Association for Slavic, East European,
and Eurasian Studies

(formerly the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies)

2013 Convention in Boston, MA

The 45th Annual ASEEES Convention will be held in Boston, MA, from Thursday, November 21, to Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.

The theme of the convention is "Revolution."

2013 Convention Papers/Panels Wanted Board

Do you have an idea for a panel that you would like to organize and are you looking for paper presenter(s), a chair or discussant(s)?
Do you have a paper topic proposal and are you looking to join a panel?

New this year, ASEEES is offering a dedicated space for Annual Convention attendees to find others to form panels. 

While ASEEES provides this board as a service to Annual Convention attendees, it is attendees' own responsibility to contact and make appropriate arrangements with potential panelists and to submit the complete panel proposals by the deadline.

If you have a question about an individual posting, please contact the individual responsible.  If you have a question or concern about the Papers/Panels Wanted Board, please contact the ASEEES office at aseees@pitt.edu; for other Convention questions, please contact Convention Coordinator Wendy Walker at wwalker@pitt.edu.

2013 Convention Proposal Deadlines

Individual paper submissions must be received by December 17, 2012. The online submission closes as 12:01 amPT on Dec. 18, 2012.

Submissions for panels, roundtables and meetings must be received by January 15, 2013. The online submission closes at 12:01 am PT on Jan. 16, 2013.

Proposal Submission Process

IMPORTANT: Before you start your submission process:

1. read the general rules for convention participation;
2. if you are a individual paper submitter or a session organizer, renew your ASEEES membership first - you must be a member to submit;
3. ask all session participants to create a profile and update their "My Information" section in the ASEEES Member Site;
4. ask all session participants to enter their cv information in the "CV Information" box under the "View/Edit Information" tab. This information will be used in the online submission process. It is essential that they enter the CV information at least 24 hours before you submit the proposal as the data is synched once a day;
5. ask all session participants for their exact name as they appear in the ASEEES Member directory;
6. be sure to gather all required information first.

Read the Frequently Asked Questions about proposal submissions.

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Go to Online Submission Site (You will be prompted to log in first)

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While online submission of proposals is strongly encouraged, we do accept proposals in Word as E-mail attachments. Please complete the forms below and send as e-mail attachments to Wendy Walker at wwalker@pitt.edu:

Individual Paper Submission Form (in Word)
Panel Proposal Submission Form (in Word)
Roundtable Proposal Submission Form (in Word)
Affiliate Group Meeting Request Form (in Word)

Session Categories

Anthropology
Arts/Film/Electronic Media
Comparative Politics
Economic History/Transition Issues/Emerging Markets
Geography
Gender studies
History: Central and Southeast Europe, Pre-1918
History: Central and Southeast Europe, Since 1918
History: Russian and Eurasian, to 1800
History: Russian and Eurasian, 1800-1924
History: Russian and Eurasian, since 1924
Interdisciplinary Panels
International Relations/Security Studies/Foreign Policy
Jewish studies
Library/Information Sciences
Linguistics/Language Pedagogy
Literature: Comparative
Literature: non-Russian
Literature: Russian
Religion/Philosophy
Sociology
Professional Development

General Rules for Convention Participants

Rule 1: Participation Rules, Guidelines, and Limitation

A conference participant may appear on the program no more than twice, and may present only one paper as one of his/her two appearances. There can be no exceptions to this rule. Please Note: If you submit an Individual Paper proposal, it constitutes your one presentation. Being an organizer does not count as a "participant". You may organize as many panels/roundtables as you wish.

DO NOT SUBMIT AN INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSAL FOR A PAPER THAT IS ALREADY PART OF AN ORGANIZED PANEL, AND DO NOT SUBMIT A PROPOSAL IF YOU ARE PRESENTING ANY PAPER ON ANY OTHER PROPOSED PANEL.

Panels entail presentation of prepared papers (distributed in advance to a discussant) on a related topic or theme, followed by structured discussion of those papers. A complete panel must have: one Chair; 3 papers (NO MORE than 3); and at least one discussant, with a maximum of 2.

Roundtables entail structured discussion of a topic/theme, without the presentation of papers. Proposals for roundtables should be submitted only when the topic clearly justifies this format. Roundtables must have: a Chair; and minimum of 3 to maximum of 5 partipants.

Each participant may only have one role on a panel or roundtable. For example, the chair of a panel cannot present a paper or serve as discussant on that panel. Being an organizer does not count as a "participant".

Special consideration will be given to panels reporting on recent field or archival research, especially those that include presentations by junior faculty and/or advanced graduate students.

Panels/roundtables that have more than one disciplinary representation are stongly encouraged.

As a rule of thumb, graduate student participants generally should be at the research-stage in their programs, and panels composed primarily of graduate students should include at least one member who has completed their terminal degree. A session made up only of students will most likely be rejected.

A panel/roundtable should not be made up of participants from only one institution.

Affiliate organizations of the ASEEES are each allowed to sponsor ONE panel or roundtable, which must be specified on the proposal form. Each affiliate-sponsored panel/roundtable will be screened in the usual manner by the Program Committee; we will not accept unscreened proposals.

Rule 2: Membership

IMPORTANT NEW RULE: All participants must have their individual profile, including their cv/bio information, in the ASEEES members site. Non-members can create a profile; one does not need to become a member in order to create a profile. If they have attended an ASEEES convention in the last seven years, they should already have a profile in our database. If they are not sure, they can contact aseees@pitt.edu for assistance.

Ask your session participants to update or create their profile. This is essential. Do not wait until just before the submission deadline.

IMPORTANT NEW RULE: We have a new policy regarding MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS starting with the 2013 convention. Please review the following information carefully:

WHO NEEDS TO BE A MEMBER:

MEMBERSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED for scholars outside the field of Slavic, East European and Eurasian studies. They must still register for the convention as non-members.

Organizers are responsible for letting panelists know about registration fees and membership rules. (Learn more about membership in ASEEES)

Rule 3: Preregistration

All participants on panels/roundtables, members and non-members, must preregister by the deadline and pay the registration fee. Failure to preregister will lead to the participant's name being removed from the Index of Participants in the convention program. See Convention Registration for more information.

Rule 4: Scheduling

If you agree to participate in the ASEEES Convention, you are agreeing to be scheduled during any of the planned sessions. We will honor specific scheduling requests only for religious reasons. (Read Mike Hickey's article in the May 2008 issue of NewsNet: "The Five Obstructions" or "Why somebody's panel has to meet on Sunday morning".)