Slavic Review Fall 2025 is out now. This issue includes "Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies." Read "Introduction: On Black Life and Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies" by Nana Osei-Opare and Sunnie Rucker-Chang.

ACLS joined an amicus brief filed by @historians.org and @citizensforethics.org in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students: https://bit.ly/4srAqW0

ASEEES is pleased to announce the Anne D. Rassweiler Dissertation Research Fellowship. As part of the ASEEES Next Generation Dissertation Research Fellowship Program, this fellowship will support dissertation research in Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies. #ASEEESNextGen

The University of Basel has just advertised three positions in my project on treason, disloyalty, and the defense of democracy in interwar Czechoslovakia. If you know any students and junior scholars interested in working on interwar Czechoslovakia, please encourage them to apply!

ASEEES has joined @historians & CREW’s amicus brief in support of Harvard U’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. It conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher ed.

The ASEEES office will be closed for winter break until January 5. Enjoy a wonderful winter break and we will see you in 2026!

Read in NewsNet, "Albanian Studies Now: A Look at Current Trends and Future Perspectives" by Nevila Pahumi. #NewsNet buff.ly/CwObM8f "As socialist era archival records become more readily available, scholars have begun to challenge long standing perceptions of Albania’s isolation."

Oliver Ledwith, Katerina Pavlidi, Nathan Edward Charles Smith wrote, "A Generation on Mushrooms: Mukhomor and Visions of Russianness in Victor Pelevin’s Generation P" for #SlavicReview. Available with Open Access.

CfA: ASEEES Next Generation Dissertation Research Fellowship Program Deadline: Jan. 29 buff.ly/s7VzCPD The fellowship provides a maximum stipend of $28,000 for doctoral students at US universities to conduct dissertation research in Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies.

ASEEES Launches the Alfred J. Rieber Dissertation Research Grant Fund In memory of the late Alfred J. Rieber, who passed on September 9, 2025, this fund is a part of the Next Generation Emergency Research Support Fund Campaign. Donate Today: buff.ly/KUHMDJV #ASEEESNextGen

Historical work is best done in a context of free exchange across the globe. The AHA has compiled resources that might help individuals and departments navigate difficult international situations, especially regarding travel and academic freedom. 🗃️

In this issue of #SlavicReview read, "'Take it as a Fairy Tale': Varlam Shalamov as a Storyteller" by Emily Van Buskirk. Available through Open Access

CfA: Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Fellowship Program Deadline: Jan 29 buff.ly/mmbqS6S This fellowship provides a max stipend of $28,000 for doctoral students at US universities, regardless of citizenship, whose dissertation topics are within 19th-early 21st century Russian/Soviet historical studies.

Jordan Lian writes, "Pieśń o ziemi: Bronisława Niżyńska and the ‘Stylization’ of Polish National Culture" in this issue of #SlavicReview, available with open access. buff.ly/YxLBFLD

Renew your ASEEES Membership Today! buff.ly/jXc0sc0 Visit our website to find the best membership for you: buff.ly/5Ov8c4J

Future(s) of International and Area Studies: Challenges, Opportunities, Goals University of Pittsburgh, May 8-10, 2026, Hybrid Submission Deadline: January 4

Sunnie Rucker-Chang writes, "Yugoslav Film in Black and White" in #SlavicReview. buff.ly/CiBoRxh This article analyzes the Yugoslav films against the backdrop of the goals and traditional frames of Yugoslav cinema to highlight and offer insight into the uses and symbolism of blackness on screen.

Read in #NewsNet "Returning to Queer Russians in the American College Classroom in 2025" by Sara Karpukhin buff.ly/rIqp1Vk "Events [in 2025] complicated what symbolic power I thought I had as a teacher speaking about geographically distant and culturally specific forms of persecution of difference."

In #SlavicReview now, "The Engineers of Children’s Fingers: Children’s Music, Soviet Internationalism, and the Problem of Ukraine’s National Instrument" by Maria Sonevytsky.

CfP: 2026 REEESNe Network Student Conference - Free Deadline EXTENDED: Jan. 5 Entangled Spaces: Integration and Fragmentation in Europe and Eurasia March 20-22, 2026, U of Pittsburgh buff.ly/PWqAUnb

In the November NewsNet, read "Central Asian Studies in 2025" by Adeeb Khalid. buff.ly/oadgRRm "After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, new questions — and new ways of posing questions — redefined the historiography of our region." #NewsNet

Tony Ballantyne writes, "Threads, Entanglements, and the Work of Empire" in the latest issue of #SlavicReview as part of "Critical Forum: Entangled Spatial History." buff.ly/91I1qZf This response to “Horizontal Threads: Towards an Entangled Spatial History of the Romanov Empire.”

Call for Volunteers: Spring 2025 Research Meetup Series ASEEES is seeking volunteers with recent in-region research experience to serve as moderators of these informal conversations. The moderator’s role is to facilitate the discussion among the participants. Volunteer: buff.ly/nhmaWCX

"Spatial Scenarios in the History of the Romanov Empire" by Susan Smith-Peter is out now in #SlavicReview as part of "Critical Forum: Entangled Spatial History."

Donate to the Next Generation Emergency Research Support Fund! Campaign Goal: $400,000 | Raised so far: $286,000 buff.ly/bUUn3OB On this Giving Tuesday, help us raise the last $4,000 to unlock the $20,000 matching gift TODAY! #ASEEESNextGen

In the latest #SlavicReview, as part of the "Critical Forum: Entangled Spatial History," read "Knock-Knock-Knockin’ on an Open Door?" by Paul W. Werth. Available through Open Access. buff.ly/evSEkKz

Dear @aseees.bsky.social team, fans, and supporters - Hearing about your work, books, and initiatives at #ASEEES25 was amazing and inspiring. Also amazing? @cornellupress.bsky.social and NIUPress books are *still* 40% off in the virtual booth: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/aseees-2025-...

We had a great time meeting authors and readers at #ASEEES25! @aseees.bsky.social#ASEEES25#AcademicPublishing

From June 3-19, ACLS and the Centre for Adv. Study Sofia will hold the Summer Institute for the Study of East Central & Southeastern Europe. This 2-week residency in Bulgaria will enable scholars to dedicate time to their own research and writing. Apply by Dec. 2, 9:00 PM ET: www.acls.org/SISECSE

Why support the ASEEES Next Generation Emergency Research Support Fund? ASEEES President Adrienne Edgar on how ASEEES is stepping in to protect the field. Donate Today: aseees.org/next-gen #ASEEESNextGen

CfP: 2026 REEESNe Network Student Conference - Free Deadline: December 12 Entangled Spaces: Integration and Fragmentation in Europe and Eurasia March 20-22, 2026, U of Pittsburgh buff.ly/PWqAUnb

At the @aseees.bsky.social conference we met @psupress.bsky.social author Polina Dimova with her book At the Crossroads of the Senses and also @uchicagopress.bsky.social author Megan Forbes with her book Technologies for the Revolution. #aseees2025

A big thank you from us and our fellow exhibitors to attendees who carved out time to visit the exhibit hall. Hope to see more of you in Chicago! A conference without an exhibit hall is like a wedding without a reception.

So humbling to be in the company of these great folks and so glad that the Janowska story is reaching a wider audience!

Thank you for a wonderful ASEEES Annual Convention! We look forward to seeing everyone in Chicago next year! #ASEEES25 2026 ASEEES Theme: States and Empires Spotlight on Balkan Studies October 16-17, 2026, Virtual November 12-15, 2026, Chicago, IL buff.ly/BLu2TOU

Congratulations to all 2025 ASEEES Prize Winners! Thank you to all who attended the Awards Presentation, President's Address, and Post-Award Reception Sponsored by IERES (GWU). #ASEEES25

We're in DC for @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25! If you're here too, we hope you'll drop by to check out new books & chat with acquisitions editor @kilravockrose.bsky.social. And if you're not here, you can still browse our virtual exhibit (with the ASEEES discount) at uwpress.wisc.edu/About/Exhibi...

I am so happy that @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social has included my first monograph “The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2024, Dress Cultures @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social ) again on a display at the @aseees.bsky.social 2025 Annual Convention on “Memory”,

Did you study Russian and now want to add Ukrainian to your language toolbox? Check out this textbook we published! Swing by the booth here at @aseees.bsky.social 2025 and save 20%! Live in the US? Buy it here and we'll ship it to you for free.

At #ASEES25 discussing academic freedom, I thought of reposting this: academeblog.org/2025/06/12/m.... @aaup.org @aseees.bsky.social

The first day of ASEEES reminded me why I love this conference: highly interesting and important panel by PS Lab, engaging book talks (incl @benstanley.eu on Poland, a Balzer-Fisher volume on Putin), Afghanistan vets, a concert of prewar Polish underground songs in Yiddish and some Russophone poetry

Scenes from #ASEEES25: Pavel Khazanov with his book, The Russia That We Have Lost. Learn more: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...

We're all set up at @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25! The exhibit hall will open at 5 this evening, and will be open Friday through Sunday as well. If you're here too, we hope you'll drop by to check out new books and chat with acquisitions editor Amber Cederström @kilravockrose.bsky.social!

Scenes from @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25: Anastasia Gordienko with her book, Outlaw Music in Russia Learn more: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/O/Outl...

Scenes from @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25: Tim Harte with his book, Faster, Higher, Stronger, Comrades!: Sports, Art, and Ideology in Late Russian and Early Soviet Culture. Learn more: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/F/Fast...

Enjoying the ASEEES Annual Convention! buff.ly/XBRZyBW #ASEEES25 @cornellupress.bsky.social

ASEEES Annual Convention Film Series Today's convention sessions include screenings of Two Poets and a River and Dear Mr. P…A Love Letter to James Lloydovich Patterson from the Film Series. Each session includes Q&A with the director. buff.ly/PPMGuM5 #ASEEES25

ASEEES Annual Convention You are warmly invited to an evening of Ukrainian poetry and music on Saturday, November 22, at 8:00 PM. Composer-vocalist Olga Zaitseva-Herz and Alex Averbuch will perform a program of poetry and song that weaves together voices from Ukraine's past and present. #ASEEES25

The new tablecloths look good in our @aseees.bsky.social booth #209! Stop by and peruse books from @isdistribution.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @michiganpress.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social & more! #ASEEES2025

Scenes from @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25: Eliot Borenstein with his latest book, The Politics of Fantasy: Magic, Children's Literature, and Fandom in Putin's Russia. Learn more: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...