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
Get ready for the Virtual Convention
Joins us for online the 2024 Virtual Convention on October 17-18.
View the Convention Program
View the online convention program for the most up-to-date schedule. Also check out Special Events and our Film Series in Boston!
Register for the Convention
Registration closes October 14. No late registration for the Virtual Convention.
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.
Boston Marriott is currently SOLD OUT. Check the Hotel Info page for overflow hotel information.
Important Dates
ASEEES Convention
Convention Regular Registration Deadline
October 14
There is no late registration for the Virtual Convention. For the In-person Convention in Boston, participants must register on-site at the Convention for a higher fee after this date.
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ASEEES Room Rate Deadline
October 28
This is the deadline to book a room at the Boston Marriott Copley Place under the ASEEES room rate.
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