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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:#C00000">2016 ASEEES Annual Convention,
</span></b><b><span style="color:#C00000">Washington DC Marriott Wardman Park, </span>
<span style="color:#C00000">November 17-20</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The 2016 ASEEES Convention in Washington, DC, promises to be an exceptionally well-attended and lively event. The acceptance notifications were sent out on April 22. If you have not received a notification, please check your spam folder
first and then contact <a href="mailto:aseees.proposal@pitt.edu">aseees.proposal@pitt.edu</a>
<span style="color:#141823;background:white">The email is coming from DO_NOT_REPLY@allacademic.com We suggest that you whitelist this email address so that the e-mails through the convention management system do not fall into your spam folder in the future.</span> We
will post the preliminary schedule by no later than mid June.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">MEMBERSHIP RULES & EXCEPTIONS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">All participants on panels/roundtables who are in any related Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies in the US and abroad must be current ASEEES members. If you are not currently a member or have not renewed
your membership for 2016, you must do so <u>now</u>: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/individual">
www.aseees.org/membership/individual</a> For complete membership rules and exceptions see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/rules#membership">www.aseees.org/convention/rules#membership</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">TRAVEL GRANTS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">ASEEES is offering three travel grants for the convention – the
<b>Davis Graduate Student Travel Grant</b> (deadline: <span style="color:red">May 22</span>), the
<b>Regional Scholar Travel Grant</b> (deadline: <span style="color:red">June 1</span>), and the
<b>Convention Opportunity Travel Grant</b> (deadline: <span style="color:red">June 1</span>). For more information see
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/grants">www.aseees.org/convention/grants</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="color:#C00000">DONATE</span></b> - Please consider donating to the travel grant funds. 100% of your donations will be given out as grants for the 2016 Convention:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/donate">www.aseees.org/donate</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">REGISTRATION<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">The Convention registration is now open:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration">www.aseees.org/convention/registration</a>. The Early Registration Deadline is
<span style="color:red">August 19</span>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">HOTEL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">The guestroom block rate at the convention hotel Washington Marriott Wardman Park is $205 per night plus taxes for singles/doubles. For more information on guestroom reservations and on graduate student room
request, please see <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/hotel">http://www.aseees.org/convention/hotel</a> <u>The graduate student rooms will sell out very quickly</u>. For others, we do suggest that you make your reservations soon as we definitely
will sell out.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBIT/ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">For sponsorship opportunities see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/sponsorship">www.aseees.org/convention/sponsorship</a> For exhibit/advertising opportunities see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/exhibit">www.aseees.org/convention/exhibit</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="color:#C00000">2016 ASEEES-MAG Summer Convention, Lviv, Ukraine, June 26-28<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Early registration for the Summer Convention ends on <span style="color:red">
April 30</span>: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/summer-convention/registration">www.aseees.org/summer-convention/registration</a> The preliminary program will be posted by no later than April 26 at:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/summer-convention/2016-program">www.aseees.org/summer-convention/2016-program</a> . For more information on the summer convention see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/summer-convention">www.aseees.org/summer-convention</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Mentoring Program Call for Applications/Volunteers</span></b><b><span style="color:#C00000"><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
<span style="color:red">April 25</span>.<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
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<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><span style="color:red;background:white">April 30</span><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>
</span></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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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 <span style="color:red">
May 15</span>. 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
<span style="color:red">June 1</span>. 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">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.aseees.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention"><span style="color:red">2016 ASEEES Annual Convention, Washington, DC</span></a> |
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/summer-convention"><span style="color:#C45911">2016 ASEEES-MAG Summer Convention, Lviv, Ukraine</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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