Thursday, October 16, 2025
12:00-1:30pm EDT
Online. Registration required: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Wo5-_IJKT_yd4S9ju0p5qQ
Panelists:
- Dr. Lara Fabian (Assistant Professor of Iranian Archaeology, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA)
- Dr. Jesse Swann-Quinn (Associate Professor of the Practice, Environmental Studies, Boston College)
- Dr. Kate Franklin (Associate Professor, History of Art and Architecture, Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair in Armenian Art and Architectural History, Tufts University)
- Dr. Brian Fairley (Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of Pittsburgh)
This forum will be a 75-minute discussion and Q&A session on different pathways in academic placement for graduate students specializing in the South Caucasus, Russian and Eurasian Studies, and adjacent fields. This forum will broadly address the academic job search process, from identifying and locating open positions, to preparing application portfolios, to interview strategies. Panelists will briefly introduce the forum, sharing their own experiences leveraging graduate degrees across the humanities and social sciences into careers in the North American and international academies. For the remainder of the forum, participants will have the opportunity to ask their own questions on academic placement and professional development. Although this panel is geared toward graduate students and postdoctoral fellows specializing in the South Caucasus and Russian and Eurasian Studies, we welcome interested participants from any field and at any stage of their academic careers.
The event is free and open to the public. ARISC does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, ancestry, marital status, education, age, income, socio-economic status, or status as a covered veteran.