NEWS OF THE PROFESSION

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies is an international organization of persons interested in the Slavic and East European field. Regular memberships are $12.00 per year; sustaining memberships are $25.00 per year. A student membership (without vote) at $6.00 per year is available to full-time students with U. S. mailing addresses. Students outside the United States, as well as students with teaching assistantships or parttime jobs, may join as regular members. There are also nonvoting associate memberships at $12.00 per year. Joint memberships are available for a married couple both of whom wish to join the Association but who need only one copy of the publications; both names will be listed, but the fee and voting rights are those of a single membership. T h e membership dues for emeritus members are $6.00. All classes of membership receive the quarterly Slavic Review; the American Bibliography of Russian and East European Studies (regular price $3.50), to be published now by Ohio State University; the Association's Newsletter (regular price $1.50 per year in the United States, $1.80 abroad), published twice yearly at the University of Illinois; and the Directory of the Association (sold to nonmembers at $5.00) in the years when it is published. Application blanks for membership are available from the AAASS, 1207 West Oregon Street, University of Illinois, Urbana, Il l inois 61801.