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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear ASEEES Members:<o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We are delighted to announce a new <b>Mentoring Program</b> for graduate students and early-career scholars and specialists. </span><span class=main-content-text><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Our field boasts a wide range of area studies and disciplinary knowledge, but how one makes one’s way through dissertation rites, funding cycles, postdocs, job markets, and non-academic career trajectories is often left as much to creative invention as it is to shared advice. Early-career scholars rightly lean on their advisors, their universities, and their peer networks with these issues, but the advantage of an association like ASEEES is that we can offer a good deal more. </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>In a pilot project, ASEEES is sponsoring a new network to match volunteer mentors and mentees who are interested in conversation on these and other topics over the course of a single academic year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For more information see:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/mentoring">http://www.aseees.org/programs/mentoring</a> The applications deadline is <span style='color:red'>May 2</span>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Other Announcements:<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>ASEEES convention travel grants</b>: We are currently accepting applications for two travel grants. Only members may apply. - <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/grants">http://www.aseees.org/convention/grants</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant deadline - <span style='color:red'>April 15</span>; <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Regional Scholar Travel Grant deadline - <span style='color:red'>May 1</span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Donate</b>: Please consider donating to the travel grant funds so that we can increase the number of grants that we can award: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/donate">http://www.aseees.org/donate</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>ASEEES Prizes</b>: We are currently accepting nominations for various prizes and awards - <a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes">http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>For the <b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/robert-c-tuckerstephen-f-cohen-dissertation-prize">Tucker-Cohen Dissertation Prize</a></b>: The eligibility rule has been changed – the author no longer must be US or Canadian citizen or permanent resident. The dissertation still must meet all other requirements as listed on the prize webpage. The deadline for the prize nomination is <span style='color:red'>May 15</span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>For the <b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/ed-hewett-book-prize">Ed A Hewett Book Prize</a></b>: The scope of the prize has been broadened include books on “<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white;font-weight:normal'>political economy of Russia, Eurasia and/or Eastern Europe” – not just on “centrally-planned economies and their transitional successors.” <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white'>Convention</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white;font-weight:normal'>: The 2014 Convention registration is open -<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration">http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration</a> We will post the hotel block information soon.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, be sure to check out the <b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed">ASEEES News</a></b> | <b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/spotlight">Member Spotlights</a></b> | <b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-blog-feed">ASEEES Blog</a></b> | <b><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/slavic-east-european-and-eurasian-studies">SEEES Blogroll</a></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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.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>