Yale ESC Year in Review 2022-2023

EuropeanStudiesCouncil EuropeanStudiesCouncil

CoverPhoto CoverPhoto::GraduatingE&RSMAstudentswithProfessorMarciShore, GraduatingE&RSMAstudentswithProfessorMarciShore, AsiaNeupane,andChristinaAndriotis AsiaNeupane,andChristinaAndriotis

TopLeft TopLeft::YasmineChokrane,YaleCenterforBritishArtstudentguideand YasmineChokrane,YaleCenterforBritishArtstudentguideand EuropeanStudiesundegraduatestudentfellow,givesatourofthe EuropeanStudiesundegraduatestudentfellow,givesatouroftheIInterior nterior Dialogues Dialogueseexhibition xhibition

Top Right Top Right: ( : (lleft eft) Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of ) Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of LithuaniameetsDr KristapsKeggiandEuropeanStudiesgraduatestudent LithuaniameetsDr KristapsKeggiandEuropeanStudiesgraduatestudent ffellows(lefttoright)MaksimasMiltaandWillMcGee ellows(lefttoright)MaksimasMiltaandWillMcGee

Bottom Bottom: ( : (from left to right from left to right) Matthew Tanico Asst Dean of the Graduate ) Matthew Tanico Asst Dean of the Graduate School,JasminaBesirevicRegan,AssociateDeanoftheGraduateSchool, School,JasminaBesirevicRegan,AssociateDeanoftheGraduateSchool, ProfessorGeorgeSyrimis,andProfessorParisAslanidis ProfessorGeorgeSyrimis,andProfessorParisAslanidis

Letter from the Chair Letter from the Chair

ThishasbeenanothertumultuousyearinEurope.ThewarinUkrainegrindson. ThishasbeenanothertumultuousyearinEurope.ThewarinUkrainegrindson. ThecountriesoftheEuropeanUnionareadjustingtheireconomies,energy ThecountriesoftheEuropeanUnionareadjustingtheireconomies,energy policies,andmilitarybudgetsaccordingly.NATOhasgainedanewmember–policies,andmilitarybudgetsaccordingly NATOhasgainedanewmember–Finland–withanotheroneinthewings.Turkeyhassufferedadevastating Finland–withanotheroneinthewings Turkeyhassufferedadevastating earthquake,followedbywhatmanycommentatorscalledtheelectionofthe earthquake,followedbywhatmanycommentatorscalledtheelectionofthe century. century.

Asalways,theEuropeanStudiesCouncilhasremainedattheforefrontofresearch Asalways,theEuropeanStudiesCouncilhasremainedattheforefrontofresearch andpublicprogrammingthatoffersbothcontemporaryandhistoricinsightsinto andpublicprogrammingthatoffersbothcontemporaryandhistoricinsightsinto EuropeandevelopmentsWearegratefultoourengagedfacultyandstudentswho Europeandevelopments.Wearegratefultoourengagedfacultyandstudentswho aredrivingtheseinitiatives,andtotheCouncilstaffwhountiringlyworkto aredrivingtheseinitiatives,andtotheCouncilstaffwhountiringlyworkto realizethem. realizethem

Amongthispastyear’shighlightsweresuchconferencesas“ImperialPlow: Amongthispastyear’shighlightsweresuchconferencesas“ImperialPlow: SettlerColonialismintheRussianEmpireandtheSovietUnion”and“Ethnic SettlerColonialismintheRussianEmpireandtheSovietUnion”and“Ethnic RelationsintheBalticReconsidered.”Wealsoheldayear-longREEESlecture RelationsintheBalticReconsidered.”Wealsoheldayear-longREEESlecture series,“VisionsofEcology:Artand series,“VisionsofEcology:Artand theEnvironment theEnvironment iin n EasternEurope EasternEurope and Eurasia” Eurasia.” We We hosted hosted the the MinisterofForeignAffairsofLithuania, MinisterofForeignAffairsofLithuania, Gabrielius Gabrielius Landsbergis, Landsbergis, who whoofferedofferedremarksremarksononthethe“Futureof“FutureofTrans-AtlanticRelations Trans-AtlanticRelations

andtheGlobalImplicationsofRussia’sWarinUkraine”.Thiswar’simpactonEuropeanaffairswasalsothetopicof andtheGlobalImplicationsofRussia’sWarinUkraine”.Thiswar’simpactonEuropeanaffairswasalsothetopicof conversations organized by our program in EU Studies, with Klaus Welle, Secretary-General of the European conversations organized by our program in EU with Secretary-General of the European Parliament,andwithLucioGussetti,PrincipalLegalAdvisoroftheEuropeanCommissiononInternationalLaw,whowe Parliament,andwithLucioGussetti,PrincipalLegalAdvisoroftheEuropeanCommissiononInternationalLaw,whowe hostedasanEUVisitingFellow hostedasanEUVisitingFellow.

Inadditiontoourlong-standingModernEuropeColloquium,wehavebegunanewandexcitinginitiative:aworking Inadditiontoourlong-standingModernEuropeColloquium,wehavebegunanewandexcitinginitiative:aworking grouponRace,Migration,andColonialityinEuropeorganizedbyProfessorFatimael-Tayeb.Professorel-Tayeband grouponRace,Migration,andColonialityinEuropeorganizedbyProfessorFatimael-Tayeb Professorel-Tayeband hercollaboratorsattheTechnicalUniversityofBerlinarerecipientsofasignificantawardfromtheGermangovernment hercollaboratorsattheTechnicalUniversityofBerlinarerecipientsofasignificantawardfromtheGermangovernment ondevelopingandimplementingprogrammingrelatedtoIntersectionalBlackEuropeanStudies.TheEuropeanStudies ondevelopingandimplementingprogrammingrelatedtoIntersectionalBlackEuropeanStudies.TheEuropeanStudies Councilwillco-hostaconferenceonthistopicinthecomingyear.

TheCouncilremainscommittedtoexaminingEuropewithinanetworkofglobalconnectionsandtoliaisewithother TheCouncilremainscommittedtoexaminingEuropewithinanetworkofglobalconnectionsandtoliaisewithother unitsattheMacMillanCenterandacrosstheUniversityTothisend,theREEESProgramisdevelopinganinitiativein unitsattheMacMillanCenterandacrosstheUniversity.Tothisend,theREEESProgramisdevelopinganinitiativein CentralAsianstudiesincollaborationwiththeCouncilonEastAsianStudiesWebeganasuccessfulcollaborationwith theCouncilforLatinAmericanandIberianStudiesanditsfellows'networks.Throughouttheyear,ourfellowsenjoyed guidedtoursofexhibitionsattheYaleUniversityArtGalleryandtheYaleCenterforBritishArt. guidedtoursofexhibitionsattheYaleUniversityArtGalleryandtheYaleCenterforBritishArt

AtSpringConvocation,sixstudentsgraduatedwithanM.A.inEuropeanandRussianStudies.Wecongratulatethem AtSpringConvocation,sixstudentsgraduatedwithanMA inEuropeanandRussianStudies

Wecongratulatethem andwishthemtheabsolutebestinaworldthatneedstheirexpertisemorethanever.Iamalsothrilledtoseethe andwishthemtheabsolutebestinaworldthatneedstheirexpertisemorethanever.Iamalsothrilledtoseethe continuedgrowthofourEuropeanStudiesStudentFellowsnetworksthatconnectYale’sundergraduateandgraduate studentsworkingonEuropeantopics. studentsworkingonEuropeantopics.

Iamimmenselyproudofourpastaccomplishmentsandhopethatyoustayinformedaboutourexcitingprogrammingin Iamimmenselyproudofourpastaccomplishmentsandhopethatyoustayinformedaboutourexcitingprogrammingin theyearahead theyearahead.

Sincerely, Sincerely,

EdytaBojanowska EdytaBojanowska

ChairofEuropeanStudiesCouncil ChairofEuropeanStudiesCouncil

ChairandProfessoroftheDepartmentofSlavicLanguagesandLiteratures ChairandProfessoroftheDepartmentofSlavicLanguagesandLiteratures

Edyta Bojanowska Edyta Bojanowska

Letter from the DGS Letter from the DGS

Firstandforemost:warmestcongratulationstothisyear’sgraduatingclassofM.A. Firstandforemost:warmestcongratulationstothisyear’sgraduatingclassofM.A. students: Cary Beehler, Mourad Boumlik, students: Cary Beehler, Mourad Boumlik, Caroline Dunbar Caroline Dunbar, , Holly Harris Harris, , Vanessa Vanessa Maderova Maderova,,MaksimasMilta MaksimasMilta,,YevheniiMonastyrskyi YevheniiMonastyrskyi,and,andIlyaPlyat IlyaPlyat.Itwouldbean Itwouldbean understatementtosaythatthishasnotbeenanuncomplicatedyearforstudentsof understatementtosaythatthishasnotbeenanuncomplicatedyearforstudentsof EuropeanandRussianstudies;andIamenormouslyproudofourstudents,someof EuropeanandRussianstudies;andIamenormouslyproudofourstudents,someof whomhavefamiliesdirectlyaffectedbythiswarofatrocity.Despitethis(anddespitenot whomhavefamiliesdirectlyaffectedbythiswarofatrocityDespitethis(anddespitenot beingabletotraveltoRussia aradicalchangeandanenormousloss),theyhavethrown beingabletotraveltoRussia aradicalchangeandanenormousloss),theyhavethrown themselvesintoresearchonanti-UkrainiansentimentinRussianideology;imperialism, themselvesintoresearchonanti-UkrainiansentimentinRussianideology;imperialism, post-colonialismandthemappingofspatiality;theefficacyofsanctions;theroleofthe post-colonialismandthemappingofspatiality;theefficacyofsanctions;theroleofthe GreekCatholicChurchatmomentsofrevolution;Frenchnationalismandrefugeepolicy; GreekCatholicChurchatmomentsofrevolution;Frenchnationalismandrefugeepolicy; feministreadingsofRussianliterature;socialistinternationalismduringStalinistterror; feministreadingsofRussianliterature;socialistinternationalismduringStalinistterror; andWalterBenjamin’sphilosophyofhistory.Theyhaveengagedwithvisitingpoliticians andWalterBenjamin’sphilosophyofhistoryTheyhaveengagedwithvisitingpoliticians andplaywrights,filmmakersandeconomists,novelists,musiciansandpoliticalscientists andplaywrights,filmmakersandeconomists,novelists,musiciansandpoliticalscientists ontopicsasvariedastheKremlin’sinfluenceintheBalkans;neoliberalismandpostontopicsasvariedastheKremlin’sinfluenceintheBalkans;neoliberalismandpostcommunism;andpoliticalprisonersandtheexperienceoftorture;Jewishidentityin communism;andpoliticalprisonersandtheexperienceoftorture;Jewishidentityin Ukraine;strategicautonomyintheEuropeanUnion;andmusicandpoetryduringwar Ukraine;strategicautonomyintheEuropeanUnion;andmusicandpoetryduringwar.

Marci Shore Marci Shore

Director of Graduate Studies for the Director of Graduate Studies for the European & Russian Studies MA Program European & Russian Studies M.A. Program

WewereenormouslyfortunatetohavetheBelarusianplaywrightAndreiKureichikasaYaleWorldFellow,visitingartistand WewereenormouslyfortunatetohavetheBelarusianplaywrightAndreiKureichikasaYaleWorldFellow,visitingartistand iinterlocutorthisyear.Andrei’simmersiveartinstallation“VoicesoftheNewBelarus,”completedherewithparticipationfrom nterlocutorthisyear.Andrei’simmersiveartinstallation“VoicesoftheNewBelarus,”completedherewithparticipationfrom studentsandfaculty,premieresattheOsloFreedomForuminJune.“ThisisthefirsttimeIhavewrittenaplayinwhichI studentsandfaculty,premieresattheOsloFreedomForuminJune“ThisisthefirsttimeIhavewrittenaplayinwhichI totallyrejectedbothanyauthorialtext,andanyattempttostylizeorinterpretfactsunderlyingthetextSometimesthetruth totallyrejectedbothanyauthorialtext,andanyattempttostylizeorinterpretfactsunderlyingthetext.Sometimesthetruth requiresnothingmorethantobetold,”AndreiwroteintheintroductiontothatinstallationTruth-tellinghasacquireda requiresnothingmorethantobetold,”Andreiwroteintheintroductiontothatinstallation.Truth-tellinghasacquireda particularweightatatimeofpost-truth,whentheveryexistenceofempiricalknowledgeassuchhascomeintoquestion.Area particularweightatatimeofpost-truth,whentheveryexistenceofempiricalknowledgeassuchhascomeintoquestion.Area studieshasitsbasisinempiricalknowledge oflanguage,politics,economics,history,art,literature;allanalysis,interpretation studieshasitsbasisinempiricalknowledge

andtheorizingnecessarilydependsonthebeliefthatthereissuchathingasrealpeopleandrealplacesanditispossibletolearn andtheorizingnecessarilydependsonthebeliefthatthereissuchathingasrealpeopleandrealplacesanditispossibletolearn somethingaboutthem. somethingaboutthem.

ItisnotaneasytimetobeaEuropeanist oraRussianistWhatdoesEuropemeantoday?Doesithaveacoherence?Wheredid

ItisnotaneasytimetobeaEuropeanist oraRussianist.WhatdoesEuropemeantoday?Doesithaveacoherence?Wheredid itcomefrom andwillitsurvive?Whatdoesitmeantostudyacountrycarryingoutmassatrocityinourowntime?Howcan itcomefrom weunderstandtheanthropologicalcatastrophethathastakenplaceinRussia?Havewebeenaskingtherightquestions andif weunderstandtheanthropologicalcatastrophethathastakenplaceinRussia?Havewebeenaskingtherightquestions andif so,canwepushthosequestionsfurtherstill?InSeptember1938BritishPrimeMinisterNevilleChamberlaindecidedto so,canwepushthosequestionsfurtherstill?InSeptember1938BritishPrimeMinisterNevilleChamberlaindecidedto appeaseAdolfHitlerandconsenttohisdemandtoannexCzechoslovakia’sSudetenlandInretrospect,thedecisionemergedas appeaseAdolfHitlerandconsenttohisdemandtoannexCzechoslovakia’sSudetenland.Inretrospect,thedecisionemergedas fatal.UponreturningtoLondon,Chamberlainsaid,“Howhorrible,fantastic,incredibleitisthatweshouldbediggingtrenches fatal.UponreturningtoLondon,Chamberlainsaid,“Howhorrible,fantastic,incredibleitisthatweshouldbediggingtrenches andtryingongasmasksherebecauseofaquarrelinafar-awaycountrybetweenpeopleofwhomweknownothing.”Our andtryingongasmasksherebecauseofaquarrelinafar-awaycountrybetweenpeopleofwhomweknownothing”Our responsibilityistomakesurethatquarrelsinfarawaycountriescannolongerbedismissedasbeing“betweenpeopleabout responsibilityistomakesurethatquarrelsinfarawaycountriescannolongerbedismissedasbeing“betweenpeopleabout whomweknownothing” whomweknownothing.”

L Left photo eft photo:: E&RS students and E&RS students and Registrar during a cultural Registrar during a cultural trip to New York City trip to New York City

Right photo Right photo: Yale students, Yale faculty, and visiting faculty, and visiting scholars, attending a talk scholars, attending a talk by Dr Vladyslava by Dr Vladyslava Moskalets Moskalets.

Bottom photo Bottom photo:: Deputy Deputy Director of Yale Director of MacMillian Center Heidi MacMillian Center Heidi McAnnally-Linz welcomes McAnnally-Linz welcomes new students during Area new students during Area Studies MA Programs Studies MA Programs orientation orientation

M.A. in European & Russian Studies M.A. in European & Russian Studies

E&RS M.A. Theses E&RS M.A. Theses

CaryBeehler CaryBeehler

FeminineSubjectivityinPlatonov's HappyMoscow:Readingthroughthe HappyMoscow:Readingthroughthe MaleGaze MaleGaze

ThesisFacultyAdvisor: ThesisFacultyAdvisor: JinyiChu

MouradBoumlik MouradBoumlik

Spatialitédansleromanmaghrébinde Spatialitédansleromanmaghrébinde llanguefrançaise:Versunecartographie anguefrançaise:Versunecartographie etpoétique-autre etpoétique-autre

ThesisFacultyAdvisor: ThesisFacultyAdvisor: JillJarvis JillJarvis

DignityasLivedExperience:Howthe DignityasLivedExperience:Howthe UkrainianGreekCatholicChurch UkrainianGreekCatholicChurch ShapedUkrainianSocietyfromthe UndergroundtotheMaidan(1945UndergroundtotheMaidan(19452022) 2022)

ThesisFacultyAdvisor: ThesisFacultyAdvisor: TimothySnyder

HollyHarris HollyHarris

France,Nationalism,andMigration: France,Nationalism,andMigration: EvidenceofFrenchNationalismin EvidenceofFrenchNationalismin FrenchandEuropeanPoliticalParty FrenchandEuropeanPoliticalParty Platforms Platforms

ThesisFacultyAdvisor: ThesisFacultyAdvisor: MaríaJoséHierro MaríaJoséHierro

VanessaMaderova VanessaMaderova

RevolutionaryDesiretoSecularisethe RevolutionaryDesiretoSecularisethe KingdomofGod:WalterBenjamin's KingdomofGod:WalterBenjamin's PhilosophyofHistory

ThesisFacultyAdvisor: IsaacNakhimovsky IsaacNakhimovsky

MaksimasMilta MaksimasMilta

HistoryofRussia'sEvasionofthe HistoryofRussia'sEvasionofthe UnitedStatesSanctions UnitedStatesSanctions

ThesisFacultyAdvisor: ThesisFacultyAdvisor: JeffreySonnenfeld JeffreySonnenfeld

ZheniaMonastyrskyi ZheniaMonastyrskyi

InternationalisEverywhere:Fateofthe CommunistInternationalInstitutionson CommunistInternationalInstitutionson CaseofInternationalRedAid(MOPR) CaseofInternationalRedAid(MOPR) ThesisFacultyAdvisor: ThesisFacultyAdvisor: MarciShore MarciShore

ElijahPlyat ElijahPlyat

FromVasilyShulgintoDmitry FromVasilyShulgintoDmitry Galkovsky:UkrainianIssuein Galkovsky:UkrainianIssuein RussianIdeologyThrough100Years,a RussianIdeologyThrough100Years,a ComparativeStudy" ComparativeStudy"

ThesisFacultyAdvisor: ThesisFacultyAdvisor: SergeiAntonov SergeiAntonov

( (From left to right From left to ): Christina Andriotis (Registrar), Vanessa Maderova, Cary Beehler, Mourad Boumlik, Zhenia Monastyrskyi, ): Christina Andriotis (Registrar), Vanessa Maderova, Beehler, Mourad Boumlik, Zhenia Monastyrskyi, Maksimas Milta, Holly Harris, Elijah Plyat, Caroline Dunbar, and Professor Marci Shore (Director of Graduate Studies)

Maksimas Milta, Harris, Elijah Plyat, Caroline Dunbar, Professor Marci Shore (Director of Graduate Studies)

CarolineDunbar CarolineDunbar

LIBRARY REPORT LIBRARY REPORT

The 2022-2023 academic year began with the opening of “Subjects and Objects: The 2022-2023 academic year began the opening of “Subjects Slavic Collections at Yale, 1896-2022,” an exhibit in the Sterling Memorial Slavic Collections at Yale, 1896-2022,” an exhibit in the Sterling Memorial Library’s Hanke Gallery featuring materials collected from across Eastern Europe Library’s Hanke Gallery materials collected from across Eastern Europe and Eurasia over more than 125 years Co-curated by Anna Arays, Librarian for and over than 125 years. Co-curated by Anna Arays, Librarian for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and Liliya Dashevski, PhD candidate Slavic, European, and Eurasian Studies, and Liliya Dashevski, PhD candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures, the exhibit was one example of many recent in Slavic Languages and Literatures, the exhibit example of recent successful collaborations between the library and academic programs in the successful collaborations between the academic programs in the humanities. While Russia’s war on Ukraine has impacted collection development humanities While Russia’s war on Ukraine has impacted collection development practices in multiple ways, the library’s partnership with its East European practices in multiple ways, the partnership with its East European vendors remains strong Among the new projects implemented this year was a vendors remains strong Among the new projects implemented this year was a DVD purchase plan which expanded the library’s holdings of new releases in the DVD purchase plan which expanded the library’s holdings of new releases in the languages of our region of study while also filling some longstanding gaps Two languages of region of study while also filling some longstanding gaps Two significant digital archives, significant archives, Novoe Russkoe Slovo Novoe Russkoe Slovo and Soviet Woman Woman, were also were added to the collections added to collections

The library continued its strong support for Western European studies this

The library its strong support for studies this year, collecting print and electronic serials and monographs from our major year, print and electronic serials and monographs from our major vendors in Germany, Italy, and France as well as materials from the UK and vendors in Germany, and France as well as materials from the UK and North America We have continued our focus on the history of imperialism, America We have continued our focus on the history of imperialism, and colonialism and colonialism. Several notable database acquisitions in this area are Several notable database acquisitions in this are Africa Africa and the New Imperialism European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914, and the New Imperialism European Borders on the African 1870-1914, China and the Modern World: Diplomacy Political Secrets, Declassified Documents and the Diplomacy Political Secrets, Declassified Documents Online: Twentieth-Century British Intelligence, British Intelligence, and Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Life Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900. Maritime World, 1600-1900

HighlightfromtheCollections HighlightfromtheCollections

Lubokencouragingvaccinationagainstsmallpox Lubokencouragingvaccinationagainstsmallpox

This lubok – a type of woodcut or engraving that was

This lubok – a type of woodcut or engraving that was commonly available to citizens of modest means in the commonly available to citizens of modest means in the Russian Empire is part of a series called “Arguments and Russian Empire is part of a series called “Arguments and boasts between the pockmarked-from-stubbornness and the boasts between the pockmarked-from-stubbornness and the smooth-skinned (who listened to their parents).” It was smooth-skinned (who listened to their parents)” It was distributed as part of an early 19th-century vaccination distributed as part an early 19th-century vaccination campaign, and the engravings depict dialogues between campaign, and the engravings depict dialogues between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, written in verse vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, written in verse andplayingonthemesofsocialstigmaandparentalshaming andplayingonthemesofsocialstigmaandparentalshaming for letting children go unvaccinated In this image, a group for letting children go unvaccinated In this image, a group of young women mock the appearance of a young man of young women mock the appearance of a young man scarred by cowpox; the man laments both their derision and scarred by cowpox; the man laments both their derision and his parents’ refusal to have him vaccinated when he was his parents’ refusal to have him vaccinated when he was young young

MedicalHistoricalLibraryatthe MedicalHistoricalLibraryatthe HarveyCushing/JohnHayWhitneyMedicalLibrary, HarveyCushing/JohnHayWhitneyMedicalLibrary, YaleUniversity,NewHaven,Connecticut YaleUniversity,NewHaven,Connecticut

Anna Arays, Librarian for Anna Arays, Librarian for Slavic & East European Studies Slavic & East European

Michael Printy, Librarian for Michael Printy, Librarian for Western European Humanities Western European Humanities

Student Grants & Research Student Grants & Research

Finland MouradBoumlik

UnitedKingdom

TYasmineChokrane,EmilyCox, heodeLuca,AlecWood

TheNetherlands

GabrielRiveraCotto

SwitzerlandZenaAhmed

Portugal BenNikitin

Latvia AnnaAldins

PolandWiktorBabinski,ReneeDeminne

Germany AliciaBadea,MoritzBondeli,FarazOlfat

Austria

Italy

FrancescaLeonardi, NathanLow,AdiMeyerovitch

Greece

France

Fisayo Akinlude, Beshouy Botros, Maheen Iqbal, Theo de Luca, Nazerke Mukhlissova, Alicia Petersen

Xinyi Xie, Anna Yorozuya, Kirin Mueller

Marika Proctor

Student Fellow Networks Student Fellow Networks

TheEuropeanStudiesCouncil’sGraduateandUndergraduateFellowsNetworkforstudentsinterestedintopics TheEuropeanStudiesCouncil’sGraduateandUndergraduateFellowsNetworkforstudentsinterestedintopics relatedtoEuropean,Eurasian,andRussianStudies.Thenetworkprovidesgraduatesandundergraduateswitha relatedtoEuropean,Eurasian,andRussianStudies.Thenetworkprovidesgraduatesandundergraduateswitha close-knit interdisciplinary community; unique opportunities to work with graduates and undergraduate close-knit interdisciplinary community; unique opportunities to work with graduates and undergraduate students,affiliatedfacultyandvisitorsprominentinthefield;andadditionalfundingsupport.Thisnetworkalso students,affiliatedfacultyandvisitorsprominentinthefield;andadditionalfundingsupport.Thisnetworkalso offersavarietyofotheropportunities,includingaccesstoreadinggroups,lectureseries,andoccasionstomeet offersavarietyofotheropportunities,includingaccesstoreadinggroups,lectureseries,andoccasionstomeet withaffiliatedfacultyandprominentvisitors:scholars,ambassadors,andpoliticiansandkeypoliticalactors withaffiliatedfacultyandprominentvisitors:scholars,ambassadors,andpoliticiansandkeypoliticalactors hailingfromEuropeandEurasia. hailingfromEuropeandEurasia.

European Studies Graduate Student Fellows European Studies Graduate Student Fellows

ElenaAdasheva-Klein ElenaAdasheva-Klein Anthropology Anthropology

ZenaAhmed ZenaAhmed Public Health Public Health

MateiAlexianu MateiAlexianu Law Law

RowanBaker RowanBaker Environment Environment HamzahBaig HamzahBaig History

alme lme

AmyBasu AmyBasu Political Science

OrelBeilinson OrelBeilinson History History

BarboraBartunkova BarboraBartunkova History of Art History of Art

AlexanderBatson AlexanderBatson History History

JorritBecking JorritBecking Environment Environment

FionaBell FionaBell Slavic Languages & Slavic & Literatures Literatures

MoritzBondeli MoritzBondeli Political Science Political

BeshouyBotros History History

DanBromberg DanBromberg Public Health Public Health

ElizabethBuckheit ElizabethBuckheit History History

CaryBeehler

CaryBeehler

European & Russian European Studies Studies

GiacomoBerchi Italian

MouradBoumlik MouradBoumlik

European & Russian & Russian Studies

BenCard BenCard English Language & English Language & Literature

Babinski

AyseCicekUnal AyseCicekUnal History

LeightonCook Law Law

EmilyCox EmilyCox History of Art History of Art

ElisaCrabeil ElisaCrabeil French French

LaurenCrawford LaurenCrawford History History

EstebanCrespo EstebanCrespo Jaramillo Jaramillo

Spanish & Portuguese; & Portuguese; Renaissance Studies Renaissance Studies

LiliyaDashevski LiliyaDashevski

Slavic Languages & Slavic Languages & Literatures Literatures

SophiaDeLeonibus SophiaDeLeonibus History History

TheodoreDelwiche TheodoreDelwiche History History

CarolineDunbar CarolineDunbar European & Russian European & Studies Studies

AlanaFelton AlanaFelton

Slavic Languages & Slavic Languages & Literatures Literatures

JoeEdwards JoeEdwards History History

RachelFarell Anthropology

AbigailFields AbigailFields French French

DaphneFietz Sociology Sociology

oseFitzPatrick avic Languages & avic teratures teratures

SarahGanty SarahGanty Law Law

rreForfert rreForfert French French

A bll Gambert- A bll GambertArt Art

NikolausGrafVitzth NikolausGrafVitzth History History

PhilippeHalbert PhilippeHalbert History of Art History of Art

EugenioGarcíaEugenioGarcíaHuidobro Huidobro Law Law

EstelleGueville EstelleGueville Medieval Studies Medieval Studies

HollyHarris HollyHarris

European & Russian European & Russian Studies Studies

JacquelineGeorgis Music Music

nnarsdottir nnarsdottir Art Art

LorenzHegel

Germanic Languages Germanic Languages & Literatures; Film & & Literatures; Film & Media Studies Studies

YelsyHernandez YelsyHernandez

Zamora Zamora

Spanish & Portuguese; Spanish & Portuguese; Renaissance Studies Renaissance Studies

aJouannaisWeiler aJouannaisWeiler

Germanic Languages Germanic Languages & Literatures & Literatures

JasonHong JasonHong French French

KamilaKaminskaKamilaKaminskaPalarczyk Palarczyk

English English

ZebaKhan ZebaKhan History History

YoonminKim YoonminKim Slavic Languages & Slavic Languages & Literatures Literatures

TrinaHyun TrinaHyun

English English

TheresaKauder TheresaKauder German German

YuliaKuzmina YuliaKuzmina Political Science Political

JosephLee JosephLee Religious Studies Religious

MatthewKoo Political Science Political Science

RafaelLemos

Spanish & Portuguese Spanish & Portuguese

FrancescaLeonardi FrancescaLeonardi Italian Italian

StefanLessmann StefanLessmann Comparative Comparative Literature Literature

IdoLewit IdoLewit

Germanic Languages Germanic Languages & Literatures; Film & Literatures; & Media Studies & Studies

MaggieLindrooth MaggieLindrooth European & Russian European & Studies Studies

FedericoMaviglia FedericoMaviglia Classics Classics

VanessaMaderova VanessaMaderova European & Russian European & Studies Studies

WillMcGee WillMcGee Law Law

CamilaMarcone CamilaMarcone Medieval Studies

AdiMeyerovitch AdiMeyerovitch Architecture

NazerkeMukhlissova NazerkeMukhlissova European & Russian European & Russian Studies Studies

MaksimasMilta MaksimasMilta European & Russ European & Studies Studies

ElizabethMundell ElizabethMundell Perkins Perkins

English English

KatherineMcNally KatherineMcNally Anthropology

ZheniaMonastyrskyi ZheniaMonastyrskyi European & Russian European & Russian Studies Studies

ValeriiaMutc

Slavic Languages & Slavic Languages & Literatures Literatures

MeredithNoorda Divinity School Divinity School

AhmedNur AhmedNur Religious Studies Religious

KeylaNuss KeylaNuss Divinity School Divinity School

CleoO'Brien-Udry CleoO'Brien-Udry Political Science Political

TheodorePark TheodorePark Anthropology

FarazOlfat FarazOlfat History of Art History of Art

SreyaPinnamaneni SreyaPinnamaneni Law Law

MatthewPonticiello MatthewPonticiello School of Medicine School of

GregorQuack GregorQuack History of Art History of Art

CraigOsterbrock CraigOsterbrock

Spanish & & Portuguese Portuguese

IlyaPlyat IlyaPlyat European & Russian European & Russian Studies Studies

LolaShehu LolaShehu European & Russian European & Studies Studies

NettaSovinsky NettaSovinsky

Germanic Languages Germanic Languages & Literatures; & Literatures; Film & Media Studies Film & Media Studies

MarikoRooks MarikoRooks Public Health Health

HanaStankova

Slavic Languages & Languages & Literatures Literatures

JudithStapleton JudithStapleton History of Art History of Art

MichaelSullivan MichaelSullivan Law Law

LindsayStern LindsayStern Comparative Comparative Literature Literature

JenniferStrtak JenniferStrtak History; Renaissance Studies Renaissance Studies

AmyMingWaiTai AmyMingWaiTai Music Music

ArielTang ArielTang Political Science Political Science

AlexandraThomas AlexandraThomas

African American African American Studies; History Studies; History of Art of Art

CharlesTroup CharlesTroup History History

NebojsaTodorovic NebojsaTodorovic Comparative Comparative Literature Literature

AnnaTropnikova AnnaTropnikova

Slavic Languages & Slavic Languages & Literatures; Film & Literatures; Film & Media

AlexanderTrubowitz AlexanderTrubowitz Political Science Political

ChihiroTsukamoto ChihiroTsukamoto Medieval Studies Medieval

AlecWalker AlecWalker History History

SophiaWang SophiaWang Political Science Political

JohnWebley JohnWebley Slavic Languages & Languages & Literatures Literatures

SarahWeston SarahWeston English; History English; of Art of Art

KatherineWerwie KatherineWerwie History of Art History of

AlecWood AlecWood Music

AllenXu AllenXu School of School of Management Management

AnnaYorozuya AnnaYorozuya Political Science Political

KostasZivas KostasZivas History History

European Studies Undergraduate Student Fellows European Studies Undergraduate Student

JordanAkers JordanAkers Comparative Comparative Literature Literature

OleksiiAntoniuk OleksiiAntoniuk Global Affairs Global

ErkinAsci ErkinAsci Ethics, Politics & Ethics, Economics Economics

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NatashaGaither NatashaGaither History History

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JuliaHontaruk-Levk JuliaHontaruk-Levk Political Science; Political Science; Sociology

heenIqbal heenIqbal tical Science tical Science

JackLeydiker Global Affairs; Affairs; Russian, East East European, & Eurasian & Eurasian Studies Studies

DanielaMulet DanielaMulet History; Political Political Science

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EthanLevinbook French French

EthanLevinbook

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Global Affairs Global Affairs

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English English

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Global Affairs; Global Affairs; Russian, East European Russian, European & Eurasian Studies & Eurasian Studies

DogaUnlu DogaUnlu

Global Affairs; Global Affairs; Cognitive Science Cognitive Science

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European Studies Affiliate Student Fellows

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BuketBuseDemirci BuketBuseDemirci ETH Zürich ETH

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Student Event Highlights Student Event Highlights

Symposium on Yale Ph.D. Research in Russian, East European, Symposium on Yale Ph.D. Research in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation and Eurasian Studies, by the Carnegie Corporation

4thAnnualEuropeanStudiesGraduateFellowsConference: 4thAnnualEuropeanStudiesGraduateFellowsConference: Beyondthe‘CommunistBloc’:NewApproachestoStudyingEurope,Russia,andEurasia Beyondthe‘CommunistBloc’:NewApproachestoStudyingEurope,Russia,andEurasia

Leftphoto: ElenaAdasheva-Klein presentsauto-ethnographicresearch ontheperceptionoflightanddark intheRussianArcticCircle

Rightphoto: AlexStrzeleckipresents hisresearchon“StatelessCities fromtheRussianRevolutionuntil theUkraineInvasion"

Left Leftphoto photo:Co-Sponsored :Co-Sponsored eventwithUkraineHouse withProfTimothySnyder, ProfMarciShore,and ProfMarciShore,and DeputyMayorofKyiv,Usov Kostantin,addressthe audienceduringtheOneYear ofUkrainesDefensepanel ofUkraine’sDefensepanel

Rightphoto:DrPiroRexhepi duringhistalkaspartofthe duringhistalkaspartofthe DecolonizingEurope DecolonizingEuropelecture seriesoftheRace,Migration, andColonialityinEurope WorkingGroup

Leftphoto: Leftphoto:ProfMarciShoreinaconversationwithinternationalNewYorkTimescorrespondentValerieHopkins

Rightphoto:ProfessorEdytaBojanowskaintroduces

TheImperialPlow:SettlerColonialismintheRussianEmpireandtheSovietUnion TheImperialPlow:SettlerColonialismintheRussianEmpireandtheSovietUnionConference Conference

Event Highlights Event Highlights

Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies

Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies

Baltic Studies Program g m

Leftphoto:DrMashaShpolbergofBardCollegeandBarboraBartunkova,PhDCandidate,andYale EuropeanStudiesgraduatefellowspeakatthepanelonVisionsofEcology:CinemaandtheEnvironment inEasternEurope inEasternEuropeRightphoto:ProfTimSnyderintroducesDrChristophDieckmann,theWilliam RosenbergSeniorScholarattheFortunoffVideoArchive,speakon“TheShoahinLithuania:ADifferent Approach;NewInsights”hostedbyDrBradWoodworth(YaleBalticStudiesProgram)

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THOMASGRAHAM THOMASGRAHAM

LUCIOGUSSETTI LUCIOGUSSETTI

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