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<p class="main-content-text" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">2017 Annual Convention Chicago Program</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;background:white">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention"><span style="color:#0B7097;background:white">2017
ASEEES Annual Convention</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white"> </span></span><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile on November 9-12 promises to be
a momentous event. With over 650 sessions, the convention will be one of the largest ASEEES conventions since the mid 1990s.<span class="apple-converted-space">
</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="main-content-text" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;font-weight:normal">The preliminary online program for the Convention is now available. To read the announcement please see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/2017-aseees-convention-schedule-announced">
www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/2017-aseees-convention-schedule-announced</a> The PDF version of the program will be posted online by mid-June. Please register by August 11 to receive early bird registration fee and make your hotel reservation,
as we will likely sell out.</span><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p class="main-content-text" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">June Issue of NewsNet</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30"><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;background:white;font-weight:normal">The June</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;background:white"> issue
of NewsNet is now available online: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/newsnet%20june%202017_0.pdf">
www.aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/newsnet%20june%202017_0.pdf</a> </span>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;background:white">[For a mobile-friendly version click<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/fe415911-b27b-4f0f-a570-285dde78e0f0"><span style="color:#0B7097">here</span></a>].
<span class="apple-converted-space">The issue</span> includes:</span><span style="color:#312F30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30;background:white">"Central Asian Islam Outside a Soviet Box" by Morgan Y. Liu (The Ohio State University)<br>
"Opening the Vaults: Art Folios & Resources of the Hoover Institution Library" by Michael Herrick (Hoover Institution)<br>
"The Lost Archive of Major Martin Manhoff" by Douglas Smith<br>
"The Prague Spring Archive Project" by Ian P Goodale (University of Texas)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30;background:white">2017 ASEEES Dissertation Research Grant Recipients, Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship Recipients, the Board Election information, a member
spotlight, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30;background:white">This is an online-only issue; print copies are not mailed out to members. If you would like to receive a print copy, please email
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu">aseees@pitt.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="main-content-text" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">2017 Election for the ASEEES Board of Directors</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;background:white">For the 2017 ASEEES Board of Directors election, there are four positions on the ballot. The President-Elect/Vice President and the two Members-at-Large serve three-year
terms from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020. The graduate student representative serves a two-year term from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019. For complete information with links to each candidate’s bio see:
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/about/board-elections">www.aseees.org/about/board-elections</a>
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;background:white">The electronic ballot will be sent to current members next week. If you would prefer a paper ballot, please email
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu">aseees@pitt.edu</a> The candidates are:</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30;background:white">Candidates for President Elect/ Vice-President</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30;background:white"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Mark Steinberg</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Elizabeth Wood</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, MIT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Candidates for Members at Large<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Janet Johnson</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, CUNY Brooklyn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jeffrey Kopstein</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, UC Irvine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">James Krapfl</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, McGill University (Canada)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Conor O'Dwyer</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, U of Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Candidates for Graduate Student Representative<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tetyana Dzyadevych</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, University of Illinois at Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yana Skorobogatov</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, UC Berkeley<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="main-content-text" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">2017 Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship Recipients</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30"><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">We congratulate the following 2017 fellowship recipients.<span style="color:#312F30"> Their project abstracts can be found at:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/2017-cohen-tucker-dissertation-fellows-announced">
www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/2017-cohen-tucker-dissertation-fellows-announced</a></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30">Simon Belokowsky</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#312F30;font-weight:normal">,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30">Georgetown
University<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Gabrielle Cornish</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong>Eastman
School of Music/University of Rochester<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kathryn David</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">,</span></strong> New York University<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Joy Neumeyer</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">,</span></strong> University of California, Berkeley</span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lynda Park<br>
Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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