[ASEEES] Announcements - August NewsNet Available; 2020 Distinguished Contributions Award Winner Announced; Register for the 2020 Convention; Board elections ends on Sept 1

[Park, Lynda]

August NewsNet
The August <https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdownloads%2Faugust%25202020.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88d729de753b47b6bba308d849f029ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637340643116602194&sdata=TlUr77H4XDti32H2yrPQPIc0Qdfpo7NpulLTMtUvf18%3D&reserved=0>  2020 issue of NewsNet includes:

  *   "A Voice from the Slavic Studies Edge: On Being a Black Woman in the Field," by Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (University of Pennsylvania);
  *   "Reflections on Our 2019 ASEEES Pedagogy Roundtables," by Kathryn Julian (Westminster College) and Johanna Mellis (Ursinus College);
  *   "Responses of Libraries to the COVID-19 Pandemic & Implications for Research," by Janice T. Pilch (Rutgers, The State University of NJ);
  *   "Collective Zoom Guilt and the Russian Studies Classroom," by Kelly McGee (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey);
  *   "What's in a Name? Are We Slavic, East European, Eurasian, or All of the Above?" by Ani Kokobobo (University of Kansas);
  *   2020 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Award Announcement;
  *   Letter to ASEEES Members from ASEEES President Jan Kubik (Rutgers, The State University of NJ) and Executive Director Lynda Park
  *   Lists of 2020 convention travel grant recipients and all of our usual features.
While we will mail the issue to members and subscribers shortly, it is available online now:  www.aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/august%202020.pdf<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdownloads%2Faugust%25202020.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88d729de753b47b6bba308d849f029ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637340643116612153&sdata=GIzBm0ST%2F36z15sLnp6NEqbZ13obdSdxRWyPb%2FjpVEY%3D&reserved=0>
2020 Distinguished Contributions in Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Award
The 2020 Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award, which honors scholars who have helped to build and develop the field through scholarship, training, and service to the profession, is presented to Katherine Verdery, Professor of Anthropology at the City University of New York.  Please read the award citation<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fprograms%2Faseees-prizes%2Fdistinguished-contributions-award%2F2020-distinguished-contributions-award&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88d729de753b47b6bba308d849f029ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637340643116622109&sdata=Fd0m0EtWAvEFvyME%2FNZHdADuF6p2k%2FA02fssxqa35MA%3D&reserved=0>.
2020 ASEEES Virtual Convention
Thanks to all who responded to our convention participation survey. We're gratified that a great majority of you have agreed to participate in the virtual convention<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88d729de753b47b6bba308d849f029ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637340643116622109&sdata=WovY7gdjVHbt8MOoNywXkXqe7nD5COArho2PNblfXE8%3D&reserved=0>. For answers to the FAQs on the virtual convention, see here<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Faseees-virtual-convention-faq&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88d729de753b47b6bba308d849f029ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637340643116622109&sdata=HZdKnvwRjXDeoz2SNA2PgMWhz%2BDYz8RsowtujDNskIM%3D&reserved=0>.
While we are migrating the convention information to a virtual convention site and work to finalize the schedule, we ask that you register. We are offering registration at 50% discount from the in-person rate as well as offering waivers.
We also ask that you consider donating ASEEES so that we can offer more waivers to support graduate students and scholars in need to participate in the convention.
All registration, donation, and waiver information can be found on the Registration page<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Fregistration&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88d729de753b47b6bba308d849f029ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637340643116632068&sdata=jX%2Fbkp4OfFn7PMpRhPfl0c%2B0Q6M1ynzHNEtiixrF2RY%3D&reserved=0>.


ASEEES Board Election

The 2020 ASEEES Board of Directors Election<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fabout%2Fgovernance%2F2020-board-elections&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88d729de753b47b6bba308d849f029ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637340643116632068&sdata=0uK9FdRf7rp8btI%2FaZ3ec9P%2FDnWP2ufuPjfC0RWI%2Bc0%3D&reserved=0> ends on Sept. 1. If you are a current member, you should have received an e-mail with a unique link to an online ballot. If you have not received an email ballot, please check your spam folder first or contact aseees at pitt.edu<mailto:aseees at pitt.edu>



Call for Proposals: ASEEES First Book Subvention

The next deadline for the First Book Subvention<https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fprograms%2Ffirstbook-subvention&data=02%7C01%7C%7C88d729de753b47b6bba308d849f029ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637340643116642020&sdata=bRPdwT844Lz7feKcdLwVg5d1QfTtFv%2FWEHpjDjxzYxk%3D&reserved=0> is Sept. 1.



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