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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear ASEEES Members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It was wonderful to see many of you at the 2012 Convention in New Orleans. As the current year is coming to an end, please consider renewing your ASEEES membership for 2013. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'>NEW:</span> REDUCED MEMBERSHIP DUES FOR PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF EASTERN EUROPE/EURASIA: <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>As part of our continuous efforts to internationalize ASEEES further, the Board has decided to offer reduced membership dues for the scholars and full-time students in Eastern Europe and Eurasia who permanently reside in the region. More information can be found at: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/membershipindividual.html#region">http://www.aseees.org/membership/membershipindividual.html#region</a> Please share with your colleagues in the region. This membership offer cannot be purchased online; they must use the form available on the membership webpage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP</b>: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If you have not already done so, please renew your ASEEES membership for 2013 - <a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/membershipindividual.html">http://www.aseees.org/membership/membershipindividual.html</a> We ask that you renew by <u>February 1</u> to guarantee receipt of all issues of our publications for 2013 and to maintain your profile in our online members directory. If you are head of an institution in our field, please consider joining ASEEES as an institutional member or renewing your membership - <a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/membershipinstitutional.html">http://www.aseees.org/membership/membershipinstitutional.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='color:red'>NEW</span>: MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONVENTION<br></b><span style='color:black;background:white'>All session organizers and individual paper submitters in the <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>U.S. or abroad</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>must be current members of ASEEES in order to submit a proposal for the 2013 Convention. All participants who are in Slavic, East European and Eurasian studies in the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>U.S. or abroad</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b> </b></span>must be ASEEES members by the time of proposal acceptance.<span class=apple-converted-space> See more of the convention participants rules: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp.html#rules">http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp.html#rules</a> So renew your membership today!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b>SEND US YOUR NEWS:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We are in the process of putting together our January NewsNet; we'd be happy to include any professional news of our members in our features. Please send the details to Mary Arnstein at <a href="mailto:newsnet@pitt.edu">newsnet@pitt.edu</a> by <u>December 5</u>. If you are head of an affiliate group or a member institution, please send us news of the group/institution. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lynda Park, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>203C Bellefield Hall <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+1 (412) 648-9788 (direct), +1 (412) 648-9911 (main)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.aseees.org/">www.aseees.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.aseees.org/support.html"><b><span style='color:#C00000'>Support ASEEES</span></b></a><b><span style='color:#C00000'> </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-for-Slavic-East-European-and-Eurasian-Studies/141362775903086">Find us on Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2585509">Join us on LinkedIn</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aseeestudies">Follow us on Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>