Welcome to the Yale Club of Germany

What we do:

  • We connect Yalies in Germany for networking and lifelong learning activities such as Stammtisch/FebClub meetings, lectures, community service events, etc. (sometimes in cooperation with alumns from other Ivy League schools)
  • We organize social and cultural events open to the public
  • We interview German applicants to Yale

Join us:

Are you an alumnus of any Yale school, a current Yale student, a scholar spending time in Germany, or a friend of Yale? Welcome to our networking and life-long learning activities!

Regular meetings take place in Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich. We have occasional events in Hamburg Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. To hear about our upcoming events:

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All our events are community-organized! Do you have ideas for events – or are you interested in organizing an event yourself? Get in touch with us!

Announcements

The Future of Democracy

May 26, 2022
Watch the 2022 World Economic Forum Discussion session with two Yalies: Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University and Daniel Kurtz-Phelan (Yale ’03), Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Affairs Other speakers: Christopher A. Coons, Senator from Delaware (D), United States…
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The War in Ukraine – Panel discussion with Timothy Snyder, Anne Applebaum and Yuval Noah Harari

The War in Ukraine – Panel discussion with Timothy Snyder, Anne Applebaum and Yuval Noah Harari

March 8, 2022
Watch Yale Prof. Timothy Snyder, Yalie Anne Applebaum and Yuval Noah Harari discuss the war in Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9FDabcyPWk
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War in Ukraine – Panel discussion Yale Jackson Institute

War in Ukraine – Panel discussion Yale Jackson Institute

March 4, 2022
Jackson experts shed light on Russia’s ‘war of conquest’ in UkraineIn the aftermath of Russia’s shocking invasion of Ukraine, the Jackson Institute convened a panel of Yale experts to offer insight on the unfolding situation and a short history of…
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Upcoming Events

Commanding Hope / The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril

Commanding Hope / The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril

Wednesday, October 5th, 2022    
19:00 - 20:30
Frightening pandemics, terrible inequality, racism and poverty, rising political authoritarianism, the inescapable climate crisis, and the resuscitated danger of nuclear war. We know the story. Some [...]
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Frankfurt Stammtisch October

Frankfurt Stammtisch October

Friday, October 14th, 2022    
18:30 - 22:00
Westbar Frankfurt
Stop by for a drink of wine or a plate of Flammkuchen--outside if the weather is still nice! If you have ideas for events near [...]
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Strongmen / How illiberal leaders consolidate power and how they can be defeated

Strongmen / How illiberal leaders consolidate power and how they can be defeated

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022    
19:00 - 20:30
Amerikahaus Munich
Ours is the age of the strongman, of heads of state who damage or destroy democracy, use masculinity as a tool of political legitimacy, and [...]
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The Ivy Circle Germany – Munich Chapter Thought Leadership Event 2022

The Ivy Circle Germany – Munich Chapter Thought Leadership Event 2022

Wednesday, October 26th, 2022    
18:30 - 20:30
Amerikahaus München
 Thought Leadership and Story-Finding by Rhea Wessel: How to generate a constant stream of story ideas to grow your business  Story-telling and story-finding are two [...]
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Fall Walking Tour of Mannheim

Fall Walking Tour of Mannheim

Saturday, October 29th, 2022    
15:00 - 18:00
In front of the Wasserturm
Fall Tour of Mannheim Yalie Nicole Kilian, passionate Mannheimer and Yale post-doctoral fellow in cell biology ‘18, will take us on a tour of Germany’s [...]
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Interviews

The Yale Club is always looking for alumni to interview local high-school students who are applying to Yale College. To help out, please sign up as volunteer on the ASC website or e-mail our ASC director, Rebecca Haltzel-Haas.

Contributions / Donations

The Club does not assess dues, but asks its members to make an modest annual contribution.

€20 – €50 is suggested, but any amount is welcome. This will help fund Club activities such as alumni events, scholarships, essay prizes, lectures, the Munich Dialogues on Democracy, …

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About the Yale Club e.V.

Board

President (Erste Vorsitzende)
Bartley Großerichter
(Yale College ’88)
Munich
president@yaleclub.de

Vice-President (Zweiter Vorsitzender)
Alexander Schmitt Glaeser
(LLM ’89)
Munich
vicepresident@yaleclub.de

Treasurer (Kassenwart)
Hans Christian Siller
(GSAS ’12)
Berlin
treasurer@yaleclub.de

Alumni Schools Committee
Rebecca Haltzel-Haas
(Yale College ’90)
Frankfurt
asc@yaleclub.de

Data Protection Officer
Jana Striezel
(LLM ’02)
Wolfsburg
dataprotection@yaleclub.de

We always welcome active members willing to commit to serving a 2-year term as a board member! Get in touch for details.

We are a registered e.V. and recognized as a charitable organization. Donations to the club are tax-deductible.

For additional information regarding our goals and activities: