SAS organized a panel at the 2017 Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies annual convention in Chicago, the largest meeting of scholars of Eastern Europe and Eurasia in the United States.

The panel discussed new work in Albanian history, including SAS members Mrika Limani and her research on World War II in Kosovo, Lejnar Mitrojorgji on Albanian civic organization the late Ottoman empire, and Ines Murzaku on the life and work of Mother Teresa. Elidor Mëhilli served as panel discussant. The panel was chaired by Besnik Pula, SAS president.