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He has been awarded the Toynbee Prize for his exceptional work on the movement of peoples as shaped by environmental forces, work that has brought the regions of South/Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean to the center of global historical scholarship.

Sunil Amrith, the newly named director of the MacMillan Center, and former Center director Steven Wilkinson, recently sat down together for a conversation about Amrith's work and his outlook on the future of MacMillan.

If you are a Yale student, faculty member or staff member traveling abroad this spring break the MacMillan Center would love to see your photos!

By Jaeha Jang, Yale Daily News. At the MacMillan Center, former minister and former Jackson professor Bill Morneau discussed his experience during Donald Trump’s first administration and recent shifts in tariffs and geopolitics.

Prithvi Vijay Narayanan '28 reports on Dixit's visit to Yale in January 2025.

Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, emphasized the importance of diplomacy in maintaining democracy.

By Sunil Amrith. Amrith is the chair of the South Asian Studies Council and recently named director of the the Whitney and Betty
MacMillan Center for International & Area Studies at Yale.

The MacMillan Center has released its 2024 Impact Report, summarizing the wide array of scholarship, research, and events at MacMillan last year.

Amrith, is a historian and serves as chair of the MacMillan Center's South Asian Studies Council. He will begin his new role on March 1.

Wilson Oliveira da Silva Filho is the Fulbright Distinguished Award recipient in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Yale University this year. In this interview, he describes his path to Yale and discusses his research.