Yale European Studies Council

We are proud of our graduates in European & Russian Studies MA Program- congratulations 🎉 to Tanya, Christina, Lydia, and Christina!!

Read more about them and all other area studies graduates ⬇️

Happy Commencement Day! 💙🎉

Congratulations to all graduating Yalies and the MacMillan Center 2025-2026 graduate class, which includes more than 35 students who earned their bachelor's, master's, and/or certificates in translation and languages.

Meet our newest alumni: https://macmillan.yale.edu/macmillans-2025-2026-graduates

NEXT WEEK: Join us in-person or on Zoom for the 7th annual European & Eurasian Studies Graduate Student Conference at the Yale Macmillan Center

Featuring innovative research by graduate students across disciplines and universities.

🗓️ Wed, May 6 - Thur, May 7, 2026
📍 Luce Hall, Room 203 | 34 Hillhouse Ave

For program details or to register for virtual participation: https://buff.ly/5U2tHG3

Marnix Amand on currency’s digital future - Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs Marnix Amand came to economics by way of engineering and central banking. A senior lecturer at Yale Jackson and in the Economics Department, he spent years in policy roles at the Dutch Central Bank, the Dutch Finance Ministry, and France Stratégie, developing a drive to move past metaphors for a de...

The Fox International Fellowship at Yale University & the ESC were honored that Cameron Abadi, the Deputy Director of Foreign Policy Magazine, returned to Yale & discussed with us "Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?"

Upcoming events this week at the ESC — Germany's military, Europe without America, Central Asian and Caucasian literature, Baltic state-society relations, and much more — all in one place.

ESC & Fox International Fellowship
"Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?"
By Cameron Abadi, Deputy Director, Foreign Policy Magazine
Mon, April 20 | 4:00pm
HQ 136, 320 York St

EU Studies & the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs' Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment:
"The Long Goodbye: Europe without America"
By Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, German-American political scientist and leading voice on transatlantic affairs
Tues, April 21 | 4:15pm
Horchow Hall GM Rm 103, 55 Hillhouse Ave

Slavic and Eurasian Colloquium:
"Postcolonial Identities in Central Asian and Caucasian Literature"
By Tamar Koplatadze, Associate Professor of Postsocialist Literature and Culture, University of Oxford
Wed, April 22 | 3:30pm
HQ 134, 320 York St

Baltic Studies Program:
"Nationals Through Tax: State-Society Relations in the Baltics through the Fiscal Lens"
By Marija Norkūnaitė, Joseph P Kazickas Postdoctoral Associate
Thurs, April 23 | 12:30pm
Luce Hall 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave

For more details visit us at https://buff.ly/C2FoczG!

Next Week: Join us for "The Long Goodbye: Europe Without America"

The Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment of the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs and the EU Studies Program will co-host a discussion with political scientist Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook.

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a German-American political scientist and a leading voice on transatlantic affairs. She has served as a CNN correspondent, directed the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, and led the German Council on Foreign Relations. Today, she works at the Bertelsmann Stiftung on transatlantic relations, U.S. politics, technology governance, and the future of democracy. Her latest book, The American Wake-Up Call, was published in January 2026.

⏱️ Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 4:15pm

📍 Horchow Hall, GM Room
55 Hillhouse Ave

For more information: https://buff.ly/mRh9M1u

Next Week: Join the Yale MacMillan Center's The Fox International Fellowship at Yale University and the European Studies Council for a public talk on

"Can Germany Learn to Love Its Military Again?"
By Cameron Abadi, Deputy Editor, Foreign Policy

🕜 Monday, April 20, 2026, 4:00pm

📍 Humanities Quadrangle, HQ Rm 136
320 York St

Cameron Abadi is the Berlin-based deputy editor of Foreign Policy magazine, co-host of the Ones and Tooze podcast together with Adam Tooze, and author of Climate Radicals: Why Our Environmental Politics Isn’t Working (Columbia Global Reports, 2024). His writing has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, the New Yorker, the New Republic, Die Zeit, and Der Spiegel. Abadi is also a founding board member of the McCloy Transatlantic Forum in Frankfurt. He earned his BA in political theory at Yale University and MA at the Free University of Berlin.

For more information: https://buff.ly/hLtRWIn

Fireside Chat: Hellenism & the Student Experience
TONIGHT!
Thursday, April 16, 2026
6:00pm in Luce Hall Rm 202

Join the Yale Hellenic Society and the European Studies Council of the Yale MacMillan Center for our special event featuring George Tsunis, Former Ambassador of the United States to Greece

For more information: https://buff.ly/sQt2x4G

Don't miss the Zingaresca Ensemble Music Residency

REEESNe Romani Study Group:
Zingaresca Ensemble Music Residency & Performances
Event 1: "Romany Vengerka" Documentary Film Screening
Mon, April 13 | 7:30pm | 37 Hillhouse Ave, https://buff.ly/uabpGqw

Event 2: Lecture on Romani History & Culture
Tues, April 14 | 10:45am | Luce Hall 202, https://buff.ly/Bf6zYdQ

Event 3: Zingaresca Performance
Tues, April 14 | 7:00pm | Luce Hall Auditorium, https://buff.ly/KF160pZ