Amer. Assc. of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages

Several announcements concerning AATSEEL Elections, Awards, and Poetry Workshop Call!

Links needed are below:

To review candidate statements and cast your vote here: www.aatseel.org/elections

To nominate someone follow this link: www.aatseel.org/about/awards...

Recent AATSEEL announcements related to the 2026 conference and the new publication of SEEJ!

The Summer 2025 issue of SEEJ is now available!

You can view this issue's table of contents here: seej.org/issues/69.2....

Please contact your institution’s librarian and make sure your library subscribes to SEEJ or request a subscription:
www.aatseel.org/publications...

Welcome to AATSEEL 2026 Annual Conference Book your hotel room for the event at special rates, available here on an exclusive basis.

Reminder: Hotel Booking for the 2026 AATSEEL Conference

The 2026 AATSEEL Conference will take place in New Orleans, LA at:
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
500 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 70130

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TODAY!!!!

The final proposal submission deadline is August 18, 2025, for AATSEEL 2026, which will be held in person at the Sheraton New Orleans in New Orleans, LA, on February 19-22, 2026.

Submit proposals here:
aatseel.org/cfp_main

The final proposal submission deadline is August 18, 2025, for AATSEEL 2026, which will be held in person at the Sheraton New Orleans in New Orleans, LA, on February 19-22, 2026.
Submit proposals here:
aatseel.org/cfp_main

Exciting changes for SEEEJ!

The Slavic and East European Journal is transitioning to a new editorial team.

We encourage scholars to continue submitting their work at www.seej.org!

Amid crackdowns on dissent, Russia’s private museums are threatened Staying open can mean coping with security service raids, harassment, verbal attacks by lawmakers and an exodus of staff

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/14/a...

Russian Prisons Restrict Inmates' Access to Foreign Books and Language Materials – Reports - The Moscow Times Russian prisons are increasingly restricting inmates’ access to foreign literature and books in foreign languages, the independent news outlet Mozhem Obyasnit reported Friday.

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/18/r...

Why Gen Z goes mad for Dostoyevsky

unherd.com/2025/07/why-...

Putin issues executive order pledging to defend and promote the Russian language — Meduza A new executive order from Vladimir Putin affirms the foundations of Russia’s state language policy, pledging to “preserve, develop, and support” the Russian language, the state languages of Russia’s ...

meduza.io/en/news/2025...

Russia's reinvention of invasion literature Russian 'Z' literature, a best-selling genre of fiction with storylines that inculcate young readers into the ideology of Putin’s regime, has its antecedents in the darker chapters of the 20th century...

engelsbergideas.com/notebook/rus...

REMINDER DEADLINE EXTENSION:

AATSEEL will be accepting applications for its new Research Lab on Sound Studies until July 20, 2025.

For more information and to submit an application, please visit this page:

www.aatseel.org/program/conf...

Deadline reminder!!!!

Memberships expire June 30, 2025!

Please remember to renew for the 2025-2026 year.

Memberships expire June 30, 2025!

Please remember to renew for the 2025-2026 year.

AATSEEL will be accepting applications for its new Research Lab on Sound Studies until July 20, 2025.

For more information and to submit an application, please visit this page:

www.aatseel.org/program/conf...

Don't forget to submit proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables for the 2026 conference, to be held in person in New Orleans on February 19-22.

AATSEEL is pleased to announce that the list of nominees for the 2025 AATSEEL Book Awards has been posted!!!

Please view the list here:

aatseel.org/about/prizes/

We’re thrilled to share the selected streams for the 2026 AATSEEL Conference in New Orleans!

View the streams:
aatseel.org/program/conf...
Ready to submit an abstract for a stream? Individual paper proposals are due July 1, 2025.

We can’t wait to see your work at #AATSEEL2026!

Stream topic proposals for the AATSEEL 2026 conference deadline is TODAY!!!!!

For more information:
www.aatseel.org/program

The FY26 budget proposes a 93% cut to U.S. exchange programs—jeopardizing diplomacy, education, and jobs. Urge Congress to reject it: www.votervoice.net/EXCHANGE/Cam...

Stream topic proposals for the AATSEEL 2026 conference deadline is a week away! (May 15)

For more information:
www.aatseel.org/program

Friendly reminder that the deadline for AATSEEL Book Award Nominations is MAY 1, 2025. Please see our website (www.aatseel.org/about/prizes/ ) for details about award categories and to submit nominations. Questions should be directed to Fred White (frederick.white@uvu.edu).

Stream topic proposals for the AATSEEL 2026 conference deadline is one month away! (May 15)

For more information:
www.aatseel.org/program

Call for Proposals, Call for Panel Stream Topics, and Application for Research Lab Participants for the AATSEEL 2026 conference, which will be held in-person in New Orleans, LA on February 19-22, 2026, are now open and currently accepting submissions.

For more information:
www.aatseel.org/program

A Crimean Tatar Feminist Perspective: An inquiry from within on the “Situation” of Indigenous women and the war in Ukraine This unfair and unjust war of choice inflicted by the Russian Federation in February of 2022 against Ukraine and its people has caused an upheaval across once peaceful Ukrainian people and its society...

www.ukrinform.net/rubric-socie...