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ESC Student Affiliates Network

The European Studies Council Student Affiliates Network is for undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students interested in topics related to European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies. The network provides students with a close-knit interdisciplinary community; unique opportunities to work with affiliated faculty and visitors prominent in the field; and additional funding support.

The overall aim is to encourage intellectual engagement and innovation in the student communities through supporting academic research and affiliated gatherings. Students involved in the network are eligible for support to help them attend conferences related to European, Russian, or Eurasian studies, broadly interpreted. In addition, students interested in traveling domestically or internationally for research purposes —whether that means mining state archives in the Baltic, scouring British colonial records in London or elsewhere across the globe, etc. — may also apply for funding. All applicants must apply through the Yale Student Grants & Fellowships database. Please make sure to check early in the year for this year's deadlines.

Beyond funding, and the benefits of being a member of an academic community, this network also offers a variety of other opportunities, including access to reading groups, lecture series, and occasions to meet with affiliated faculty and prominent visitors: scholars, ambassadors, and politicians and key political actors hailing from Europe and Eurasia.

Meet the Undergraduate Student Affiliates

European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Makda Assefa
European Studies Council
Undergraduate
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Carter Cashen
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Dean Centa
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Nicole Chen
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Ethan Chiu
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Diego Del Aguila
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Derek Esrailian
European Studies Council
Undergraduate
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Ava Estacio-Touhey
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Tomás Fuchs-Lynch
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Beata Fylkner
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Tian Hsu
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Irene Kim
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Lily Lassiter
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Jaleyna Lawes
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Alison Le
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Jonas Loesel
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Remi Mellinghoff
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Lara Mohamed
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Ryo Nagao
European Studies Council
Undergraduate student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Benjamin Nuland
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Jackson Parrott
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Avi Patel
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Keith Pemberton
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Yevheniia Podurets
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Xinzhi Qiu
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Baala Shakya
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Victoria Siebor
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Franek Sokolowski
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Sabrina Soriano
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Yurii Stasiuk
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Amelia Stefanovics
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Conan Thibodeau
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Tarn Timmermans
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Daria Valska
European Studies Council
Undergraduate
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Yash Wadwekar

Meet the Graduate Student Affiliates

European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Isabelle Aboaf
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19
Headshot of Elena
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
PhD Student
Zachary Aguilar
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Anna Aldins
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Carles Aulés Blancher
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2030-31, 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Rowan Baker
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Renée Barbre
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Beshouy Botros headshot
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Lara Briggs
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
MacMillan Center
Fox International Fellow
Exchange Partner: University of Cambridge, England
Academic Year: 2024-25
Ben Card
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Roy Celaire
European Studies Council
MPP Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Billy Chan
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Yuliya Charnyshova
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Janice Cheon
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Michelle Chow
Fox International Fellowship, Council on African Studies, European Studies Council, + 1 more
Fox International Fellow, PhD Student
Exchange Partner: Institut d’Études de Politiques de Paris, France
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Ayse Cicek Unal
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Deniz Cinar
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Kieron Cindric
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Emily Cox
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20
Liliya Dashevski
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Sergio De Iudicibus
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Headshot of Theo
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Headshot of Sophia
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Alexandra Dreher
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21
Alana Felton
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Ana Fernández-Blázquez
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20
Headshot of Abigail
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Headshot of Daphne
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Headshot of Pierre
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Ruth Foster
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Caterina Franciosi
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Wenbin Gao
Council on African Studies, European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Nikolaus Graf Vitzthum
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Sebastian Andres Grandas
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
MD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Irbaz Hameed
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
John Hoffmeyer
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Caitlin Hubbard
European Studies Council
PhD student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Lea Jouannais Weiler
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Ken Jung
European Studies Council
PhD student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Kamila Kaminska-Palarczyk
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Minhee Kang
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Taylor Yoonji Kang
European Studies Council
Law Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Anna Kasradze
European Studies Council, South Asian Studies Council
PhD Student, History
Zeba Khan
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Yoonmin Kim
European Studies Council
PhD student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Neta Kleine
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Vanya Klenovskiy
European Studies Council
PhD student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Matthew	Koo
European Studies Council
PhD student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Emily Korzeniewski
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Abigail Kromminga
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Brais Lamela Gómez
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Joshua Leifer
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Francesca Leonardi
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19
European Studies Council
MPP Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Jack Leydiker
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council, Fox International Fellowship
PhD Student
Exchange Partner: Freie University of Berlin, Germany
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Nathan Low
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Lora Maslenitsyna
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Federico Maviglia
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26
Nicola Mazzotti
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Law Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Yaara Mordecai
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Matthew Morrison
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Nazerke Mukhlissova
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Thomas Munro
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Julien Neel
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26
Esin Nizamoglu
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Ahmed Nur
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Head shot of Chaeyoung Oh
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Faraz Olfat
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Cristino Pacquing
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Furqat Polvon-Zoda
European Studies Council
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Se Jin Park
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Federica Parodi
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Ryan Pike
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Lidia Plaza
European Studies Council
MD-PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Tiffany Premand
European Studies Council
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Hatim Rachdi
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26
Sarah Rapoport
European Studies Council
DFA Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Gabriel Rom
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Fraser Ryan
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Klint Shim
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26
Saba Shukvani
European Studies Council
Doctor of Fine Arts Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Sophia Siegel-Warren
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Lydia Smith
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Wonik Son
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20
Hana Stankova
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Serena Strecker
European Studies Council, South Asian Studies Council
PhD Student
Suvij Sudershan
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Kristian Svane
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Stephan Sveshnikov
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Talin Tahajian
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Squid Tamar-Mattis
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
James Taylor
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Wouter van Staveren
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26
Jake Waldinger
Fox International Fellowship, European Studies Council
PhD student
Exchange Partner: Freie University of Berlin, Germany
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Alec Walker
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Charlie West
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Rachel Wilson
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Eleanor Womack
European Studies Council
PhD student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21
Alec Wood
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Alice Yang
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Qixuan Yang
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2029-30, 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Ji Yoon
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Headshot of Mike York
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Yijing Zhang
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Joyce Yusi Zhou
European Studies Council
PhD student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Emily Ziffer
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2025-26
Rebeka Zvirbule