European Studies Council Promoting innovative research on Europe’s past and present in the context of regional and global interactions. The council is home to special programs in Baltic Studies; Central Asia Initiative; European Union Studies; and the Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Upcoming Events European Studies Council, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Central Asia Initiative Kruzhok - Zulfiya's Intimate Publics Lyric, Politics, and Persona Feb 20, 2026 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Ian Christmann European Studies Council, European Studies Council Working Groups Modern Europe Colloquium | Towns for Debt The Russian Empire and the Acquisition of Private Towns in the Territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1795-1847 Feb 23, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm European Studies Council Sweets in the Suite Happy Tea Hour Feb 25, 2026 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm European Studies Council, Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences, South Asian Studies Council Annual YaleCHESS Lecture: The South Asian Origins of American Independence: Political Economy, Partisanship and the Global British Empire Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences (CHESS) Feb 25, 2026 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm View All Upcoming Events Latest News European Studies Council Recap | From Empire to Minority: Baltic Germans from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1930s Feb 2, 2026 European Studies Council Call for Applications: Yale European and Eurasian Studies Graduate Student Conference 2026 Dec 12, 2025 MacMillan Center Love in the Time of AI: What Translation, Poetry, and Artificial Intelligence Teach Us About Human Connection Today Dec 1, 2025 Author, translator and Yale faculty discuss Eurasian translation across languages, mediums, and time. MacMillan Center Alum Spotlight: Maksimas Milta (M.A. ’23, European and Russian Studies) Nov 10, 2025 Milta reflects on his path from academia to human rights advocacy. European Studies Council, Baltic Studies Program Baltic Studies Hosts Symposium to celebrate 150th Birthday of M. K. Čiurlionis Nov 6, 2025 MacMillan Center The MacMillan Center Hosts President of Estonia to Discuss Democracy and Freedom Oct 31, 2025 Estonian President Alar Karis discussed the nation’s digital transformation, AI leadership, and enduring commitment to democracy and global security during his delegation at Yale. Credit: Dan Renzetti More News
European Studies Council, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Central Asia Initiative Kruzhok - Zulfiya's Intimate Publics Lyric, Politics, and Persona Feb 20, 2026 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Ian Christmann
European Studies Council, European Studies Council Working Groups Modern Europe Colloquium | Towns for Debt The Russian Empire and the Acquisition of Private Towns in the Territories of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1795-1847 Feb 23, 2026 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
European Studies Council, Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences, South Asian Studies Council Annual YaleCHESS Lecture: The South Asian Origins of American Independence: Political Economy, Partisanship and the Global British Empire Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences (CHESS) Feb 25, 2026 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm
European Studies Council Recap | From Empire to Minority: Baltic Germans from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1930s Feb 2, 2026
European Studies Council Call for Applications: Yale European and Eurasian Studies Graduate Student Conference 2026 Dec 12, 2025
MacMillan Center Love in the Time of AI: What Translation, Poetry, and Artificial Intelligence Teach Us About Human Connection Today Dec 1, 2025 Author, translator and Yale faculty discuss Eurasian translation across languages, mediums, and time.
MacMillan Center Alum Spotlight: Maksimas Milta (M.A. ’23, European and Russian Studies) Nov 10, 2025 Milta reflects on his path from academia to human rights advocacy.
European Studies Council, Baltic Studies Program Baltic Studies Hosts Symposium to celebrate 150th Birthday of M. K. Čiurlionis Nov 6, 2025
MacMillan Center The MacMillan Center Hosts President of Estonia to Discuss Democracy and Freedom Oct 31, 2025 Estonian President Alar Karis discussed the nation’s digital transformation, AI leadership, and enduring commitment to democracy and global security during his delegation at Yale. Credit: Dan Renzetti
