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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention">2015 ASEEES Convention</a><br>
</span></b><b>Nov. 19-22</b><br>
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>REGISTRATION</b>: The last day to pre-register for the Convention is
<b><span style="color:red">Oct. 16</span></b>: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration">
http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration</a> You can still <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration#buffet">
purchase tickets</a> for the Saturday Evening Awards Buffet; tickets for this event are $45 each ($20 for students). After Oct. 16, you can register at the convention site at a higher fee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:black">HOTEL RESERVATIONS</span></b><span style="color:black">:
</span>We have sold 95% of our room block, but we still have a few rooms available over the nights of the convention. Please book your room right away if you haven’t, we will sell out:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/hotel">http://www.aseees.org/convention/hotel</a>. The cutoff date for reservations at our group rate is
<b><span style="color:red">Oct 19</span></b>. After that, you will not receive the discounted rate.
<span style="color:black">If you are interested in sharing accommodations, please check
</span><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/roomshare">here</a><span style="color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>PROGRAM:
</b>The Convention features 445 panels, 136 roundtables, 2 presidential plenaries, and 36 affiliate group meetings along with other
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/special-events">special events</a>. You can browse the up-to-date
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/program">convention program online</a>, and if you are logged in, you can create your own schedule.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:black">FINAL PROGRAM CHANGES</span></b>: Final changes to the program to appear in the supplemental must be submitted by
<b><span style="color:red">Nov. 6</span></b>. Please contact Wendy Walker at <a href="mailto:wwalker@pitt.edu">
wwalker@pitt.edu</a> with any program changes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">PANEL BEST PRACTICES / PAPER UPLOAD</span></b>:
<span style="color:black">If you are on a panel, please review the </span><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/best-practices">panel best practices</a><span style="color:black"> and information on panel
</span><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/upload-paper">paper upload/download</a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:black">CONVENTION SPONSORS</span></b><span style="color:black">
<b>& EXHIBITORS</b>: </span>We thank the<b> </b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/sponsors"><b>Sponsors</b></a> and
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/exhibitors"><b>Exhibitors</b></a> for their support of the ASEEES Convention.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>For any convention-related inquiries, please contact Wendy Walker at
<a href="mailto:wwalker@pitt.edu">wwalker@pitt.edu</a> or <span style="color:black;background:white">
781-235-2408</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">ASEEES-AJS Webinar, Oct. 15</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>“Resources for Eastern European Jewish Studies: Repositories, Collections, Databases"</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Thursday, October 15, 2–3pm, ET</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Zachary Baker (Stanford University Libraries) will present an overview of online resources relating to Eastern European Jewish Studies: Religion, History, Culture, Demography. The periods covered range from the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, before the Partitions, to the post-Soviet era; the geographical scope encompasses the domains of Eastern Ashkenaz: Poland, the Baltics, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, and Hungary. Most of the resources
covered have English-language home pages. This webinar is cosponsored by ASEEES and the Association for Jewish Studies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">To register please visit, <b><a href="http://aseees.org/programs/webinars">http://aseees.org/programs/webinars</a></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">203C Bellefield Hall | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+1 (412) 648-9911 (main), +1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-for-Slavic-East-European-and-Eurasian-Studies/141362775903086"><span style="color:#0563C1">Find us on Facebook</span></a> |
<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2585509"><span style="color:#0563C1">Join us on LinkedIn</span></a> |
<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aseeestudies"><span style="color:#0563C1">Follow us on Twitter</span></a> |
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/385376921629552/">ASEEES 2015 Convention Facebook group</a> |
<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23aseees15">TWITTER #aseees15</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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