About ASEN

The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) was founded by research students and academics in 1990 at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where the headquarters of the Association are based.

ASEN is composed of academics, researchers, students, journalists and others directly concerned with advancing the study of ethnicity and nationalism. Its membership is international and multi-disciplinary.

The aims of ASEN are:

• To establish, through its membership, an international and multi-disciplinary network of scholars interested in ethnicity and nationalism

• To stimulate debate on ethnicity and nationalism through the organisation of seminars, workshops, lectures and conferences

• To collect and diffuse information on scholarly activities concerning ethnicity and nationalism through its journal Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN)

• To publish research on ethnicity and nationalism in its journal Nations and Nationalism

Since its establishment, ASEN has received generous support both from within and outside LSE. Sponsors of ASEN activities have included the Department of Sociology (LSE), the Centre for International Studies (LSE), STICERD (LSE), the London School of Economics, the British Academy and the Times Higher Education Supplement.