[ASEEES] CfN: ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Award and ASEEES grants programs; ASEEES mentoring programs, advocacy update and March NN

[ASEEES NewsNet]

Dear members:

Call for Nominations: ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Award
ASEEES Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fprograms%2Faseees-prizes%2Fdistinguished-contributions-award&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644054473&sdata=bAau58ya6K%2F0yjI2IZORIG1CcZun3OPLGWfZCw6h%2FOk%3D&reserved=0> honors eminent members of the profession who have made major contributions to the field through scholarship of the highest quality, mentoring, leadership, and/or service to the profession. The deadline for nominations is April 1.

Call for Applications: ASEEES Research Grant Programs

  *   Dissertation Research Grants <https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fprograms%2Fdissertation-grant&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644064478&sdata=2z1dt7k1c4r3doZEtgU4fzPW7XxHgxzGJALQjv%2BSMcs%3D&reserved=0>  Deadline: April 30
  *   Civil Society in Russia Research Grants<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fprograms%2Fcivil-society-russia-research-grant&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644064478&sdata=62RLwikG7XaRgl2pNLgtZtqC7CwVOVKiztCavEBvK9c%3D&reserved=0> Deadline: April 30

Call for Applications/Volunteers: ASEEES Mentoring Program
ASEEES offers a year-long, informal mentoring program for graduate students and junior scholars. If you would like to be matched with a mentor, please apply by May 21.  If you would like to serve as a mentor, please volunteer.  To apply/volunteer, click HERE<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fprograms%2Fmentoring&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644074487&sdata=TICKUVkX9qxJyHF7Wqc6nc95zJNhqOpGhunswaKRIMM%3D&reserved=0>.

Call for Applications/Volunteers: ASEEES Program "Exploring Career Diversity"
This service provides informational interviews by matching professionals with SEEES MA/PhDs employed beyond the professoriate (Senior Contact), with graduate students and recent MA/PhDs who are interested in broadening their career horizons (Junior Contact). The program is now open to MA students/grads. For more information and to apply or volunteer, click HERE<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fprograms%2Fcareer-diversity&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644074487&sdata=VpE6XjL6GP22Bz%2BsoWu0vfSvDerrJFXGvgpL0h3jEhE%3D&reserved=0>.

ASEEES Advocacy
The Executive Committee and the Committee on Academic Freedom and Advocacy of ASEEES issued, with other scholarly societies, a joint letter concerning academic freedom in Hungary<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fadvocacy%2Fjoint-letter-concerning-academic-freedom-hungary&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644084496&sdata=5CYxtPHgTI6xW7fPJKF8InWQbYYYSJHq4k%2FdIKDwG5Q%3D&reserved=0>, and endorsed a letter regarding POLIN<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fadvocacy%2Faseees-endorses-letter-concern-regarding-polin&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644084496&sdata=S6u%2FKqNzQXjXo7Hy3GnIOPsk2peM760qmp6C7YfXNRc%3D&reserved=0>.
More information on the efforts of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Advocacy can be found at: www.aseees.org/advocacy<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fadvocacy&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644094505&sdata=Z5xT466fNIwRhnPdRQOFuN3vbtNLBriul1Rthc9ZBQA%3D&reserved=0>

March NewsNet
The March 2019 issue of NewsNet<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdownloads%2Fmarch%25202019%2520newsnet.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644094505&sdata=6pCc0dLHKXrgmHateGLN9xTKwCSkf6WEVnAbq9kn8mk%3D&reserved=0> includes four articles:

  *   The Magnitsky Act - Behind the Scenes: An interview with the film director, Andrei Nekrasov by Choi Chatterjee (California State University, Los Angeles);
  *   Losing Pravda, An Interview with Natalia Roudakova (2018 winner of Vucinich Prize) by Sean Guillory (University of Pittsburgh);
  *   Recent Preservation Projects from the Slavic and East European Materials Project by Judy Alspach (Center for Research Libraries);
  *   The Prozhito Web Archive of Diaries: A Resource for Digital Humanists by Misha Mel'nichenko (Prozhito Web Archive), Svetlana Rasmussen (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and Susan Grunewald (Carnegie Mellon University).
For a version best viewed on tablets/phones/e-readers, click here<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Findd.adobe.com%2Fview%2F88bb1939-61b3-4f7f-8c25-431312e42df3&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cace0edd582e04b83f4de08d6b2e99652%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636893113644104510&sdata=E%2Ba2UqdNWYt%2Fi9%2FBLl9efQz88QxUb%2FBz%2BBveLOMq0q0%3D&reserved=0>.

As always, please send news of new jobs, new books, fellowships/grants earned, ideas for NewsNet articles or ASEEES blogs, and Member Spotlights.

Mary Arnstein
ASEEES Communications Coordinator




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