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Update: April 12, 2012
ICCEES Newsletter
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Change of Date: ICCEES IX World Congress Will Be Held on August 3 – 8, 2015!
According to ICCEES tradition, the Organizing Committee announced plans for the next World Congress to be held in the last week of July, 2015. However, Kanda University of International Studies, which will be the main congress venue, has asked us to schedule the congress one week later to provide maximally favorable conditions for this academic event. After discussing the issue with the ICCEES executive committee and Slavist associations in Japan, the Organizing Committee decided to change the date of the congress. The ICCEES congress is now scheduled for August 3 – 8, 2015.
Save the date and mark your calendars!
Care message from Prof. Graeme Gill concerning the recent earthquake
We received a heartwarming message from Professor Graeme Gill of the University of Sydney, current president of ICCEES, concerning the recent earthquake that hit Japan on March 11..
Dear Kim (Matsuzato)
On behalf of the ICCEEC Executive Committee and all of the members of ICCEES, I would like to express our deep sadness and dismay at the terrible cost Japan has been forced to bear as a result of the recent earthquake and tsunami. In particular, we would like our Japanese colleagues to know that we are thinking of them in this difficult time, and that if there is anything we can do to help them get back to normal, they only have to let us know. We would appreciate it if you would pass on our best wishes to your colleagues.
With best wishes,
Graeme Gill
Professor of Government and Public Administration,
Department of Government and International Relations,
School of Social and Political Sciences,
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
University of Sydney
Greetings
• Professor Graeme Gill of the University of Sydney, President of ICCEES
• Professor Nobuo Shimotomai of Hosei University, Co-chairman of the Organization Committee of the ICCEES World Congress in Makuhari
• Professor Mitsuyoshi Numano of the University of Tokyo, Co-chairman of the Organization Committee of the ICCEES World Congress in Makuhari
Standing by the National Diet of JapanGreetings!
In July 2010 in Stockholm, the International Council of ICCEES unanimously accepted the recommendation of the Executive Committee that the 2015 congress should be held in Chiba, Japan. This was an historic decision. All previous conferences had been held in the north Atlantic region – Banff, Garmisch, Washington, Harrogate, Warsaw, Tampere, Berlin and Stockholm. This is the first time the congress is being held in Asia. This reflects not only an aspiration to make ICCEES a truly global organization, but recognition of the importance of the scholarship being done on our broad subject area within the countries of Asia. While the Japan Council for Russian and East European Studies has been a long time participant in ICCEES, close relations have recently been established with our colleagues in China and South Korea, and we are looking at drawing the scholars of other countries in Asia into our work. But it has been in East Asia where most progress has been made, reflected in the annual joint conferences organized by our Chinese, Japanese and Korean colleagues. In the light of the emergence of this region as a significant centre for the study of the Central and Eastern European region broadly defined, it is only fitting that the congress should be held here in 2015.
I look forward to welcoming you all to Chiba!
Graeme Gill
Professor of the University of Sydney
President of ICCEES
• Professor Nobuo Shimotomai of Hosei University, Co-chairman of the Organization Committee of the ICCEES World Congress in Makuhari
• Professor Mitsuyoshi Numano of the University of Tokyo, Co-chairman of the Organization Committee of the ICCEES World Congress in Makuhari
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