Representatives of the CASE Program and ISE-Center took part in the 38-th annual „American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies“, which were held in Washington, DC, on November, 16-19

The researches of the CASE program and ISE-Center officials participated in two sessions of the conference: „Russia and Islam: Tangled Past and uncertain future“ and „Joint degrees in U.S.-Russian Higher Education Cooperation“. The following participants took part in the work of the Islam session:

• Alexei Malashenko, the leader of CASE network framework „Russia and Islam“;
• Igor Dobaev, head of the geopolitical sector in Southern scientific center of the Russian science academy (Rostov-on-Don);
• Tatiana Kostyukova, professor in Tomsk State University;
• Akhmet Jarlykapov, research fellow in the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Russian Academy of Science);
• Vladimir Semenov, research fellow at the information-analysis department of the Volga Region Academy for Civil Service (Saratov).

The session of education studies united these CASE representatives:

• Valentina Grokhotova, Anatoly Rakhoshkin — Novgorod CASE,
• Elena Kropinova — Baltic CASE,
• Maxim Kirchanov — Voronezh CASE,
• Lyudmila Igumnova — Irkutsk CASE,
• Michael Mochalov — Tomsk CASE,
• Natalia Anoshkina — Far East CASE.

The recent publications of the CASE universities and ISE center were presented at the exhibit hall of the convention.

The CASE participants of the AAASS-2006 also were invited to the Russian Embassy in the US, they were greeted by Russian Ambassador Yu. Ushakov and director of IREX program Mark G. Pomar.

Official web-site of the AAASS Convention.