The Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) is an academic association dedicated to the promotion of knowledge and understanding of
ethnicity,
nationalism
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, and ethnic conflict broadly, with a particular geographic focus on Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Eurasia. ASN is based at
New York's
Columbia University
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. It publishes ''
Nationalities Papers
''Nationalities Papers'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press for the Association for the Study of Nationalities. The editor-in-chief is Harris Mylonas (George Washington University). It publishes articles on ...
'' and, in collaboration with the Specialist Group on Ethnopolitics of the
Political Studies Association
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, ''
Ethnopolitics
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''.
The ASN organises an Annual World Convention at the
Harriman Institute, Columbia University and periodic European conferences. ASN awards annually the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies to an outstanding book published in the previous calendar year on Russia, Eastern Europe or Eurasia in which substantial attention is paid to questions of ethnicity and/or nationalism; Doctoral Student Awards; and the ASN Documentary Film Audience Award.
References
External links
Association for the Study of Nationalities website''Nationalities Papers'' journal
Academic organizations based in the United States
Organizations (nationalism studies)
Organizations based in New York (state)
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