ACES (the Association of Central Eurasian Students) is devoted to providing a forum for Indiana University students interested in and/or studying any region within Central Eurasia. Central Eurasia is defined as the vast area and peoples of:

• The Mongolian plateau (Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, southern Siberia, Kalmyks)
• The Tibetan plateau and the Himalayas (Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim)
• The oases of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uighurs)
• The Steppe Turks (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tatars, Bashkirs)
• Afghanistan and Iran
• Turkey and Azerbaijan
• The Finno-Ugric peoples (Hungary, Finland, Estonia)

ACES liaises between the students and Department of Central Eurasian Studies; establishes a forum to gain experience in organizing an international conference, and establish contacts with colleagues who share your interests. ACES is involved in a variety of important activities each year, including organizing an annual ACES Conference and related activities every spring; representing graduate student interests to departmental faculty, regional centers on campus and the University; and planning social events.