ASN 2018 WORLD CONVENTION
Harriman Institute, Columbia University, 3-5 May 2018
International Affairs Building (IAB), 420 W 118th St, New York
The ASN Convention, hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, runs from Thursday May 3 at 9.40 am to Saturday May 5 at 6 pm. More than 150 panels/events are on the program.
The program is available at https://bit.ly/2reCItI.
Each of the eleven sessions can also be accessed at https://www.asnconvention.com/panels-by-date.
Among the highlights:
- 100+ paper-based panels, on the Balkans, Central Europe, Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, Eurasia, Turkey, and on global Nationalism Studies and Migration Studies.
- 25 panels on new books, https://www.asnconvention.com/book-panels
- 14 new documentaries, https://www.asnconvention.com/documentaries-2018.
Four of them (on Estonia, Ukraine, Greece, and Soviet memory) will be shown as sneak previews and will be announced at the Convention.
- A dozen roundtables, including four on recent/ongoing events: the Polish memory law, Russia since the presidential election, the Hungarian election, and the protests in Armenia (added on Saturday during lunchtime).
- Special events, featuring Tim Snyder’s The Road to Unfreedom, David Laitin’s Identity in Formation—Twenty Years Later, and a workshop on Ethics and Accountability in Fieldwork.
- An Opening Reception, Thursday, May 3, 8 PM, in the IAB 15th Floor Open Space.
- An Award Ceremony, Saturday, May 5, 3.30 PM, Room 1501: ASN Harriman Book Prize, National Papers Article Prize, Best ASN Convention Doctoral Student Papers (5), Best ASN Convention Documentary
- A Closing Reception, Saturday, May 5, 6 PM, in the IAB 15th Floor Open Space.
General Convention information: Ryan Kreider, rk2780@columbia.edu
Registration: Kelsey Davis, asnreg2018@gmail.com
Academic Program: Dominique Arel, darel@uottawa.ca.
We look forward to seeing you at the Convention!
Cordially,
Dominique Arel, ASN Convention Director
On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the Program Committee