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Welcome to the website of the ICCEES Information Centre!
ICCEES (International Council for Central and East European Studies) is a
global network of research associations, institutes and individual scholars
active in the field of Russian, Central and East European studies.
ICCEES was founded in 1974, initially as a joint project of American, British
and Canadian research associations. Its main activities include publishing
twice a year an ICCEES International Newsletter and organising every fifth
year a World Congress.
The previous World Congresses have been organised in Banff, Canada (1974),
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (1980), Washington, D.C., USA (1985),
Harrogate, United Kingdom (1990), Warsaw, Poland (1995),Tampere, Finland
(2000) and Berlin, Germany (2005). The Eighth World Congress will take place
in Stockholm, Sweden in 2010.
From October 2005, the ICCEES International Information Centre has been
located in Germany.
Material for publication in the
ICCEES International Newsletter should be sent to the following address:
n e w s l e t t e r @ i c c e e s . o r g
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N E W S - N E W S
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VIII World Congress, Stockholm,
26-31 July 2010
Deadline for proposals for panels and papers:
28 February 2009
http://www.iccees2010.se
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The International Newsletter No. 63 is now available, please go to:
ICCEES International Newsletter
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In Memoriam

Professor
James R. Millar
Dear Friends of the
Institute,
I write to you today with the very sad news that our dear friend and
colleague, Professor James R. Millar, passed away Sunday November 30, 2008
in his home in Washington, D.C., of pancreatic cancer. All the flags at The
George Washington University are at half staff today, and there is a wreath
on Professor’s Gate at Kogan Plaza in Jim’s memory.
Jim was the Institute director from 1989-2001, during which time he vastly
expanded the resources, functions, and reputation of the Institute. After
retiring in 2004 as Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Jim
continued to come into his office here at the Institute every day and was a
valued and always friendly member of our community. With the birth of
triplets to his daughter, Mira, this year, Jim was bursting with pride and
loved showing all of us pictures of his grandchildren whether on his new
IPhone (before most other people had one!) or on his computer.
On weekends, Jim loved driving with his wife, Gera, in his sports car
through the rolling hills of Virginia to horse country or to stay in one of
his favorite bed and breakfasts (only the kind with really good food and
wine!). He was also very fond of strolling along the C & O Canal here in
Washington, going to the ballet with Gera and frequenting good restaurants.
Jim founded and helped continue the wonderful tradition at the Institute of
Friday “staff meetings” (a.k.a. happy hours) to get to know the fellows,
students, scholars and staff better. He always had a good story to tell,
punctuated by his big smile and ready laugh.
Jim joined The George Washington University in 1989 as Professor of
Economics and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International
Affairs, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on Soviet and Post-
Soviet economics. He also served in administrative capacities at the
Elliott School as Associate Dean from 1989-95 and as Interim Dean in 1994.
Jim spent the first half of his career at The University of Illinois at
Urbana- Champaign, serving as Professor of Economics, Director of
International Programs and Studies, and Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs. He was a Fellow at the Kennan Institute for Advanced
Russian Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 1988-89 and a Guggenheim
Fellow in 1995-96. He received his B.A. from the University of Texas at
Austin in 1958 (Phi Beta Kappa), and his Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell
University in 1965. He also studied at Harvard University as a special
student in Russian Studies with a grant from the Ford Foundation. Jim
educated and mentored generations of students and young scholars who have
gone on to illustrious careers in their own right.
Jim’s influence reached far beyond the universities where he studied, taught
and served. He held leadership positions in all the major organizations
dedicated to the study of the Soviet Union or Russia, including the American
Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, the International Council
of Central and East European Studies, the International Research and
Exchanges Board, the National Council for Eurasian and East European
Research, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He was also the
founder and director of the path- breaking Soviet Interview Project from
1979-1988. In 2006, the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic
Studies bestowed on Jim its highest award for Distinguished Contributions to
Slavic Studies.
As an author of books and nearly one hundred articles, Jim also had a
profound influence on generations of scholars and practitioners. His books,
The Soviet Rural Community (1971) and Politics, Work and Daily
Life in the USSR
(1987), are considered to be classics in the field. The Soviet Economic
Experiment (1990) was also an important work, and The ABCs of Soviet
Socialism won the Society of Midland Authors Award for Best Book in
Non-fiction in 1981. In addition, Macmillan Reference USA published a
four-volume Encyclopedia of Russian History in 2004 of which
Professor Millar was editor-in-chief. This was named Outstanding Reference
Source in 2004 by Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the
American Library Association.
Jim was born in San Antonio, Texas, and is survived by his wife Gera Millar
of Washington, D.C. (they were married in 1965), his daughter Mira
Brownfield of San Francisco, his sister Carolyn Henderson of Floresville,
Texas, and three grandchildren in San Francisco. The family requests that in
lieu of flowers, donations be made in Jim’s name to the Millar Family Fund
at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George
Washington University and/or to the C and O Canal Foundation in Glen Echo,
Maryland.
We expect that there will be a memorial service for Jim sometime in January
and will let you know the specifics once the family has decided.
Jim was the model of grace, openness and courage, and we will miss him
tremendously. We are so grateful for all he gave to us both professionally
and personally.
Sincerely,
Hope M. Harrison, Director
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