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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear ASEC members:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I realize you have not heard from me in a while, however, the summer has come, and most, if not all, of us are a little more at liberty
with our time now. Taking advantage of this, I would like to request that you send me information for a new edition of the ASEC Newsletter. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">***First of all, a reminder: please include your
<b>current</b> <b>affiliation</b> when sending in information</span></u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">. Again, if we make this standard practice we can avoid many unnecessary mistakes and inaccuracies from appearing in the <span class="gmail-il">Newsletter</span>. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">The information I am requesting falls into two categories:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">1. <b><u>Members’ Activities</u>:</b> Here we list new publications and work on research projects. This is one of the most interesting and vital parts of the <span class="gmail-il">Newsletter</span>. <b>Please send
me information on articles or books you have published or projects you are currently working on <i>within the last year (2017-2018).</i></b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">2. <b><u>Items of Interest Concerning Eastern Christian Studies</u></b>: These can include web links about something you think we should be covering. <b>Please send me information on conferences, events, and publications
you think would be of interest to our membership.</b> We would be more than happy to include them in the <span class="gmail-il">Newsletter</span>!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Please send the information to me at </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:charndtiii@vassar.edu" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">charndtiii@vassar.edu</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Let me also remind you that for this issue and future issues, ASEC members are invited to submit to me a photograph of a religio-architectural monument or place of worship located in any of the countries that have
a connection with ASEC members' research. This will be used as our masthead for the next issue. It must be your own photo or a photo to which you own the rights.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">I am looking to have all the <span class="gmail-il">contributions</span> in by June 21st!</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Thank you for your attention!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Very sincerely yours,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Russian Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
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