Training

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'.

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.

Job Announcement: Analyst, Central and Southeastern Europe

James A Perkins — 2011-11-24T11:42:17Z

Control Risks, an independent, specialist risk consultancy, is currently recruiting a full-time Analyst to cover Central and Southeastern Europe. The role, based in London, entails substantial research and travel opportunities to the region, as well as consulting directly with clients. Detailed knowledge of political, business and security developments in the region is essential, as is postgraduate-level study, knowledge of a local language, and prior work or living experience in the region.

Funding for Doctoral Research in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Manchester

James A Perkins — 2011-11-24T11:31:06Z

The University of Manchester is offering a range of awards to which candidates working on topics related to Russia and Eastern Europe are eligible to apply. The two main awards, which comprise a fee-bursary and a maintenance grant, are ESRC studentships in Language-Based Area Studies and the University-funded President’s Doctoral Scholar Awards.

New 'Connecting Communities' Polish Language Workshop: 5th Dec, 2011 @ University of Glasgow

James A Perkins — 2011-10-07T10:30:22Z

For further details, fees, application form and deadline, please visit: www.ceelbas.ac.uk/workshops/polish_workshops

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.

Post-doctoral Research Associate Vacancy, Cambridge

James A Perkins — 2011-08-18T10:22:38Z

There is a vacancy for a 3-year post-doctoral Research Associate in Russian at the University of Cambridge, linked to a project on the cultural and social history of information technologies in Russia. View details.

'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.

Funding for Doctoral Research in Russian and East European Language-Based Area Studies at the University of Manchester

James A Perkins — 2011-02-17T13:44:27Z

The North West Doctoral Training Centre, jointly run by the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester, is offering 3 PhD studentships in Language-Based Area Studies, in fields which include Russian and East European Studies.

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

PhD Scholarship: Folklore and Literature of the Caucasus

James A Perkins — 2010-12-10T10:11:51Z

The Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of
Sheffield invites applications for a fully-funded PhD scholarship dedicated to the folklore and literature of the Caucasus region. Proposals may pertain to
the folklore and literature itself, the history of scholarship on the question, and the role they have played in the formation of social and cultural
identity.

Funding for Doctoral Research in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Manchester

James A Perkins — 2010-12-09T10:39:07Z

The award covers full-time fees and maintenance for three years. The School will also be offering a number of further funding awards for outstanding PhD candidates. For details please see the University's funding page.

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

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.

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.

New Kazakh Language Course open to CEELBAS students

James A Perkins — 2010-06-11T13:41:43Z

As part of the British Council ENSPIRE project to promote the strategic partnership between the University of Birmingham and the Kazakh-British Technical University, a new beginners-level Kazakh language course will be launched at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, in Semester 1 of academic year 2010/11. This course is open to all Masters and Doctoral students from across the CEELBAS network. Further details are available here.

MPhil/PhD UCL Impact Scholarship: Call for Applicants

James A Perkins — 2010-04-12T10:39:32Z

Applications are inivited for a three-year MPhil/PhD UCL Impact Scholarship to conduct research on Russian legal cases in foreign courts under the supervision of Professor Alena Ledeneva at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, starting in September 2010.

New Coverage of CEELBAS Expertise in Russian-Language Press

James A Perkins — 2010-03-01T09:32:05Z

Following a new strategic partnership between CEELBAS and The Russian Media House publishing company, the first in a projected series of articles covering the expertise of CEELBAS partners appeared in the UK Russian-language journal ‘New Style’ in January 2010 (issue 79). In this article Dr Maria Rubins of UCL School of Slavonic Studies presented her research on Russian Émigré Prose, discussing the various cultural-linguistic complexities faced by bilingual Russian émigré writers past and present, and their difficulties gaining recognition and acceptance whilst working within a foreign literary milieu. With particular reference to Russian émigré publications in interwar France, Dr Rubins described her work as an editor and publisher of these rare and often long out-of-print texts, highlighting the orthographic and technical challenges of such work. The original article (in Russian) is available here.

Language teaching at UCL SSEES and the Common European Framework of Reference - Project Report

James A Perkins — 2009-12-22T16:06:59Z

Following the completion of a CEELBAS Network Project run by Marta Jenkala and Christopher Moseley to investigate how the teaching and testing of East European and Slavonic languages at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) maps onto the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), a summary of the project and a report on its findings and conclusions is available here. Further project details can be found in the Research section of the website. A presentation of the findings of the project, to which participants from across the CEELBAS Network will be invited, is being planned for Spring 2010 and will be publicised here.

New 'Polish for Foreigners' online language course launched

James A Perkins — 2009-12-11T16:08:14Z

Following completion of a pioneering CEELBAS-funded language project to create materials to develop the language skills of heritage speakers of Polish, the ‘Polish for Foreigners’ online language course is now available at www.polishforforeigners.org.