Support

IERES is grateful for support from individuals, foundations and corporations for its activities. This support helps us to fund students studying at GW or in Europe/Eurasia; students and professors conducting research; outside speakers sharing their insights at IERES; conferences, seminars, and brown-bag lunches bringing students, professors and outside experts together; film and discussion evenings with students; and many other interesting, educational endeavors.

In recent years, IERES has received funding from the National Endowment for Humanities, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Coca-Cola Foundation, the Stuart Family Foundation, and the Heritage Foundation of the First Security Federal Savings Bank of Chicago. Alumni and other interested individuals have also contributed endowments or other funds to help support the study of Europe and Eurasia. We are grateful to A. Michael Hoffman, Detta Voesar, the William and Helen Petrach Endowment for Ukrainian Exchanges and Programs, the Helen and Sergius Yakobson Scholarship endowment, the Maria H. Davis European Studies endowment, and for their support of crucial activities of IERES.

The Millar Family Fund

Professor James Millar and his family established the Millar Family Fund in April 2007 to support an annual lecture on economics or economic history in Russia (or the Soviet Union) as well as student and faculty research at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Professor Millar was the director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies from 1989-2001 and was a Professor of Economics and International Affairs at GW until his retirement in 2004, when he became Professor Emeritus. The fund reflects Professor Millar's lifelong dedication to the study of Russian and Soviet economics and his strong ties to the Institute and to GW.

The inaugural James Millar Lecture, "The Millar Agricultural Surplus Hypothesis and the Soviet Archives," was given by Professor Paul R. Gregory (University of Houston and the Hoover Institution) on November 1, 20 07. The second James Mi llar Lecture, "Kremlin, Inc.: How Vladimir Putin Runs Russia," was given by Dr. Cilfford Gaddy (the Brookings Institution) on October 2, 2008. Professor Millar and over one hundred of his friends, colleagues and family members were in the audience for this lecture.

We are very sad to say that after a battle with pancreatic cancer, Professor Millar passed away on November 30, 2008. We will continue to carry out his wishes with the Millar Family Fund and invite friends, colleagues and other supporters to contribute to the Fund, which is supported by the rest of Professor Millar's Family. To contribute, please make out a check to GWU with the Millar Family Fund in the memo line and send the check to:

Suzanne Stephenson
ATTN: Millar Family Fund
Institute for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies
1957 E. St., N.W., Suite 412
Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University
Washington, D.C. 20052.

Contributions

To donate to any of the activities of IERES, please send a check, payable to The George Washington University, with IERES specified in the memo line, to:

The Institute for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies
ATTN: Suzanne Stephenson
1957 E St., N.W., Suite 412
Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University
Washington, D.C. 20052

For more information, please contact IERES Director, Dr. Hope M. Harrison at the above address or by e-mail: hopeharr@gwu.edu

 

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