[ASEEES] 2020 ASEEES Virtual Convention Info; ASEEES-sponsored Webinar Series "Race in Focus"; Advocacy Statements

[Park, Lynda]

2020 ASEEES Virtual Convention, November 5-8 and 14-15
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Register by October 7
Please register for the convention by October 7, after which the registration rate will be higher. You must be registered in order to access the virtual platform, which will become available in late October. 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 and donation information can be found on the Registration page<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Fregistration&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248488119&sdata=ZIkeIvno%2FxNHzYtGeIFPBGsCDlqJyE%2BY7VQgPYDRNIc%3D&reserved=0>.



Registration Waivers

We are offering various registration waivers. We would like to point out the following in particular:

  *   Waiver for scholars and students in Russia - Thanks to a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, we are able to provide waivers to scholars and students in Russia. They need not be presenting in the convention to get the waiver. Please let your colleagues in Russia know of this opportunity.
  *   Undergraduate student waiver -  We're offering waivers to interested undergraduates to attend the virtual convention. Please let your undergraduate students know of the opportunity.

More information on waivers can be found on the Registration page<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Fregistration&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248488119&sdata=ZIkeIvno%2FxNHzYtGeIFPBGsCDlqJyE%2BY7VQgPYDRNIc%3D&reserved=0>.



Convention Program
The online Convention Program can be viewed via the Convention Program page<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Fprogram&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248498076&sdata=E6R6h18COmULfxnPoyrh2bKKzyEynah2qremaeuBmv8%3D&reserved=0>. The Convention schedule is in Eastern Standard Time (EST). The program is regularly updated with changes that we receive. Please do not create your personal schedule on this site now. The new Virtual Convention site will go live in late October, and registrants will be able to create personal schedule on that site.
We will also be providing training sessions on how to host and present effectively in a virtual Zoom session. More information on this will be coming soon.

Show off your talent during entertainment breaks!
Help us liven up our virtual convention by showing off your talents during breaks and possibly a talent show! You can juggle, play the guitar, sing a song, read a poem, do a short cooking demonstration, lead a group in singing folk songs, and so on. We're open to your ideas. If interested, please complete this form<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfHCH9Ll3xihe3anZ_mcC3cbSpeLXgJLCA89kyqkssJ8rNczw%2Fviewform&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248498076&sdata=soJEyaVuBmABhcYwBRyx4bPlLSiMi2CpzVUp8p69pQA%3D&reserved=0>.
Opportunities to Sponsor/Exhibit/Advertise
There are still opportunities for institutions and organizations to sponsor the convention or exhibit/advertise. More information can be found in the Prospectus<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdownloads%2Fprospectus%25202020.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248508033&sdata=NZjpn5ueMxiSDTDNWoCn7ZyzEQeFltXEqkdoII53v4I%3D&reserved=0>.

We thank the following Sponsors<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Fsponsors&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248508033&sdata=%2Bqpd9DLUkAjzQFalckU1bj%2FDeBS1OwhQrcNWFNP1f4M%3D&reserved=0>:
Cambridge University Press
East View information Services
Indiana U, REEI
University of California Press Communist and Post-Communist Studies

We're excited to interact with the Exhibitors<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Fexhibitors&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248508033&sdata=N6FpWGOxBGXk%2BYs90oCbrdF5htTs%2BHdI1svRaqSOWUk%3D&reserved=0> in the Virtual Exhibit hall.

For answers to frequently asked questions, please see the FAQ<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fconvention%2Faseees-virtual-convention-faq&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248517992&sdata=nN2fjT5%2BnJ%2FMKKorhlEL4b%2Fof9xnF5pbgyulkA1deU4%3D&reserved=0>. If you have further questions, please contact the Convention Manager Margaret Manges at aseeescn at pitt.edu<mailto:aseeescn at pitt.edu>

ASEEES-Sponsored Webinar Series "Race in Focus"
ASEEES is delighted to sponsor the Webinar series "Race in Focus" organized by the University of Pittsburgh CREES: www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/race-in-focus<https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/race-in-focus>. Co-sponsored by ten other centers, the series will comprise four segments: two pedagogy webinars; two lighting rounds on the experience of minority scholars in the field; and two roundtables featuring research by scholars of color and/or on racial minorities, concluding with a forum on the reception of the Black Lives Matter movement in our field. The series starts this week on Oct 2. Please register today.

Advocacy Statements
We are extremely concerned that some colleges and universities are eliminating programs in Eastern European and Eurasian studies and firing faculty outside the norms of shared governance. We have issued a statement of concern<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fadvocacy%2Fstatement-concern-regarding-firing-faculty-without-due-process-and-loss-programs&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248517992&sdata=v3IC1oHNbkQ2xc2ICf%2B9ivRgH6%2BmZpGppxkIRKfpUj4%3D&reserved=0> and applaud AAUP's national investigation into the crisis in academic governance that has occurred in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We also signed the ACLS statement<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wearehumanistic.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ccaca59772b384835d2b008d8636bdfd7%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637368662248527944&sdata=Ehu6bJjzdlq%2BMa3gQtSt0aYtdTRcPX%2FcllHuzEieii0%3D&reserved=0> calling on U.S. institutions of higher education to sustain the centrality of humanities and social sciences at this critical time.

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