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World Refugee Day 2022

At the end of 2021, there were 89.3 million people around the world forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations, with nearly 60% of them being Internally Displaced People (IDPs) according to UNHCR...

Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center, Steven Wilkinson

MacMillan's Director, Steven Wilkinson, appointed Yale's Vice Provost of Global Strategy

Yale MacMillan is thrilled to share that Steven Wilkinson, the Nilekani Professor of India and South Asia and the Henry R. Luce Director at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, has been appointed as Yale’s Vice Provost for...

2022 Hecht Award Winners: Project leaders from left, Jeannette Ickovics, Kaveh Khoshnood and Carol Oladele.

CMES and CAS Faculty member Kaveh Khoshnood Honored with 2022 Hecht Award

Projects examining climate change and urban health, substance use disorder and mental health, and the relationship between food insecurity and hypertension have been selected as the recipients of this year’s Hecht Global Health Faculty Network Awards issued annually by the Yale Institute for...

Paul Brass. Illustration: The Wire

Paul Brass’ Scholarship on India’s Religious, Linguistic Politics Made Invaluable Contributions

Paul R. Brass (1936-2022), who recently passed away after a long illness, made many important contributions over his long career, but he may be best known for two terrific books on India’s linguistic and religious politics, which quickly became classics in the broader field of ethnic politics....

Sunil Amrith (Photo by Bram Belloni)

Sunil Amrith awarded Heineken Prize for his work in environmental history

Yale historian Sunil Amrith has been awarded the 2022 Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History in recognition of his examination of the historical origins of inequality within and between countries and the impact of climate...

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