GRAD STU INSTR - Slavic 312 (Fall 2025) Apply Now **How to Apply** Please upload the following documents as one PDF document with your application: 1. a cover letter as the first page of the application, which should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experiences that directly relate to this position. 2. CV (including names of two faculty references). 3. Former U-M GSIs must attach the Teaching Evaluation summary page for all courses taught. **Job Summary** The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures is hiring one (1) GSI, at a .50 appointment, to lead a discussion section for faculty-led lectures and grade ULWR papers in Slavic 312 (Central European Cinema (https://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/cg/cg\_detail.aspx?content=2560SLAVIC312001&termArray=f\_25\_2560) ) for the fall 2025 term. This course fulfills upper-level writing, humanities and race & ethnicity requirements for undergraduate students. **Course Description** During four decades of Communist Party rule, the film industries of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia were under state control. One positive result of this was ample funding for serious films about social and political topics. In certain thematic areas, particularly those dealing with racial and ethnic intolerance and with the plight of women in patriarchal societies, filmmakers in East Central Europe were able to be more incisive, frank and provocative than is often the case in profit-driven Hollywood film. Talented and committed filmmakers were able to take advantage of the regimes? progressive official pronouncements with regard to ethnic and gender issues to craft powerful films which the regimes had no grounds to suppress. In the post-Communist period, this tradition of critical filmmaking continues. The course has three units: 1. the Holocaust?how people in East Central Europe reacted to the genocidal plans of the Nazis, from indifference and collaboration to heroic acts of altruism: pre-war relations between Jews and non-Jews, reasons for acquiescence to racist policies and the expropriation of Jewish property, the motivations of those who protected Jews at great personal risk, the reactions of the Jews themselves to the nightmare in which they found themselves; 2. women?s lives under state socialism--women in the work force in large numbers, but with continued primary responsibility for domestic work and child care, and plagued by persistent patriarchal attitudes toward sex and marriage--some male directors represent this situation critically, but it is women directors who confront it most uncompromisingly. 3. animosity among Catholic Croats, Orthodox Serbs, Moslem Bosnians, Orthodox Macedonians and Moslem Albanians, leading to Yugoslavia?s wars of the 1990s--as well as the countervailing examples of friendship and peaceful coexistence among people of these ethnicities. We will view and discuss fifteen films from Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the former Yugoslavia, Bosnia, and Macedonia dealing with the above issues. We will also consider the artistic structure of the films--how they go about transmitting their themes with power and emotion. Grades are based on participation in class discussion and three medium-length (7-8 page) papers; the first two papers will involve a first version, followed by a revised and expanded second version; (this second version should be 8-10 pages in length). Paper topics will be given out toward the beginning of each unit. **Responsibilities*** Duties include, but are not limited, to the following: + Attending lectures (TuTh, 2-3 PM in 1300 CHEM) and screening (W, 7-9:30 PM in Aud A AH). + Preparation for and teaching one discussion section of 20 students. + Evaluating and offering advice for improvement on three papers and two rewrites of papers for 20 students. + Holding regular office hours to assist students throughout the course. + Being available over email to assist students as questions arise pertaining to the course and coursework. + Weekly meetings with the course instructor. **Required Qualifications*** + Applicants must be currently enrolled as a graduate student in good academic standing at U-M + Availability to teach during the assigned discussion section, and attend the lecture and viewing times. + Experience using Canvas for course management and communication + Strong interpersonal skills with a willingness to contribute to a positive and supportive work environment through effective communication and collaboration. + If the final candidate chosen has not previously taken Writing 993, a one-credit course, they will be required to enroll simultaneously with the appointment. **Desired Qualifications*** + Enrollment in a LSA graduate program + Relevant academic preparation for teaching the course material. + Prior GSI experience/with favorable student evaluations. + Previous experience as a GSI in a ULWR course. + Ability to work with a diverse student body and with very diverse assignments. **Modes of Work** Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about thework modes (https://hr.umich.edu/working-u-m/my-employment/ways-we-work-resource-center/ways-we-work-implementation-group/modes-work) . **Contact Information** Applicants can email [email protected] to request information about the status of their application from the program at any time. **Decision Making Process** All applications will be submitted for review to the faculty member teaching the course. After the review of applications and possible interviews, decisions will be made by the faculty member teaching the course. Once the final candidate is selected an offer letter will be authorized and sent via email by the Student Services Coordinator. **Selection Process** The faculty member/instructor will make the selection based on the required and desired qualifications listed. 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Standard Practice Guide 601.38, **Required Disclosure of Felony Charges and/or Felony Convictions** applies to all Graduate Student Assistants (GSAs). SPG 601.38 may be accessed online athttps://spg.umich.edu/policy/601.38 (https://spg.umich.edu/601.38) , and its relation to your employment can be found in MOU 10 of your employment contract. **U-M EEO Statement** The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer. **Job Detail** **Job Opening ID** 267710 **Working Title** GRAD STU INSTR - Slavic 312 (Fall 2025) **Job Title** GRAD STU INSTR **Work Location** Ann Arbor Campus Ann Arbor, MI **Modes of Work** Onsite **Full/Part Time** Part-Time **Regular/Temporary** Regular **FLSA Status** Exempt **Organizational Group** College Of Lsa **Department** LSA Slavic Languages & Lit. **Posting Begin/End Date** 8/21/2025 - 8/27/2025 **Career Interest** Graduate Students Graduate Student Instructors (GEO) Apply Now