Wednesday, November 20

ASEEES Pre-program on Harvard Library Slavic and Eurasian Collections & Resources

Location:  Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA

Description: Join Harvard Library’s Slavic librarians, curators, and bibliographers for a visit to the campus to see some of our central repositories for Slavic and Eurasian collections. Attendees will learn about collections of Widener and Houghton Libraries, the Davis Center Collection at Fung Library and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Library and see highlights across our collections. A reception at the Davis Center will follow. 

This is an opportunity not only to see the inside of Harvard’s libraries, but also to learn more about collections available to researchers, faculty, and students. Please register by filling out this form. The event is limited to 40 attendees. Questions? Contact Anna Rakityanskaya at rakityan@fas.harvard.edu.

Thursday, November 21

ASEEES Opening Reception & Exhibit Hall Tour
Gloucester Exhibit Hall, 3rd floor – 5:30 – 7:00 pm
All registered convention attendees are welcome to attend the opening reception. Light refreshment and a cash bar will be available. 

Graduate Student and First-Time Attendee Networking Event
Drop in for a casual meet & greet with fellow graduate students and first time attendees. Dessert and beverages will be served.
7:00 – 8:00 pm

Featured Film: Ukrainian Animation: Animating the War
7:30 – 10:00 pm

Various affiliate group meetings start at 6:30 pm

Friday, November 22

REEES Think Tank: Undergraduate Research Showcase
8:00 – 9:45 am

Presidential Plenary: Identifying and Applying Liberating Perspectives in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
12:00 – 1:15 pm

Film: From “Winter, Go Away” to “Of Caravan and the Dogs:” Documentary Films by Askold Kurov
3:30 – 5:15 pm

“Signals of Being”: A Reading and Conversation with Volodymyr Rafeyenko about Thinking and Writing about the War
4:00 – 5:30pm

ASEEES Annual Meeting of the Members
5:30 – 6:00 pm

Association for Women in Slavic Studies Annual Reception and Awards Ceremony
6:00 – 7:30 pm

Remembering Katerina Clark
6:30 – 8:00 pm

University of Wisconsin Alumni Reception, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Voices from Belarus: Conversation, Readings, and Discussion (followed by a reception)
6:30 – 8:30 pm

Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Reading
7:30 – 8:30 pm

Na stsenu! From the Footnotes to the Footlights – A Performance Showcase of Creative Research
7:30 – 9:00 pm

Polish Studies Association Reception, 7:30 – 9:00 pm

Indiana University Alumni Reception, 8:00 – 10:00 pm 

Various affiliate group meetings and receptions throughout the evening

Saturday, November 23

Vice Presidential Roundtable: Publishing Your First Book: Demystifying the Process
10:00 -11:45 am

Film: My Socialist Home
4:00 – 5:45 pm

Tamizdat Project: A Reading of “Pkhentz” by Abram Tertz, translated by Ainsley Morse
Exhibit Hall Booth #123 – 5:00 – 6:00 pm

ASEEES Awards Presentation & President’s Address by Vitaly Chernetsky, 2024 ASEEES President
6:30 – 8:00 pm

Live Concert: Winds and Tides: Music from Southeastern Europe and Beyond
8:30 – 9:30 pm
The Berklee Middle Eastern Fusion Ensemble presents an evening of timeless music from various Slavic and neighboring regions. View the Concert Program.

Harriman Institute Alumni Reception
8:00 – 9:30 pm

Comedy Hour: Sabrina Ramet’s Absurdist Guide to the Universe
8:15 – 9:00 pm

Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) / Shevchenko Scientific Society / AAUS Reception (off site)
8:00 – 10:00 pm, The Barker Center, Thompson Room Harvard University 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138