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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear ASEEES Members: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The August edition of NewsNet is now online <a href="http://aseees.org/newsnet/2012-08.pdf">http://aseees.org/newsnet/2012-08.pdf</a>. (It has also been mailed out). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>It contains articles on: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=A6><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>The Year of Czesław Miłosz by Irena Grudzińska-Gross, Princeton University </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=A7><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>10 Tips for Writing a Successful International Research Fellowship Proposal </span></span><span class=A6><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>by Joyce Warner, IREX </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=A7><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Accidental Transnationalism: A Global State of Mind </span></span><span class=A6><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>by Choi Chatterjee, California State University, Los Angeles </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa7 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=A7><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Émigré Digital Collection at the Center for Research Libraries </span></span><span class=A6><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>by Ksenya Kiebuzinski, University of Toronto </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0><span class=A7><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Additionally, the NewsNet announces the 2013 convention theme and contains news from ICCEES about their upcoming congress to be held in Japan.</span></span><span class=A6><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'> (ASEEES is a member of ICCEES; their </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>full newsletter can be found here: <a href="http://www.iccees.org">www.iccees.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Convention preregistration:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Early bird registration ends August 17. 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