2003 Heldt Prize
The Association for Women in Slavic Studies invites
nominations for the 2003 Heldt Prizes for works of scholarship and
translation, which will be awarded at the AWSS meeting at the AAASS
National Convention in Toronto in November 2003. To be eligible
for nomination, all books and articles for the following prize categories
must be published between 31 May 2002 and 31 May 2003.
- Best book in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian women's
studies;
- Best article in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian
women's studies;
- Best book by a woman in any area of Slavic/East
European/Eurasian studies.
One may nominate works in more than one category,
and more than one item in each category. Articles included
in collections will be considered for the "best article"
Prize only if they are individually nominated.
To nominate any work, please send or request that
the publisher send one copy to each of the four members of the Prize
committee by 15 June 2003 :
Professor Julie V. Brown
Sociology Department
P.O. Box 26170
UNC-Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27420-6170
Professor Anastasia Karakasidou
Department of Anthropology
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA 02481
Professor Natasha Kolchevska
University of New Mexico
Foreign Languages and Literatures
229 Ortega Hall
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Professor Karen Petrone
Department of History
1715 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0027
2003 Heldt Translation Prize
The Association for Women in Slavic Studies invites
nominations for the best English-language translation, scholarly
or literary, in Slavic/East European/Eurasian women's studies. To
be eligible for nomination, all translations must be published between
31 May 2002 and 31 May 2003.
To nominate a translation, please send or request
that the publisher send one copy to each of the three members of
the Translation Prize committee by 15 June 2003:
Professor Carol Flath
Box 90259
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
Professor Sibelan Forrester
Swarthmore College
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397
Professor Natasha Kolchevska
University of New Mexico
Foreign Languages and Literatures
229 Ortega Hall
Albuquerque, NM 87131
All questions pertaining to these awards should be
addressed to Professor Natasha Kolchevska at: nakol@unm.edu.
2003 Zirin Prize
The Association for Women in Slavic Studies announces
the annual competition for the Zirin Prize. This prize of $500
is named for Mary Zirin, the indefatigable founder of Women East-West. Working
as an independent scholar, Zirin has produced, or encouraged, many
of the fundamental works in Slavic Women's Studies and has been
instrumental in the development of the AWSS. The Zirin Prize
aims to recognize the achievements of independent scholars and to
encourage their continued scholarship and service in the field of
Slavic Women's Studies.
The Zirin Prize Committee will accept nominations
(self-nominations are permissible) for the award until 1 June
2003. Nominations should be no more than two-pages double-spaced
plus the CV of the person nominated and must include consideration
of the scholar's contribution to the field as well as work in progress.
The Committee urges the nomination of candidates at
all career stages. For the purpose of this award, an independent
scholar is defined as a scholar who is not employed at an institution
of higher learning or an employee of a university or college who
is not eligible to compete for institutional support for research
(for example, those teaching under short-term contracts or working
in administrative posts could be eligible). We are concerned
about the lack of nominations of worthy CIS, Central and East European
scholars among last year's nominees and especially urge more nominations
from these countries.
Nominations should be sent to Rochelle Ruthchild.
Nominations by e-mail are preferred. Please send them to: ruthchil@gis.net,
by mail to 137 Coolidge Street, Brookline, MA 02446, by fax to (617)
232-2213.
2003 AWSS Graduate Essay Prize
The 2003 AWSS Graduate Essay Prize will be awarded
to the best dissertation chapter or article-length essay in any
field or area of Slavic/East European/Central Asian Studies by a
woman or on a topic in Slavic/East European./Central Asian Women's
Studies by either a woman or a man. This competition is open only
to current doctoral students or those who defended a doctoral dissertation
in 2002-2003. If the essay is a dissertation chapter, it should
be accompanied by the dissertation abstract and table of contents.
If the submission is a seminar paper, it must have been written
in 2002-2003. Previous submissions and published materials are ineligible.
Essays should be no longer than 50 pages, including reference matter,
and in English (quoted text in any other language should be translated).
Please send three copies of the essay and a CV to:
Prof. Christine Ruane
Dept. of History
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK 74104
All submissions must be postmarked by 1 June 2003.
The award carries a cash prize of $250. The winner(s)
will be announced at the AAASS annual convention in November. Please
address queries to Christine Ruane at the above address or else
by e-mail: christine-ruane@utulsa.edu,
or by phone: (918) 631-3841.
2004 AWSS Pre-dissertation Fellowship
Applications are invited for the 2004 AWSS Pre-dissertation
Fellowship in Slavic/East European and Eurasian Women's Studies,
for research and travel to be conducted in 2004. The fellowship
is for graduate students (women or men) at the pre-dissertation
stage who are either US or Canadian citizens (or permanent residents)
enrolled in any university in the world, or foreign students enrolled
in North American universities. Applicants should be at the
immediate post-comprehensive or pre-comprehensive stage and planning
to write a dissertation in any area of Slavic/East European and
Eurasian Women's Studies. The amount of this award is $1000. Applications
should include THREE copies of the following: CV, prospectus outlining
the dissertation topic (maximum five pages, double-spaced), preliminary
bibliography, and a list of archives and libraries to be used for
preliminary research (located in the US, Canada, Europe, or
the former Soviet Union; note that travel to collections is not
a requirement for the fellowship). Two letters of recommendation
should be sent separately. Applications must be postmarked
by 1 June 2003.
Please send materials to:
Prof. Lynn Mally
Department of History
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697
The award will be announced in November 2003. Email
or other queries may be sent to Lynn Mally at the above address
or lmally@uci.edu.
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PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.
Submissions due: 15 December
$1,000 for a book-length translation of poetry from any language
into English published in the calendar year. Eligible books must
have been published in the United States, but translators may be
of any nationality. Two copies of a book may be submitted by publishers,
agents, or translators. PEN American Center, 568 Broadway, New York
NY 10012-3225.
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation
Prize.
Submissions due: 15 December
$3,000 for a book-length translation of poetry or literary prose
into English from any language. The book must have been published
in the U.S. during the calendar year. Translators may be of any
nationality. Three copies of each eligible title may be submitted
by publishers, agents, or translators. PEN American Center, 568
Broadway, New York NY 10012-3225.
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The following programs make funding available for
scholars at various stages in their careers, and for periods of
varying length. Check out their websites for specific information
and deadlines.
The International
Research Exchanges Board (IREX)
IREX provides grants and other support for scholars
and professionals from the United States, Central and Eastern Europe,
and the New Independent States.
1616 H Street, NW
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Tel.: (202) 628-8188
Fax: (202) 628-8189
irex@irex.org
The National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
The NEH offers highly competitive fellowships
for research including dissertation support, summer research stipends,
and funds for semester or year-long research projects.
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
Tel.: (202) 606-8400
info@neh.gov
The Social Science
Research Council (SSRC)
The SSRC provides predissertation and dissertation
fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, and advanced research grants
in both the social sciences and humanities. Some programs also provide
support for natural scientists and non-academic professionals.
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Tel.: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
info@ssrc.org
The Fulbright
Program
The Fulbright Program makes available fellowships
for foreign travel in order to do dissertation research, and also
research and teaching exchange opportunities for academics and other
professionals. (Note that the range of fields accepted varies from
one country to another in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union;
Fulbright also offers fellowships to other parts of the world).
The United States Department of State is the principal administrator
of the Fulbright Program worldwide. The Institute of International
Education (IIE) assists the Department of State in the conduct of
the program at both predoctoral and postdoctoral levels. The
Council for International Exchange of Scholars, an affiliate of
the IIE, administers the U.S. Scholar Program.
Institute of International
Education (IIE)
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017-3580
or
Council for International
Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
3007 Tilden Street, NW
Suite 5L
Washington, DC 20008-3009
Tel.: (202) 686-4000
Fax: (202) 362-3442
Fulbright-Hays Program
Doctoral
Dissertation Research Abroad Program
Provides opportunities for graduate students to engage in full-time
dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area
studies.
Faculty
Research Abroad Program
Offers opportunities to faculty members of institutions of higher
education for research and study in modern foreign languages and
area studies
Group
Projects Abroad Program
Supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum
development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups
of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor.
Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development
or group research or study. The program does not support advanced
intensive language projects under this competition.
American Association of University
Women
For dissertation and other research support on topics concerning
women, you might want to contact them (yes, they are the ones who
raised a few hundred thousand dollars to buy Marie Curie the gram
of radium she needed to continue her Nobel Prize-winning research).
Other Potential Funding Sources
In addition to these large programs, there are many other potential
sources of research support; you may be able to combine several
smaller awards to provide real support. Ask at your institution
about internal fellowships and awards. Check the acknowledgements
in books or articles you admire -- if the authors received any fellowship
support for the research that led to the publication, they will
mention the source here.
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Searching for a job outside of academia? Read
this article by Rebecca Matveyev Epstein.
See a more complete listing of Internet resources on our Links
page.
EE-Jobs
A Civic Education Project (CEP) sponsored listserv that features
jobs in Central and Eastern Europe.
NISJOBS
A list maintained by Craig Zelizer of jobs relating to the former
Soviet Union.
Overseasjobs.com
Includes listings for Czech Republic | Hungary | Poland | Romania
| Russia
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See also our list of links to online academic &
international organizations and Slavic Regional home pages.
AAASS
The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, scholarly society which is the leading
private organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about
Russia, Central Eurasia, and Eastern and Central Europe.
AATSEEL
"The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European
Languages (AATSEEL), founded in 1941, exists to advance the study
and promote the teaching of Slavic and East European languages,
literatures, and cultures on all educational levels, elementary
through graduate school. While the largest proportion of its activities
and members concentrate in the area of Russian, AATSEEL has from
the beginning stressed that it embraces all Slavic and East European
languages, literatures, linguistics and cultures. AATSEEL holds
an annual conference in December of each year; its publications
include the Slavic and East European Journal (four times a year)
and the AATSEEL Newsletter (six times a year)."
ALTA
(American Literary Translators Association)
The ALTA national offices are located at the Center for Translation
Studies. The organization was founded in 1978 to provide essential
services to literary translators from all languages and to create
a professional forum for the exchange of ideas on the art and craft
of translation. Through annual conferences, newsletters, collaboration
with other professional organizations and lobbying efforts, ALTA
works to enhance the status of literary translation and to improve
the market for the publication of works in English translation.
The ALTA office e-mail is ert@UTDallas.edu
Social
Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Tel.: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
info@ssrc.org
Women at Risk
A consultation center for women who are victims of domestic violence
opened in St. Petersburg in May 1996. The first and only crisis
center, "Women at Risk" helped over 600 women in its first
few months of operation. Two lawyers and two psychologists provide
women in need with free consultation and, if necessary, therapy.
Four social workers help them with administrative and legal matters.
The center's services are free, and the small amount
contributed by the city budget hardly covers the cost. All the rest
[of the money] comes from private contributions. There is a shortage
of the most basic things--blankets and pillows, sterile utensils.
For this reason, the center which was supposed to house 30 people
now can give shelter to only eight women. The staff of the center
will appreciate any help. Contact:
Julia Nikiforova, coordinator; Tel.: 095 293-0673.
Bulgarian Association of University
Women
c/o Dr. Ralitsa Mouharska
P. O. Box 84
1336 Sofia, Bulgaria
tel. (359) (2) 8581 ext. 472
fax (359) (2) 46-35-89
Bulgarian Society of Regional
Cultural Studies
Women's Ministry Studies
c/o Olavia Konstantinova
Latinak 6, bl. 43, vh. B
Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria
Prague Gender Studies Center
Box 695
11121 Prague 1
Czech Republic
tel. 2327106
Zentrum fuer interdisziplinaere
Frauenforschung (ZiF)
Humboldt Universitaet
Mittleweg 7/8
1086 Berlin
Germany
MONA
Tatra U. 30/biv
Budapest 1136
Hungary
Vilnius University Women's
Studies Center
Giedre Purvaneckiene, Director
Universiteto g. 3
Vilnius 2743, Lithuania
tel. (122) 762763
Women's Studies Center
c/o Elzbieta Oleksy
University of Lodz
ul. Narutowicza 54
Lodz, Poland
Romanian Feminist Working
Group
c/o CEPES
39 Stirbei Voda Str. 70732 Bucharest
Romania
tel. (40) (1) 615-9956
Slovakia Gender Studies Group
(Women's Studies Club of Slovakia)
c/o Zuzana Kizckova and Estela Farkasova
Katedra filozofie
Filozificka fakulte UK
Gonolova 2
81801 Bratislava, Slovakia
tel (42) (7) 509-29
Women's Studies
c/o Renata Saleci
Institut za Kriminologijo
Pravni fakultet
Trg Osvoboditve 11
61000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
fax (386) (1) 154-065
Women's Studies Center of
Belgrade
c/o Dasa Duhacek
14 Decembra 49
11000 Belgrade
Yugoslavia
tel. (381) (1) 451273
fax (381) (1) 629-352
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Canadian
Slavonic Papers-Revue Canadienne des Slavistes
Published quarterly by the Canadian Association of Slavists/Association
canadienne des slavistes; the journal is sent to all members of
CAS/ACS and any member may submit articles or book reviews for publication.
Articles, books for review, and correspondence concerning editorial
matters should be sent to:
The Editor
Canadian Slavonic Papers
200 Arts Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, T6G 2E6
E-mail: gust.olson@ualberta.ca
The
History of the Family: An International Quarterly
Seems to be starting out as a hospitable venue for articles on topics
in the Slavic/Central-East European area. Submissions should be
sent to:
Professor Tamara K. Hareven, Editor
University of Delaware
101 Alison Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Interlegal,
Moscow (International Charitable foundation for Legal and Political
Research)
This organization is refocusing its mission to foster NGO [non-governmental
organization] advocacy participation in the legislative reform process,
providing policy research and recommendations to NGO and governmental
bodies, as well as continuing its teaching, legal, consulting, and
publication programs. Contact:
Nina Beliaeva
Intl. Charitable Foundation for Legal and Political Research
ul. Marii Ulianovoi 16/1
Moscow, RUSSIA 117331
Tel./Fax: 095 290-03-87
Phoebe:
Journal of Feminist Scholarship, Theory, and Aesthetics
Interested in publishing articles in the humanities and social sciences
based upon all aspects of feminist scholarship and theory. Published
for over eight years, PHOEBE also features creative works of short
fiction and poetry. For submissions or information, write:
Phoebe
Women's and Studies Department
315 Milne
SUNY-Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 13820
omarakk@oneonta.edu
Slavic
Review
Slavic Review, published quarterly by the American Association for
the Advancement of Slavic Studies; the journal is sent to all members
of AAASS and any member of AAASS may submit articles or book reviews
for publication. Articles, books for review, and correspondence
concerning editorial matters should be sent to:
Slavic Review
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
57 East Armory
Champaign, IL 61820
Tel.: (217) 333-3621
Fax: (217) 333-3872
E-mail: slavrev@uiuc.edu
Women
in Translation (WIT)
Barbara Wilson Founder-President, is a nonprofit publishing company
that puts out two to three translations a year. WIT was established
in 1984 as an imprint of SEAL Press. For submission guidelines
or queries about submitting a manuscript, contact:
Women in Translation
523 N. 84th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
E-mail: witbarb@aol.com
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