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Advocacy
ASEEES is committed as an organization to advocate and register its collective concern in matters regarding: 1) academic freedom in our field, whether these affect individuals or institutions; and 2) the threatened elimination or reduction of resources and/or institutions that are of importance to our field. Read the advocacy policy and procedures.
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ASEEES and CESS Express Concern over Disappearance of Rahile Dawut
ASEEES has co-signed a statement by the Central Eurasian Studies Society expressing our strong concern over the disappearance of our academic colleague Rahile Dawut.
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Letter Concerning Gender Studies in Hungary
ASEEES issues a joint letter together with AWSS and Q*ASEEES regarding the proposed law against gender studies programs at Hungarian universities. Response included.
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ASEEES Statement concerning the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Gender Studies
ASEEES expresses its support for the members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and protests the recent proposals to subject the majority of that organization’s funding to political oversight. ASEEES also protests the the government's order to eliminate gender studies.
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ASEEES Statement concerning the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka)
ASEEES expresses its disappointment with the decision of Rosobrnadzor to withdraw accreditation from the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences.
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ASEEES Statement concerning the detention of academic researcher David Scheffel
ASEEES writes to express its concern about the circumstances surrounding the detention of the academic researcher David Scheffel.
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ASEEES Condemns Polish Law Criminalizing Public Discussion of Possible Polish Role in Nazi War Crimes
Published February 14, 2018 The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies condemns the bill drafted by the Polish legislature and signed into law by President Andrzej Duda on […]
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Statement Opposing US Proposal to Tax Tuition Waivers
ASEEES joins other scholarly associations in issuing a statement to oppose the proposal to tax graduate student tuition waivers as income.
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Tell Congress Not to Tax Tuition Waivers for Graduate Students
ASEEES urges its US members to contact members of Congress to oppose a tax bill clause that would eliminate tax exemption for tuition waivers for graduate students.
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ASEEES Statement Against Racism and Intolerance
ASEEES categorically rejects all forms of racism and intolerance, including white supremacy, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, and homophobia.
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ASEEES Supports European University at St Petersburg
ASEEES expresses its steadfast support for the European University at St. Petersburg as it faces a critical moment in an ongoing dispute over its license.
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ASEEES Expresses Support for Central European University
The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies is alarmed by the news that the Hungarian government has proposed legislation that would make it impossible for the esteemed Central European University to continue operations in Hungary.
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ASEEES Expresses Deep Concern Over Executive Order Restricting Entry into the US
ASEEES is a global community of interconnected scholars and specialists, who know that what applies to one region today has applied to others in the past and could again in the future. We call on the U.S. government to rescind the Executive Order.