SESSION 1 THURSDAY MAY 28 10.00-11.40 AM
ASN 2026 PROGRAM - Panels by Date
PANEL BE2
Government, Authoritarianism, and Nationalism in Contemporary Belarus
PANEL BK9
Foreign Affairs and Europeanization
PANEL CE6
Imperial and Post-Imperial History in Central Europe
PANEL EU5
National Identity in Central Asia and China
PANEL K7
Political Change and Social Activism in the Caucasus
PANEL N14
Violence and Nationalism in the United States
PANEL R11
Russian Autocracy, Public Opinion and the War in Ukraine
PANEL U9
Caught between Multiple Temporalities of the War:
Experiences of People from Ukraine after 2014
PANEL U18
Russia-Ukraine War: Shifts in Narratives, Identities, and Value Systems
PANEL U22
Book Panel on Nataliia Stepaniuk's Lives Altered by War:
Civilian Volunteering amid the Donbas War in Ukraine (McGill-Queen’s, 2025)
SESSION 2 THURSDAY MAY 28 12.00-1.40 PM
PANEL BK4
Symbolic Nation and Identity Building
PANEL CE8
Minorities Politics in Central Europe
PANEL K8
Contested Identities and Belonging in Georgia
PANEL M3
The Changing Contours of Diaspora
PANEL N6
PANEL N12
Democratic Answers to Populism and Conflict
PANEL R8
The Russian Orthodox Church: Nationalism and the State
PANEL R10
Russian Foreign Policy and the War
PANEL TK3
Kurdish Identity in a Changing Domestic and International Environment
PANEL U10
Multiculturalism in Ukraine: Past and Present
PANEL U13
Europe and Ukraine — Ukraine in Europe
PANEL U26
LUNCHTIME THURSDAY MAY 28 1.40-3.20 PM
GRADUATE STUDENT MEET AND GREET
//15TH FLOOR ROOM 1512
SESSION 3 THURSDAY MAY 28 3.20-5.00 PM
PANEL BK2
PANEL CE10
PANEL K6
Conflict, Security, and Order in the Caucasus
PANEL EU1
Gender Dynamics in Central Asia
PANEL M5
Refugee Identities, Policies, and Pathways
PANEL N8
Exclusion/Inclusion of Minorities
PANEL N13
The Political Economy of Nationalism
PANEL N16
PANEL R4
PANEL TK6
The Implications of the Iran War for the Region and Beyond (Roundtable)
PANEL U3
PANEL U7
Identities, Narratives, and Politics in the Context of Russia’s War against Ukraine
PANEL U25
SESSION 4 THURSDAY MAY 28 5.20-7.00 PM
PANEL BK5
Memory and Belonging in Bosnia and the Western Balkans
PANEL CE3
Hungary After the Elections (Roundtable)
PANEL EU2
PANEL K3
Historical Memory, Narratives and Violent Conflicts in the Caucasus and Ukraine
PANEL M1
Emerging Issues in Global Migration
PANEL N10
Conceptual Insights Into Nationalism and Nation Building
PANEL N17
PANEL R2
Legitimization Strategies for Russia’s Warfare and Occupation
PANEL R5
Scripts of Power: Literature, Cultural Codes, and the Making of Russian National Identity
PANEL TK5
Insiders and Outsiders in Erdoğan's Turkey
PANEL U8
PANEL U11
Genocide and Occupation in Ukraine
PANEL U24
OPENING RECEPTION, 15TH FLOOR OPEN AREA THURSDAY MAY 28 7.00 PM
FRIDAY
10.00-11.40 AM • 12.00-1.40 PM • 3.20-5.00 PM
SESSION 5 FRIDAY MAY 29 10.00-11.40 AM
SESSION 6 FRIDAY MAY 17 12.00-1.40 PM
PANEL BK7
YInter-Ethnic Relations and Divisions in the Balkans
PANEL CE2
Minorities and Generations in the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections
PANEL K2
Authoritarian Drift and Democratic Resilience?
Assessing Georgia’s Political Crossroads (Roundtable)
PANEL M2
Immigration in the United States
PANEL N4
Contestation and Change in Nationalisms (Roundtable)
PANEL R12
The Soviet/Russian National Narrative: Past and Present
PANEL TK4
The Changing Geopolitical Environment of Turkey
PANEL U6
Understanding Citizen Experiences in Wartime Across Space and Time
PANEL U19
Thinking About Nationalism under the Rise of the Far Right and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine:
Overcoming National Indifference in Academia (Roundtable)
PANEL U23