NewsNet

Issues

NewsNet is produced as a bimonthly newsletter online and in PDF format, with member and ASEEES news announcements posted online regularly.

January 2025 Issue

In the January issue, 2024 ASEEES President Vitaly Chernetsky explores the field through the framework of liberation. In the first installment in our 2025 Spotlight on Central Asian Studies, Nurlan Kabdylkhak surveys possibilities for unearthing Muslim voices and perspectives in imperial archives. Sarah Sokhey asks Emma Mateo for her perspective on current trends in the study of Ukraine.

Alongside Executive Director Lynda Park's Annual Report, ASEEES announces the 57th Annual Convention Call for Proposals, the 2025 Grants & Fellowships Call for Applications, the 2025 Board of Directors and Committee Assignments, the Affiliate Award and Prize Recipients and upcoming Regional Affiliate conferences, programming highlights from the Managing Mid-Career Milestones initiative and the Internship Grant Program—and more!

Download PDF

Articles in This Issue

  • January 21, 2025

    2024 President’s Address

    By Vitaly Chernetsky

    With a knowledge of how oppression works, a liberation approach pushes us to consider brand new possibilities pushes us to consider brand new possibilities for ourselves, for other individuals, for social institutions, and society.

  • January 21, 2025

    Exploring Muslim Voices in Russian Imperial Archives: Reflections on State-Mediated and Independent Sources 

    By Nurlan Kabdylkhak

    Non-state perspectives are indeed crucial, and in the case of Central Asian and broader Muslim history, they have fundamentally reshaped our understanding of Muslim communities under tsarist rule, enriching our knowledge of the social and religious histories of tsarist Muslims and demonstrating their intellectual autonomy from the Russian state.

  • January 21, 2025

    Challenges and New Trends in Ukrainian Studies: An Interview with Emma Mateo 

    By NewsNet

    As scholars, we can help identify and better understand these challenges, and also contextualize them within broader scholarship and amongst other cases. There is no lasting peace to be had in Eastern Europe without understanding Ukrainian society, politics, and history.

  • January 21, 2025

    2024 Executive Director’s Annual Report

    By Lynda Park

    2024 was an exceptional year for ASEEES. Membership numbers were the highest since the 1990s. The annual convention was highly productive and well-attended. We awarded numerous prizes, fellowships and grants to deserving scholars for excellence in research. Finally, we initiated new programs and projects to further benefit ASEEES members.

Additional Highlights from This Issue