British Association for Slavonic & East European Studies

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The British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) is a learned society in the United Kingdom dedicated to promoting the study of Russia, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences. [1]

It was formed in 1988 or 1989 through a merger of the British Universities Association of Slavists (BUAS; created 1956 [2] ) and the National Association for Soviet and East European Studies (NASEES; created 1967 [3] [4] , funded by the Ford Foundation and Shell [5] ), [6] [7] two founding members of the International Council for Central and East European Studies. [8] Its first president until 1991 was the economist and foreign policy adviser Michael Kaser, who had also initially chaired the NASEES from 1967 to 1973. [9] Until 1992, it was called the British Association for Soviet, Slavonic and East European Studies (BASSEES). [10] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Member Societies Archive | Academy of Social Sciences". acss.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
  2. ↑ British Universities Association of Slavists archive (BUAS) (1), Archives Hub, archived from the original on 18 October 2021, retrieved 9 August 2025
  3. ↑ "Establishment of a National Association for Soviet and East European Studies", Soviet Studies, 19 (1): 148, 1967, JSTOR   149251
  4. ↑ National Association for Soviet and East European Studies archive, Archives Hub, archived from the original on 27 October 2021, retrieved 9 August 2025
  5. ↑ "Conference of National Association for Soviet and East European Studies – April 1969", Soviet Studies, 21 (1): 125–126, 1969, JSTOR   149889
  6. ↑ British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies archive, Archives Hub, archived from the original on 24 October 2021, retrieved 9 August 2025
  7. 1 2 Smele, Jonathan D. (2005), "The Study Group on the Russian Revolution: The First Thirty Years", Revolutionary Russia, 18 (2): 208, doi:10.1080/09546540500344988
  8. ↑ Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (February 2022), History, International Council for Central and East European Studies, archived from the original on 2 July 2022, retrieved 9 August 2025
  9. ↑ Brown, Archie, Michael Kaser (Emeritus Fellow) 1926–2021, St Antony's College, Oxford, archived from the original on 19 April 2024, retrieved 9 August 2025
  10. ↑ Our History, British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies, retrieved 9 August 2025


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