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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">2018 ASEEES Annual Convention
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</span></b>December 6–9, 2018 • Boston, MA <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Deadline for ALL submissions: <span style="color:red">February 28</span></b><span style="color:red">
</span><a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp" target="_BLANK">www.aseees.org/convention/cfp</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">All are invited to develop papers, panels, lightning round presentations, and roundtables for the Association’s 50th Annual Convention. 2018 also marks the 70<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the ASEEES’s founding..
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">With any inquiries about the convention, please contact Margaret Manges, the convention manager, at
<a href="mailto:aseees.convention@pitt.edu">aseees.convention@pitt.edu</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">aseees@pitt.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:#C00000">ASEEES Survey on Impact and Priorities<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">Please take a moment to respond to a brief 4-question survey on ASEEES impact and priorities. Your input will strengthen our efforts to secure and sustain scholarship about the region and guard against
potential decreases in federal funding and shifting priorities.</span> For more info click
<b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/aseees-survey-impact-priorities">HERE</a></b>.<b><span style="color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Next ASEEES Webinar, March 7</span><span style="color:#312F30"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#312F30">The second webinar in our Spring series will be held<b> </b>March 7 at 12pm. <b>"Introducing the Herder Institute: Collections, Funding Opportunities, and Higher Education Partnerships"</b> will
use the Herder-Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe as an example of extramural institutions. First, participants will be provided detailed information about the Institute's collections and holdings (including 5 million newspaper clippings,
close to 700,000 images, 40,000 historical maps, a library with half a million items etc.). Participants will learn about the fellowship and partnership programs available, in addition to the Institute’s profile in the field of Digital humanities. Using the
Herder Institute as an example, Peter Haslinger will also elaborate on the forms of cooperation in German academia to foster strategic partnerships between non-university institutions and universities and networking strategies on the global level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#312F30">To register, click <b><a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8133179158299639811">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">Call for Applications/Volunteers: ASEEES Program “Exploring Career Diversity”</span></b><span style="color:#312F30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">Established in August 2017, this service provides informational interviews by matching professionals with SEEES MA/PhDs employed beyond the professoriate (Senior Contact),
with graduate students and recent MA/PhDs who are interested in broadening their career horizons (Junior Contact). </span>The program is now open to MA students/grads. For more information and to apply or volunteer, click
<b><a href="http://www.aseees.org/programs/career-diversity">HERE</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#C00000">Send Us Your News!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">please send news of your promotion, awards, fellowships, and book publications to
<a href="mailto:newsnet@pitt.edu">newsnet@pitt.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Lynda Park<br>
Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">203C Bellefield Hall | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">+1 (412) 648-9911 (main), +1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#C00000"><a href="http://www.aseees.org">www.aseees.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-for-Slavic-East-European-and-Eurasian-Studies/141362775903086" target="_BLANK">Facebook</a><span style="color:#222222"> |
</span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aseeestudies" target="_BLANK">Twitter</a><span style="color:#222222"> |
</span><a href="https://aseees.hcommons.org/" target="_BLANK"><span style="color:blue">ASEEES Commons</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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