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MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies

April 11, 2024

Not to be confused with the former Yale Institute of International Studies (1935-1951).

The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, commonly known as the MacMillan Center, is a research and educational center for international affairs and area studies at Yale University. It is named after Whitney MacMillan and his wife Betty.

Luce Hall, the MacMillan Center's main building.

Academics edit

As of 2021, the Macmillan Center currently offers degrees for both undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergraduate degrees include African Studies, East Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Modern Middle East Studies, Russian and East European Studies, and South Asian Studies. Graduate degrees offered at the center include African Studies, East Asian Studies, and European and Russian Studies.[1]

Similarly, it is possible for graduating students to partake in a joint-degree program, where they can receive a master's. and an equivalent professional degree from one of four partnered Yale professional schools, with those being the Law School, the School of Management, the School of Public Health, and the School of the Environment.[2]

It is also possible for those to pursue a graduate certificate of concentration through the Councils on African, European, Latin American and Iberian, or Middle East Studies in conjunction with graduate-degree programs at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or the professional schools.[3]

History edit

Further information: Yale Institute of International Studies

The MacMillan Center was created in the 1960s as the Concilium on International and Area Studies and later renamed in the 1980s as the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS).[4] In April 2006, YCIAS was renamed as The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale.[5][6]

Affiliated centers and institutes edit

Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition edit

The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition was founded in November 1998 by David Brion Davis and funded by Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, founders of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.[7] Davis served as director till June 2004,[8] when historian David. W. Blight, Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University, succeeded him as current director as of 2021.[9]

The center's mission is to promote the study of all aspects of slavery and its legacy, with focus on the chattel slave system and its destruction. The center seeks to foster an improved understanding of the role of slavery, slave resistance, and abolition in the Western world by promoting interaction and exchange between scholars, teachers, and public historians through publications, educational outreach, and other programs and events.[10] In addition, the center offers postdoctoral and faculty fellowships and summer graduate research fellowships, and also sponsors the Frederick Douglass Book prize, an award for most outstanding non-fiction book in English on the subject of slavery, resistance, and/or abolition for the year it is given.[11][12]

Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences edit

The Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences provides insight on the interplay between history and the present, focusing on large-scale social transformations and solutions to difficult social crises and problems. The center serves as a bridge between the humanities and social sciences in order to "better understand the world we live in."[13]

Center for the Study of Representative Institutions edit

The Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions serves as an interdisciplinary pilot program with the intention of developing the study of the theory and practice of representative government in the Anglo-American tradition. It is supported by the Thomas W. Smith fund and the Jack Miller Center's Commercial Republic Initiative, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.[14]

Notable alumni edit

The following alumni received either a B.A., M.A. or a Ph.D. in international relations. It is to note that the degree has been phased out and replaced by the master's degree in global affairs in 2013, which is also now provided by the Jackson Institute.[15]

References edit

  1. ^ "Academic Programs". The MacMillan Center. Yale University. May 20, 2015. from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Joint Degree Programs". The MacMillan Center. Yale University. June 18, 2015. from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Graduate Certificate of Concentration". The MacMillan Center. Yale University. June 18, 2015. from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "History of International and Area Studies at Yale | Bulletin of Yale University". bulletin.yale.edu. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Yale Center for International and Area Studies Receives New Name". YaleNews. Yale University. April 27, 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Yale Center for International and Area Studies receives new name: The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale". M2 Presswire. April 28, 2006. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Gilder Lehrman Center History | The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition". glc.yale.edu. Yale University. 5 September 2013. from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "David Blight | Department of African American Studies". afamstudies.yale.edu. Yale University. from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "People | The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition". glc.yale.edu. Yale University. 5 September 2013. from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "About Us | The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition". glc.yale.edu. Yale University. 25 June 2013. from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  11. ^ "To Apply for the GLC 2020-2021 Fellowships". glc.yale.edu. Yale University. 5 September 2013. from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "Frederick Douglass Book Prize Submissions". glc.yale.edu. Yale University. 5 September 2013. from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  13. ^ "Welcome | The Center for Historical Enquiry and the Social Sciences". yalechess.yale.edu. Yale University. from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  14. ^ "Welcome | Yale MacMillan Center - Center for the Study of Representative Institutions". ycri.yale.edu. Yale University. from the original on October 7, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  15. ^ "International Relations | Yale University Library". Yale University Library. from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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  21. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | James H. Fowler". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  22. ^ "Biography: Morton Halperin". U.S. Department of State. from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  23. ^ "President's Report 2003 | The People | New Faculty | Dr. Peter Hart". Memorial University of Newfoundland. from the original on November 17, 2004. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  24. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (June 23, 2009). "Heyward Isham, a Negotiator With Hanoi, Dies at 82 (Published 2009)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
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  26. ^ "Lind, Michael | LBJ School of Public Affairs | The University of Texas at Austin". LBJ School of Public Affairs. from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  27. ^ "Barry Naughton". University of California San Diego. from the original on December 22, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  28. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (December 10, 2007). "Richard Nolte, Diplomat Who Got Caught Up in Mideast War, Dies at 86 (Published 2007)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  29. ^ Silver, James (April 1, 2009). "Matthew Parris: Lonely prophet of shampoo Toryism". The Independent. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
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  31. ^ "Michael Rothschild | Dean of the Faculty". Princeton University. from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  32. ^ "Pedro Moreira Salles - Creating Emerging Markets - Harvard Business School". Harvard Business School. from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  33. ^ Jordan, Justin (September 30, 2017). "Marcel Theroux: 'Keep the life normal, and keep the work weird'". The Guardian. from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  34. ^ . University of Southern California. Archived from the original on 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
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  36. ^ "William C. Wohlforth". Dartmouth College. 2 April 2013. from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Councils, Institutes, and Centers of the Macmillan Center website

See also edit

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Not to be confused with the former Yale Institute of International Studies 1935 1951 The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale commonly known as the MacMillan Center is a research and educational center for international affairs and area studies at Yale University It is named after Whitney MacMillan and his wife Betty Luce Hall the MacMillan Center s main building Contents 1 Academics 2 History 3 Affiliated centers and institutes 3 1 Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery Resistance and Abolition 3 2 Center for Historical Enquiry amp the Social Sciences 3 3 Center for the Study of Representative Institutions 4 Notable alumni 5 References 6 External links 7 See alsoAcademics editAs of 2021 the Macmillan Center currently offers degrees for both undergraduate and graduate levels Undergraduate degrees include African Studies East Asian Studies Latin American Studies Modern Middle East Studies Russian and East European Studies and South Asian Studies Graduate degrees offered at the center include African Studies East Asian Studies and European and Russian Studies 1 Similarly it is possible for graduating students to partake in a joint degree program where they can receive a master s and an equivalent professional degree from one of four partnered Yale professional schools with those being the Law School the School of Management the School of Public Health and the School of the Environment 2 It is also possible for those to pursue a graduate certificate of concentration through the Councils on African European Latin American and Iberian or Middle East Studies in conjunction with graduate degree programs at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or the professional schools 3 History editFurther information Yale Institute of International Studies The MacMillan Center was created in the 1960s as the Concilium on International and Area Studies and later renamed in the 1980s as the Yale Center for International and Area Studies YCIAS 4 In April 2006 YCIAS was renamed as The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale 5 6 Affiliated centers and institutes editGilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery Resistance and Abolition edit The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery Resistance and Abolition was founded in November 1998 by David Brion Davis and funded by Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman founders of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History 7 Davis served as director till June 2004 8 when historian David W Blight Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University succeeded him as current director as of 2021 9 The center s mission is to promote the study of all aspects of slavery and its legacy with focus on the chattel slave system and its destruction The center seeks to foster an improved understanding of the role of slavery slave resistance and abolition in the Western world by promoting interaction and exchange between scholars teachers and public historians through publications educational outreach and other programs and events 10 In addition the center offers postdoctoral and faculty fellowships and summer graduate research fellowships and also sponsors the Frederick Douglass Book prize an award for most outstanding non fiction book in English on the subject of slavery resistance and or abolition for the year it is given 11 12 Center for Historical Enquiry amp the Social Sciences edit The Center for Historical Enquiry amp the Social Sciences provides insight on the interplay between history and the present focusing on large scale social transformations and solutions to difficult social crises and problems The center serves as a bridge between the humanities and social sciences in order to better understand the world we live in 13 Center for the Study of Representative Institutions edit The Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions serves as an interdisciplinary pilot program with the intention of developing the study of the theory and practice of representative government in the Anglo American tradition It is supported by the Thomas W Smith fund and the Jack Miller Center s Commercial Republic Initiative sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation 14 Notable alumni editThe following alumni received either a B A M A or a Ph D in international relations It is to note that the degree has been phased out and replaced by the master s degree in global affairs in 2013 which is also now provided by the Jackson Institute 15 Eric Alterman MA political blogger commentator on MSNBC Professor of English at Brooklyn College 16 A Doak Barnett MA 47 scholar of Chinese foreign relations Professor at Columbia University and fellow at the Brookings Institution 17 Janet Beer MA 95 vice chancellor of Oxford Brookes University 18 Kenneth Brown MA 60 former U S ambassador to Republic of Congo Cote d Ivoire and Ghana President of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training at the Foreign Service Institute 19 Randy Charles Epping MA author a nd economist 20 James H Fowler MA 97 political scientist specializing in social networks cooperation political participation and genopolitics coiner of the term Colbert Bump 21 Morton Halperin PhD 67 expert on foreign policy and civil liberties served in the Johnson Nixon and Clinton administrations and then as Director of Policy Planning at the State Department 22 Peter Hart MA Canadian historian specializing in Irish history 23 Heyward Isham BA 47 American diplomat negotiator in 1973 Peace Accord with North Vietnam 24 Scott Kleeb MA Democratic candidate for U S Senate in Nebraska 2008 25 Michael Lind MA 85 writer historian and Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation 26 Barry Naughton MA 79 Sokwanlok Chair of Chinese International Affairs at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California San Diego 27 Richard Nolte MA 47 American diplomat Middle East expert 28 Matthew Parris MA English journalist and former Conservative politician 29 Thomas Palley MA Post Keynesian economist 30 Michael Rothschild MA 65 economist William Stuart Tod Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs 31 Pedro Moreira Salles MA Chief Executive Officer CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for Unibanco 32 Marcel Theroux MA British novelist and broadcaster 33 J Ann Tickner MA 60 feminist international relations theorist 34 Sergio Troncoso MA 92 short story author 35 William Wohlforth MA 84 Daniel Webster Professor of Government at Dartmouth College 36 References edit Academic Programs The MacMillan Center Yale University May 20 2015 Archived from the original on September 28 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 Joint Degree Programs The MacMillan Center Yale University June 18 2015 Archived from the original on September 28 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 Graduate Certificate of Concentration The MacMillan Center Yale University June 18 2015 Archived from the original on September 28 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 History of International and Area Studies at Yale Bulletin of Yale University bulletin yale edu Retrieved February 15 2021 Yale Center for International and Area Studies Receives New Name YaleNews Yale University April 27 2006 Retrieved February 15 2021 Yale Center for International and Area Studies receives new name The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale M2 Presswire April 28 2006 dead link Gilder Lehrman Center History The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery Resistance and Abolition glc yale edu Yale University 5 September 2013 Archived from the original on October 19 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 David Blight Department of African American Studies afamstudies yale edu Yale University Archived from the original on December 2 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 People The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery Resistance and Abolition glc yale edu Yale University 5 September 2013 Archived from the original on February 9 2021 Retrieved February 15 2021 About Us The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery Resistance and Abolition glc yale edu Yale University 25 June 2013 Archived from the original on February 11 2021 Retrieved February 15 2021 To Apply for the GLC 2020 2021 Fellowships glc yale edu Yale University 5 September 2013 Archived from the original on February 11 2021 Retrieved February 15 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Submissions glc yale edu Yale University 5 September 2013 Archived from the original on February 11 2021 Retrieved 2021 02 15 Welcome The Center for Historical Enquiry and the Social Sciences yalechess yale edu Yale University Archived from the original on January 28 2021 Retrieved February 15 2021 Welcome Yale MacMillan Center Center for the Study of Representative Institutions ycri yale edu Yale University Archived from the original on October 7 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 International Relations Yale University Library Yale University Library Archived from the original on October 25 2020 Retrieved February 15 2020 Eric Alterman Center for American Progress Archived from the original on February 26 2009 Retrieved April 16 2010 A Doak Barnett Notable Names Database Archived from the original on May 10 2020 Retrieved 2009 10 24 The Coca Cola World Fund at Yale The MacMillan Center Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved 2009 10 22 Staff Biographies Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Archived from the original on 2002 06 17 Retrieved 2010 04 16 Randy Charles Epping Penguin Random House Penguin Random House Archived from the original on October 2 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation James H Fowler John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Archived from the original on October 24 2020 Retrieved 2021 02 15 Biography Morton Halperin U S Department of State Archived from the original on June 13 2020 Retrieved February 15 2020 President s Report 2003 The People New Faculty Dr Peter Hart Memorial University of Newfoundland Archived from the original on November 17 2004 Retrieved February 15 2020 Hevesi Dennis June 23 2009 Heyward Isham a Negotiator With Hanoi Dies at 82 Published 2009 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on January 27 2018 Retrieved February 15 2021 Scott Kleeb Yale history PhD is running for the Senate in Nebraska History News Network History News Network Columbian College of Arts and Sciences May 15 2008 Retrieved February 15 2021 Lind Michael LBJ School of Public Affairs The University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs Archived from the original on January 7 2021 Retrieved February 15 2021 Barry Naughton University of California San Diego Archived from the original on December 22 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 Hevesi Dennis December 10 2007 Richard Nolte Diplomat Who Got Caught Up in Mideast War Dies at 86 Published 2007 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on April 3 2019 Retrieved February 15 2021 Silver James April 1 2009 Matthew Parris Lonely prophet of shampoo Toryism The Independent Retrieved February 15 2021 Thomas Palley The Federalist Society The Federalist Society Archived from the original on September 5 2018 Retrieved February 15 2021 Michael Rothschild Dean of the Faculty Princeton University Archived from the original on December 18 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 Pedro Moreira Salles Creating Emerging Markets Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Archived from the original on October 30 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 Jordan Justin September 30 2017 Marcel Theroux Keep the life normal and keep the work weird The Guardian Archived from the original on November 12 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 USC International Relations University of Southern California Archived from the original on 2009 11 29 Retrieved 2009 10 22 Profile Sergio Troncoso The Authors Guild The Authors Guild Archived from the original on October 30 2020 Retrieved 2021 02 15 William C Wohlforth Dartmouth College 2 April 2013 Archived from the original on August 3 2020 Retrieved February 15 2021 External links editOfficial website Councils Institutes and Centers of the Macmillan Center websiteSee also editYale Journal of International Affairs41 18 52 N 72 55 27 W 41 31437 N 72 92414 W 41 31437 72 92414 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies amp oldid 1213722144, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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