ASEN would like to hold an online conference, in no small part to give scholars who cannot easily travel to our in-person conference venues the opportunity to present their research. During covid, our annual conference was held entirely online on ‘nationalism and crisis’, and it did allow people from all around the world to take part.

We want to make such an online conference as useful as possible, and that’s where you come in. To start the process, we’d like to you what you think would work, so we’re having a Zoom call to have the conversation, ask what people would want at an online conference, and see if we can make it work.

Things we’re looking at include:

• is there a desire to have an online conference?
• should the conference have a theme or be an open call for papers on nationalism?
• should it be aimed at PhD students or more generally?
• how long should the conference last and what should the schedule be?
• what do people expect in terms of technology?
• how can we facilitate interaction outside of panels?

Plus anything else you would like to cover!

You will need to register in advance at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUud-2vrDIrGdA4kNXh6grkpSB4MT2uhGh5. We are doing it as a drop-in, so please come for as long or short a time as you like – we’re not expecting people to stay for the full two hours!