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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear ASEEES Members:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">The January issue of NewsNet is now available</span></b><b><span style="color:black;background:white">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="https://www.aseees.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/january%202018.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">January</span></a> —</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> includes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="background:white">"Betraying the Revolutions?" by Anna Grzymala-Busse (Stanford University)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="background:white">2017 Executive Director’s Report by Lynda Park
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="background:white">"From Slavic Languages and Literatures to Russian and East European Studies at Penn" by Mitchell A Orenstein (University of Pennsylvania)
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="background:white">Affiliate Organizations’ 2017 Prize Winners
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="background:white">2018 ASEEES Board of Directors and Committees
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="background:white">Our usual features and a schedule of upcoming webinars <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">[This version is available by clicking on the month title or by clicking <a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/9a375cd0-63c0-4098-89b7-5695d96a70be"><span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a> for
a version best viewed on mobile devices.] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#312F30;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Upcoming Webinars</span></b><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">We are excited to announce the launch of professional development webinars offered by the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East-Central Europe. Are you a scholar or academic professional curious about
European higher education and research? Discover opportunities to enhance your career mobility and research. This series is sponsored by ASEEES, EUSA, the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East European Studies and the ESC.
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none"><b>February</b>: German-speaking Academia: A Road Map to Navigating Research Institutions Beyond Universities<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none"><b>March</b>: Introducing the Herder Institute: Collections, Funding Opportunities, and Higher Education Partnerships<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none"><b>April:</b> Doing Research on Eastern Europe in the EU: Research Infrastructures, Grant Models, and Career Mobility<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none"><b>August</b>: How to Work in Archives in Eastern Europe and Germany<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none"><b>September</b>: Archival Skills<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none"><b>October</b>: Strategies for Career Building and Publishing in the EU versus the US
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Registration will be available shortly, at<span style="color:#312F30">:
</span><a href="http://aseees.org/programs/webinars"><span style="color:#0563C1">aseees.org/programs/webinars</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">50<sup>h</sup> ASEEES Annual Convention Call for Proposals</span></b><b><span style="color:#C00000"><br>
</span></b>December 6–9, 2018 • Boston, MA Boston Marriott Copley Place<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Convention Theme: Performance <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention">
<span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org/convention</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">ASEEES members are invited to develop papers, panels, lightning round presentations, and roundtables for the association’s 50th Annual Convention that explore the meanings of performance in and for the regions we
study. Presentations that consider performance and performativity from an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary perspective are especially welcome.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">In addition to the organization’s 50th Annual Convention, 2018 will mark 70 years since the founding of ASEEES as a scholarly society. This anniversary invites us to consider our past performance, as individual
scholars and an organization devoted to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, as well as the roles we can and should perform in the future. Accordingly, proposals from all perspectives and historical periods are welcome, as are those that reflect on
our scholarly responsibilities and offer performances of their own. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b>The deadline for ALL submissions is February 28, 2018.</b>
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.aseees.org/convention/cfp</span></a><b>.
</b>With any inquiries about the convention, please contact Margaret Manges, the convention manager, at
<a href="mailto:aseees.convention@pitt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">aseees.convention@pitt.edu</span></a> If you need assistance logging into the ASEEES members site or are experiencing other technical difficulties, please contact
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">aseees@pitt.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">As we prepare for the March issue of NewsNet, please feel free to send us news of your professional development and book publications. Email news to
<a href="mailto:newsnet@pitt.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">newsnet@pitt.edu</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Mary Arnstein<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">ASEEES Communications Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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