The RCEEE Specialty group is a diverse community of researchers brought together by regional interests in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Current and past research has revolved around political, social, economic and cultural geography, as well as regional research on issues of energy, environment or migration.

As you are aware, the deadline for submitting abstracts for the 2008 AAG meeting in Boston is October 31. If you have not already committed to a session, you might want to consider organizing one that our specialty group will sponsor. You might think about other specialty groups as co-sponors, too.

Since this AAG communication system appears to be working now, I invite those of you with ideas to submit Calls for Papers (CFP) to the group. You can do so by logging on to the AAG website, going to "My Communities", and clicking on "Create a new topic" within the RCEEE specialty group. If you are unable to login or otherwise have unreliable access to this system, please e-mail your CFP either to me or to Jessica Graybill (jgraybill@mail.colgate.edu) to post here and on our website.

Be sure to visit the "AAG Call for papers" page on this website for the latest information.

Dear RCEEE Group Members and Friends,

We hope that you find this website to be a useful resource for news and contacts related to Geography and the areas of Russia, Central Eurasia, and Eastern Europe.

The minutes of the last RCEEE Business meeting (AAG 2007 in San Franscisco) are posted on the AAG webpage. To view the document, log in, go to RCEEE community, and select document archive from the page that displays news items, discussion forums and document archive. You may notsee the document right away, so click on the option to display all documents in the archive.

Kind regards,
Shannon O'Lear, Ph.D.
RCEEE President
University of Kansas

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