55th annual ASEEES convention

The Association for Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian studies invites to this years 55th annual convention!

Held in this fall, the ASEEES hosts a two-piece event virtually from the 19th to 20th October and on sight, in Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, from the 30th of November till 3rd December 2023. The ASEEES is the largest and most important association for the field of Slavic and Eastern European Studies and therefore vital for the exchange and further research of Russian Ecosphere’s network.

Registration possible until the start of the convention in October:

Preliminary Program’s Highlights

Whilst celebrating the 75th anniversary of the association, the international forum makes possible a broad exchange of information and ideas, stimulating further work and sustaining the intellectual vitality of the field.

In 2023, the association focuses on the important topic of decolonisation, reevaluating long-established hirarchies as well as ways of relinquishing and taking back power. In the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine there is a call for the reassessment and transformation of Russo-centric relationships of power and hierarchy both in the region and in how we study it. Therefore, the 2023 ASEEES convention invites scholars to explore the theme of decolonisation across time, place, field, and institutional setting.

So far, the two-piece program consists of a variety of contributions and panels on the topics on ecology, nature and environment, found in detail vor the virtual sessions and for the on sight convention in Philadelphia:

Interesting for those researching and working within the fields such as our network are contributions and broad discussions virtually on “Production and Consumption in post-socialist Eastern Europe“, “Neo-Gothic Geographies“, “Nationalism, Animals and Sin in Tolstoy and Dostoevsky“, “Stalin-Era Collectivization, Manufactore and Wartime Collaboration” and many more.

On sight in Philadephia, interesting for network members and other interested guests will be the panels and contributions about

“From Waste Colonialism to Renewable Energy: Exploring Environmental Activism, Injustice and Knowledge Production in Russia and Estonia”,
“Creating the Arctic as a Carceral and Scientific Space” ,
“Human Subjectivity/Ecological Embodiments in Russian Literature”,
“War and Environmental Knowledge: Knowing Forests, Air and Water during the Caucasian War, the Cold War and the Yugoslav Wars”,
“Decolonizing Nature: Vulnerability, Tenderness and Biospherical Egalitarianism”,
“Rivers, Forests and Cities: Balancing Environmental Protection, Local and National Identities and Urban Development in Soviet and Independent Georgia”,
“Sovereignity, Knowledge Production and Natural Resources among the Buryats and Sakha of Siberia”,
and many more.

Contributions from our members

Collen McQuillen is holding the chair and discussion on the panel “Human Subjectivity/Ecological Embodiments in Russian Literature“,
Erik Martin contributes to the panel about “Teror, Horro and Misery: The “Dark Poetics” of Realism” with his publication “The Fall of the House Golovlev: Degeneration an Gothic in Saltykov-Shchedrin“,
Mieka Erley contributes to the Panel “Matters of Prehistory II: Paleontological Fictions and Fantasies” with her Paper on “Soviet Paleoanthropology in Vladimir Obruchev’s Lost“,
Network coordinator Philipp Kohl contributes to the panel “Matters of Prehistory II: Paleontological Fictions and Fantasies I” with his paper on “Prehistorical Materialism: Political Paleofiction in the 1860s“
and Elena Fratto is holding and leading the discussion in the panel “MEDSEES: Environmental and Public Health: Margins and Centers II” and contributes additionally to the panel “Illness and Discability in the Slavic Imagination” by leading the discussions.

Honoring research: The ASEEES Award Ceremony

Honoring distinguished contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. each year the association choses scholars, who have made major contributions to the field through scholarship of the highest quality, mentoring, leadership, and/or service.

Under the winners and honorable mentions for the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History is Russian Ecosphere members Andy Bruno with his publication “Tunguska: A Siberian Mystery and Its Environmental Legacy (Cambridge University Press)”.

Read Further about the Prize and Contribution:

ASEEES Book Prize

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