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Conferences

Seminar Series

UCL, Russian Cinema Research Group

University of Glasgow, School of Modern Languages and Cultures: "Languages in Context: Histories and Futures of Modern Language Study in Britain"

 

Call for Submission of Contributions

CFP: Russia’s Great War and Revolution, 1914–1922: The Centennial Reappraisal

Research Information

Lorton House is a resource centre for the continuing study of communism and the implications of the fall of the Soviet system. Research on eastern and east-central Europe as the communist regimes weakened was inevitably curtailed by the actual collapse of those regimes, as scholars turned their attention to the new order. Lorton House has available a collection of material on that period, mostly in English, focusing on the relations between dissidence in the region and the peace and environmental movements in western Europe, which it would hand over to a suitable candidate. It includes runs of the /END Journal, Labour Focus on Eastern Europe, RFE/RL Situation Reports/ and a good number of occasional pieces. Time is already taking its toll on participants in the events and debates of those years, and now is the time to secure live witness. Supervision could also be arranged but it is expected that anyone interested in this material will be working in an already conducive environment. If you are interested, contact Professor Michael Waller

International Committee of Slavists

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Additional information

Organization Committee of the First Slavistics Congress of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Special Announcements

Festschrift : Dostoevsky: On the Threshold of Other Worlds . Essays in Honour of Malcolm V Jones. Edited by Leslie Milne and Sarah Young. Special offer for BASEES members only.

Every year the Modern Humanities Research Association publishes a critical bibliography entitled The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies . The book runs to over 1000 pages, and aims to cover scholarship in all the European languages (language and literature) in the past year. We are currently
looking for contributors in the following Slavonic fields: Russian language; Russian literature to 1800; Czech literature; Slovak Studies; Polish language; Ukrainian Studies; Belarussian Studies; Bulgarian Studies. Contributions should take the form of a bibliography with critical comment, where appropriate, and should be about 4000 words long (in English). The MHRA is also able to provide a fee for these contributions. For further information please contact David Gillespie. 

CoFoR-REES is a partnership of nearly 20 UK libraries with important REES collections. Among other activities it maintains a National Desiderata List of major sources (e.g. microform sets, online services) that are important for REES research in Britain but which are not at present accessible, usually because of their high cost. CoFoR-REES has used the Desiderata List in consortial negotiations with publishers, and we are now updating it to serve as a basis for preparing cases for special funding to help acquisition by libraries. We welcome recommendations from BASEES members for items to be included on the revised Desiderata List , particularly if they are seen as essential to current research in more than one institution, and if their cost has so far prevented acquisition. :::: Please send recommendations to: Dr Gregory Walker, Administrator, CoFoR-REES, Bodleian Library, Oxford OX1 3BG, or email.   Please give the full title and publisher of the product, with a note on its importance to research.

 

Job Announcement(s) / Studentships

The Slavic Department of the University of Tübingen is announcing an Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor, W1) position in Transcultural East Central European Studies (literary and cultural studies). The position is available starting 1 April 2011.

We are seeking a scholar with expertise in an East Slavic and a West Slavic (preferably Czech) literature and an additional thematic focus in cultural studies, including the entangled histories of Slavic (and non-Slavic) cultures in East Central Europe.

The successful candidate is expected to contribute to all relevant study programmes of the Department and participate in establishing postgraduate programmes. The workload will consist of 4 hours of teaching a week, and 6 hours after evaluation.

We are seeking scholars with a distinguished doctoral dissertation on a relevant subject, other internationally recognized publications and extensive teaching experience.

As a Juniorprofessor (W1) you will be expected to conduct research and fulfil teaching duties independently. You will be appointed for 4 years. After a positive evaluation this time will be extended by another 2 years.

The University of Tübingen aims at increasing the share of female professors. Women with appropriate qualifications are thus encouraged to apply. People with disabilities will be given priority if equally qualified.

Please include the following documents and information in your application: curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, lists of publications, courses taught, third-party funds acquired and existing cooperations as well as a research and teaching plan. The application should be submitted by 1 October 2010 to the Dean of the Neo-philological Faculty of Tübingen University, Wilhelmstr. 50, 72074 Tübingen, Germany.