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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">2018 ASEEES Board Election</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
<span style="color:#312F30;background:white">We are delighted to announce the candidates for the 2018 ASEEES Board election:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#312F30;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></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">Jan Kubik</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Rutgers U &<b>
</b>University College London (UK)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Graeme Robertson</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, UNC Chapel Hill<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">Thomas Garza</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, University of Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Eileen Kane</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Connecticut College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Maria Popova</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, McGill University (Canada)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Magda Romanska</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, Emerson College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30;background:white">The President-Elect/Vice President and the two Members-at-Large will serve three-year terms from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021. For complete information with links to
each candidate’s bio see: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.aseees.org/about/governance/2018-board-elections">www.aseees.org/about/governance/2018-board-elections</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#312F30;background:white">The electronic ballot will be sent to current members by June 15. If you would prefer a paper ballot, please email
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu">aseees@pitt.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">2018 ASEEES Annual Convention Preliminary Online Program Now Available<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The preliminary program for the 50<sup>th</sup> ASEEES Annual Convention is now available online:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/program" target="_BLANK">www.aseees.org/convention/program</a> All convention participants should have received their notifications last week. If you have not, please check your spam folder, as the email is coming
from ‘</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">DO_NOT_REPLY@allacademic.com’ Please whitelist this email address so that the convention notifications do not get blocked. Please send any title/affiliation edits to
<a href="mailto:aseees.proposal@pitt.edu">aseees.proposal@pitt.edu</a> as soon as possible. The PDF version of the preliminary program will be uploaded in mid June.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">for the convention by Sept. 7 to receive the earlybird registration discount:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/registration">www.aseees.org/convention/registration</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Make your hotel reservation</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> soon as we will definitely sell out:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/hotel">www.aseees.org/convention/hotel</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please consider asking your institution to
<b>sponsor the Anniversary Convention</b>. More information can be found at: <a href="http://www.aseees.org/convention/sponsorship">
http://www.aseees.org/convention/sponsorship</a> or contact <a href="mailto:aseees.convention@pitt.edu">
aseees.convention@pitt.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">2018-2019 Cohen Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship Recipients<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are delighted to announce this year’s recipients of the Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Fellowships:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lyudmila Austin, Michigan State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Michael Coates, University of California, Berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rebecca Hastings, University of Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rebecca Johnston, University of Texas at Austin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Karl Krotke-Crandall, Washington State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Andrei Tcacenco, University of California, Santa Cruz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information on their research topics, see:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/2018-cohen-tucker-dissertation-research-fellows-announced">
www.aseees.org/news-events/aseees-news-feed/2018-cohen-tucker-dissertation-research-fellows-announced</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">ASEEES Privacy Policy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We at ASEEES are committed to protecting your privacy and keeping your personal information safe. We have revised our privacy policy. Please review the policy at:
<a href="http://www.aseees.org/about/governance/policies/aseees-privacy-policy">www.aseees.org/about/governance/policies/aseees-privacy-policy</a> If you have any concerns, please contact us at
<a href="mailto:aseees@pitt.edu">aseees@pitt.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">203C Bellefield Hall | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">+1 (412) 648-9911 (main), +1 (412) 648-9815 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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