《民族與民族主義》是美國民族與民族主義研究協會(ASEN)的期刊。《民族與民族主義研究》及其姊妹期刊《民族與民族主義研究》(SEN)旨在增進對民族主義這一千變萬化現象的共同特征、典型變異及其產生的一般條件的理解。與此同時，它的使命是成為一個領先的場所，包括豐富和多方面的“民族主義研究”。因此，該雜志具有獨特的廣泛范圍，促進國際研究和交流思想的各個方面的種族，民族主義和國家形成，在全球，無論是過去和現在。它探討民族和民族主義現象的聯想、政治、法律、文化、經濟、歷史、考古、心理、種族和人類學方面。它涉及種族間、民族間和跨民族的沖突、和解與合作關系，以及民族國家形成的各種過程和類型。它解決了民族和國家動員運動可以采取的多種形式，以及民族認同的日常表達。該雜志包括研究國家作為文化價值的載體和代理人以及文化創造力的來源，例如文學、音樂、建筑和視覺藝術，以及記憶和傳統在塑造國家身份、社區和國家方面的作用。

Nations and Nationalism is a journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN). Together with its sister journal, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN), it aims to advance understanding of the common features, typical variations and general conditions of emergence of the protean phenomena classified as nationalism. At the same time, its mission is to be the leading venue that embraces the richness and multiple facets of ‘nationalism studies’.The journal has thus a uniquely broad scope, promoting international research and exchange of ideas on all aspects of ethnicity, nationalism and nation formation, across the globe and both in the past and in the present. It explores the associational, political, legal, cultural, economic, historical, archaeological, psychological, ethnic and anthropological dimensions of the phenomena of nations and nationalism. It deals with inter-ethnic, inter-national and trans-national relations of conflict, accommodation and cooperation, and the various processes and types of nation-state formation. It addresses the diversity of forms that ethnic and national mobilisation movements can take, as well as everyday expressions of national identification. The journal encompasses studies of nations as carriers and agents of cultural value and as sources of cultural creativity, e.g., in literature, music, architecture and the visual arts, and the role of memory and tradition in shaping national identities, communities and states.