<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">Dear ASEEES Members:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">Having concluded another successful convention in Washington, DC, we are grateful to all those who participated in making the 2016 convention such a dynamic event.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt"><u>If you registered for the convention</u>, please complete this
<b>short post-convention survey: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASEEES2016">
www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASEEES2016</a> </b>. This is also a great opportunity to give us your input on the 2021/2022 convention sites and the 2019 summer convention in region.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">If you presented a paper, you can still
<b>upload your 2016 Convention paper</b>, and any ASEEES members or convention attendees can now read any uploaded papers. Please keep in mind that this is voluntary, so only the papers that were uploaded by the presenters will be available. The instructions
can be found at: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/upload-paper">www.aseees.org/convention/upload-paper</a> The papers are more easily found using the convention mobile app. You can still download the app:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/mobile-app">www.aseees.org/convention/mobile-app</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">Also, in case you missed the award ceremony on Nov. 19, we congratulate all the<b> 2016</b>
<b>prize winners</b> one more time. Their citations can now be found on our website:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/aseees-announces-2016-prize-winners">
www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/aseees-announces-2016-prize-winners</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">As the year 2016 comes to end, please
<b>renew your ASEEES membership for 2017</b>: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/membership/individual">www.aseees.org/membership/individual</a> Please note that if you paid for your 2017 membership at the DC convention, that has not been entered into the database
yet. We are currently working on that. Also check your records on the members site to make sure that you didn’t already pay for the 2017 membership. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">We are also delighted to announce the Fall 2016 recipients of the
<b>ASEEES First Book Subvention program</b>: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/first-book-subvention-recipients-fall-2016">www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/first-book-subvention-recipients-fall-2016</a> The next application
deadline for the program is <span style="color:red">Feb. 1, 2017</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">The application deadline for the
<b>Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship program</b> is <span style="color:red">
Jan. 4, 2017</span>: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/ctdrf">www.aseees.org/programs/ctdrf</a> Please share this information with any interested students.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">Also, today - Tuesday, November 29 - is
<b>#GivingTuesday</b>, a global day dedicated to giving back. We have launched many new programs in the last three years, such as the ASEEES dissertation grants, convention travel grants and the first book subvention, and your contributions have made them
possible. Please consider giving to ASEEES as we work to launch more programs and increase the number of grants in 2017 to support our members:
<b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/donate">www.aseees.org/donate</a></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">As always, please feel free to contact me with comments or questions about ASEEES.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.6pt">Lynda<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lynda Park<br>
Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<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.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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>