Call for Proposals
**Proposal Deadline Reminder: 12 December 2024**
https://www.asnconvention.com/call-for-proposals-2024

29th Annual World Convention of the
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)

Columbia University
Co-Hosted by the Harriman Institute
22-24 May 2025

Proposals must be submitted to darel@uottawa.ca AND asnconvention25@gmail.com in a single Word attachment.
Each applicant must also fill out a Fact Sheet online.

Key Points

*The Convention includes the largest annual academic event in Ukrainian studies, with more than 35 panels dealing with Ukraine.

*The Convention is welcoming five different types of proposals: Individual Paper Proposal, Panel Proposal, Book Panel Proposal, Roundtable Proposal, Film Proposal. Paper and panel proposals are based on written papers.

*Two new permanent sections — Populism and the Far Right, Gender and Nationalism — are added. The Convention will also a have Special Focus on the Russian War in Ukraine, American Nationalism, and Political Memory.

*Registration fees will be waived for discussants,
unless they are making a presentation on a different panel.

*The Convention is in person only. No presentation will be on Zoom.

*Applicants will be notified of the status of their proposal in January 2025.

The Convention

Over 150 Panels in 4 global sections:
Nationalism (incl. First Nations)
Populism and the Far Right
Migration, Refugees, and Diasporas
Gender and Nationalism

And 8 regional sections:

Balkans
Belarus
Caucasus
Central Europe
Eurasia (Central Asia and China)
Russia
Turkey and Greece
Ukraine

ASN Awards
Best Doctoral Papers
Best Book on Nationalism (Joseph Rothschild Prize)
Best Article in Nationalities Papers (Huttenbach Prize)
Best Documentary Film
Nationalities Papers Photo Contest
Social Media Awards

The Scope of the Convention

The ASN World Convention, which brings together 750+ scholars from 50+ countries annually, welcomes proposals on a wide range of topics related to nationalism, national identity, ethnicity, indigenous and racialized groups, political memory and migration in regional sections of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and cross-regional sections in nationalism studies, populism and the far right, migration/diaspora studies, and gender.

Popular themes include language, religion, EU integration/exit, security, energy politics, parties and elections, youth, media, and civil society.

Disciplines represented include political science, history, anthropology, sociology, international studies, security studies, area studies, economics, geography, literature, and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.

Prospective applicants can get a sense of the large thematic scope of ASN Convention papers and presentations by looking at the 2024 Convention Program (https://www.asnconvention.com/panels-by-date)

Applying to the Convention

To submit a proposal, fill out a Fact Sheet online, download the relevant form below and send it as an attachment to darel@uottawa.ca and asnconvention25@gmail.com.

Paper Proposal
Panel Proposal
Roundtable Proposal
Book Panel Proposal
Documentary Film Proposal
Discussant Proposal

Applying to the Convention: Five Categories

*Accepted individual paper proposals will be included in panels created by the Program Committee.

*A panel proposal is comprised of up to five panelists whose presentations are based on written papers, as well as a chair and a discussant.

*A roundtable proposal includes four presentations not based on written papers and generally addresses ongoing events (such as a recent election or protest) or issues pertaining to research methods and challenges.

•A book panel proposal is based on a monograph published in 2024 or early 2025. Edited volumes have fewer chances of being accepted.

•Film proposals will be considered for documentaries produced between 2023-2025.

*A discussant proposal is for applicants who are NOT on other proposals (individual, panel, book, roundtable) but would like to volunteer as discussant on a panel created from individual proposals by the Program Committee.

Applying to the Convention: Guidelines

In a nutshell: applicants may not appear on more than two panel proposals (three if one is a book panel) and may not present more than one paper (whether as the main author or the co-author).

*Only ONE paper proposal per applicant will be considered. If your name appears on more than one paper as either single author or co-author, you will be asked to choose which proposal you want the Program Committee to consider.

Convention Outreach

*Publishers and other companies wishing to advertise in the Convention program and/or in our book exhibit can contact ASN Executive Director Ryan Kreider at rk2780@columbia.edu

The ASN Convention website is at http://asnconvention.com
The ASN website is at http://nationalities.org
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We very much look forward to receiving your proposal!

Dominique Arel, ASN Convention Director
Lisa Koriouchkina, ASN Convention Associate Director
Alexandra Wishart and Bertrand de Franqueville, ASN Convention Assistant Directors
On behalf of the ASN Convention Program Committee and Organizing Committee

Deadline for proposals: 12 December 2024 (to be sent to both darel@uottawa.ca AND asnconvention25@gmail.com
in a single Word attachment