News
We're so pleased to share this impressive list of scholars and their award-winning efforts.
The first digital issue of NewsNet includes the 2021 ASEEES President's Address, an article on art in the Post-Soviet era, and an interview with Archie Brown, winner of the 2021 Pushkin House Book Prize, and the ASEEES Annual Report from the Executive Director.
Blog
“The point here is that diverse students (like our own past selves) will bring diverse interests to their educations, and those interests can usefully update and transform what we are doing.”
In the summer of 2020, I faced two challenges as I prepared to teach my course on Russian history to Peter the Great in the fall semester: first, the need to transform a course normally taught in a classroom into a virtual format during Covid-19, and second, the need to respond to growing protests about racial injustice during summer 2020. Now, my memory of teaching pre-Petrine Russia in fall 2020 will always be associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests, and the storming of the US Capitol.
Advocacy
ASEEES joins ACLS member organizations by signing a Joint Statement of Support for Afghan Scholars and Students.
The ASEEES Executive Committee condemns the recent decision by the Russian Supreme Court to shut down the Memorial Society, Russia’s most venerable human rights organization.
Member Spotlight
Dr. Nariman Shelekpaev is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the European University at St. Petersburg.
Dr. Maria Taroutina is Associate Professor of Humanities at Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Head of Arts and Humanities Program, and President Elect of the Society of Historians of Eastern European, Eurasian and Russian Art and Architecture.
