Yale European Studies Council

The Russian, East European, & Eurasian Northeast Network (REEESNe) is now accepting applications for its annual student conference, taking place at The University of Pittsburgh March 20-22, 2026! 🗓 Application Deadline: January 5, 2026 🔗 Apply here: buff.ly/1BAr2Md

The 2026 Yale Central Asia Workshop (CAW) to be held at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 25-26, 2026 is now accepting proposals! 🗓 Application Deadline: January 9, 2026 🔗 Apply here: buff.ly/obmN9Wv Don't miss this opportunity for scholarly dialogue!

The European Studies Council is now accepting proposals for the 7th Annual Yale European and Eurasian Studies Graduate Student Conference on May 6-7, 2026! 🗓 Deadline: Jan 12, 2026 🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/jEXtgfk

The Yale Baltic Studies Program invites applications for the Joseph P. Kazickas Post-Doctoral Associate position and the Juris Padegs Post-Doctoral Associate position the 2026-27 academic year. For more info: buff.ly/X36BCIE

MODERN EUROPE COLLOQUIUM welcomes Judith Surkis (Rutgers University) on "Oil Lines and Blood Lines: Patrimony, Sovereignty, and Natural Resources between France and Algeria, 1961-1971." Monday, Nov 17 | 4:00 PM Full event info: buff.ly/S8O9a2G

AN EVENING WITH ČIURLIONIS: music recital by the Haven String Quartet & Andrius Žlabys, part of the Symposium "Escaping with Čiurlionis" 5pm 10/30 Join us for an evening featuring the music of Lithuanian composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. buff.ly/PTecNKz

Yale Baltic Studies Program SYMPOSIUM: ESCAPING WITH ČIURLIONIS Celebrate with us M. K. Čiurlionis’ 150th anniversary and explore the work of this complex early twentieth-century Baltic artist. HQ, Rm 136 - 10:00 AM bit.ly/476i30i

📸 📣 It's time for the European Studies Council 2025 Photo Contest! We invite Yale students, faculty, staff, etc, to submit original photographs taken in Europe and Eurasia. Submit by October 30! More info: buff.ly/hy0WaN8

Today! 📣 We are happy to share the wealth in REEES cultural, academic, and geopolitical events at Yale today. Details for all events on each poster image!

We eagerly anticipate the conversation of @T_Chugoshvili (Former Vice-Speaker of the Georgian Parliament) and @GaroPaylan (Former Member of the Turkish Parliament), on "Geopolitics and Regime Transformations in the Caucasus" - Thursday, Oct 9, at 12:00 PM ET in HQ Rm 136

Join us for our first "Sweets in the Suite" of the semester on September 24 at 3:00 PM in Luce Hall, Room 242 (34 Hillhouse Ave.). Savor a variety of European sweet treats and get to know ESC student affiliates, E&RS MA students, visiting scholars, and more.

We are delighted to welcome this year's cohort of European & Russian Studies MA students! To learn more about their varied backgrounds and research interests: buff.ly/F5iOXUs

Asian Crossroads at Yale & the Central Asia Initiative were honored to welcome Daniel Rosenblum ’84, former U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Check out the Yale Daily News coverage of his visit here: buff.ly/VKHTWXZ

When in Boston on Sept 24, check out this event

Thank you to Ivan Ermakoff, Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for joining us on campus today to deliver his talk: "Facing Legal Authoritarianism: The Case of the 1930s."

One of the greatest minds who combines AI, Natural and Social science to understand humanity, how AI influences human interactions, how it helps and hinders our collaborations. @NAChristakis is in Kyiv, announcing our new collaboration K-SAIL, @kse_ua social artificial intelligence lab

Call to submit papers to the Environmental Graduate Symposium! Link to submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The REEES Program & the MacMillan Center are looking forward to welcoming acclaimed journalist and author Peter Pomerantsev to Yale on Thursday, Sept 18. Pomerantsev joins us for the annual George Herbert Walker, Jr. Lecture. Register to attend: bit.ly/PomerantsevYale

First of the Year lecture! The Yale Modern Europe Colloquium will host Professor Dagmar Herzog (CUNY Graduate Center) on “The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century.” Monday, Sept 15 from 4:00-5:30pm in HQ 107 More info: bit.ly/YaleMEC-Sept15…

Congratulations🎉 to Prof Lauren Benton, recipient of the @YaleMacMillan Center's 2025 Gustav Ranis International Book Prize📔for "They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence" (Princeton, 2024). Read the full announcement: bit.ly/461SNqm