[Bilimsel Haber] Call for Applications: 2014 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia is at Illinois

[Gonul Pultar]

Call for Applications! 2014 Summer Research Laboratory at Illinois

The Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) on Russia, Eastern Europe, and 
Eurasia is open to scholars with research interests in the 
Ottoman/Turkish studies for eight weeks during the summer months from 
June 16 until August 8. The SRL provides scholars access to the 
resources of the University of Illinois Slavic collection within a 
flexible time frame where scholars have the opportunity to seek advice 
and research support from the librarians of the Slavic Reference Service 
(SRS).  Graduate students and junior scholars will also have opportunity 
to attend a specialized workshop on Scholarly and Literary Translation 
from June 16-20, 2014.



The deadline for grant funding is April 15 and is fast approaching! 
REEEC will continue to receive applications for the Summer Research Lab 
after the grant deadline, but housing and travel funds will not be 
guaranteed.



For further information and to apply, please use this link 
http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/srl/?utm_source=H-Turk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SRL2014.



For graduate students, the SRL provides an opportunity to conduct 
research prior to going abroad and extra experience to refine research 
skills.  Students will also have the opportunity of seeking guidance 
from specialized librarians skilled in navigating resources pertaining 
to and originating from Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia.



The SRS is an extensive service that provides access to a wide range of 
materials that center on and come from: Russia, the Former Soviet Union, 
Czech and Slovak Republics, Former Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, 
Bulgaria, and Romania. The International & Area Studies Library, where 
the Slavic reference collections are housed, contains work stations for 
readers, a collection of basic reference works, and current issues of 
over 1,000 periodicals and 110 newspapers in Western and area languages.


In particular, the SRS provides access to

   *   microfiche collection Russian-Ottoman Relations, 1600-1914. Part 
1: The Origins, 1600-1800 containing approximately 193 titles on 
Russian-Ottoman relations: diplomatic treaties, travel reports, decrees, 
eye-witness accounts of military campaigns, and policy deliberations;
   *   other extensive print, digital, and microform holdings relating 
to Turkish/Ottoman studies, including rare materials acquired via Keith 
Hitchins and other noted scholars.



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