MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
MacMillan Center

The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International & Area Studies at Yale

Pursuing excellence in research, teaching, and capacity-building across societies to bring about a more informed, inclusive, and flourishing world

Humanity

Engaging global voices to better understand ourselves and others.

Dignity

Scholarship and intervention to promote respect and human rights

Good Governance

Exploring and advancing effective and inclusive leadership.

Environment

Balancing the needs of people and the planet

Climate Change

Exploring the complexities of global warming through international and regional lenses

A view of Luce Hall, which houses the Yale MacMillan Center
Group or musicians playing sitars
The MacMillan Center's master's degree graduates celebrate by throwing their graduation caps in the air in front of Luce Hall in May 2023

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Council on East Asian Studies
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Japanese Language Teachers' Association of New England
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The latest

MacMillan Center
Yale Students Explore the UK’s Legal Landscape

Over spring break, students in Ruth Coffey’s Comparative Criminal Law class stepped out of the classroom and into the heart of the British legal system – an opportunity made possible by the MacMillan Center’s Course Travel Abroad grant.

Class posing as a group in front of a lawn.

The Yale MacMillan Center and Freedom of Expression

In all of our activities, we follow Yale’s policies and support free expression and free inquiry.

In support of our goal of encouraging a wide range of opinions within our community, the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies does not take its own institutional positions on issues of the day.

Read the full MacMillan Center Freedom of Expression Statement.

Council & program spotlight

Council on Southeast Asia Studies

The Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University oversees a multifaceted interdisciplinary program promoting education, research, and intellectual exchange on the cultures, politics, history and economies of Southeast Asia.

Floating market in Banjarmasin, Indonesia By Muhammad Haris