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The New Age project team is delighted to announce its participation at the 51st ASEEES Annual Convention, which will take place from 23 to 26 November 2019 in San Francisco, CA. The ASEEES Annual Convention is doubtless one of the most anticipated events for scholarly society that helps to maintain the intellectual vitality of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. This year the convention theme is “Belief” with a focus on its wide range of expressions and practices, from social movements to spiritual life and wars. The New Age in Russia addresses a number of questions relatedto genesis and evolution of diverse belief systems in contemporary Russia. Theresearch field includes late and post-Soviet subcultures, dissident movementsand underground groups, ecstatic experiments and alternative healing practices,etc. Belief and consciousness are therefore key elements of all thesephenomena.Both young and more experienced scholars of the project on New Age in the USSR and Post-Soviet Russia intend to present their researches on  two panels in San Francisco, which will cover the following – sometimes  diverse – topics : The New Age in Russia I: Sat, November 23, 4:00 to 5:45 pm, San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Floor: LB2, Salon Human Potential Movement Goes to Russia: The Diplomatic Role of the Esalen Institute in Ending the Cold War – Birgit Menzel, Johannes Gutenberg University of MainzBetween Science and Belief: (Post-)Soviet Astrologers on Their Practices – Anna Tessmann, Johannes Gutenberg University of MainzEsoteric Energy in Daily Life of the Russian New Age – Julia Andreeva, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Mystical Anarchism in 20th-Century Russia: Outlines of a Belief System – Romina Heim, Johannes Gutenberg University of MainzDiscussant: Prof Andrei Znamenski (University of Memphis) Chair: Alexander Panchenko (Institute of Russian Literature, RAS)The New Age in Russia II: Tue, November 26, 12:00 to 1:45pm, San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Floor: 5, Sierra KInvisible Partners: Channeling in the Soviet and Post-Soviet New Age – Alexander Panchenko, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House), RASRitual Feat and Transpersonal Experience: Ossetian Religion Traditionalists in Search of Legitimization of Their Revivalist Projects – Sergei Shtyrkov, European University at St Petersburg/ The Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin (Germany)Channeling in New Age Pilgrimage: Narratives, Materiality and Social Control – Andrei Tiukhtiaev, European University at St Petersburg‘VseyaSvetnayaGramota’: Post-Soviet Exercise in Russian Kabbalah – Svetlana Tambovtseva, European University at St Petersburg Chair &#38; discussant: Dr Marina Alexandrova (University of Texas at Austin) Our German-Russian project team looks forward to a presentation and discussion on a wide range of topics, approaches, and arguments in our two panels. We hope to exchange experience with other attendees and facilitate further research on New Age in the fields of Anthropology and Study of Religions, Culture and Translation Studies.