Susan Dunn on FDR’s Third Hundred Days

Most history textbooks claim that American involvement in World War II began when Congress issued a declaration of war following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack, the United States was allegedly fiercely dedicated to staying out of the war, even in the wake of Nazi Germany’s nearly complete takeover of Europe.

Susan Dunn, the...

UN Ambassadors' Roundtable: Regional Organizations in Global Governance

In an international political climate that, at the moment, seems particularly prone to nationalism, populism, and even separatism, the Macmillan Center hosted a roundtable on the topic of the role of regional organizations in global governance. The roundtable held on November 15 (view video) featured...
Espejuelos oscuros/Dark Glasses

Winners of Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale announced

The Latino and Iberian Film Festival at Yale (LIFFY), sponsored by the Council for Latin American and Iberian Studies at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, has announced its winning films for 2016:

Best Feature Film

Espejuelos oscuros/Dark Glasses.  Jessica Rodríguez.  Cuba, 2016

For the integrity of its...

Russian Politics Beyond the Kremlin

On November 4-5, the MacMillan Center hosted a diverse group of historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists to discuss sites and expressions of Russian politics beyond a standard Kremlinology-focused discourse.

The conference, titled “Russian Politics Beyond the Kremlin: New Concepts, Paradigms, and Sites,” was attended by more than fifteen academics, in addition...

History and Politics Concerning the Right to Vote in the United States

The struggle for the right to vote, and suppression of that right when gained, is a very old American story.  It is always at once historical and very current.  In recent years the Republican party has made it deeply relevant to its harnessing of power at the state and national level.  The recent election of Donald Trump should make us take notice of this issue, as well as many more...

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