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<p class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ASEEES Webinar: “How to Get your Paper Published in International Journals” will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 12:00pm
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdownloads%2Faugust%25202019.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C322f7af12a9b425f23b308d721c44b7c%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637014999273971419&sdata=99eLiOc67fyn%2BI0P3UgyQSxoMhAKLJQrD%2BNXTVY3ywk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/august%202019.pdf" shash="e0adUPTnNsg8tWa8YU4PqcExXDQ1IFW1844HGZ6WXQxKrB4za6jLP4NecRsKg7wr3XmzeB7A73aR8NOuqKhFbLyF6VcgaDmmDUhQcbaCfo6DrBK82eRXj9iVA5EBEtsxBiJYtR79H/g0rxg/QVSt+cl/KKxdH3ukPv6/vmBVPRc=">AUGUST
2019 NEWSNET</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">The <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdownloads%2Faugust%25202019.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C322f7af12a9b425f23b308d721c44b7c%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637014999273971419&sdata=99eLiOc67fyn%2BI0P3UgyQSxoMhAKLJQrD%2BNXTVY3ywk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/august%202019.pdf" shash="e0adUPTnNsg8tWa8YU4PqcExXDQ1IFW1844HGZ6WXQxKrB4za6jLP4NecRsKg7wr3XmzeB7A73aR8NOuqKhFbLyF6VcgaDmmDUhQcbaCfo6DrBK82eRXj9iVA5EBEtsxBiJYtR79H/g0rxg/QVSt+cl/KKxdH3ukPv6/vmBVPRc=">
<span style="color:#0B7097">August</span></a> </span></b><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">2019 issue of NewsNet is now available online and includes:<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">“Kazakhstan after Nazarbayev: Changes for Researchers," by Sarah Cameron (University of Maryland, College Park) </span><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">2019 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Award winner announced</span><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">3rd Biennial Summer Convention in Zagreb and Future of the Field Campaign reports</span><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">"Of Revolutionaries and Realists: Russian-Armenian Relations since the Velvet Revolution," by Stephen Badalyan Riegg (Texas A&M University)</span><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">Diversity and Inclusion Convention Travel Grant Announcement</span><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">Travel Grant Recipients and our usual features. </span><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="text-transform:uppercase">ASEEES CONVENTION EARLY BIRD RATE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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by <b>August 19</b> to receive the early bird rate. Rates increase next week. (All participants on panels/roundtables, members and non-members, must preregister and pay the registration fee. Please note that membership dues payment is not the same as registering
for the convention.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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AND INCLUSION TRAVEL GRANT</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BA, MA, and PhD students from all backgrounds studying the humanities or social science fields at any college or university, who have demonstrated a commitment to the grant goals through their studies, research, teaching, or service to
the profession, are encouraged to apply. Applicants need <u>not</u> be session participants in the convention program to apply. Applications are due
<b>August 31</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u><span style="color:#0563C1">2019 ASEEES BOARD ELECTION</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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There is still time to return your ballots for the <span style="color:black">2019 ASEEES Board of Directors</span> election.
<span style="color:black">For more information on the election including the candidate bios, visit our
</span><span style="color:blue">website</span><span style="color:#0563C1">.</span><span style="color:black"> Information on how to vote will be
</span>re<span style="color:black">distributed by email </span>shortly<span style="color:black">.
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<p class="MsoNormal">As always, please send along news of book publications, job changes or promotions, fellowship/grants received for inclusion in the October NewsNet. Email your news to
<a href="mailto:newsnet@pitt.edu">newsnet@pitt.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mary Arnstein<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ASEEES Communications Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
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