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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

Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Maya Aidlin-Perlman
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Makda Assefa
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Alex Bavalsky
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25
Nikhe Braimah
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Ethan Chiu
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Yasmine Chokrane
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Pranava Dhar
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: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Liam Hannigan
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Caitlin Hong
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: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Maheen Iqbal
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Irene Kim
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Emma Kohlmayer
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Ethan Levinbook
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Jack Leydiker
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Emilie Ma
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Isaidy Medina
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Remi Mellinghoff
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
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: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Isabel Prioleau
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Xinzhi Qiu
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Avi Ross
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Sarah Saleem
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Abby Schnabel
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Franek Sokolowski
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
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: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Sophia photo
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Daria Valska
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Axel	de Vernou
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Julia Wojtkowski
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
man standing by lake
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Lana Zhang
European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Steven Zhang

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, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
PhD Student
Zachary Aguilar
European Studies Council
Master of Public Health Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
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
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
MESc Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Headshot of Rowan
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
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
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
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: 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
Photo of Emily
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, 2022-23, 2021-22
Lauren Crawford
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
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: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21
Photo of Alana
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: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
Doctor of Juridical Science Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Headshot of Sarah
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
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
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
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: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
MFS Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Lea Jouannais Weiler
European Studies Council
MESc Student
Academic Year: 2024-25
Dominik Juling
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
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council, South Asian Studies Council
PhD Student, History
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
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
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: 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: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
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
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
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, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
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
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Thomas Munro
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
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
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
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
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Vita Raskeviciute
European Studies Council
DFA Student
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
Master of Divinity Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Jackson Ringley
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Lola Shehu
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
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25
Wonik Son
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Serena Strecker
European Studies Council, Fox International Fellowship
PhD Student
Exchange Partner: Institut d’Études de Politiques de Paris, France
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19
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
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
PhD student
Academic Year: 2027-28, 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Squid Tamar-Mattis
European Studies Council
MPP Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
MPP Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
European Studies Council
Ph.D Student
Academic Year: 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
Fox International Fellowship, European Studies Council
PhD student
Exchange Partner: Freie University of Berlin, Germany
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2028-29, 2027-28, 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, 2023-24
European Studies Council
PhD Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council
MA Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Oliver Wolyniec
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: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
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, 2023-24
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