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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear ASEEES Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white'>The 2013 Convention in Boston was a fantastic gathering, full of exceptional scholarly exchange and networking opportunities. Thanks to all who participated.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span> You can now read any uploaded papers on the <a href="http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aseees/aseees13/">convention website</a> (log in required). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white'>Now moving on to 2014!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>2014 MEMBERSHIP NOW OPEN</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>It is time to renew your ASEEES membership for 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP: <a href="https://exchange.pitt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=W7Hx8rvDSU-6HXBNIYwrJojSVOC7vdBIqnugWgbqueGAePqFF1Feafl6xAw4y1f9ZeiD6DDtYEM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aseees.org%2fmembership%2fmembershipindividual.html" target="_blank">http://www.aseees.org/membership/membershipindividual.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP: <a href="https://exchange.pitt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=W7Hx8rvDSU-6HXBNIYwrJojSVOC7vdBIqnugWgbqueGAePqFF1Feafl6xAw4y1f9ZeiD6DDtYEM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aseees.org%2fmembership%2fmembershipinstitutional.html" target="_blank">http://www.aseees.org/membership/membershipinstitutional.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>REDUCED MEMBERSHIP DUES FOR PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF EASTERN EUROPE/EURASIA:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We offer reduced membership dues for scholars and full-time students in Eastern Europe and Eurasia who permanently reside in the region. More information can be found at:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://exchange.pitt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=W7Hx8rvDSU-6HXBNIYwrJojSVOC7vdBIqnugWgbqueGAePqFF1Feafl6xAw4y1f9ZeiD6DDtYEM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aseees.org%2fmembership%2fmembershipindividual.html%23region" target="_blank">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></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>2014 CONVENTION <br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>The 46th Annual Convention will be held in San Antonio, TX, on November 20–23, 2014.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> The convention theme is: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp2014.html">"25 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Historical Legacies and New Beginnings."</a> <br><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Do you have an idea for a panel that you would like to organize and are you looking for paper presenter(s), a chair or discussant(s)?</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i> </i></span><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Do you have a paper topic proposal and are you looking to join a panel? </span></em>Use our paper/panel wanted board: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp.html#wanted">http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp.html#wanted</a> <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>SEND US YOUR NEWS FOR NEWSNET</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We are in the process of putting together our January issue of NewsNet; we'd be happy to include any professional news of our members in our features. Please send the details to Mary Arnstein at<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://exchange.pitt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=W7Hx8rvDSU-6HXBNIYwrJojSVOC7vdBIqnugWgbqueGAePqFF1Feafl6xAw4y1f9ZeiD6DDtYEM.&URL=mailto%3anewsnet%40pitt.edu">newsnet@pitt.edu</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>by<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>December 5</span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>. If you are head of an affiliate group or a member institution, please send us news of the group/institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>SUPPORT ASEEES<br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>During this season of giving, please consider making a contribution to ASEEES, especially to the Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant Fund or the new Regional Scholar Travel Grant Fund so that we can offer more travel grants for the 2014 convention. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.aseees.org/support.html">http://www.aseees.org/support.html</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Lynda Park, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>203C Bellefield Hall | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>+1 (412) 648-9788 (direct), +1 (412) 648-9911 (main), +1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://exchange.pitt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=W7Hx8rvDSU-6HXBNIYwrJojSVOC7vdBIqnugWgbqueGAePqFF1Feafl6xAw4y1f9ZeiD6DDtYEM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aseees.org%2f" target="_blank">www.aseees.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://exchange.pitt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=W7Hx8rvDSU-6HXBNIYwrJojSVOC7vdBIqnugWgbqueGAePqFF1Feafl6xAw4y1f9ZeiD6DDtYEM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fpages%2fAssociation-for-Slavic-East-European-and-Eurasian-Studies%2f141362775903086" target="_blank">Find us on Facebook</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>|<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://exchange.pitt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=W7Hx8rvDSU-6HXBNIYwrJojSVOC7vdBIqnugWgbqueGAePqFF1Feafl6xAw4y1f9ZeiD6DDtYEM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.linkedin.com%2fgroups%3fmostPopular%3d%26gid%3d2585509" target="_blank">Join us on LinkedIn</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>|<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://exchange.pitt.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=W7Hx8rvDSU-6HXBNIYwrJojSVOC7vdBIqnugWgbqueGAePqFF1Feafl6xAw4y1f9ZeiD6DDtYEM.&URL=http%3a%2f%2ftwitter.com%2f%23!%2faseeestudies" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>