Academics

Job vacancy: Programme Coordinator, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

James A Perkins — 2012-01-31T13:30:44Z

For further details of this job vacancy, please visit: http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/vacancies

CEELBAS scholars share their expertise on Russia

James A Perkins — 2012-01-30T10:12:21Z

The Knowledge Exchange Partnership between CEELBAS and Russian Media House, a London-based publishing company, has recently seen three interviews with CEELBAS scholars appear in the Russian-language magazine 'Pulse UK'.

Former CEELBAS Co-Director Professor Julian Cooper awarded OBE in New Year's Honours

James A Perkins — 2012-01-05T15:21:34Z

CEELBAS congratulates Professor Julian Cooper of CREES, University of Birmingham, who was appointed an OBE in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List of the New Year Honours 2012. Professor Cooper was Co-Director of CEELBAS from 2006-2011.

The Parliament, the Presidency and Elections in Russia: CEELBAS / Chatham House seminar summary now available

James A Perkins — 2011-11-29T14:12:59Z

A summary of the recent CEELBAS / Chatham House joint seminar on 'The Parliament, the Presidency and Elections in Russia' is now available on the Chatham House website.

Latest East European Memory Studies newsletter features article by former CEELBAS Postdoctoral Fellow Meike Wulf

James A Perkins — 2011-11-09T09:56:06Z

The latest e-newsletter from the Memory at War team at the University of Cambridge features former CEELBAS Postdoctoral Fellow Meike Wulf on 'Changing Memory Regimes in a New Europe'.

BEARR Trust 20th Anniversary Conference, 18 November: “So much, so little: Progress and Prospects in Health, Welfare and the Role of NGOs”

James A Perkins — 2011-10-19T08:43:52Z

Conference Date: 18 November 2011

The CEELBAS Language Repository – newly launched! An open-access digital collection for research-focused language training

James A Perkins — 2011-09-19T13:06:19Z

The Centre for East European Language-Based Area Studies is delighted to launch a new digital repository of teaching and self-study resources to support language training for research on Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.

Chatham House Call for Applications: The Robert Bosch Fellowship

James A Perkins — 2011-09-05T15:28:10Z

Scholars from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine are invited by Chatham House, in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, to apply for a new Visiting Fellowship. The Fellowship provides an opportunity for researchers at the start of their careers to advance their knowledge, develop research skills, and build links with policy and academic communities in the UK, Germany and other EU countries.

Report on 'RottenBeat' workshop now available

James A Perkins — 2011-09-01T09:34:11Z

RottenBeat: academic and musical dialogue with new Russian punk was a CEELBAS-funded open academic-cultural project on the contemporary Russian artistic underground. Please visit www.ceelbas.ac.uk/workshops/rottenbeat

Two new journal Special Issues published based on CEELBAS workshops

James A Perkins — 2011-08-15T10:59:14Z

A workshop series and an international conference, both held at the University of Cambridge and funded by CEELBAS, have led to two separate recently-published journal special issues.

'Connecting Communities' Summer School Programme now available

James A Perkins — 2011-06-08T16:25:46Z

The progamme for the Connecting Communities Summer School at UCL is now available, please visit:

ESRC Knowledge Exchange Opportunities

James A Perkins — 2011-05-17T15:15:21Z

The ESRC has launched a new Knowledge Exchange Opportunities Scheme to provide funding for social science researchers and stakeholders within public, private or civil society organisations to undertake knwoledge exchange and impact generating activities.

Roundtable report: 'Excellence with Impact': Language Based Area Studies, Knowledge Exchnage and Research Excellence

James A Perkins — 2011-04-15T10:03:10Z

On 25th March 2011 CEELBAS hosted a joint workshop with the other LBAS Centres, highlighting the impact of the LBAS Initaitive and its significant achievements in knowledge exchange and user engagement. Discussion with senior figures from our Funders (HEFCE, SFC, ESRC, AHRC), knowldge exchange partners, area studies academics and experts addreesed some of the key challenges for the future and considered ways to define, measure and sustain research excellence and impact. Roundtable Report.

Connecting Communities Workshop 2: Researching Polish Migration

James A Perkins — 2011-03-08T08:57:24Z

This session explores linguistic factors underpinning Polish specialist texts, with the emphasis on journalistic texts, academic publications about immigration, including individual cases, and published interviews. Practice examples will include extracts from newspaper articles, plays, and academic writing.

CALL FOR PAPERS - CEELBAS Workshop: Sarajevo Revisited

James A Perkins — 2011-03-02T13:53:25Z

Workshop Date: 30 June - 1 July 2011, University of Bath
Deadline for Call: 1 April 2011

Keynote speakers: Professor Dina Iordanova, Professor Dusan I. Bjelic, Professor Natasa Kovacevic

With the twentieth anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo approaching it seems a timely moment to revisit the city and the myths that surround it.

New Call for Network Workshop Applications Deadline: March 24th

James A Perkins — 2011-02-14T15:59:11Z

The Centre for East European Language-Based Area Studies (CEELBAS) provides funding support for seminars and workshops that advance its research agenda on Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia – details of which are available at www.ceelbas.ac.uk/research

Open Society Foundations ReSET Award: Health Economics

James A Perkins — 2011-01-04T16:03:55Z

Interacting closely with the key CEELBAS research cluster on Health & Wellbeing, Dr Christopher Gerry (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) has been successful in a joint application to the Open Society Foundations (Soros) to establish a ‘Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching’ (ReSET). Dr Gerry will serve as Academic Director (jointly with Dr Yulia Vymyatnina from European University St Petersburg) in a three-year project to promote the development of Health Economics within universities across the CIS countries. Among the key participants, including leading international scholars, is the former CEELBAS Postdoctoral Fellow Benoit Mathivet (now Health Policy Advisor for the WHO in Tajikistan: see research project details). The ReSET scheme aims to promote the systematic redevelopment and internationalisation of the undergraduate curriculum in support of building free and open societies (www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus/reset).

Connecting Communities via Language: Reading Strategies and Translation Skills for Post-Intermediate Learners of Polish

James A Perkins — 2010-10-29T11:39:42Z

Spaces are still available on this newly-designed specialist Polish language training for postgraduate students and researchers. Further information, including fees, deadlines and registration guidance can be found at: www.ceelbas.ac.uk/workshops/polish_workshops

Privatization in Russia: Decisions and Outcomes, 1991-1997

James A Perkins — 2010-10-26T14:12:37Z

A few places are currently still available for this conference - to register on the day go to the Hilda Besse Building for 8.30 am.

CEELBAS Dissemination Conference - June 22nd and 23rd 2011, UCL

James A Perkins — 2010-10-15T11:09:51Z

Highlighting new clusters of research excellence, collaboration and innovationaround key strategic themes, with high-profile international speakers and users outlining the major questions shaping the research agenda.

“Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe: before, after or during?”

James A Perkins — 2010-10-13T13:25:06Z

Students of the Jagiellonian University cordially invite you to participate in the conference: “Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe: before, after or during?”

The conference is divided into thematic blocks:

Reports on CEELBAS 'New Media' workshops

James A Perkins — 2010-10-11T11:15:43Z

Reports on two CEELBAS-supported workshops dealing with issues relating to New Media are published in issue 3 of the online journal Digital Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media.

'Diasporas and Cosmopolitanism' Conference Report

James A Perkins — 2010-10-07T13:28:58Z

The Diasporas and Cosmopolitanism Conference took place at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies on 18 and 19 September 2010. Its main aim was to bring together scholars from diverse disciplines within and beyond Russian and East European Studies to explore the notion of cosmopolitanism as a means to explain identity choices, outlooks, everyday experiences and political practices. How do cosmopolitan ideas, narratives and values shape everyday experiences and practices among diasporic communities living in Central and Eastern Europe? How do they make sense of their identities and social encounters in ways that can be viewed ‘cosmopolitan’? This conference was divided into six sessions designed to address key themes of diaspora and cosmopolitanism, such ‘return’, homeland and transnational media. The first day of the conference was concluded with a keynote speech by Rogers Brubaker (UCLA) on ‘What are we talking about when we talk about diaspora?’ (click on the link to listen to an audio recording).

Postgraduate Research Ethics Workshop programme now available

James A Perkins — 2010-10-05T14:06:19Z

The programme for the CEELBAS Postgraduate Ethics Workshop on Saturday October 30th is now available - click on the image below to view an enlarged version.

New materials for enhancing oral fluency in Polish available for CEELBAS teachers

James A Perkins — 2010-10-04T14:48:39Z

The CEELBAS Language Repository now houses a new set of resources for teachers of beginners and intermediate level Polish. There are a total of 24 units for each level, designed to supplement in-class teaching, plus examples of materials adapted for student self-study. Instructions (in English) are provided for each unit to enable easy adaptation to other languages.