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Read Chelsi West Ohueri's article, "Racial Logics of Antiblackness and Anti-Romani Racism: A Relational Analysis" in #SlavicReview with Open Access. A part of "Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies."
Racial Logics of Antiblackness and Anti-Romani Racism: A Relational Analysis | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
Racial Logics of Antiblackness and Anti-Romani Racism: A Relational Analysis - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Marius Turda and Bolaji Balogun write, "The Racialization of Roma as “Black” in Interwar Romania and Beyond" in the latest #SlavicReview as part of Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies. Available open access.
The Racialization of Roma as “Black” in Interwar Romania and Beyond | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
The Racialization of Roma as “Black” in Interwar Romania and Beyond - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 24, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Join us for our 3rd Virtual Networking Session for Organizing Panels on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 12 PM Eastern.

See tips and guidelines or register for a networking session: buff.ly/ILgiGgN
#ASEEES26
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Available through open access in the latest #SlavicReview, "Our Blackface Sounds Familiar: Historical Imitations of Blackness in Poland" by Łukasz Zaremba and Maciej Duklewski.
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A part of the Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies
Our Blackface Sounds Familiar: Historical Imitations of Blackness in Poland | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
Our Blackface Sounds Familiar: Historical Imitations of Blackness in Poland - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 22, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Kate Pride Brown writes, "How SEEES Scholars Can Defend Academic Freedom" in the January NewsNet.
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"SEEES scholars know what happens to countries once academic freedom is lost, as well as what the conditions are like in countries where it has never been allowed to flourish."
#NewsNet
How SEEES Scholars Can Defend Academic Freedom  | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Rather than promoting research into areas that the federal government deems to be a priority, this new path signals that the government is determining that some scientific questions should not be…
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January 21, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Thursday: NEW Virtual Networking Sessions for Organizing Panels at the ASEEES Annual Convention.
See tips and guidelines or register for a networking session: buff.ly/ILgiGgN
#ASEEES26

Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 12 PM Eastern
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Available through open access, read "Our Blackface Sounds Familiar: Historical Imitations of Blackness in Poland" by Łukasz Zaremba, Maciej Duklewski in the latest #SlavicReview as part of the Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies.
Our Blackface Sounds Familiar: Historical Imitations of Blackness in Poland | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
Our Blackface Sounds Familiar: Historical Imitations of Blackness in Poland - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
In the January #NewsNet, read the "2025 President’s Address: 'Scholarship and Shattered Illusions'" by 2025 President Adrienne Edgar, given at the ASEEES Annual Convention.
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"Memory wars are a crucial aspect of the current political polarization, globally as well as domestically."
2025 President’s Address: “Scholarship and Shattered Illusions” | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies
I have gained a new appreciation for the sources of community and friendship that provide moral, intellectual, and emotional support at a frightening time.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Read "Promises of Blackness in the State Socialist Public Sphere in Poland" by Thục Linh Nguyễn Vũ and Margaret Ohia-Nowak as part of the #SlavicReview Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies. Out now!
Promises of Blackness in the State Socialist Public Sphere in Poland | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
Promises of Blackness in the State Socialist Public Sphere in Poland - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 17, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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🔴 The Long View #010
Service and domestic labor played a central role in Soviet social life.

Historian Alissa Klots discusses women’s work, emancipation, and hierarchy in the Soviet Union.

February 12, 2026 | 11:00 AM ET

RSVP Now ⬇️
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January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Opinion | We Need a Revitalized Area Studies

At a time when the field is gaining new vitality abroad, area studies in the U.S. is struggling to survive. https://bit.ly/45XCfQR
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
NEW Virtual Networking Sessions for Organizing Panels at the ASEEES Annual Convention.
See tips and guidelines or register for a networking session: buff.ly/ILgiGgN
#ASEEES26

Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 12 PM Eastern
January 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Available through open access in the latest #SlavicReview is "Blackness and Soviet Creative Education: African Writers at the Gorʹkii Literary Institute" by Olga Nechaeva. This is part of the Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies.
Blackness and Soviet Creative Education:  African Writers at the Gorʹkii Literary Institute | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
Blackness and Soviet Creative Education: African Writers at the Gorʹkii Literary Institute - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 15, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Join us on January 29 at 4:00 PM for a conversation with Michael Kofman and Dr. Yevgenia Albats on the 4-year war in Ukraine—realities from the frontlines, Putin’s goals, and the prospects for peace in the age of the Donroe Doctrine. RSVP (in person only): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
January NewsNet Out Now!
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#NewsNet
In this issue:
2025 President’s Address: “Scholarship and Shattered Illusions” by Adrienne Edgar
"How SEEES Scholars Can Defend Academic Freedom" by Kate Pride Brown
2026 Executive Director’s Annual Report by Lynda Park
and more
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Read Alexa Kurmanov's article, "On Blackness and Belonging in Kazakhstan" as part of the Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies in the Fall issue of #SlavicReview out now.
On Blackness and Belonging in Kazakhstan | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
On Blackness and Belonging in Kazakhstan - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This week is our first of four NEW Virtual Networking Sessions for Organizing Panels at the ASEEES Annual Convention.
See tips and guidelines or register for a networking session: buff.ly/ILgiGgN
#ASEEES26

Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 12 PM Eastern
January 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
This issue of #SlavicReview contains the Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies including "At the Margins of Blackness: “Coloured” South Africans in the Soviet Union" by Hilary Lynd. Available open access.
At the Margins of Blackness: “Coloured” South Africans in the Soviet Union | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
At the Margins of Blackness: “Coloured” South Africans in the Soviet Union - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
CfA: ASEEES Next Generation Dissertation Research Fellowship Program
Deadline: Jan. 29
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The fellowship provides a maximum stipend of $28,000 for doctoral students at US universities to conduct dissertation research in Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies.
January 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Tatsiana Shchurko writes, "Transnational Blackness: Re-reading Louise Thompson Patterson’s Encounter with the Soviet Union in 1932" in the latest #SlavicReview as part of Critical Forum: Blackness in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Societies. Available open access.
Transnational Blackness: Re-reading Louise Thompson Patterson’s Encounter with the Soviet Union in 1932 | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
Transnational Blackness: Re-reading Louise Thompson Patterson’s Encounter with the Soviet Union in 1932 - Volume 84 Issue 3
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January 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Join us for one or more of our virtual networking sessions for organizing panels. These meetings will give potential convention participants an opportunity to meet colleagues with overlapping research interests and ask questions about organizing panels for the Convention.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Call for Proposals 2026 ASEEES Annual Convention - Submission Site Now Open
Theme: States and Empires
Spotlight on Balkan Studies
Deadline: March 1
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January 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
New and Improved!
Use the new ASEEES Papers/Panels Wanted Board to connect with colleagues for the 2026 ASEEES Annual Convention. #ASEEES26
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January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowships and
Dissertation Completion Fellowships
DEADLINE: Jan. 29
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These Fellowships offer a maximum stipend of $28,000 for doctoral students at US, regardless of citizenship, for work in Russian/Soviet historical studies.
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM