Alexander Trubowitz is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at Yale and a visiting researcher at the University of Konstanz. His work lies in the fields of comparative and international political economy and deals with distributive conflict over the design of social insurance and tax systems.
CLAIS and ESC congratulate the winners of the Fall 2020 photo essay competition, “Reflections on Research.” Competition entrants submitted photos and captions, or photos and a brief essay, reflecting on how they have adapted their research pursuits in light of the disruptions caused by COVID-19. Through their submissions, entrants shared their personal answers to the contest’s guiding question: Without access to the sites, archives, and communities that fuel our work, how can we continue to make contributions with our projects?
Liliya Dashevski is a Graduate student in the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. She received her M.A in the History of Art department in the University of Haifa, Israel, where she wrote her thesis on Mikhail Vrubel’s art. She is currently interested in two projects: Russia’s childhood material culture of the 19th century, and Russian speaking culture in Israel.
Emily Sigman is a joint degree MA Global Affairs and MA Forestry candidate at the Jackson Institute and School of Forestry. Her research interests in Europe span the intersecting fields of agriculture, climate resilience, and geopolitics.
Hellenic Studies Program, European Studies Council
