56th Annual ASEEES Convention
2024 Convention
One of the core activities of the Association is the annual convention. Held in the fall in a different city in North America, this international forum makes possible a broad exchange of information and ideas, stimulating further work and sustaining the intellectual vitality of the field.
2024 ASEEES Annual Convention
November 21 – November 24
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, MA
2024 ASEEES Virtual Convention
October 17 – October 18
Virtual
ASEEES is offering a small virtual convention in October prior to the main in-person convention in Boston in November. Convention pre-registration will begin in late April.
2024 ASEEES Convention Theme
Liberation
2024 ASEEES President: Vitaly Chernetsky, University of Kansas
Building on the productive discussions stimulated by the 2023 theme, decolonization, we offer liberation as the 2024 focus. Dictionary definitions of liberation’s spectrum of meanings include “being set free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression,” “the achievement of equal rights and status,” “being freed from domination by a foreign power,” and “release from social stereotyping.” It can refer both to the act of liberating or the state of being liberated. Human history offers us multiple examples of movements advocating social change that use this term, including women’s liberation, Black liberation, gay liberation, and many others. The term gave us a different way of approaching spirituality, by focusing, in liberation theology, on the perspective of the poor and the oppressed. In his book Decolonizing the Mind, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o proposes as a decolonizing goal the “search for a liberating perspective within which to see ourselves clearly in relationship to ourselves and other selves in the universe.”
Convention Action Items
Become a Sponsor/Exhibitor/Advertiser
Order your booth, sponsorship or advertising through our online form.
Submit Films/Meeting Room Requests
The deadline to submit film screening proposals and meeting room requests is April 1.
Apply for Travel Grants
ASEEES offers four travel grants and a childcare grant to support convention attendees.
Hotel & Travel
ASEEES is pleased to announce that the 56th Annual Convention will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Convention rates are available until October 28. Room share options and student room rates are also available.
Important Dates
ASEEES Convention
Film Screening Proposal Deadline
April 1
ASEEES members screen a small number of films as part of the Annual Convention. Proposals for film screenings may only be submitted for the in-person convention.
Learn MoreASEEES Convention
Affiliate Group Meeting Room Request Deadline
April 1
ASEEES affiliate organizations may request one meeting room at the convention.
Learn MoreASEEES Convention
Convention Proposal Acceptance Notification
April 30
Convention proposal acceptance and rejection notifications are expected to be sent out in late April.
Learn MoreAdvertising, Exhibits, and Sponsors
The ASEEES Annual Convention is the world’s largest gathering of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies scholars from around the world and regularly attracts over 2800 attendees. Become a partner as a sponsor, an exhibitor, or an advertiser to support the field and to promote your organization, services, and programs.
Thanks to Our Sponsors
ASEEES extends a special thanks to our sponsors for the 2024 ASEEES Annual Convention — in Boston and Online!