About SHERA

Statement

The Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture, Inc. (SHERA) is an affiliated society of the College Art Association (CAA), the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), and the Renaissance Society of America (RSA). It is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated exclusively to supporting scholarship.

SHERA’s mission is to promote research, provide a forum for ongoing dialogue on shared areas of interest, and foster collaboration among scholars of East European, Eurasian, and Russian art and architecture. To this end, SHERA engages in a variety of activities, including publishing an online newsletter, maintaining a discussion network, participating in academic conferences, and facilitating book reviews. The organization manages a website, an H-Net discussion network, a Facebook page, and a Bluesky feed, and organizes sessions at scholarly conferences hosted by CAA, ASEEES, and RSA.