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March 2025 Issue

In the March issue, Kristen Fort charts the landscape of Central Asian literature in English translation. 2024 Vucinich Prize Winner Egor Lazarev explains his interview-based research approach and how it helped him conceptualize state-building in Chechnya via the lens of "lawfare." Sarah Sokhey asks Anastasiia Vlasenko for her perspective on current trends in the study of Ukraine. 2023 ASEEES Internship Grant Recipient Alexandra Noi reflects on her experience in a role beyond academia.

ASEEES presents key information about the 57th Annual Convention and announces the Spring 2025 First Book Subvention recipients, the 2025 Grants & Fellowships Call for Applications, the 2026 Board of Directors Call for Self-Nominations, the 2025 Awards and Prizes Call for Nominations, upcoming professional development programming—and more!

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Articles in This Issue

March 12, 2025

Central Asian Literature in English Translation Today

By Kristen Fort

Translation promises to help students see Central Asia as not a periphery of Russia but part of a broader interimperial intellectual field.
March 12, 2025

An Interview with 2024 Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize Winner Egor Lazarev

By NewsNet

The canonical theoretical approach links state-building to external warfare. My book offers an alternative perspective.
March 12, 2025

Challenges and New Trends in Ukrainian Studies: An Interview with Anastasiia Vlasenko

By NewsNet

On top of the most foundational debates, scholars of Ukraine are actively working on answering many questions about Ukraine’s demographics, economic development, pro-democratic reforms, and geopolitical aspirations.
March 12, 2025

Spotlight on the ASEEES Internship Grant Program: A Grantee’s Experience

By Alexandra Noi

For any historian, I believe, it is important to occasionally get out of the classroom or archive and to see how the history we study lives beyond academia.