American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), a nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society, is the leading private organization in the world dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about the former Soviet Union (including Eurasia) and Eastern and Central Europe. The AAASS supports teaching, research, and publication relating to the peoples and territories within this area.

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Call for Papers for the 2010 Convention

The 42nd National Convention of the Association will be held in Los Angeles, California, from Thursday, November 18, to Sunday, November 21, 2010 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites. To download a pdf version of the Call for Papers, click on the link below:
Call for Papers for the 2010 National Convention

Apply for AAASS Membership or Renew Online

Members of the AAASS -- and those interested in joining the Association -- can now submit their membership applications online, through our Members Only / Registered Users site (www.aaassmembers.org). ... more...

Multi-Year Data Set for Title VIII Participant Organizations

In November 2008, at the AAASS conference in Philadelphia, seven of the eight Title VIII recipient organizations were asked to produce five-year data sets reflecting individual application numbers and successful grant numbers for their various programs. The data on applicants and grants collected by these organizations and presented at the 2008 Philadelphia convention was compiled and organized by Robert T. Huber in an article "Multi-Year Data Set for Title VIII Participant Organizations: Some Preliminary Conclusions." An abbreviated version of this article was published in the May 2009 issue of NewsNet (v. 49, n. 3). ... more...

Russian Visa Restrictions Hurt Scholarship

The AAASS is seriously concerned about the visa restrictions recently placed on foreign scholars working in Russia. We encourage our members who have contacts with senior scholars and Russian government officials to use the template provided to write to them and ask them to use their influence to urge the Russian government to change its visa policy. Those members who do not have such contacts are urged to write one (or more) of the senior government officials listed on the template form. ... more...

New York Public Library's Slavic Reading Room

Some of our members have expressed concern about the closing of the New York Public Library's Slavic Reading Room last year. On July 13, 2009, William Taubman, the president of the AAASS, sent a letter to the Library Director in response to this closure and the subsequent neglect of the Library's Slavic Collection. His letter and the director's response are reproduced belw.

William Taubman's letter to the New York Public Library

David S. Ferriero, Director of the New York Public Libraries response to William Taubman

Russian Commission to Counteract Attempts at Falsifying History to Damage the Interests of Russia

AAASS President William Taubman sent in July 2009 a letter to Russian President Dmitrii Medvedev, expressing our association's support for the American Historical Association's statement of concern over the recent creation of a Commission to Counteract Attempts at Falsifying History to Damage the Interests of Russia. To date we have not received any response from the Russian President's office. Both texts may be found below.

William Taubman's letter to Dmitrii Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation

American Historical Association's letter to Dmitrii Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation