Virtual ASN is a global online academic platform linking scholars, students, and members of the broader public interested in questions of nationalism and ethnicity with a regional focus on Europe and Eurasia. It provides opportunities for scholars to share knowledge and expertise on pressing issues, and to strengthen their own research and teaching skills. Virtual ASN brings together and fosters a worldwide community: From a Distance. Together.
Natalie Koch (Heidelberg U, DE)
Moderator: Peter Rutland (Wesleyan U, US)
SPRING 2022
JANUARY 13 PROTESTS IN KAZAKHSTAN: DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN REPERCUSSIONS
JANUARY 20 CONTESTED IDENTITIES AND STATE-MAKING IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE
FEBRUARY 10 CONDUCTING HISTORICAL RESEARCH ON THE USSR’S COLLAPSE: ACCESS, ARCHIVES, AND ARCHETYPES
MARCH 2 THE RUSSIAN ATTACK OF UKRAINE
MARCH 7 VOICES OF UKRAINE UNDER SIEGE
MARCH 17 RUSSIAN INVASION AND INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT: EMERGING IDP ISSUES WITHIN UKRAINE
MARCH 23 GEOPOLITICS AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE
APRIL 14 ELECTIONS IN HUNGARY
JUNE TBD vASN Dialogues
FALL 2021
SEPTEMBER 16 STATE OF NATIONALISM STUDIES
SEPTEMBER 30 MEMORY WARS
OCTOBER 28 WORKING WITH CENSUS DATA
NOVEMBER 4 RELIGION AND NATIONALISM (CONVERSATION WITH ŞENER AKTÜRK)
NOVEMBER 11 BOOK PANEL ON ORENSTEIN/GHODSEE “TAKING STOCK OF SHOCK” (OXFORD U PRESS, 2021)
DECEMBER 9 NATIONALISM, THE FAR RIGHT, AND THE PANDEMIC
March 23, 2022
March 17, 2022
March 7, 2022
March 2, 2022
February 10, 2022
January 20, 2022
January 13, 2022
