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The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, commonly known as the MacMillan Center, is a research and educational center for international affairs and
area studies
Area studies (also known as regional studies) are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/ federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what ...
at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
.
Academics
As of 2021, the Macmillan Center currently offers degrees for both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Undergraduate
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degrees include African Studies, East Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Modern Middle East Studies, Russian and East European Studies, and South Asian Studies.
Graduate degrees offered at the center include African Studies, East Asian Studies, and European and Russian Studies.
Similarly, it is possible for graduating students to partake in a joint-degree program, where they can receive a
master's
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. . and an equivalent professional degree from one of four partnered Yale professional schools, with those being the
Law School, the
School of Management, the
School of Public Health, and the
School of the Environment.
It is also possible for those to pursue a
graduate certificate of concentration through the Councils on African, European, Latin American and Iberian, or Middle East Studies in conjunction with graduate-degree programs at the
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences or the professional schools.
History
The MacMillan Center was created in the 1960s as the Concilium on International and Area Studies and later renamed in the 1980s as the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS). In April 2006, YCIAS was renamed as The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale. As of 2021, the center is currently chaired by
Dirk Bergemann, Douglass and Marion Campbell Professor of Economics at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
.
Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
In April 2009, Yale announced it had received a $50 million gift to create the
Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
The Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs (formerly the Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs) is a professional school of Yale University that specializes in global affairs.
Based in New Haven, Connecticut, the school's mission ...
as a part of the MacMillan Center. The institute opened during the 2010 fall semester and, as of 2021, offers an undergraduate major in Global Affairs, a
Master of Arts
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Th ...
in Global Affairs, a one year
Master of Advanced Studies
A Master of Advanced Studies or Master of Advanced Study (MAS, M.A.S., or MASt) is a postgraduate degree awarded in various countries. Master of Advanced Studies programs may be non-consecutive programs tailored for "specific groups of working pro ...
in Global Affairs for mid-career professionals, and a Multidisciplinary Academic Program (MAP) for Global Health Studies. The Jackson Institute began operating separately from the Macmillan Center in July 2015 and is planned to become a professional school by 2022.
Affiliated centers and institutes
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition was founded in November 1998 by
David Brion Davis
David Brion Davis (February 16, 1927 – April 14, 2019) was an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, ...
and funded by
Richard Gilder
Richard Gilder Jr. (May 31, 1932 – May 12, 2020), was an American philanthropist and co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He also headed the brokerage firm Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co., whose specialty is tradi ...
and
Lewis Lehrman, founders of the
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History was founded in New York City by businessmen-philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman in 1994 to promote the study and interest in American history.
The Institute serves teachers, studen ...
. Davis served as director till June 2004, when historian
David. W. Blight,
Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University, succeeded him as current director as of 2021.
The center's mission is to promote the study of all aspects of
slavery
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
and its legacy, with focus on the
chattel slave system and its destruction. The center seeks to foster an improved understanding of the role of slavery,
slave resistance, and
abolition in the
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to the various nations and states in the regions of Europe, North America, and Oceania. by promoting interaction and exchange between scholars, teachers, and public historians through publications, educational outreach, and other programs and events. In addition, the center offers postdoctoral and faculty fellowships and summer graduate research fellowships, and also sponsors the
Frederick Douglass Book prize, an award for most outstanding non-fiction book in English on the subject of slavery, resistance, and/or abolition for the year it is given.
Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences
The Center for Historical Enquiry & the Social Sciences provides insight on the interplay between history and the present, focusing on large-scale social transformations and solutions to difficult social crises and problems. The center serves as a bridge between the humanities and social sciences in order to "better understand the world we live in."
Center for the Study of Globalization
Founded in 2001, the Center for the Study of Globalization concentrates on issues of global development, financial globalization, multilateral trade, and global public goods, with priority for issues relating to global coordination and cooperation on climate change mitigation and global peace and security.
Center for the Study of Representative Institutions
The Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions serves as an interdisciplinary pilot program with the intention of developing the study of the theory and practice of representative government in the Anglo-American tradition. It is supported by the Thomas W. Smith fund and the Jack Miller Center's Commercial Republic Initiative, sponsored by the
John Templeton Foundation
The John Templeton Foundation (Templeton Foundation) is a philanthropic organization that reflects the ideas of its founder, John Templeton, who became wealthy via a career as a contrarian investor, and wanted to support progress in religious a ...
.
Notable alumni
The following alumni received either a B.A., M.A. or a Ph.D. in international relations. It is to note that the degree has been phased out and replaced by the master's degree in global affairs in 2013, which is also now provided by the Jackson Institute.
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Eric Alterman
Eric Alterman (born January 14, 1960) is an American historian, journalist, author, media critic, blogger, and educator. He is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and the author of eleven books. From 1 ...
(MA) – political
blog
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ger, commentator on
MSNBC
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, Professor of English at
Brooklyn College
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A. Doak Barnett Arthur Doak Barnett (8 October 1921, Shanghai – 17 March 1999 Washington, D.C.), known as A. Doak Barnett, was an American journalist, political scientist, and public figure who wrote about the domestic politics and the foreign relations of China ...
(MA '47) – scholar of
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
foreign relations, Professor at
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
and fellow at the
Brookings Institution
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*
Janet Beer
Dame Janet Patricia Beer, (born 1 August 1956) is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool. She took over from Howard Newby in February 2015, having previously been Vice-Chancellor at Oxford Brookes University and Pro-Vice Chancellor ...
(MA '95) – vice-chancellor of
Oxford Brookes University
*
Kenneth Brown (MA '60) – former U.S. ambassador to
Republic of Congo,
Cote d'Ivoire
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, and
Ghana
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; President of the
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) is a United States non-profit organization established in 1986 by retired Foreign Service officers. It produces and shares oral histories by American diplomats and facilitates the publica ...
at the
Foreign Service Institute
*
Randy Charles Epping Randy Charles Epping is an American author based in Switzerland, perhaps best known for his ''A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy'', which has been translated into 14 languages, and the follow-up ''The 21st Century Economy-A Beginnger's Guide'' ...
(MA) – author a nd economist
*
James H. Fowler (MA '97) –
political scientist
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specializing in
social networks
A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for a ...
,
cooperation,
political participation
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, and
genopolitics; coiner of the term
Colbert Bump
*
Morton Halperin
Morton H. Halperin (born June 13, 1938) is a longtime expert on U.S. foreign policy, arms control, civil liberties, and the workings of bureaucracies.
He was a senior advisor to the Open Society Foundations, which was founded by George Soros. ...
(PhD '67) – expert on foreign policy and civil liberties; served in the Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton administrations and then as
Director of Policy Planning
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at the
State Department
*
Peter Hart (MA) – Canadian historian specializing in Irish history
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Heyward Isham (BA '47) – American diplomat, negotiator in 1973 Peace Accord with
North Vietnam
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*
Scott Kleeb
Scott Michael Kleeb (born August 23, 1975) is an American businessman and politician. He is the former CEO and President of Energy Pioneer Solutions, a company that created and then sold a new data-driven model for energy efficiency issues that f ...
(MA) – Democratic
candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, 2008
*
Michael Lind
Michael Lind (born April 23, 1962) is an American writer and academic. He has explained and defended the tradition of American democratic nationalism in a number of books, beginning with '' The Next American Nation'' (1995). He is currently a pro ...
(MA '85) – writer, historian, and Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the
New America Foundation
New America, formerly the New America Foundation, is a think tank in the United States founded in 1999. It focuses on a range of public policy issues, including national security studies, technology, asset building, health, gender, energy, educa ...
*
Barry Naughton (MA '79) – Sokwanlok Chair of Chinese International Affairs at the
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
The School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) at the University of California San Diego, formerly the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), is devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, and policy ...
at the
University of California, San Diego
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*
Richard Nolte (MA '47) – American diplomat,
Middle East
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expert
*
Matthew Parris
Matthew Francis Parris (born 7 August 1949) is a British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was born in South Africa to British parents.
Early life and family
Parris is the eldest of six childre ...
(MA) –
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
journalist
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and former
Conservative
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politician
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*
Thomas Palley
Thomas Palley (born March 17, 1956) is an American economist who has served as the chief economist for the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Career
Palley received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Oxford Universit ...
(MA) –
Post-Keynesian
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economist
*
Michael Rothschild (MA '65) –
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...
, William Stuart Tod Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
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*
Pedro Moreira Salles
Pedro Moreira Salles (born October 20, 1959) is a Brazilian billionaire businessman, banker, and the chairman of Itaú Unibanco, founded by his father Walter Moreira Salles, and the largest non-government banking institution in Brazil.
Career
S ...
(MA) – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for
Unibanco
Unibanco S.A. was a Brazilian bank which operated from 1924 to 2009, when it was merged into Banco Itaú. The name stood for ''União de Bancos Brasileiros'' ("Union of Brazilian Banks").
Foundation
In 1924 João Moreira Salles established the ...
*
Marcel Theroux (MA) – British novelist and broadcaster
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J. Ann Tickner (MA '60) –
feminist international relations theorist
*
Sergio Troncoso
Sergio Troncoso (born 1961) is an American author of short stories, essays and novels. He often writes about the United States-Mexico border, working-class immigrants, families and fatherhood, philosophy in literature, and crossing cultural, psyc ...
(MA '92) –
short story
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author
*
William Wohlforth
William Curti Wohlforth (born 1959) is the Daniel Webster Professor of Government in the Dartmouth College Department of Government, of which he was chair for three academic years (2006-2009). Wohlforth was Editor-in-chief of ''Security Studies
...
(MA '84) –
Daniel Webster
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Professor of Government at
Dartmouth College
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References
External links
*
Councils, Institutes, and Centers of the Macmillan Center website
See also
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Yale Journal of International Affairs
The ''Yale Journal of International Affairs'' is an international affairs policy journal based out of Yale University (New Haven, CT). The journal is published biyearly and contains articles, interviews and op-eds by academics, policy practitione ...
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Schools of international relations in the United States