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1“Háwar,” the Yazidis cry for help
Háwar – My Journey to Genocide, a documentary by journalist and human rights activist Düzen Tekkal, is essential viewing if we are to understand the human costs of ISIS’s war in the Middle East. The…
2 After Merkel’s “victory,” uncertainty about next German government
On Sunday, Chancellor Angela Merkel Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), won the German election and Merkel, chancellor since 2005, will…
3“A Muslim in the Midst” addresses Islamophobia
A Muslim in the Midst, written and directed by Anand Rao, was staged on September 8 at the Crescent Underground Theater in Morse College at Yale. Set in Bangalore, India, in the aftermath of 9/11,…
4 Constitutional crisis in Spain over Catalan independence referendum
In the wake of decisions last week by the government of Catalonia, the Spanish Constitutional Court and the Spanish government, Carles Puigdemont, the head of the Catalan Generalitat, and Spanish…
5 Is the UN capable to manage global affairs?
On Wednesday, September 6, just two weeks shy of President Trump’s schedule to address the United Nations General Assembly, and in the face of the UN reforms proposed by Mr. Trump during the…
6 Jonathan Wyrtzen selected for Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for Morocco
Associate Professor Jonathan Wyrtzen was one of five faculty selected in the 2017-18 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program competition for Morocco. This fall he will be based as a Fulbright scholar at Al…
7 In memoriam: Joseph Carrère Fox
Joseph Carrère Fox, founder of the Yale Fox International Fellows Program, passed away on August 10 at the age of 101 years old, in Hamden, Connecticut. A memorial service will be held on Friday,…
8 Historians Respond to the Events in Charlottesville
David Blight, Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center, along with Michael Harriot, Staff Writer at The Root; Lecia Brooks,…
Student Spotlight
Qiyang Niu wins William J. Foltz Journalism Award
Qiyang Niu is the winner of the MacMillan Center’s competitive William J. Foltz Journalism Award. His submission, “Can Russia Save Northeast China’s Economy,” appeared in The Diplomat on April 16,…
Krisha Patel’s life-changing experience in India
This summer, I interned at Tata Memorial’s Advanced Center for Treatment, Research, and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Maharashtra, India. It was a life-changing experience and I am thankful to the…
Ponnu Padiyara’s internship at the World Health Organization
As cliché as it sounds I cannot believe how quickly my time in Geneva with the World Health Organization flew by. Thanks to the Coca Cola World Fund at Yale Award I received from the MacMillian…
Jola Pach’s shadows physicians in Ecuador and Argentina
I had dreamed of traveling to South America since I had first started learning Spanish in high school, and getting to spend the summer months in Ecuador and Argentina went beyond my expectations in…
Coming Up
South Asian Studies Annual Gandhi Lecture featuring Pheroze Nowrojee
October 2 at 5 p.m. in Luce Hall, Room 203
October film screening presented with live music
October 4 at 7 p.m. at the Whitney Humanities Center
Light of the Blind Vietnamese Xẩm Street Music Performance
October 6 at 7 p.m. in Luce Hall Auditorium
The Battle for China’s Soul featuring Ian Johnson
October 23 at 4:30 p.m. in Luce Hall Auditorium