[ASEEES] ASEEES 2016 advisory for international travelers, registration deadline; 2016 Distinguished Contributions Award Recipient

[Park, Lynda]

ASEEES 2016 Convention
Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC, Nov. 17-20, 2016
TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS
If you are traveling to the U.S. on a visa waiver program, please make note of some important changes - particularly, as of April 1, 2016 you must have an e-passport and, if you have traveled to Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria since March 1, 2011, you cannot travel on the visa waiver program (you must get a visa):  www.aseees.org/convention/international-traveler-advisory<http://www.aseees.org/convention/international-traveler-advisory>  If you are a panel organizer with international participants, we ask that you forward this message to them.



REGISTRATION

If you are a participant, you must register by September 30 to keep your name in the convention program index: www.aseees.org/convention/registration<http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration>  Pre-registration for all convention attendees ends on October 14.



PROGRAM

The convention program can be viewed at: www.aseees.org/convention/program<http://www.aseees.org/convention/program>  Please make note of the special programs: www.aseees.org/convention/special-events<http://www.aseees.org/convention/special-events> and related events: www.aseees.pitt.edu/convention/2016-convention-related-events<http://www.aseees.pitt.edu/convention/2016-convention-related-events>



HOTEL RESERVATION

Please reserve your hotel room at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park today: www.aseees.org/convention/hotel<http://www.aseees.org/convention/hotel>. If you prefer to speak with a live operator please call 1-877-212-5752 and reference "Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasians Studies 2016." The room block expires on Oct. 25.  If you wish to share accommodations, we suggest that you enter your information on our roomshare page<http://www.aseees.org/convention/roomshare>.



For any convention related inquiries, please contact Margaret Manges, convention manager, at aseees.convention at pitt.edu<mailto:aseees.convention at pitt.edu> or (412) 648-4049.

Join: ASEEES 2016 Facebook group<https://www.facebook.com/groups/769001783227799/> | TWITTER #aseees16<https://twitter.com/hashtag/aseees16?src=hash>

2016 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award
In case you missed the announcement in the August NewsNet, John E. Bowlt, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Director of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture at the University of Southern California, is the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Contributions Award. You can read the press release (with a link to the full citation): www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/bowlt-distinguished-contributions-award<http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/bowlt-distinguished-contributions-award>


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Do you have a new job or a publication, or did you receive a promotion, a fellowship, or an award?  Please send us your news to be published in NewsNet<http://www.aseees.org/newsnet-current> and on our Members Site Announcement<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=aseees&WebCode=ArticleResult&FromSearchControl=Yes&FromSearchControl=Yes> section.  We are also looking for article proposals for NewsNet.  Please send your news and article proposals to newsnet at pitt.edu<mailto:newsnet at pitt.edu>.




Lynda Park
Executive Director
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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