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The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism expresses its concern at the halt in recruitment to the Nationalism Studies programme at Central European University.

As a scholarly organisation that has members in both Ukraine and Russia, which has published on Russia and Ukraine in our journals, and organised events on both countries, the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism deplores the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On 4 April 2017, the Hungarian parliament passed amendments to its national law on higher education (123 votes for and 38 votes against). The law is still to be signed by Hungarys president. If passed, the law would likely make it impossible for the Central European University (CEU) to operate in Hungary, where it has been based for the last 26 years.

ANTHONY D. SMITH (1939-2016) was Emeritus Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, President of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, and Founding Editor of Nations and Nationalism.