[ASEEES] March 2018 NewsNet now available; Webinar series continues; Celebrating ASEEES anniversaries

[ASEEES NewsNet]

Dear members:

The March 2018 issue of NewsNet includes:

*         "Applying Post-Socialist Studies outside Post-Soviet Space: The Many Washington, DCs" by Johanna Bockman (George Mason University and Institute for Advanced Study);

*         "Interview with Benjamin Peters, Winner of the ASEEES 2017 Vucinich Book Prize" by Stephen Hutchings (University of Manchester, UK);

*         "The William Brumfield Russian Architecture Digital Collection: From Database to Semantic Web" by Michael Biggins and Theo Gerontakos (University of Washington, Seattle);

*         "Spotlight: Johnson's Russia List" by David Johnson; and

*         2018 ASEEES Prizes Call for Submissions.
A new e-magazine format is available here<https://indd.adobe.com/view/3cfb92e3-1bf3-4ba4-863a-6795ea29bef6>, which users can also download as an interactive pdf.

ASEEES Spring Webinar Series continues:
April 11, 2018 (12pm EST): Doing Research on Eastern Europe in the EU: Research Infrastructures, Grant Models, and Career Mobility
This webinar will focus on career patterns in academia as well as in the field of infrastructure development in EU-countries. Participants will learn about the formats, chances and challenges when one wishes to develop an individual strategy for one's trans-national career path. Against this backdrop and providing significant examples, Peter Haslinger will explain about bilateral and cross-European funding programs - this will also include some thoughts about advancing transatlantic exchange in the field of Eastern European Studies.
To register, click here<https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8522754819718406915>

50th ASEEES Annual Convention/ASEEES 70th Anniversary
The 50th ASEEES Annual Convention<http://aseees.org/convention> will be held 6 - 9 December 2018 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place
Help us celebrate our anniversaries by sharing your memories of the past ASEEES conventions by sending us memorable stories and pictures* from past conventions. Please include the year the photo was taken and names of all people in the picture.
Send to: newsnet at pitt.edu<mailto:newsnet at pitt.edu> or post them in the ASEEES Commons group "Celebrating ASEEES Anniversaries".<https://aseees.hcommons.org/groups/celebrating-aseees-anniversaries/> Your story and photos may be shared during the Convention. *Please DO NOT send your original photos. We cannot guarantee the return of original photos.

ASEEES News
As always, please send us book publications, job promotions, fellowships/grants/awards received or other news items that we can share with our community.

Mary Arnstein
ASEEES Communications Coordinator
newsnet at pitt.edu<mailto:newsnet at pitt.edu>
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