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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Dear members:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#C00000">March NewsNet is now available:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="color:#312F30">The
</span><a href="http://aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/march%202016%20final_2.pdf"><b><span style="color:#6A1718;text-decoration:none">March</span></b></a><span style="color:#312F30"> issue includes "The 'Red South': Reflections on Teaching Race in the
Post-Soviet Era," by Jennifer Wilson (University of Pennsylvania); "<i>A Public Empire</i>: An Interview of Ekaterina Pravilova," by Choi Chatterjee (Cal State University, Los Angeles); "Unique Academic Venture: the University Consortium," by Julie Newton
(University of Oxford); Calls for Submissions to ASEEES Prizes, Additional Prizes, First Book Subvention Program, Dissertation Research Grant; an introduction to our new staff members; our usual features; and a spotlight on Elena Clark. The pdf version is
available </span><a href="http://aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/march%202016%20final_2.pdf">here</a><span style="color:#312F30"> (<a href="http://aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/march%202016%20final_2.pdf">http://aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/march%202016%20final_2.pdf</a>)
and a second version, best viewed on mobile devices, is available </span><a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/7180d663-8e9f-4bde-90f9-c99b7fbd22b1"><span style="color:#0B7097;text-decoration:none">here</span></a> (<a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/7180d663-8e9f-4bde-90f9-c99b7fbd22b1">https://indd.adobe.com/view/7180d663-8e9f-4bde-90f9-c99b7fbd22b1</a>)<span style="color:#312F30">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;background:white"><span style="color:#993333;background:#EEEEEE">The March issue is intended to be available primarily online and is </span><b><span style="color:#993333">not</span></b><span style="color:#993333;background:#EEEEEE"> mailed
except on request/by emailing </span><a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu">aseees@pitt.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000;background:white">ASEEES Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award Call for Nominations<br>
</span></b><span style="background:white">The ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Award honors senior scholars who have helped to build and develop the field through scholarship, training, and service to the profession.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please submit your nomination by <b><span style="color:red">April 1</span></b>:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/distinguished-contributions-award">
www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/distinguished-contributions-award</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="TitleMagazineStyle" style="line-height:normal"><span class="BoldHeadMagazineStyle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:.75pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple">ASEEES
to host two webinars; registration now available<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="TitleMagazineStyle" style="line-height:normal"><span class="BoldHeadMagazineStyle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:.75pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple">“Your
Academic Job Search: Drafting the Cover Letter”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="TitleMagazineStyle" style="line-height:normal"><span class="BoldHeadMagazineStyle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:.75pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple;font-weight:normal">Diane
P. Koenker, Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will discuss the key elements of an academic job application, the cover letter and the c.v.: what to include in each, and what to exclude; the standard elements and nomenclature
of an academic c.v.; how search committees read application letters and supporting materials.
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Wed, Apr 20, 2-3PM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="TitleMagazineStyle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span class="BoldHeadMagazineStyle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-transform:uppercase;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:.75pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple">“Getting
Published in Slavic & Eurasian Studies: Do’s and Don’ts of Academic Journal Publishing”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="TitleMagazineStyle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:5.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<span class="BoldHeadMagazineStyle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:.75pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple;font-weight:normal">Increasingly,
a completed or nearly completed dissertation is not enough to do well on the job market. Now search committees expect even first-time job candidates to have a publication record. Editors at various interdisciplinary journals that publish Slavic studies related
scholarship, will discuss strategies for successful article publishing with a special focus on providing tools for young scholars.
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</span></span><span class="BoldHeadMagazineStyle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-style-textoutline-type:none;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth:.75pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join:round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash:solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound:simple">WED,
MAY 18, 2-3PM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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register for these webinars, please visit http://aseees.org/programs/webinars<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please send along news of book publications, awards received, new job offers and the like for inclusion in the June NewsNet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mary Arnstein<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ASEEES Communications Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies <o:p>
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