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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear members:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="http://aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/october%202016.pdf">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B7097;background:white;text-decoration:none">October</span></strong></a> issue of NewsNet is
<a href="http://aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/october%202016.pdf">now available online</a> and will be sent to subscribing members shortly. It
<span style="color:#312F30;background:white">includes “What Have We Learned, and Not Learned, from a Quarter-Century of Transition” by Harley Balzer, Georgetown University; “The Kremlin Blamed Our Work When It Declared Russia’s Levada Center a ‘Foreign Agent’”
by Theodore Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison & Jane Zavisca, University of Arizona; and “The Pedagogy of Images: Depicting Communism for Children” by Serguei A. Oushakine, Princeton University. Additionally, ASEEES congratulates the 2016 ASEEES Prize
Winners and thanks our 2015-2016 contributors. The issue also announces the 2017 ASEEES Convention Theme and spotlights Kieran Williams. Please send news of book publications, promotions, fellowships/grants received etc. for inclusion in our features.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="color:#C00000">ASEEES Convention Pre-registration ends on Oct. 14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>REGISTRATION<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pre-registration ends on <b><span style="color:red">Oct. 14</span></b>:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org/convention/registration</span></a> After Oct. 14, you can still register on-site at the convention but at a higher rate. Please consider purchasing the Pre-Award
Buffet ticket as you register. If you have already registered the convention, you can still purchase the ticket as an addition. If you need any assistance, please contact
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">aseees@pitt.edu</span></a> or (412) 648-9911.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HOTEL RESERVATION<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please reserve your hotel room at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park today:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/hotel"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org/convention/hotel</span></a>.
<span style="background:white">If you prefer to speak with a live operator please call 1-877-212-5752 and reference "Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasians Studies 2016."<span style="color:#312F30">
</span></span>The room block expires on <b><span style="color:red">Oct. 25</span></b>. If you wish to share accommodations, please enter your information on our
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/roomshare"><span style="color:#0563C1">roomshare page</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For any convention related inquiries, please contact Margaret Manges, convention manager, at
<a href="mailto:aseees.convention@pitt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">aseees.convention@pitt.edu</span></a> or
<span style="color:black;background:white">(412) 648-4049.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Mary Arnstein<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">ASEEES Communications Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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