About ASEEES

The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) - a nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society - is the leading private organization in the world dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about the former Soviet Union (including Eurasia) and Eastern and Central Europe.

An outgrowth of the Committee on Slavic Studies established by the American Council of Learned Societies in 1938, the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies was founded a decade later for the purpose of publishing the American Slavic and East European Review, and in 1960 became a membership organization. In 2010, the association's name was changed to the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

ASEEES supports teaching, research, and publication relating to Slavic, East-Central European and Eurasian studies nationally and internationally. Its representatives serve on such bodies as the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee for Studies of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union, and the International Council for Central and East European Studies. The Association is also a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies.

ASEEES Offices

The national office of ASEEES, located at the University of Pittsburgh, organizes and coordinates programmatic activities. The editorial office of Association's flagship journal, Slavic Review, is housed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. ...more...

Board of Directors

ASEEES is governed by a Board of Directors composed of the President, the Vice President/President-elect, the Immediate Past President, the Executive Director, the Treasurer, the Editor of the Slavic Review, six members-at-large, the Graduate Student Representative, representatives of the regional affiliates and member institutions, and representatives of the American Anthropological Association, American Association for Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages, American Historical Association, American Political Science Association, American Sociological Association, and Association of American Geographers. ...more...

ASEEES Committees

A wide-ranging committee structure enables members across the country to work together effectively on matters of professional interest. ...more...

ASEEES Affiliates

ASEEES has seven regional affiliates that cover different geographic areas of the United States and sponsor scholarly meetings and activities within their respective regions.

In addition to regional affiliates, ASEEES has organizational ties with thirty-six scholarly societies that have specialized interests within the broad field of Slavic and post-Soviet studies. These ASEEES Affiliate Institutions are concerned with particular topics, areas, or peoples within the field. ...more...

ASEEES Institutional Members

Institutions with programs or interests in Slavic studies are eligible to become Institutional Members of ASEEES. In 2010, fifty institutions across the country and overseas are demonstrating their support of the field by membership in the Association. Through their representatives on the Council of Institutional Members, they exchange viewpoints and work together on issues of common concern. ...more...