaephony in 7 Movements with Illustrations from US and Russian Law” by Vlad Radkov
7-9 pm, December 6
BLBU 111 (Kelley School of Business)
Free Food Expected
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4:30-6:30 pm, December 1
Wells House
If you are going to bring a dish to share, please let us know. Send us the name and ingredients so that we may label each dish.
Please let us know of any accomplishments this past year, as we would like to acknowledge these at the reception. We look forward to seeing you there.
West European Studies
Indiana University
(812) 855-3280
5-8 pm, December 2
Glorious Moments Fine Arts Gallery (109 E. Kirkwood Ave.)
3. Russian School of Indianapolis - Students Recital
11:30 am, December 4
In the Russian School auditorium (2825 W. 116th Street Carmel, IN 46032).
This concert is completely free and open to the public.
3-5 pm, December 4
IU Art Museum, Special Exhibitions Gallery, 1st Floor
Azerbaijani Music and the Silk Road Tradition Featuring: Ali Haghshenas, Azerbaijani garmon player from Dallas, Texas;
Shahyar Daneshgar and Behrouz Farrokhi, members of the Bloomington-based Silk Road Ensemble.
Admission is Free, Reception to Follow Concert
1:30-3:30 pm, December 4
Mathers Museum of World Cultures/Glenn Black Laboratory (416 N. Indiana Ave.)
Cultures around the world handle winter in different ways. Come create snowflakes, learn about Snow Snakes, make mittens inspired by a
Ukrainian folktale, and design your own goggles inspired by Inupiat snow goggles as the Mathers Museum celebrates winter. You’ll also have a
chance to purchase crafts at the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center Holiday Market. PDF Flyer
5:00-8:00, December 5
Center for the Study of Global Change, 201 North Indiana
Including: Song, cooking competition, and food
But not limited to: Wine, Merriment, and Good Cheer
6-9 pm, December 8
Fine Arts Building, Room 015
1 -2 pm
The show will be on every Thursday, 1pm-2pm, listen at 99.1 FM or stream online at http://www.wiux.org/
11 am, December 11
At the Russian School auditorium (2825 W. 116th Street Carmel, IN 46032).
Tickets – at the door. See ticket prices and other details (in Russian) at:
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Call for Papers
1. Call for Papers: Pragmatics Festival at Indiana University
Deadline: December 05
April 19-21, 2012, Indiana University, Bloomington
Abstracts for individual (20-minute) presentations are invited in the following areas: interlanguage pragmatics, pragmatic development, cross-cultural pragmatics, pragmatics and discourse, pragmatics and computer-mediated communication, pragmatic development in study abroad contexts, research design in the investigation of pragmatics, and other topics related to cross-cultural or second language contexts. Keynote speakers: Diana Boxer, University of Florida and César Félix-Brasdefer, Indiana University.
Invited sessions will showcase the following topics: medical discourse in cross-cultural contexts, computer-mediated communication, pragmatic development in study abroad contexts, and instruction of pragmatics. Abstracts must be one page in length (not including references), and must include title of paper, name, affiliation, address, telephone number, e-mail, and A/V requests. Abstracts should be submitted through EasyAbstracts (EasyAbs), (http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/pragfest). Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per person.
Organizing committee: Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig, César Félix-Brasdefer, and Alwiya Omar.
For more information about the conference, please send an email to pragfest@indiana.edu or visit the Pragmatics Festival website at: www.indiana.edu/~pragfest.
Deadline: December 05
Indiana University, Bloomington IN, March 30-31, 2012
In March 2012, Indiana University’s Romanian Studies Organization (RomSO) will host the fifth annual interdisciplinary Romanian Studies Conference for graduate students and recent PhDs in the humanities and social sciences.
We welcome paper proposals from graduate students and recent PhDs on any topic related to Romania, Moldova, or the Romanian diaspora in any discipline or methodology, including but not limited to history, political science, economics, international relations, anthropology,
literature, sociology, musicology, and cultural studies. Especially encouraged are papers that take an interdisciplinary approach.
Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words, along with your contact information to RomSO@indiana.edu by December 5, 2011. Please submit abstracts in .doc file format rather than .docx or .pdf. We will be pre-circulating the papers so that our commentators can provide more extensive feedback. Therefore, if your paper is selected we ask that you submit a completed paper by March 16, 2012.
3. Call for Papers: The 9th Annual Conference of the Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia
Due: December 16
February 24-26, 2012, University of Pittsburgh
Topic: “Rightly Stated? Contemporary and Historical Considerations of the State in Eastern Europe and Eurasia” featuring Keynote Speaker Professor Eugene Huskey.
Submissions: Visit goseca.pitt.edu for registration, online submission and other useful information.
Due: December 15
March 23-24, 2012, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Theme: “Affections/Afflictions/Afterlives”
SOYUZ, the Post-Communist Cultural Studies Interest group, invites paper proposals for its 2012 meeting. The symposium has met annually since 1991, and is an intimate forum where scholars (from graduate students to senior faculty) from across the world can exchange ideas.
The 2012 symposium will ponder the sentiments, the failures, and the successes around making do with those ongoing, productive connections that are afforded by infrastructures and procedures conceived during (or in response to) socialism.
How to speak about what lives “after” without abjecting the “remains”? Topical foci might draw upon themes current in the humanities and social sciences: biopolitics and biopowers (for instance, bricolage in ways of dealing with affliction, means of training the body, etc.);
knowledge-making or sentiment-forming (e.g. recombination of religious, ethnic-folk, scientific, poetic ideologies and resources); material and narrative repurposing; modes of redistribution or (re)portioning of entitlements.
The 2012 symposium will feature a keynote address by Judith Farquhar, Max Palevsky Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences and Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago.
SOYUZ began in 1991 as a regionally focused group responding to the fall of the Soviet and socialist states. Since then, it has broadened to include scholars working in any region touched by socialism, by the oppositions of socialism to capitalism, or by those phenomena formerly known as “post-socialist.” The 2012 conference organizing committee includes University of Michigan anthropologists working across regions where socialism has figured in important ways: Kelly Askew (Tanzania), Anya Bernstein (Buryatia), Krisztina Fehervary (Hungary), Alaina Lemon (Russia, Romani diaspora), Erik Meuggler (China), Damani Partridge (Germany).
Presentations may work in any discipline (anthropology, history, sociology, literary criticism and film studies, etc.) and may focus on any aspect of social life (religion, politics, kinship, sexuality, exchange, performance, etc.). At the same time, papers must strive to combine ethnographic
evidence with theory.
We hope to make a limited number of travel subsidies available to graduate students as well as to presenters from outside the United States.
Please send abstracts of 250 words by email to: amlemon@umich.edu.
Please include your full name, paper title, and academic affiliation, and please write “SOYUZ 2012” in the subject line. Papers will be selected and notifications made by January 15, 2012.
5. Call for Papers: Women’s Organisations and Female Activists in the Aftermath of the First World War: Moving Across Borders
Deadline: December 15
May 26-28, 2012, Hamline University, St Paul, Minnesota
The aim of this interdisciplinary conference is to explore major comparative themes such as citizenship, suffrage, nationalism, and women's desire to respond to extremes of need in the post-war era (dislocation, internment, violence and hunger) from a national, international and transnational perspective. It will examine the work of organizations and individuals able to move across international borders, such as the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF) or the journalist Eleanor Franklin Egan, who reported on social conditions throughout post-war Europe. The role of such women and organizations in bringing about reconciliation and facilitating cooperation between former enemy nations (cultural demobilization, ‘the dismantlement of the mindsets and values of wartime’—John Horne) will also be examined, as will the role of nationalist women's organizations in perpetuating discourses of war and in facilitating the rise of new forms of ethno-nationalism and racial intolerance (‘cultural remobilization’) during the period 1918-1923. Proposals for papers and/or panels that deal with the work of women’s organizations or female activists during the period under investigation
are invited, with particular interest in the following areas:
*cultural demobilization and remobilization
*transnational organizations and activities, transcending the nation state
*peace-building and reconstruction: a discourse of human rights
*on-going campaigns for suffrage and women’s organizations post-suffrage
*revolutionary and counter-revolutionary violence
*dislocation, disability, internment, social instability and poverty
*cultural reflections of post-war society in art, literature and film (NB: these may appear at a later date than the period under investigation)
Contributions are welcome from any field or discipline, including literary and cultural studies, sociology and social anthropology, women’s and gender studies, peace and war studies, as well as history itself.
Please send abstracts (500 words) to Ms Ingrid Sharp i.e.sharp@leeds.ac.uk and Dr David Hudson, dhudson@gw.hamline.edu.
6. Call for Papers for the 9th Annual Conference of the Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia
Due: December 16
February 24-26, 2012, University of Pittsburgh
Theme: Rightly Stated? Contemporary and Historical Considerations of the State in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Featuring Keynote Speaker Professor Eugene Huskey.
Submission Deadline: December 18, 2011
April 13-14, 2012, Madison, Wisconsin
The Third International Conference on Islam will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, on April 13-14, 2012. The objective of the conference is to create an environment for the discussion of different aspects of Islam in an academic setting and in a non-speculative way. The conference will serve the purpose of bringing together academics, scholars and researchers interested in different aspects of Islam, and will provide an opportunity to share new findings, approaches and research on Islam. Selected papers from the conference will be published as a book.
Keynote Speaker: Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Theme: “Islam and Democracy”
Scope: Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
· Islamic Theological Perspectives on Democracy
· Islam, Liberalism, and Pluralism
· Islam, Secularism, and the State
· Islam and Nationalism
· Muslim Women and Democracy
· Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
· Islam and Democracy in Central Asia
· Islam and Democracy in Europe
· Islam and Democracy: Turkey Model
· Arab Spring
Submissions:
If you are interested in giving a talk at the International Conference on Islam, please submit the following to islamconference@global.wisc.edu:
· Your full name, institutional affiliation and contact information
· 1 page CV/Bio
· The title of your presentation and a 300-word abstract
The submissions will be peer reviewed and accepted abstracts will be published in the proceedings of the conference. The file format should be *.pdf, *.doc, or *.txt.
Registration:
Each participant must register by April 1st, 2012. The registration fee is US $20 for regular participants; there is no fee for UW-Madison students with valid identification. The registration fee covers the expenses for reception and relevant materials (e.g., program, proceedings). For registration, please visit www.islamconference.org. For all questions regarding the conference, please check www.islamconference.org or contact islamconference@global.wisc.edu.
Location:
The conference will be held at the Union South on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus. For the full address and directions, check http://www.union.wisc.edu/visit-unionsouth.htm
Lodging:
You can stay at the Wisconsin Union Hotel located in Union South where the conference will be held. Here are some other suggestions for other places to stay in Madison: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/hotels.html
For more information on the conference please check www.islamconference.org, or send an email to: islamconference@global.wisc.edu
8. Call for Papers: 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference in Slavic Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Deadline: December 28
February 24-25, 2012, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Slavic Graduate Students' Association (SGSA) invites all interested graduate students to submit abstracts for our Graduate Student Conference on Discourse Across Borders: Slavic Studies from Kievan Rus to Present Day.
Constant innovation in communication and media technologies is changing the notions of nation and national identity. We have witnessed how these new technologies can facilitate political and social revolutions. At the same time, these tools can be used to further imperialist and authoritarian agendas. Most essentially, we want to ask, what is a nation and how has this concept shifted in meaning? We want to explore the inherent difficulties in contextualizing historical national traditions, and new ways of looking at the cultural traditions of post-communist nations.
We welcome papers in any discipline that enrich the study of Slavic nations. Examples include, but are not limited to:
*Nationalism, Politics and Identity
*Literature and Imaginary Homelands
*Social Media and the Diaspora
*Film, Art and Transnationalism
*Pop Culture and Language
*National Character and Memory
To present a paper, please submit an abstract (up to 300 words in length) with your full name,
institution, contact information (email address and telephone number), major area of study, and the title of the paper. If you need any audiovisual equipment, please include that as well. Submissions are due on December 28th, 2011 to Katerina Lakhmitko at klakhm2@illinois.edu.
We will let you know if your abstract has been accepted in early January. Please submit your final paper by January 20th so that we can publish it online before the conference. If you have any questions, please contact Katerina or Alejandra O. Pires at pires2@illinois.edu.
Due: January 4, 2012
March 23-25, Bloomington, Indiana University
The History Graduate Student Association at Indiana University invites panel and individual paper proposals for the Annual Paul Lucas Conference. This year’s conference “Ruptures and Revolutions: Moments of Change and Unrest” seeks to explore the impact and meaning of transformations and unrest in an increasingly global community.
Graduate and undergraduate students, journalists, activists and members of the community who study or actively engage in protests and moments of change are cordially invited to submit papers and posters addressing all topics pertaining to contemporary and past political and social movements; revolutions in technology, medicine, and science; economic and cultural change; and transnational, international, and national revolutions across space, time, and medium.
The conference welcomes submissions from a variety of fields that employ a wide array of methodologies. The committee encourages submissions of pre-organized panels (comprised of three or four panelists, in addition to the chair and a discussant), roundtable sessions, and creative poster presentations. Individual papers are also welcome and will be assigned by the Conference Committee to a suitable panel.
We ask that interested participants send a short CV, panel proposal, or paper abstract to hgsaconf2012@gmail.com. Panel proposals should include the names of participants, titles and summaries of individual papers. A/V technology will be available to participants.
Conference participation does not require a registration fee. The HGSA regrets that it cannot provide any travel funding to participants. Visiting participants should contact hgsaconf2012@gmail.com to inquire about accommodations.
Themes can include, but are not limited to:
- Technology, Medicine, and Science
- Land, Space, and Human Geographies
- Social, International, and Environmental Law
- Performance, Aesthetics, and Tradition
- Oral History and Material Culture
- History, Memory, and Identity
- Environment and Sustainability
- Media and Visual Culture
- Rhetoric, Language, and Representation
- Community Activism and Civil Society
Deadline: January 15, 2012
May 3-5, 2012
The 6th Annual Graduate Conference in European History (GRACEH), organized by the University of Vienna (Universität Wien, Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät) in cooperation with the Central European University (CEU), Budapest and the European University Institute (EUI), Florence.
Theme: “Transformation in European History. Preconditions – Processes – Perceptions"
The “transition” of political systems in Southern Europe and Latin America since the 1970s and the revolutionary changes in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989/91 have resulted in the rise of “transformation studies” in social sciences. The term transformation is commonly understood as the politically steered transition from communist dictatorship to democracy, from a planned
to a market economy, and from a closed to an open society. In contrast to this teleological reading the 6th GRACEH conference intends to explore a historical approach to transformation. A very broad working definition of the term would characterize transformation as a “period of especially intense and accelerated structural changes on a political, social, economic, and cultural level” that were caused by major political and social upheavals such as the breakdown of the continental empires in 1918, the French Revolution in the late 18th century, or the Reformation. Unlike the social sciences, we wish to broaden the application as far back as to the beginning
of modern age. In what way can this concept of transformation be applied to contemporary, modern and early modern contexts? What kind of adjustments of the concept are required for the historicization of transformation?
The following three key aspects will serve as guiding questions throughout the conference:
*Which preconditions lead to periods of transformation? Which triggers, causes and turning points can be identified?
*On which levels does transformation occur? How can the complexity of transformation processes be analyzed without being trapped in teleological assumptions?
* How is transformation perceived and interpreted by internal and external observers? How do transformation discourses influence the process itself?
The conference invites postgraduate and early career researchers in history and related disciplines to submit their papers dealing with this broad concept of transformation on the basis of textual and visual sources from the modern age onward. The proposals should consider and discuss political, social, and cultural dimensions, causes, evolution and perceptions of
transformation. In order to enrich the discussion the Graceh organizers have invited Gudrun Gersmann (DHI Paris/Universität Köln) and Christian Gerlach (Universität Bern) as external keynote speakers.
We look forward to receiving submissions on topics including but not limited
to the following research areas:
*Continuity and discontinuity in transformation periods
*Agents of transformation
* Transfers and transnational dimensions of transformation
* Synchronic and diachronic comparative approaches for a history of transformation(s)
*Historical source material of transformation research
* Macro- and microhistorical approaches to transformation
*Legitimizations of transformation such as nation building, independence, liberty, and economical welfare, social movements, social network analysis, gender issues
The main conference language is English.
The conference has no registration fee. We offer logistic help to find good and low budget accommodation near the University of Vienna. A limited part of the travel cost for external participants can be covered on the basis of individual request (if you like to apply for a stipend, please provide documentation about your economic situation).
Please submit your proposal of max. 300 words and your CV by using the application form to graceh2012@univie.ac.at. You can download the application form on the congress website: http://www.univie.ac.at/graceh2012
For further questions, please contact the organizers by e-mail: graceh2012@univie.ac.at or see the Congress website.
Deadline, January 31
Russian Journal of Communication, Special Issue: Russian Interpersonal Communication
What is interpersonal communication? Is it a universal form of communication or does it vary cross-culturally? To broaden the conversation concerning interpersonal communication and culture, the Russian Journal of Communication calls for papers that will advance our understanding of Russian interpersonal communication. As guest editors for a special issue of RJC to be published in 2012, we welcome the submission of original papers on one of the following themes concerning Russian interpersonal communication: interpersonal communication in Russia or abroad; comparative studies of Russian interpersonal communication and others; interpersonal relationships (relational development, maintenance, and dissolution); face-to-face and mediated interpersonal communication and relationships; interpersonal conflict; language and social interaction; intercultural interpersonal communication; gender, ethnic, and intergenerational differences in interpersonal communication; persuasion and mutual influence in interpersonal communication; communicative competence and interpersonal skills.
Papers addressing Russian interpersonal communication from any theoretical or methodological perspective are encouraged. Papers should be approximately 30 double-spaced pages including references in APA style. Please see the Journal’s information for authors at http://www.russcomm.ru/eng/rca_projects/rjoc/guidelines.shtml for more information.
Please send your submissions electronically to the issue's co-editors by January 31, 2012:
Olga Leontovich: olgaleo@list.ru, Artemi Romanov: artemi80309@gmail.com, or Michelle Scollo: michellescollo@gmail.com
12. Call for Papers: FASL 21, The Twenty-First Annual Workshop on Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics
Deadline for Submission: February 01, 2012
May 11-13, 2012, Bloomington, Indiana
FASL 21 will be preceded by a special session on Slavic Computational Linguistics: Computational Approaches to Slavic Languages, 10–11 May 2012 and followed by a free Workshop in Slavic Linguistics, 14–17 May 2012
Call for Papers: Abstracts are invited for 30-minute presentations (plus 10 minutes discussion) on any topic dealing with formal aspects of Slavic syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology,
phonetics, including language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics. Computational talks will be organized into the special session.
Abstracts are limited to *TWO PAGES* and should be* ANONYMOUS*. Abstract
submissions should be made via the Easy Chair Conference System. Specific
instructions will be made available on the conference website: http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/fasl21.html.
Authors are advised to re-check examples and glosses with speakers of the languages involved.
Organizing Committee:
Muamera Begović mbegovic@indiana.edu
George Fowler gfowler@indiana.edu
Steven Franks franks@indiana.edu
Markus Dickinson md7@indiana.edu
Melissa Witcombe mwitcomb@indiana.edu
Ksenia Zanon kzanon@indiana.edu
Contacts:
e-mail: fasl21@indiana.edu
phone: (812) 855/9906-3272
fax: (812) 855- 2107
Due: June 1
August 11-15, 2012
On August 11-15, 2012, the State Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana will host the VIII International Academic Conference Tolstoy and World Literature. We invite applications for papers on Tolstoy's work and art in the context of Russian and world literature, history, philosophy, and religion. On August 14, there will be a round table discussion dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the 1812 war and Tolstoy's War and Peace. Traditionally the Conference is organized with reference to Tolstoy's personal library with books and periodicals in 39 foreign languages. The proceedings of the Conference will be published.
Accommodation, meals, cultural program and transportation from Moscow to Yasnaya Polyana and back are covered by the organizers.
The deadline for applications is June 1st, 2012. The application includes the information about the participant and the abstract of the paper to be presented. Those who need an invitation for a visa must send the following information BY FEBRUARY 15, 2012: a copy of the front passport page, home institution, address, telephone, and the place where the visa will be issued.
Please forward your application to Galina Alekseeva: gala@tgk.tolstoy.ru or galalexeeva@tula.net. Telephones: (48751)76-1-41, (4872)38-67-10
Those with questions can contact Donna Orwin at donna.orwin@utoronto.ca.
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1. 2012 IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium: Transnational Crime and Corruption in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Application Deadline: December 9, 2011
April 18-20, 2012, Washington, DC
*Grant Opportunity for Graduate/PhD Students Pre-Tenure Faculty, Scholars, and Professionals*
IREX, in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Kennan Institute (WWC), is pleased to announce its 2012 Regional Policy Symposium, “Transnational Crime and Corruption in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.” The research symposium, supported by the United States Department of State (Title VIII Program), will bring American junior and senior scholars and members of the policy community together to examine and discuss transnational crime and corruption in Eastern Europe and Eurasia from multi-disciplinary perspectives. Topics may include: organized crime, corruption, human trafficking, drug trafficking, illicit trade, terrorism, cyber crime, financial crime and environmental crime, among others.
Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national competition to present their current research on the topic of the Symposium. Grants will be awarded to approximately ten junior scholars.
The Symposium is scheduled to take place April 18-20, 2012 in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and will involve two full days of reviews of current research projects, roundtable discussions, and the dissemination of research results to the policy community through a networking event.
Technical Eligibility Requirements: Applicants must be US citizens and applicants must either be currently enrolled in an MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD or PhD program or have held a graduate degree for 10 years or less. Applicants who hold an academic post must be pre-tenure.
Grant Provisions: Round-trip airfare (provided by IREX through its travel office) and/or surface transportation from anywhere in the United States to the symposium site and meals and accommodations for the duration of the symposium.
To learn more about the 2012 Regional Policy Symposium, please send e-mail inquiries to symposium@irex.org or visit the program webpage: http://www.irex.org/project/regional-policy-symposium
Application materials are available on the IREX website at:
Graduate Fellowships, American Research Institute of the South Caucasus
Due: December 30
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) announces the availability of US graduate fellowships in support of research in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, and/or Azerbaijan). Awards will be made for a maximum of $1500 each. Projects in all fields in the social sciences and humanities are eligible. Proposals will be judged on their quality and on the potential of the research to strengthen scholarship on the Southern Caucasus. The purpose of the
fellowship is to help cover travel to and/or living expenses in the Southern Caucasus. During his/her stay in the Southern Caucasus, the fellow is expected to give an ARISC sponsored presentation on a subject related to his/her research. The fellow will acknowledge ARISC
in any publication that emerges from the research carried during the fellowship.
Application requirements: Please send a complete application including the application form, a project statement of not more than 3 pages, work schedule, budget, and curriculum vitae, by December 30, 2011 to info@arisc.org. Two letters of recommendation must also be submitted.
All information must be received by December 30, 2011 in order for the applicant to be considered for the fellowship. Please see http://arisc.org/RESOURCES/Funding-Opportunities/ARISC-Fellowships for the full description of the fellowship as well as the application form.
Due: January 15
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.
Deadlines: January 15, April 1 (if funds available), October 1
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.
Due: January 15
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.
Deadlines: January 15, April 1 (if funds available), October 1
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.
Due: January 15
The Russian and East European Institute administers the Mellon Faculty Grants-in-Aid of Research Program funded by the REEI Mellon Endowment. Under this program, all regular Institute faculty are eligible to apply for research grants of up to $700 per year. Priority will be given to the support of innovative proposals that show clear promise of developing into research projects of major significance and ultimately attracting substantial outside funding.
Priority will also be given to proposals that encourage research collaboration between faculty and graduate students and to well-qualified applicants who have not previously held grants under this program. Recipients of REEI Summer Faculty Research Fellowships are not eligible to receive this award a second time for the same project in a single academic year. Among the kinds of activities which might be supported are:
· Travel and per diem to initiate or complete research for a project.
· Support of research assistants.
· Source materials acquisition, photo-copying and computer expenses.
· Clerical support.
Application materials needed:
· The application form, including a budget statement and project description;
· A current curriculum vitae;
· Two letters of recommendatation, one of which should come from the departmental chairperson.
Applications are available in Ballantine Hall 565 or download the grant application here.
Application Deadlines are October 1, January 15, and April 1, each year.
Application Deadlines are October 1, January 15, and April 1, each year.
6. REEI/Mellon International Faculty Travel Grants
Due: January 15
REEI has set aside special Mellon Endowment funds (up to $850 per faculty member) 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.
Application materials needed:
Application materials needed:
· Application form for Faculty Travel Grant/International
· Itemized budget of expected expenditures;
· A copy of the preliminary conference program 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 download the application here.
Applications and supporting materials are due on October 1, January 15, and April 1 of every year
National Application Deadlines
Boren Fellowship: January 31, 2012
Boren Scholarship: February 9, 2012*
*Many institutions have an earlier on-campus deadline. Visit our website for information about your campus deadline and Boren campus representative.
The applications for the 2012-2013 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.
Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan/Twi, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba, or Zulu. For a complete list of languages, visit our website.
Undergraduate students can receive up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad and graduate students up to $30,000 for language study and international research. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year.
For more information about the Boren Awards, to register for one of our upcoming webinars, and to access the on-line application, please visit www.borenawards.org. You can also contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP with questions.
The Language Flagship
The Language Flagship is a breakthrough in foreign language and culture instruction in the United States designed to help individuals achieve superior-level proficiency in critical languages including Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Persian. Flagship students participate in advanced language programs offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The Language Flagship Fellowship is an award for up to two-years for graduate students to support their intensive language study at Flagship institutions in the U.S. and overseas. Flagship Fellowships are available for the study of Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Persian at designated Flagship Programs. Eligible applicants for Flagship Fellowships must be U.S. citizens with advanced proficiency in the Flagship language of study. Past recipients of Boren Scholarships or Fellowships are eligible to apply for the Flagship Fellowship. In addition, students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate Flagship programs may apply for Boren funding to participate in overseas Flagship programs.
Flagship Fellowship Application Deadline: January 12, 2012.
Application information can be found online at www.flagshipfellowships.org. You can also email flagship@iie.org.
The Boren Awards and The Language Flagship are initiatives of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) and are administered by the Institute of International Education.
Due: February 1
Applications for funding of faculty travel to conferences in North America will be evaluated and awards made twice a year. Grants will not exceed $400, and faculty are encouraged to combine REEI funds with other IU sources. Only regular Russian and East European Institute affiliated faculty are eligible for support. Please contact REEI for information on becoming a faculty affiliate.
The fall application deadline is mid-September for travel that will be completed by January of the following year. If you intend to participate in a late fall conference for which you have not received official acceptance, please apply by mid-September and forward acceptance when it is received. The spring application deadline is February 1 for travel that will be completed by August 14 of that year.
Due: February 1
The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship is a new Fulbright U.S. Student Program for public policy students and young professionals. Opportunities available in a select number of countries outside of W. Europe in public policy areas including, but not limited to, public health, education, agriculture, justice, energy, environment, public finance, economic development, housing and communications. Application deadline is Feb. 1, 2012. Additional information at: Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship
Due: February 15
REEI offers two grants to support research-related travel for preliminary dissertation field activities such as exploring potential research sites, archives, and other research resources, establishing institutional affiliations, and identifying and meeting with scholars, archivists and specialists. The grants are primarily intended for doctoral students who will apply in the next academic year for funding to conduct dissertation research abroad.
Students who have reached the ABD stage and have formally begun dissertation research are not eligible for funding under this program. REEI/Mellon Endowment grants are limited to $2,000 per student, paid as a travel reimbursement.
Download application here.
Students who have reached the ABD stage and have formally begun dissertation research are not eligible for funding under this program. REEI/Mellon Endowment grants are limited to $2,000 per student, paid as a travel reimbursement.
Download application here.
Due: February 17
For summer 2012 sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs (OVPIA) and the University Graduate School. Grants for graduate students on any campus and in any discipline to support overseas activities. Guideline and applications at: OVPIA Graduate Student Awards
Due: March 1
One award of $7,500 plus tuition fee remission for one academic semester will provide support to an Indiana University graduate student of the Russian East European region near the completion of his or her doctoral program in any field. The fellowship is intended for applicants who have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, received approval for their research proposal, and completed all formal components of their dissertation field research or data collection. The fellowship is intended to support one semester of full-time writing in which the recipient will not be engaged in other employment.
The fellowship will be granted on the basis of the scholarly potential of the applicant, the quality and scholarly importance of the proposed work and its importance to the development of scholarship on the REEI region. Heavy emphasis will be placed on the recommendation of the applicant's dissertation advisor in regard to the prospects for the applicant to complete and defend the dissertation at the end of the one semester fellowship or soon thereafter.
A completed application should include:
· Application cover sheet
· Proposal explaining topic of dissertation and plan for completion (no more than 5 pages, double spaced)
· Bibliography (no more than 2 pages)
· Publications list (optional and no more than 2 pages)
· One reference letter from dissertation advisor
· One additional reference letter
· Unofficial transcript of graduate record
The application cover sheet is available for download here.
Due: March 1
One summer fellowship of $5000 will be awarded. Major objectives include support for projects nearing completion by younger faculty that are important for tenure; major projects in early stages of development that can be expected to attract substantial outside funding; significant projects nearing completion that show clear promise of early publication; and proposals that encourage research collaboration between faculty and graduate students.
All regular Institute faculty are eligible to apply. Recipients are ineligible to apply again for such awards the following year.
Application materials needed:
· One application form for Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, which includes a project description.
· A current curriculum vitae
· Three letters of recommendation, one of which should come from the departmental chairperson.
Applications and all supporting materials are due on March 1 of each year.
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Due December 12, 2011
July 23-August 03, 2012
In cooperation with the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is pleased to announce a call for applicants for a summer research workshop for advanced doctoral and early PhD students entitled, Exploring the plight and path of Jewish refugees, survivors, and displaced persons, to take place July 23-August 3, 2012, in Washington, DC, and New York City. For details and application procedures, please click here: http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/workshops/workshop/announcement.php?year=2012.
Language Tables and Coffee Hours:
5 pm. Yogi’s
2. Saturday, December 3: Ukrainian Language Table
3:00 pm, Laughing Plant
Ukrainian Salo Hour every Saturday 3pm Laughing Planet
3. Monday, December 5: Hungarian Coffee Hour
5:30-6:30 pm, Pourhouse Café, 314 East Kirkwood Avenue.
Weekly coffee hours are held at 5:30 pm in the Pourhouse Café at 314 East Kirkwood Avenue just across from the Monroe County Public Library. Speakers of all levels are encouraged to come—we range from 1st year students to native speakers. It’s a great opportunity to practice (and share) your Hungarian, bring ideas for future events and have a good time.
12:00 pm, Angles Café in the IMU Art Museum
7:00 pm, Yogis
6:00 pm, Runcible Spoon
The weekly Polish table is held at the Runcible Spoon, at 6pm. Please come join Professor Justyna Beinek and Polish instructor Basia Morcinek for conversations with Polish speakers of all levels.
7:00 pm, Irish Lion
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