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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Upcoming Webinar</span></strong><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Our first webinar of the Spring will be hosted by the Slavic Reference Service on February 18 at 1pm.
<span style="background:white">The Slavic Reference Service will address transliteration systems, searching online catalogs, and research resources from Russia, Eastern and Southern Europe, and Eurasia. Webinar attendees are encouraged to state their research
needs and areas of specialization on the registration form, which can sign up here: </span></span><a href="https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/StartPage.aspx?Site=ASEEES&WebCode=webinars"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/StartPage.aspx?Site=ASEEES&WebCode=webinars</span></a><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Also, please feel free to contact me if you have ideas for or wish to host a webinar.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ASEEES Prizes</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are currently accepting nominations for various prizes and awards, ranging from the Distinguished Contributions Award to the Graduate Student Essay Prize. More information about each award
can be found here <a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes">http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ASEEES Member Spotlights<span style="color:#636162;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">ASEEES boasts over 3,000 members throughout the world. We have a section of our website devoted to highlighting different members in varying stages
in their careers and with diverse fields of interest. We hope you’ll take a moment to peruse this feature to learn more about our members’ important and interesting work.
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/spotlight">http://www.aseees.org/membership/spotlight</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Please let me know what questions you have. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Mary Arnstein<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">203C Bellefield Hall | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">+1 (412) 648-9809 (direct), +1 (412) 648-9911 (main)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">+1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/">www.aseees.org</a><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/donate"><span style="color:#C00000">Support ASEEES</span></a><span style="color:#C00000">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-for-Slavic-East-European-and-Eurasian-Studies/141362775903086">Find us on Facebook</a><span style="color:#212121"> |
</span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2585509">Join us on LinkedIn</a><span style="color:#212121"> |
</span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aseeestudies">Follow us on Twitter</a><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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