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James millar and the millar family fund institute for europeAn, russiAn AnD eurAsiAn stuDies The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) sponsors innovative undergraduate and graduate teaching programs, research and collaboration with the global academic and policy communities. Twenty full-time faculty members, visiting scholars, student fellows and research assistants study the history, politics, economies, societies and cultures of this diverse, dynamic region. scholars analYZe a reGion in TransiTion IERES faculty members published research that advanced understanding of Europe, Eurasia and Russia. henry hale contributed a chapter on the political, economic and social dynamics of postcommunist transition in Patrons, Clients, and Policies (Cambridge). elliot Posner published “Sources of Institutional Change: The Supranational Origins of Europe’s New Stock Markets” in World Politics. James millar published a chapter on “Putin and the Economy” in Putin’s Russia (Rowman and Littlefield). The Millar Family Fund was established in April 2007 to honor professor James Millar and his two children Leo Schaeg Millar and Mira Millar Brownfield. Mira graduated from GW’s School of Education and Human Development in 1998. Tragically, Leo was killed in an automobile accident the day before his graduation from Oberlin College in 1988. The fund will support research by faculty and students associated with IERES. “The Millar family chose to create a program that would honor Jim Millar’s commitment to academic research. We hope that the Millar Family Fund will continue Jim’s important legacy of encouraging research by faculty and students.” — Gera millar and mira millar Brownfield James millar (center) with dean Brown and hope harrison 16 AnnuAl report 2006-2007 sharon Wolchik co-wrote “Favorable Conditions and Electoral Revolutions” in the Journal of Democracy. IERES also supported student research. IERES and The George Washington Cold War group (GWCW) hosted the annual international Graduate student conference on the cold War. Nineteen Ph.D. students, selected from a pool of 75 applicants, presented papers. The conference received generous support from the henry luce foundation. Our faculty earned recognition from numerous organizations. daina eglitis won a Fulbright grant to lecture on comparative sociology at Riga Stradins University in Latvia. henry hale won a Fulbright grant to conduct research on Russia’s presidential election in Moscow. James hershberg continued to serve on the editorial board of the Cold War International History Project Bulletin and to edit the Cold War International History Project Book Series. James millar won the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies’ Distinguished Contributions to Slavic Studies Award in 2006 for his lifelong dedication to the study of Soviet and Russian economics.
ieres faculTY eValuaTes PolicY ToWard euroPe, russia and eurasia IERES faculty members contributed to current policy debates. James Goldgeier co-authored “Global NATO” in Foreign Affairs with Ivo Daalder. Taras Kuzio published op-eds on Ukraine in The Washington Post, The Washington Times, UPI, The Ukraine Observer and the Kyiv Post. Kristine offerdal published opinion essays in Images of Russia: New Op-ed Articles on Neighbors in the North (Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway). IERES experts provided informed and intelligent commentary. National Public Radio, Radio Sweden and Vatican Radio interviewed harvey feigenbaum on U.S.-French relations and the French elections. James Goldgeier was interviewed by BBC, Fox News, Al-Jazeera English and Reuters on Russian politics. hope harrison, director of IERES, appeared on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer to discuss Russia’s growing power as an energy provider. James millar discussed Russia on CNN International. Joanna Brucker, an IERES student fellow, won the hart award for George Washington University’s best undergraduate thesis in anthropology. Brucker’s research drew from her experience living in Athens and interning at a local refugee rights NGO. She is featured here on a trip to Ireland’s Ring of Kerry. ieres adVances KnoWledGe and eXPands deBaTe IERES hosted more than 60 events and conferences including a new lecture series on EU Challenges Ahead, with John Bruton, European Union ambassador to the United States, and a conference co-hosted with the state department on “Transforming the Cold War: The United States and China, 1969-80,” at which IERES released an electronic briefing book of newly declassified documents. The William and helen Petrach endowment provided support for the study of Ukraine and IERES residency for Yuriy fedun and Khrystyna Pavlyk, both from Ivan Franko National University. The norway-america association supported the annual amb. robert d. stuart fellowship for a visiting scholor from Norway. eva Kvelland, a student at University of Oslo, studied at the Elliott School and interned on Capitol Hill. a. michael hoffman, a member of the Elliott School’s International Council and the son of a former IERES fellow, funded two $7,500 dissertation fellowships, which were awarded to Ph.D. students nancy meyers (political science) and Varad mehta (history). He also generously supports faculty and student research. “While not a graduate of GW, I am committed to supporting IERES, which is making great strides toward becoming one of the leading centers for the study of international affairs in the U.S.” — a. michael hoffman elliott school of internAtionAl AffAirs 17 IERES won a $50,000, twoyear grant from the andrew mellon foundation to fund its fifth annual summer institute on conducting archival research (SICAR). The fiveday course for Ph.D. students received 99 applications for 20 spots and offered advanced research training.
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