Yale ESC Year in Review 2021-2022

EuropeanStudiesCouncil EuropeanStudiesCouncil

Joseph P Kazickas Associate Research Scholar in JBaltic oseph P Kazickas Associate Research Scholar in Baltic Studies, Dr Bradley Woodworth, Program Manager of SYale tudies, Dr Bradley Program Manager of Yale Baltic Studies Program, Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of BWarsaw, altic Studies Program, Rafał Mayor of Warsaw, andMaksimasMilta,E&RSMAstudent aYale ndMaksimasMilta,E&RSMAstudent Yale

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Webeganthisyearbelievingthatwesawthelightattheendofthe Webeganthisyearbelievingthatwesawthelightattheendofthe tunnelasourcommunityreturntoinpersonevents.Whilewekeptour tunnelasourcommunityreturntoinpersonevents.Whilewekeptour globalaudienceintheloopbymakingmanyofoureventshybrid,we could have never anticipated just how necessary our ccommunity’s ould have never just how necessary our community’s expertisewouldbebeyondouruniversity.Russia’sinvasionofUkraine expertisewouldbebeyondouruniversity Russia’sinvasionofUkraine onFebruary24,2022affectedmanyofusnotjustasresearchersand onFebruary24,2022affectedmanyofusnotjustasresearchersand students,butasfriends,family,andcolleagues.Astheworldsoughtto students,butasfriends,family,andcolleagues.Astheworldsoughtto make sense of what was happening, our students, alumni, mand ake sense of was our students, alumni, and professorsbroughttovariouspublicstheinsightthattheiryearsof professorsbroughttovariouspublicstheinsightthattheiryearsof traininginthelanguages,cultures,andhistoryofEuropehadprepared themtodo. themtodo.

The program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian TStudies he program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES)exemplifiedsomeofthebestpublicprogrammingonEurope atYale.TheHumanityDialogues,moderatedbyMartaKuzmaand atYale TheHumanityDialogues,moderatedbyMartaKuzmaand MollyBrunson,engagedartists,activities,andresearchersfromEastern MollyBrunson,engagedartists,activities,andresearchersfromEastern Europe in conversations on topics ranging from energy, Efinancial urope conversations on topics ranging from energy, financial blockades,andartisticresistancetotheinvasionofUkraine blockades,andartisticresistancetotheinvasionofUkraine.Thenewly Thenewly relaunchedREEESfilmseriesbroughtclassicworksofSlavicscience relaunchedREEESfilmseriesbroughtclassicworksofSlavicscience fictioncinematotheYalecommunity.TheEmergingVoicesinREEES fictioncinematotheYalecommunity TheEmergingVoicesinREEES series showcased pathbreaking work by scholars from svarious eries showcased pathbreaking work by scholars from various iinternationaluniversitiesandresearchcenters. nternationaluniversitiesandresearchcenters.

AmongtheeventsorganizedbytheCouncilwastheApril28visitby MayorofWarsawRafałTrzaskowski.TheMayor’stalkon“Warin MayorofWarsawRafałTrzaskowski TheMayor’stalkon“Warin UkraineandaNewTransatlanticAgenda”highlightedtheneedfor UkraineandaNewTransatlanticAgenda”highlightedtheneedfor moresupportofrefugeesbeingdirecteddirectlytothemunicipalities moresupportofrefugeesbeingdirecteddirectlytothemunicipalities hostingthem hAttheFall2022conference,“ReckoningwithEmpire: ostingthem.AttheFall2022conference,“ReckoningwithEmpire: The Right to SelfDetermination in Historical View,” our TCouncil he Right to SelfDetermination in Historical View,” our Council helpedcontextualizeEurope’spastandpresentinaglobalframe,much llikemanyoftheeventsoftheModernEuropeColloquiumseriesdid ikemanyoftheeventsoftheModernEuropeColloquiumseriesdid throughouttheyear throughouttheyear.

AlsoworthnotingisourgraduatingMAstudents’researchtoward understandingourcurrentmoment.Topicslikedemocraticbacksliding understandingourcurrentmoment.Topicslikedemocraticbacksliding iinHungaryandUkraineChinarelationsarecrucialtograspingthe nHungaryandUkraineChinarelationsarecrucialtograspingthe complexdynamicsoftheregionIlookforwardtowelcomingourthree complexdynamicsoftheregion.Ilookforwardtowelcomingourthree incoming MA students this Fall 2022. They will join a ivibrant ncoming students this 2022. They will join a vibrant community formed by the MA cohorts and members of cour ommunity formed by the MA cohorts and members of our Undergraduate and Graduate Student Networks. The third Uannual ndergraduate and Graduate Student Networks. The third annual iinternationalconferenceoftheEuropeanStudiesGraduateFellows, nternationalconferenceoftheEuropeanStudiesGraduateFellows, “EuropeataCrossroadsofthePastandFuture,”heldMay1314 “EuropeataCrossroadsofthePastandFuture,”heldMay1314 highlighted the breadth and rigor of the academic community hof ighlighted breadth and rigor of the academic community of graduatestudentsinEuropeanStudiesatYale.Asyoucanseeonthe graduatestudentsinEuropeanStudiesatYale Asyoucanseeonthe studentresearchpageofthisreport,theirsummerjourneystolearn studentresearchpageofthisreport,theirsummerjourneystolearn llanguageandconductresearchacrossthecontinentarekeytoourcore anguageandconductresearchacrossthecontinentarekeytoourcore missionofresearchandteaching missionofresearchandteaching.

Tocarryoutsuchabroadarrayofprogramsandeventswhilealso creating a community for our students and visiting fellows cand reating a community for students and visiting fellows and postdoctoralscholarsrequiresdedicationandskill.Iwanttothankour postdoctoralscholarsrequiresdedicationandskill.Iwanttothankour EuropeanStudiesCouncilstaffandstudentsforplayingkeyrolesin bringingtogetherourcommunityatYaleandbringingittotherestof theworld. theworld

ThankyouforyourcommitmenttoEuropeanStudies. ThankyouforyourcommitmenttoEuropeanStudies.

Bestwishes, Bestwishes, Edyta Edyta

Edyta EBojanowska dyta Bojanowska

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TheRussiansinvasionofUkraineonFebruary24,2022,thefirstlargescale TheRussiansinvasionofUkraineonFebruary24,2022,thefirstlargescale llandinvasionsincetheSecondWorldWar,hasbroughtadecisiveendtoa andinvasionsincetheSecondWorldWar,hasbroughtadecisiveendtoa postcommunistnarrativearc.Weretherestillanydoubts,wenowknowthat postcommunistnarrativearc.Weretherestillanydoubts,wenowknowthat thereisnosuchthingas“theEndofHistory.”Europe’spostwarorder twith hereisnosuchthingas“theEndofHistory.”Europe’spostwarorder with itscallof“Neveragain” ihasfallen,togetherwithpostColdWardelusions tscallof“Neveragain” hasfallen,togetherwithpostColdWardelusions ofaliberalteleologyofprogress.Thepastmonthshaveraisedurgent ofaliberalteleologyofprogress.Thepastmonthshaveraisedurgent questionsinallrealmsofEuropeanstudies:Whatistherelationshipbetween questionsinallrealmsofEuropeanstudies:Whatistherelationshipbetween liberalism, democracy, and the free market? What role can the lUnited iberalism, democracy, and the free market? What role can the United Nationsplaywhenithassofewcoercivemechanismsatitsdisposal?How Nationsplaywhenithassofewcoercivemechanismsatitsdisposal?How has the transparency made possible by the internet affected hthe as the transparency made possible by the internet affected the documentationofwarcrimes?WhatrolecantheInternationalCriminal documentationofwarcrimes?WhatrolecantheInternationalCriminal Courtplay?Whatdoessovereigntymeaninanageofglobalization?Howis Courtplay?Whatdoessovereigntymeaninanageofglobalization?Howis theEuropeanUnionfacingthethreatofathirdworldwar?Whatarethe theEuropeanUnionfacingthethreatofathirdworldwar?Whatarethe strengthsandweaknessesofatransatlanticalliance?Havescholarsfailedto strengthsandweaknessesofatransatlanticalliance?Havescholarsfailedto graspthe21stcenturycontinuitiesofalonghistoryofRussianimperialism? graspthe21stcenturycontinuitiesofalonghistoryofRussianimperialism? Whatistherelationshipbetweenepicnovelsandcolonizingambitions?How Whatistherelationshipbetweenepicnovelsandcolonizingambitions?How hasVergangenheitsbewältigung “grapplingwiththepast” hfailed?What asVergangenheitsbewältigung “grapplingwiththepast” failed?What are the uses and limitations of historical categories like afascism, re the uses and limitations of historical categories like fascism, totalitarianismandgenocide?Whatdoestotalitarianismmeaninanageof totalitarianismandgenocide?Whatdoestotalitarianismmeaninanageof posttruth?Thepresentmomentisareminderthattheuniversityhasarole posttruth?Thepresentmomentisareminderthattheuniversityhasarole iinmodelingapursuitoftruthandthemostrigorousthinking.TheEuropean nmodelingapursuitoftruthandthemostrigorousthinkingTheEuropean StudiesCouncilanditsMAprograminEuropean&RussianStudies StudiesCouncilanditsMAprograminEuropean&RussianStudies iis s committedtothehighestlevelofinterdisciplinaryresearch;toprovidinga committedtothehighestlevelofinterdisciplinaryresearch;toprovidinga forum for understanding Europe’s past, present and future; and fto orum for understanding Europe’s present and future; and to mobilizingstudentsandfacultyalikeonbehalfofaworldwhereallhuman mobilizingstudentsandfacultyalikeonbehalfofaworldwhereallhuman beingsaretreatedwithdignity. beingsaretreatedwithdignity.

Marci MShore arci Shore

Director of Graduate Studies for Dthe irector of Graduate Studies for the European & Russian Studies MA EProgram uropean & Russian Studies MA Program

Leftphoto: Leftphoto:welcome welcome gatheringofE&RS gatheringofE&RS students,European Studies Studies undergraduateand undergraduateand graduateFellows, graduateFellows, andvisitingscholars oftheESC oftheESC

Rightphoto Rightphoto::E&RS E&RS studentspresenting studentspresenting theirthesistopicsat theirthesistopicsat acommunitylunch workshop workshop

Bottom BRow ottom Row: gathering of faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students from Ukraine or interested in Ukraine :with gathering of faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students from Ukraine or interested in Ukraine with Oleksiy Goncharenko, Member of Parliament of Ukraine after his public Olecture. leksiy Member of Parliament of Ukraine after his public lecture

BackRow BackRow::( (ffromleftto romleftto right) right) AliSalmenbayev, AliSalmenbayev, PeterChen,andZachary PeterChen,andZachary Cho. Cho FrontRow: FrontRow: ( (ffromleft romleft toright toright)StevenWilkinson, )StevenWilkinson, DirectoroftheYale DirectoroftheYale MacMillanCenter,and MacMillanCenter,and NilekaniProfessorofIndia NilekaniProfessorofIndia &SouthAsianStudies, &SouthAsianStudies, GiorgiBuzaladze,Marci GiorgiBuzaladze,Marci Shore,Directorof Shore,Directorof GraduateStudies,and GraduateStudies,and MeaganFord MeaganFord.

Library LReport ibrary Report

The Russian and Eastern European Tcollections he Russian and Eastern European collections continue to grow, most cnotably ontinue grow, most notably through a continuing pilot program to acquire Russian scholarly tmonographs hrough a continuing pilot program to acquire Russian scholarly monographs in electronic format, which Yale is participating in alongside partners iat n electronic format, which Yale is participating in alongside partners at Columbia, Cornell, New York Public Library, NYU, Princeton, and CHarvard olumbia, Cornell, New York Public Library, NYU, Princeton, and Harvard Yale is also a participant in an Ivy+ Web Archiving initiative to document Ythe ale also an Ivy+ Web Archiving initiative to document the war in Ukraine and archive important Ukrainian websites In the fall of w2022, ar in and important Ukrainian websites. In the fall of 2022, an exhibit highlighting the history of Yale’s Slavic collections will contribute ato n exhibit highlighting the history of Yale’s Slavic will contribute to a larger commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Department of aSlavic larger commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. The exhibit is co curated by Anna Arays, LLibrarian anguages and Literatures The exhibit is co-curated by Anna Arays, Librarian for Slavic and East European Studies, and Liliya Dashevski, a PhD candidate fin or Slavic and East European Studies, and Liliya Dashevski, a PhD candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and tLiteratures he Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

The library also maintained its strong support for Western European Tstudies he library also its support Western European studies this year, collecting print and electronic serials and monographs from tour his year, collecting print and electronic serials and monographs from our major vendors in Germany, Italy and France as well as materials from the mUK ajor vendors in Germany, Italy and France as well as materials from the UK and North America. A particular focus has been the history of colonialism; atwo nd North America A particular focus has been the history of colonialism; two notable database acquisitions in this area nare otable database acquisitions in this area are Colonial Caribbean: CColonial olonial Caribbean: Colonial Office files from the National Archives (UK) O1624-1832 ffice files from the National Archives (UK) 1624 1832 and athe nd the digitized digitized archives of the Royal Geographical aSociety rchives of Society Michael Printy taught a First .Year Michael Printy taught a First Year Seminar on the history of information from the origins of writing to the Sdigital eminar on the history of information from the origins of writing the digital age mobilizing Yale’s collections and curators starting with aBabylonian ge mobilizing Yale’s collections and curators starting with Babylonian cuneiform tablets and papyri in the Beinecke to the Digital cPreservation uneiform tablets and papyri in the Beinecke to the Digital Preservation Laboratory (and everything in Lbetween). aboratory (and everything in between)

HighlightfromtheCollections HighlightfromtheCollections TheAguiarMapfrom1492 TheAguiarMapfrom1492

The 1492 Aguiar map, the oldest Tdated he 1492 Aguiar map, the oldest dated Portuguese portolan chart in Pexistence, ortuguese portolan chart existence, dramatically demonstrates the world das ramatically demonstrates the world as Christopher Columbus and his Ccrew hristopher Columbus and his crew wouldhaveseenitontheirfirstvoyagein wouldhaveseenitontheirfirstvoyagein 1492 Along with the world map 1of 492. Along with world map of Henricus Martellus, these maps Hindicate enricus Martellus, these maps indicate the real dangers Columbus faced tand he real Columbus faced and answer fundamental questions about ahis nswer fundamental questions about his first voyage. This map is featured in fthe irst voyage This is featured in the 2022 book by Alida C 2Metcalf, 022 book by Alida Metcalf, Mapping Mapping anAtlanticWorld,c a1500 nAtlanticWorld,c.1500.

Beinecke Rare Book and BManuscript einecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New LHaven, ibrary, Yale University, Haven, Connecticut. Connecticut

Michael MPrinty ichael Printy, Librarian ,for for Western European WHumanities estern European Humanities

Anna Arays, Librarian Afor nna Arays, Librarian for Slavic & East European SStudies lavic & East European Studies

Student Grants & SResearch tudent Grants & Research

TheNetherlands ATheNetherlands AmyTai myTai

Visiting VScholars isiting Scholars

Rayhan Rayhan Asat 2021 World 2Fellow 021 Fellow

Sasha Sasha Brown Brown 2021 World 2Fellow 021 World Fellow

Thomas Thomas Graham Graham Senior Lecturer in Russian and European SStudies enior Lecturer in Russian and European Studies

Sylwia Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram Gregorczyk-Abram 2021 World 2Fellow 021 World Fellow

Kristina Kristina Jõekalda Jõekalda

Juris Padegs Postdoctoral JAssociate uris Padegs Postdoctoral Associate

Elinda Elinda Labropoulou Labropoulou 2021 World 2Fellow 021 World Fellow

Timo Timo McGregor Henry Hart Rice Visiting Postdoctoral HFellow enry Hart Rice Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow

Renata Renata Mustafina Mustafina Postgraduate PAssociate ostgraduate Associate

Aniko Aniko Szucs Postdoctoral Associate and PLecturer ostdoctoral and Lecturer

Jogilė Jogilė Ulinskaitė Ulinskaitė

Joseph P Kazickas Associate Research JScholar oseph P Kazickas Associate Research Scholar

Lauren Lauren Woodard Postdoctoral Associate and PLecturer ostdoctoral Lecturer

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Faculty FPublications aculty Publications

Faculty FPublications aculty Publications