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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear ASEEES Members:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Upcoming Webinars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30">Wed, Apr 20, 2016 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30">“Your Academic Job Search: Drafting the Cover Letter”: 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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30">Wed, May 18, 2016 2:00-3:00 PM EDT</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30"><br>
“Getting Published in Slavic & Eurasian Studies: Do’s and Don’ts of Academic Journal Publishing” - 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30">For more information and to register see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/webinars">www.aseees.org/programs/webinars</a> You must be a current member. You can also view the archived webinars on the ASEEES members site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Mentoring Program Call for Applications/Volunteers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 2016-2017 mentoring program is accepting applications and volunteer mentors:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/mentoring">www.aseees.org/programs/mentoring</a> Please submit your application/volunteer form by
<b><span style="color:red">April 24</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000;background:white">New ASEEES Dissertation Research Grant Program
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">ASEEES is delighted to announce a new Dissertation Research Grant Program for doctoral students at US universities. Thanks to the generosity of donors and members, we are sponsoring up to ten
grants annually, at a maximum of $5,000 each, for the purposes of conducting doctoral dissertation research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia in any aspect of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies in any discipline. The application deadline is
</span><b><span style="color:red;background:white">April 30</span></b><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">. For more info see:
<span class="apple-converted-space"> <a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/dissertation-grant">www.aseees.org/programs/dissertation-grant</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">ASEEES Book Prizes Call for Nominations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nominations for the nine ASEEES book prizes is <b><span style="color:red">April 15</span></b>. For more information on the book prizes see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes">www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">ASEEES Tucker/Cohen Dissertation Prize Call for Nominations</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nominations for the Tucker/Cohen Prize is due <b><span style="color:red">May 15</span></b>. For more info see
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/robert-c-tuckerstephen-f-cohen-dissertation-prize">
www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/robert-c-tuckerstephen-f-cohen-dissertation-prize</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">ASEEES Graduate Student Essay Prize Call for Nominations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nominations for the ASEEES Graduate Student Essay Prize is due
<b><span style="color:red">June 1</span></b>. For more info see: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/graduate-student-essay-prize">
www.aseees.org/programs/aseees-prizes/graduate-student-essay-prize</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have you read our great Member Spotlights lately? <a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/spotlight">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lynda Park<br>
Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention"><span style="color:red">2016 ASEEES Annual Convention, Washington, DC</span></a></span> |
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