ASEEES Advocacy
ASEEES is committed as an organization to advocate and register its collective concern in matters regarding: 1) academic freedom in our field, whether these affect individuals or institutions; and 2) the threatened elimination or reduction of resources and/or institutions that are of importance to our field. Read the advocacy policy and procedures.
- ASEEES signs joint statements condemning Florida's legislative bill HB 999 which is a direct attack on academic freedom at public institutions fo higher education, March 6, 2023
- ASEEES signs a statement by the American Council of Learned Societies in support of New College of Florida and academic freedom in higher education, February 10, 2023
- ASEEES issues a statement condemning the court case being brought against the former editors of the student journal DOXA, March 29, 2022
- ASEEES issues a joint statement Condemning Russian University Presidents' Statement of Support for Russia's Assault on Ukraine, March 17, 2022
- ASEEES issues a joint statement of Opposition to Banning Scholars Based on Citizenship, March 9, 2022
- ASEEES signs a statement by the African Studies Association "calling on Ukrainian and authorities in neighboring countries to treat all those fleeing the conflict equally, with dignity, and without discrimination based on race or status," March 4, 2022
- ASEEES signs the American Historical Association's statement condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, February 28, 2022
- ASEEES Board issues statement Condeming Russia's Military Assault on Ukraine, includes like statements by other organizations and institutions, February 24, 2022
- ASEEES signs a joint statement of Support for Afghan Scholars and Students, February 3, 2022
- ASEEES condemns Decision by the Russian Supreme Court to shut down the Memorial Society, January 13, 2022
- ASEEES signs a Letter of Support for MSSES Rector Professor Sergey Zuev, December 9, 2021
- ASEEES signs statement Condeming Threats to Academic Conferences, September 20, 2021
- ASEEES joins statement Opposing Legislation that would Restrict Discussion of Divisive Concepts, June 30, 2021
- ASEEES issues an Appeal against the Designation of Bard College as an Undesirable Organization, June 23, 2021
- ASEEES Expresses Concern of Florida Law Allowing Recording of Classrom, May 17, 2021
- ASEEES Expresses Concern Regarding Imprisonment of Alexander Feduta, April 28, 2021
- ASEEES expresses Deep Concnern for Arrest of DOXA Editors, April 19, 2021
- ASEEES signs ACLS statement condemning Anti-Asian Violence, March 22, 2021
- ASEEES calls for an immediate end to the persecution of Professors Grabowski and Engelking in Poland, February 4, 2021
- ASEEES urges University of Kansas to reject the new Kansas Board of Regents policy that allows termination of employees, including tenured faculty, without declaring a financial emergency, January 26, 2021
- ASEEES expresses grave concern about the campaign of disinformation against political scientist Péter Krekó in Hungary, January 11, 2021
- ASEEES on the Protests against Polish suppression of academic freedom, November 4, 2020
- ASEEES issues a Statement of Concern Regarding Firing of Faculty without Due Process and Loss of Programs, September 27, 2020
- ASEEES joins ACLS in calling on U.S. institutions of higher education to sustain the centrality of humanities and social sciences at this critical time, August 13, 2020
- ASEEES and ASN express strong concern over the detention of academic researcher Stas Gorelik in Belarus, August 13, 2020
- ASEEES Executive Committee issue a statement concerning US government's use of force against peaceful protest, hearkening to precedents in the part of the world we study, July 30, 2020
- ASEEES signs an AHA statement urging universities to take a series of specific accommodations for faculty and students whose research has been interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, July 23, 2020
- ASEEES and AATSEEL issue an open letter to the Higher School of Economics concerning its faculty rights, July 13, 2020
- ASEEES signs MLA letter calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reconsider ending visa exemptions for international students, July 8, 2020
- ASEEES and AATSEEL issue a Statement on Romanian Gender Studies Law, June 19, 2020
- ASEEES Executive Committee and Committee for the Advocacy of Diversity and Inclusion issue a statement condemning systemic racism and police brutality, June 4, 2020
- ASEEES signs AATSEEL letter calling on Ohio University to reconsider the planned closure of their Russian program, June 3, 2020
- ASEEES signs ASA letter calling on Congress to allocate additional funding for higher education institutions during the COVID-19 crisis, June 1, 2020
- ASEEES signs ASA statement on supporting student degree progress in higher education during the COVID-19 crisis, April 23, 2020
- ASEEES and CESS issue a joint statement protesting the recent inclusion of Kyrgyzstan to the list of countries currently facing travel restrictions to the United States, April 20, 2020
- ASEEES signs MLA statement on COVID-19 and academic labor, April 6, 2020
- ASEEES signs ASA statement on changes in faculty procedure in higher education during the COVID-19 crisis, March 24, 2020
- ASEEES sends letter to the Higher School of Economics Moscow regarding academic freedom for its faculty Gasan Guseinov, November 19, 2019
- ASEEES joins other scholarly socities in concern over US Dept Ed's Title VI Interpretation, September 25, 2019
- ASEEES supports AATSEEL letter on students' arrest, Aug. 28, 2019
- Joint Letter Concerning Academic Freedom in Hungary, March 20, 2019
- ASEEES issues a statement regarding the fate of the Institute of Political History in Hungary, January 29, 2019
- ASEEES expresses concern over detention of Matthew Hedges, November 6, 2018
- ASEEES and CESS express concern over the disappearance of scholar Rahile Dawut, September 10, 2018
- Joint Letter concerning Gender Studies in Hungary, August 30, 2018
- ASEEES Statement concerning the detention of academic researcher David Scheffel, July 20, 2018
- ASEEES Statement concerning the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Gender Studies, July 20, 2018, amended on August 22, 2018
- ASEEES Statement concerning the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka), July 20, 2018
- ASEEES condemns Polish law criminalizing public discussion of possible Polish role in Nazi war crimes, February 14, 2018