The preliminary online program for the 2017 Chicago Convention is available: http://www.aseees.org/convention/program

A PDF version of the program will be posted shortly, but keep in mind that the PDF program will be a  static document.  For the most up-to-date program, please see the online program.

ASEEES is offering four different travel grants for the 2017 Convention.  All applications are due by May 22.  Please review the grant site for more info: http://www.aseees.org/convention/grants

The 2017 Convention proposal acceptance/rejection notification were sent out on 4/14.  The convention registration is now open.  http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration

This is a public group for the 2017 ASEEES Convention participants to discuss their session topics and convention logistics and find replacement participants when you have a member withdraw from your session.

The Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Eastern Germany and the Deutsches Historisches Museum are jointly sponsoring an exhibition in 2017 about the history of communism in the 20th century. Its author is the historian Dr. Gerd Koenen, Frankfurt/M. The exhibition comprises 25 DIN A1 exhibition panels. The exhibition…[Read more]

The Tyler Collection of Romanian and Modern Art comprises more than 1500 items, including paintings, works on paper, sculptures, ceramics, religious icons, books, catalogues, posters, photographs, research essays, and letters. In 2013, the Collection was generously gifted to the University of Tasmania by Geoffrey and Frances Tyler. It is a rich…[Read more]

Congratulations to the ASEEES First Book Subvention Recipients for March 2017:
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, for
Elidor Mëhili (Hunter College) Albania and the Socialist World: From Stalin to Mao
and
Claire L. Shaw (University of Bristol), Deaf in the USSR: Marginality, Community, and Soviet Identity, 1917-1991
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS, fo…[Read more]

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences issued a report,  America’s Languages: Investing in Language Learning for the 21st Century, making the case for increasing foreign language learning capacity.

Read the report here – https://www.amacad.org/content/Research/researchproject.aspx?i=21896.

For more than 40 years, the Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia has provided a vital comprehensive research opportunity, giving researchers access to unparalleled library services and to one of the top five library collections for the REEE region in North America.  SRL is open to all scholars with research i…[Read more]

Thanks to the generosity of donors and members, the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies is sponsoring up to ten grants annually, at a maximum of $5000 each, for the purposes of conducting doctoral dissertation research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia in any aspect of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies in any…[Read more]

We have created a Job Announcement Group  and a Fellowship/Grant Announcement Group within the ASEEES Commons.  Please join the groups to receive announcements.  You can find more announcements on the ASEEES members site [member login required].

Carnegie Corporation of New York, in partnership with Harvard University’s Belfer Center, is pleased to bring to your attention Russia Matters, a new website that seeks to inform the debate on Russia in the United States. For more info see: http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-blog-feed/ccny-harvard-launch-russia-matters

Boris Ignatovich, 1899-1976

This website, which garnered a Webby nomination for Best Art Website in 2016, is dedicated to the work of Russian Photographer Boris Ignatovich. Beginning in 1923, Ignatovich photographed the world around him until his death in 1976. His photography captured Russia during the earliest days of communism, World War II,…[Read more]

Short-Term Fellowship Program
Deadline: 05/01/2017

The Jordan Center Short-Term Fellowship Program is designed to facilitate research in local collections, expose visitors to the intellectual life of the Russian field at NYU and in the greater New York community, and acquaint faculty and graduate students at NYU with the most recent world-wide…[Read more]

On January 19, 2017, ASEEES hosted a webinar introducing users to the basics of ASEEES Commons. Specifically, the presenters discussed how to use the Commons to increase the reach of users’ work; to find resources or potential collaborators; and to share materials. The webinar focused on creating, editing and searching content. Faculty, staff,…[Read more]

The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) is deeply concerned by the Trump Administration’s Executive Order of 27 January 2017, suspending entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barring Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocking entry of citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Y…[Read more]

ASEEES recently joined the Scholars at Risk Network (See our press release).

We will soon be creating a Committee on Academic Freedom and Advocacy.  We hope to emulate AAA’s recently established Rapid Response Network for Academic Freedom. If you are interested in the committee, please contact Lynda Park at lypark@pitt.edu or Julie Cassiday…[Read more]

The Trump Administration is considering elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities, along with other cultural agencies. We must let members of Congress and the White House know we strongly support federal funding for the humanities and oppose elimination of the NEH.

Go to the ASEEES Adocacy page on the action alert -…[Read more]