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On May 9th, scholars from across Yale assembled at the Greenberg Conference Center for the final session of a semester-long workshop series entitled “Contemplating the Rise of Asian Cities.”...
Daniel Magaziner
The Workshop in African Intellectual History opened on March 31 with Daniel Magaziner’s (Yale University) reflection on what historians can offer “to moments of great restiveness,” such as the...
Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa (center) were officially welcomed into the YYAS family with gifts given by current YYAS instructors Yaa Ampofo ’16 and Roy Randen ’18.
President Peter Salovey hosted a visit by Zimbabwean entrepreneurs and philanthropists Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa on campus last week, where they were honored for their generous support to the Yale...
Joe Fox, seated, with President Peter Salovey; Benjamin Cashore, Fox Director; Ian Shapiro, Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center, Julia Muravnik, Fox Coordinator; and Mrs. Alison Barbour Fox and family.
On May 12, the MacMillan Center hosted a celebration of Joseph C. Fox’s life with a tree planting on its grounds in honor of his centennial birthday. Mr. Fox (Yale ’38) is the founder of the Fox...
Daniel Magaziner was recognized for his contributions to students with the Sarai Ribicoff ’75 Award for Teaching Excellence in Yale College. (Photo by Michael Marsland)
His American students often have little background about Africa, and his African students are frequently unstudied in history. But as they join together in Daniel Magaziner’s courses, both groups...
Participants gathered for the “Conflict in the South China Sea” international workshop on May 6, 2016.
On May 6th and May 7th Yale hosted an international conference exploring the Conflict in the South China Sea. The successful event featured speakers from across the United States and around the world...
Ayesha Ramachandran, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale has given its Director’s Award to Ayesha Ramachandran, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature. The MacMillan...
On April 28, the MacMillan Center organized two panel discussions to mark the 10th anniversary of the naming of the Center. The first panel on “Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian...
 Marcia Inhorn
From April 15-17, Yale hosted an international conference on the theme “Muslim Men: On Love, Nurturance, Care, and Fulfillment.” This conference, sponsored by the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf...
Hicham Alaoui
It is worth asking this question because many people, including many Arabs, no longer think so. During 2011-12, the Arab Spring burst into the Middle East political scene like a shock of adrenaline...
Thomas Graham
On April 6, 2016, the MacMillan Center hosted a roundtable discussion at Whitney Humanities Center with four Eastern European ambassadors to the United Nations: Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev, Former...
Advanced Arabic Literary Reader
Advanced Arabic Literary Reader is a truly representative collection of literary extracts from across the Arabic-speaking world. Extracts from each country in the Arab world have been carefully...