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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000;background:white">June Issue of NewsNet Available<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#312F30">The <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fdownloads%2Fjune%25202020.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9687d36818084dcc457308d8185754af%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637286110642113817&sdata=Mwg9uNYfU9UkyMoVixjJCmKW6L%2Bzy8x%2FFuma%2FghpaG8%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.aseees.org/sites/default/files/downloads/june%202020.pdf" shash="EEFL+itjUX/pEQVypHXzijKxPodEKHo8RzWJlrFot7RZB7Im8Up+d/ACvh/zaaUz+H05T5QiNk7cM3kdFQ8r8qkqJ4+ETl12pcFeaNMC6HrlOUxUvRiW5a7KqijxXVpeWLzuGHKY5MnSUDXTbFXcCFJMKIg2LbOzWniHG5u5/Y0=">June 2020<span style="font-weight:normal"> </span>issue
of NewsNet</a></span></strong> includes articles:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="main-content-text" style="color:#312F30;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
“Conferences, Coronavirus, and the KGB: The Webinar Series on ‘The Political Police and the Soviet System: Insights from Newly Opened KGB Archives in the Former Soviet States’” by Michael David-Fox (Georgetown U);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="main-content-text" style="color:#312F30;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
“The Screens of Academe” by Eliot Borenstein (NYU);<o:p></o:p></li><li class="main-content-text" style="color:#312F30;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
“A Pandemic Dispatch from Brooklyn” by Brigid O’Keeffe (Brooklyn College, CUNY); and<o:p></o:p></li><li class="main-content-text" style="color:#312F30;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
“The Fate of Graduate Research in a Time of Pandemic” by John Vsetecka (Michigan State University).<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:#312F30">We also congratulate our 2020 ASEEES Dissertation Grant, Internship Grant, and CTDRF Recipients.<br>
Finally, we include a letter from ASEEES President Jan Kubik and the ASEEES Statement Condemning Systemic Racism and Police Brutality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="main-content-text" style="background:white"><span style="color:#312F30">For a version best viewed on tablets/phones/e-readers, <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Findd.adobe.com%2Fview%2Fed108143-2ae3-46ed-85bd-5e51d3798df6&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9687d36818084dcc457308d8185754af%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637286110642113817&sdata=dLYd19BJpSh37oCA1BhUWBvGrU%2BNCWpQjU8QhW8wCsE%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://indd.adobe.com/view/ed108143-2ae3-46ed-85bd-5e51d3798df6" shash="i3cnCYjefoAp8JDl26xiagJqBLNMgJ7cfMFRqGESY4PJ/z6zeD/merpX+bYgKQcfxM8QQiRQXDeEngDFsiEJhio/4Pd9vxGeXpXjdWgkI945UzD7ZRCH47+IbHaK8zgl8uw5iWEBtLEBkpwXaLYZ2s3YXpSoIC/XZu2nW/l7yjU="><span style="color:#0B7097">click
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">2020 ASEEES Research Grants Recipients Announced<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We congratulate the 26 recipients of the 2020 Dissertation Research Grants, Understanding Modern Russia Grants, and the new Summer Dissertation Writing Grants.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">2020 ASEEES Convention
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">Thanks to those of you who completed the
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2020 Convention planning survey</a>. You can continue to do so. The 2020 Convention Contingency Planning Committee is hard at work on a variety of options for the convention. In these uncertain times, we suggest that you do not purchase any non-refundable travel
tickets and accommodations. But rest assured that we will hold a 2020 annual convention in some shape or form. The registration has been changed so that the early registration rate is now extended to Oct 7. As situation requires, we will make necessary changes
to ensure the health and well-being of our community. For updates please check the
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convention website</a> or our </span><span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aseees.org%2Fcovid-19&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9687d36818084dcc457308d8185754af%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C637286110642133815&sdata=q7uXqXi7f3I%2BD0Y8sm7WOI%2FyZU6mt3m0amV3LHVBWZw%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.aseees.org/covid-19" shash="LpxNL8gTnGRK1VWp2oCiWexdc/QIrWioE0LULbpsOgQC34/Xxdty9uPfhSsxiIz4+2NywX2JfTL6gT/ljP7Ew5dxgrfa825aKScO33twWvwCSMzxJ0LXpRCvDEt7l7Ee60jq6CDRdplD2KnQze0CLMTBy6TDtlUTEU6YlcYM0Y8=">COVID-19
updates page</a></span><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000;background:white">2020 ASEEES Board Elections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#312F30;background:white">Please note that if you are a current member, you should have received the online ballot to vote for the ASEEES Board positions. You can read the candidate bios
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