Graduate Courses and Programs

African Studies

Council on African Studies
142 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3436
www.yale.edu/macmillan/african/
M.A.
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in African Studies

Chair Lamin Sanneh (Divinity; History)

Director of Graduate Studies & Graduate Certificate Adviser Ann Biersteker, 432.9902, ann.biersteker@yale.edu

Director of the Program in African Languages J. Kiarie Wa’Njogu, 493 College, 432.0110, john.wanjogu@yale.edu

Professors David Apter (Emeritus; Political Science), Lea Brilmayer (Law School), M. Kamari Clarke (Anthropology), Owen Fiss (Law School), William Foltz (Emeritus; Political Science), Sara Suleri Goodyear (English), Robert Harms (History), Andrew Hill (Anthropology), John Middleton (Emeritus; Anthropology), Christopher L. Miller (French; African American Studies), Lamin Sanneh (History; Divinity School), Ian Shapiro (Political Science), Robert Thompson (History of Art), Christopher Udry (Economics), Elisabeth Wood (Political Science)

Associate Professors Ann Biersteker (Adjunct; African Studies; Linguistics), Lawrence King (Sociology), Michael Mahoney (History), Michael Veal (Music)

Assistant Professors Keith Darden (Political Science), Michael McGovern (Anthropology)

Lecturers Anne-Marie Foltz (Epidemiology & Public Health), David Simon (Political Science)

Senior Lectors II Sandra Sanneh (African Languages), J. Kiarie Wa’Njogu (African Languages)

Lector Oluseye Adesola (African Languages)

Participating Staff Maxwell Amoh (PIER), Dorothy Woodson (Library)

Fields of Study

African Studies considers the arts, history, cultures, languages, literatures, politics, religions, and societies of Africa as well as issues concerning development, health, and the environment. Considerable flexibility and choice of areas of concentration are offered because students entering the program may have differing academic backgrounds and career plans. Enrollment in the M.A. program in African Studies provides students with the opportunity to register for the many African studies courses offered in the various departments of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools.

The Program in African Studies also offers two interdisciplinary seminars to create dialogue and to integrate approaches across disciplines. In addition to the M.A. degree program, the Council on African Studies offers students in the University’s doctoral and other professional degree programs the chance to obtain a Graduate Certificate of Concentration in African Studies by fulfilling a supplementary curriculum. Joint degrees are possible with the approval of African Studies and the relevant officials in the schools of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Law, Management, and Public Health.

The African collections of the Yale libraries together represent one of the largest holdings on Africa found in North America. The University now possesses more than 220,000 volumes including, but not limited to, government documents, art catalogues, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, and theses, many published in Africa.

Special Admissions Requirement

The GRE General Test is required.

Special Requirements for the M.A. Degree

The Yale University Master of Arts degree program in African Studies was instituted in 1986. The two-year interdisciplinary, graduate-level curriculum is intended for students who will later continue in a Ph.D. program or a professional school, or for those who will enter business, government service, or another career in which a sound knowledge of Africa is essential or valuable. A student may choose one of the following areas of concentration: history; anthropology; political science; economics; sociology; arts and literatures; languages and linguistics; religion; environmental and developmental studies.

The program requires sixteen courses: two compulsory introductory interdisciplinary seminars, Research Methods in African Studies (AFST 501a) and Africa and the Disciplines (AFST 764a), four courses of instruction in an African language, four courses in one of the above areas of concentration, four other approved courses offered in the Graduate School or professional schools, and two terms of directed reading and research (AFST 900a or b) during which students will complete the required thesis. A student who is able to demonstrate advanced proficiency in an African language may have the language requirement waived and substitute four other approved courses. The choice of courses must be approved by the director of graduate studies, Ann Biersteker, and students should consult with her as soon as possible in the first term.

The Master’s Thesis

The master’s thesis is based upon research on a topic approved by the director of graduate studies and advised by a faculty member with expertise or specialized competence in the chosen topic.

Special Requirements for the Graduate Certificate of Concentration in African Studies

The Certificate in African Studies enables graduate and professional school students in fields other than African Studies to demonstrate interdisciplinary area expertise, language proficiency, and research competence in African Studies. The certificate program is intended to complement existing fields of studies in other M.A. and Ph.D. programs and to provide the equivalent of such specialization for students in departments and schools without Africa-related fields of study. The certificate program is designed to be completed within the time span of a normal Ph.D. residence. Professional school students and M.A. students in the Graduate School may require an additional term of registration to complete the certificate requirements depending on the requirements of specific programs.

The certificate program includes interdisciplinary course work, language study, and research components. The specific requirements are:

1. Successful completion of at least six courses in African Studies from at least two departments or schools, one of which is a core course in African Studies (AFST 764a, Africa and the Disciplines, or AFST 501a, Research Methods in African Studies).
2. Demonstration of proficiency in an African language.
3. Evidence of research expertise in African Studies. Research expertise may be demonstrated by completion of an interdisciplinary thesis, dissertation prospectus, or dissertation or by completion of a substantive research seminar paper or the equivalent as approved by the faculty adviser.

The certificate courses and research work should be planned to demonstrate clearly fulfillment of the goals of the certificate. Certificate candidates should design their course schedules in consultation with the director of graduate studies for African Studies. Ideally, students should declare their intention to complete the certificate requirements early in their program at Yale. Graduate and professional school students who intend to complete the certificate program must declare their intention to do so no later than their penultimate term of enrollment.

Program in African Languages

The language program offers instruction in three major languages from sub-Saharan Africa: Kiswahili (eastern and central Africa), Yorùbá (west Africa), and isiZulu (southern Africa). Language-related courses and language courses for professionals are also offered. African language courses emphasize communicative competence, and instructors use multimedia materials that focus on the contemporary African context. Course sequences are designed to enable students to achieve advanced competence in all skill areas by the end of the third year, and the African Language program encourages students to spend one summer or term in Africa during their language study.

Noncredited instruction in other African languages is available by application through the Directed Independent Language Study program at the Center for Language Study. Contact the director of the Program in African Languages.

Program materials are available upon request from the Director of Graduate Studies, Council on African Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; e-mail, african.studies@yale.edu.

Courses

AFST 501a^u, Research Methods in African Studies Ann Biersteker

AFST 541b^u, Comparative Perspectives on African Literatures Ann Biersteker

AFST 598a^u, Introduction to an African Language I Kiarie Wa’Njogu and staff

AFST 599b^u, Introduction to an African Language II Kiarie Wa’Njogu and staff

AFST 618b^u, Communication and Healing Sandra Sanneh

AFST 630b^u, Language Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa Kiarie Wa’Njogu

AFST 641b/INRL 641b, Funding, Civil Society, and Democratization Leslye Obiora

AFST 650, Second Year in an African Language

AFST 660, Third Year in an African Language

AFST 670, Fourth Year in an African Language

AFST 759a/PLSC 759a, Issues in the Analysis of African Politics William Foltz

AFST 764a^u/ANTH 622a^u/PLSC 784a^u, Africa and the Disciplines Kamari Clarke

AFST 776b^u, African Society John Middleton

AFST 778b^u/AFAM 728b^u/HSAR 778b^u, From West Africa to the Black Americas: The Black Atlantic Visual Tradition Robert Thompson

AFST 781a/AFAM 739a/HSAR 781a, Problem and Theory in Afro-Atlantic Architecture I: Africa Robert Thompson

AFST 781b/AFAM 739b/HSAR 781b, Problem and Theory in Afro-Atlantic Architecture II: The Black Americas Robert Thompson

AFST 814a/REL 814a, Christian-Muslim Dialogue Lamin Sanneh

AFST 816b/REL 816b, World Christianity Lamin Sanneh

AFST 819b/REL 819b, African Religions Lamin Sanneh

AFST 839a/HIST 839a, Environmental History of Africa Robert Harms

AFST 847b/AFAM 847b/CPLT 947b/FREN 947b, African-Caribbean Connections in French Christopher L. Miller

AFST 900a or b, Master’s Thesis Ann Biersteker and faculty

AFST 947a/HIST 847a/WGSS 739a, Women and Gender in African History Michael Mahoney

AFST 951a or b, Directed Reading and Research Ann Biersteker and faculty

SWAH 610a^u, Elementary Kiswahili I Kiarie Wa’Njogu

SWAH 620b^u, Elementary Kiswahili II Kiarie Wa’Njogu

SWAH 630a^u, Intermediate Kiswahili I Kiarie Wa’Njogu

SWAH 640b^u, Intermediate Kiswahili II Kiarie Wa’Njogu

SWAH 650a^u, Advanced Kiswahili I Kiarie Wa’Njogu

SWAH 660b^u, Advanced Kiswahili II Kiarie Wa’Njogu

SWAH 670a^u or b^u, Topics in Kiswahili Literature Ann Biersteker

YORU 610a^u, Elementary Yorùbá I Oluseye Adesola

YORU 620b^u, Elementary Yorùbá II Oluseye Adesola

YORU 630a^u, Intermediate Yorùbá I Oluseye Adesola

YORU 640b^u, Intermediate Yorùbá II Oluseye Adesola

YORU 650a^u, Advanced Yorùbá I Oluseye Adesola

YORU 660b^u, Advanced Yorùbá II Oluseye Adesola

ZULU 610a^u, Elementary isiZulu I Sandra Sanneh

ZULU 620b^u, Elementary isiZulu II Sandra Sanneh

ZULU 630a^u, Intermediate isiZulu I Sandra Sanneh

ZULU 640b^u, Intermediate isiZulu II Sandra Sanneh

ZULU 650a^u, Advanced isiZulu I Sandra Sanneh

ZULU 660b^u, Advanced isiZulu II Sandra Sanneh

East Asian Studies

320 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3426
research.yale.edu/eastasianstudies/
M.A.

Chair Haun Saussy (Comparative Literature; East Asian Languages & Literatures)

Director of Graduate Studies Peter Perdue (HGS 2682, 432.6145, peter.perdue@yale.edu)

Professors Kang-i Sun Chang (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Deborah Davis (Sociology), Fabian Drixler (History), Koichi Hamada (Economics), Valerie Hansen (History), Edward Kamens (East Asian Languages & Literatures), William Kelly (Anthropology), Tina Lu (East Asian Languages and Literatures), Peter Perdue (History), Frances Rosenbluth (Political Science), Haun Saussy (Comparative Literature; East Asian Languages & Literatures), Helen Siu (Anthropology), Jonathan Spence (History), John Whittier Treat (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan (History of Art)

Associate Professors Christopher Hill (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Pierre Landry (Political Science)

Assistant Professors Seok-Ju Cho (Political Science), Jacob Dalton (Religious Studies), Aaron Gerow (East Asian Languages & Literatures; Film Studies), William Honeychurch (Anthropology), Reginald Jackson (East Asian Languages & Literatures; Theater Studies), Paize Keulemans (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Karen Nakamura (Anthropology), Lillian Lan-ying Tseng (History of Art), Jing Tsu (East Asian Languages & Literatures)

Senior Lecturers Annping Chin (History), Koichi Shinohara (Religious Studies; East Asian Languages & Literatures)

Lecturers Chi-Wah Chan, Charles Laughlin

Senior Lectors Seungja Choi, Koichi Hiroe, Zhengguo Kang, Ninghui Liang, Yoshiko Maruyama, John Montanaro, Ling Mu, Michiaki Murata, Hiroyo Nishimura, Masahiko Seto, Mari Stever, Wei Su, Peisong Xu, William Zhou

Lectors Hsiu-hsien Chan, Min Chen, Angela Lee-Smith, Li Li, Rongzhen Li, Fan Liu, Yu-lin Saussy, Jianhua Shen, Haiwen Wang

Fields of Study

The Master of Arts program in East Asian Studies offers a concentrated course of study designed to provide a broad understanding of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean history, culture, contemporary society, politics, and economy. This program is designed for students preparing to go on to the doctorate in one of the disciplines of East Asian Studies (i.e., anthropology; economics; history; history of art; language and literature including comparative literature, film studies, and theater studies; political science; sociology; etc.), as well as for those students seeking a terminal M.A. degree before entering the business world, the media, government service, or a professional school.

Course of Study for the M.A. Degree

The program is designed to be completed by successfully taking eight courses approved for graduate credit by the director of graduate studies over the course of one academic year. Normally, students entering the program are expected to have already completed the equivalent of at least two years of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean language, so that the three-year language requirement can be completed in the two terms spent at Yale. A program of study for completion of the degree in one year consists of at least eight term courses that normally include two terms of language study at Yale’s third-year level (unless the language requirement has already been met through previous study) and six other term courses selected from the current year’s offerings of advanced language courses and lecture courses or seminars in any relevant subject area, with the approval of the director of graduate studies.

Special Requirements for the M.A. Degree

Students must earn two Honors grades (“H”) over the course of their two terms at Yale. Honors grades earned in any Chinese or Japanese language class cannot be counted toward satisfying this requirement, except with the permission of the director of graduate studies.

Joint-Degree Programs

As the East Asian Studies M.A. degree is a one-year program, there are no joint-degree programs available. Students interested in pursuing additional degrees in the Yale professional schools should consider applying separately to those programs in order to complete such degrees before or after the East Asian Studies M.A.degree.

Program materials are available upon request to the Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; e-mail, eastasian.studies@yale.edu; Web site, http://research.yale.edu/eastasianstudies. Applications are available from the Admissions Office, Graduate School, Yale University, PO Box 208236, New Haven CT 06520-8236; e-mail, graduate.admissions@yale.edu.

Please consult the course information available online at http://research.yale.edu/eastasianstudies/academic.php and http://students.yale.edu/oci/ for a complete listing of East Asian-related courses offered at Yale University

European and Russian Studies

Council on European Studies
242 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3423
www.yale.edu/macmillan/europeanstudies/
M.A.
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in European Studies

Chair Steven Pincus (History)

Director of Graduate Studies & Graduate Certificate Adviser Timothy Snyder (245 Luce Hall, 432.7662, timothy.snyder@yale.edu)

Professors Julia Adams (Sociology), Vladimir Alexandrov (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Ivo Banac (History), Dirk Bergemann (Economics), Paul Bushkovitch (History), David Cameron (Political Science; on leave [Sp]), Katerina Clark (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Mirjan Damaška (Law), Edwin Duval (French; on leave), Laura Engelstein (History), Robert Evenson (Economics), Paul Freedman (History), Ute Frevert (History), John Gaddis (History), Harvey Goldblatt (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Philip Gorski (Sociology), Robert Greenberg (Adjunct, Slavic Languages & Literatures), Benjamin Harshav (Comparative Literature), Stathis Kalyvas (Political Science), Paul Kennedy (History), John MacKay (Slavic Languages & Literatures; on leave), John Merriman (History), Steven Pincus (History), Susan Rose-Ackerman (Law), Nicholas Sambanis (Political Science), Frank Snowden (History), Timothy Snyder (History), Ivan Szelenyi (Sociology), Katie Trumpener (Comparative Literature), Tomas Venclova (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Miroslav Volf (Divinity), Jay Winter (History)

Associate Professors Keith Darden (Political Science), Hilary Fink (Slavic Languages & Literatures)

Assistant Professor Kate Holland (Slavic Languages & Literatures)

Senior Lector II Irina Dolgova (Slavic Languages & Literatures)

Senior Lectors I Krystyna Illakowicz (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Rita Lipson (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Constantine Muravnik (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Karen von Kunes (Slavic Languages & Literatures)

The European Studies Council formulates and implements new curricular and research programs reflective of current developments in Europe. The geographical scope of the council’s activities extends from Ireland to the lands of the former Soviet Union. Its definition represents a concept of Europe that embraces the conventional divisions into Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, and is understood to include the Balkans and Russia. In 2000 and 2003, the U.S. Department of Education designated the council a National Resource Center under its HEA Title VI program.

The council administers an M.A. program in European and Russian Studies. This M.A. program is unusual in its embrace of the entire spectrum of European nations and cultures. The requirements permit students to choose a particular national or thematic focus, geared to their individual interests and language skills, while demanding that they acquaint themselves with the traditions and issues associated with the other parts of Europe. Students specializing in Russia and Eastern Europe, for example, will concentrate their efforts in that area, but will also take courses that may concern Europe-wide problems or the countries of Central or Western Europe. In this way, the program translates the political realities and challenges of the post-Cold War era into a flexible and challenging academic opportunity.

Fields of Study

Comparative literature; economics; history; political science; law; Slavic languages and literatures; sociology.

Special Requirements for the M.A. Degree

When applying to the program, students will specify as an area of primary concentration either (1) Russia and Eastern Europe, or (2) Central and Western Europe. Those wishing to focus on Russia and Eastern Europe will need to demonstrate knowledge of Rus-sian or an Eastern European language; those focusing on Central and Western Europe will need to demonstrate knowledge of one of the appropriate languages. All students must demonstrate proficiency in two European languages besides English. All students must complete sixteen term courses (or their equivalent) in the various fields related to European and Russian studies. Students are required to take courses in at least three of the major disciplines relevant to the program (history, literature, social sciences, and law). One of the sixteen term courses may be taken for audit. For students focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe, two of the sixteen required courses (excluding language courses) must concern the nations of Central and Western Europe. For those focusing on Central and Western Europe, two courses must concern Russia and Eastern Europe. Students may substitute a yearlong course of language study for two terms of graduate course work. Under this option the language course may not be taken for audit. Students with previous language preparation may in certain cases receive credit for this work. In all cases, students are required to pass examinations in two European languages (one of which may be Russian) by the end of the third term at Yale. The only exception to this rule is completion of the appropriate full sequence of Yale language classes, certified by the Yale instructor or the director of graduate studies. Students who wish to take examinations in French, German, Italian, Spanish, or other West European languages should register for a placement examination (with reading, oral, and grammar portions) with the appropriate Yale department. Students with Russian competence must receive the grade of 1+ or higher on the ACTFL/ETS Rating Scale as administered by the Slavic Languages and Literatures department at Yale, including reading, oral, and grammar portions. Students with competence in an East European language (such as Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and others by special arrangement) or other European languages must take Yale department-administered examinations.

Through agreements the MacMillan Center has negotiated with the professional schools, CES now offers joint master’s degrees with the following: the Law School, the School of Management, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and the School of Public Health. Application for admission must be made to both the Graduate School and to the appropriate professional school, with notation made on each application that this is to be considered for the joint-degree program. Contact the European Studies director of graduate studies for up-to-date information.

The Master’s Thesis

The master’s thesis is based on research in a topic approved by the director of graduate studies and advised by a faculty member with specialized competence in the chosen topic. The thesis is normally written in conjunction with E&RS 950. Students may register for an independent study to prepare topics and begin research. The master’s thesis is due in two copies no later than April 10 of the student’s second year.

Special Requirements for the Graduate Certificate of Concentration in European Studies

Students may pursue the graduate Certificate of Concentration in European Studies in conjunction with graduate-degree programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools. Candidates will specify as an area of primary focus either

(1) Russia and Eastern Europe, or (2) Central and Western Europe. Admission is contingent upon the candidate’s acceptance into a Yale graduate-degree program. To complete the certificate, candidates must demonstrate expertise in the area through their major graduate or professional field, as well as show command of the diverse interdisciplinary, geographic, and cultural-linguistic approaches associated with expertise in the area of concentration. Award of the certificate, beyond fulfilling the relevant requirements, is contingent on successful completion of the candidate’s Yale University degree program.

Specific Requirements

1. Language proficiency in two modern European languages, in addition to English. Those wishing to focus on Russia and Eastern Europe will need to demonstrate knowledge of Russian or an Eastern European language; those focusing on Central and Western Europe will need to demonstrate knowledge of one of the appropriate languages.
2. Six courses in the area of concentration, of which:
   1. three courses must offer transnational approaches to Europe-related issues, and
   2. of the remaining three courses, students focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe must take at least one course concerning the nations of Central and Western Europe. For those focusing on Central and Western Europe, at least one course must concern Russia and Eastern Europe.
3. Interdisciplinary research paper written either:
   1. in the context of one of the six courses in the area of concentration, or
   2. as independent work under faculty supervision, replacing one of the six required courses.
      
      A qualifying research paper is required to demonstrate field-specific research ability focused on the area of concentration. After they have completed substantial course work in the area, students must seek approval from the council faculty adviser for the research project they propose as the qualifying paper. Normally, students will submit their proposals no later than the fourth week of the term in which they plan to submit the qualifying paper.

Program materials are available upon request to the Council on European Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206.

Courses

E&RS 642 Title and Instructor TBA

E&RS 652b/INRL 549b, The European Union’s Contemporary Challenges Marco Fantini

E&RS 940a or b, Independent Study

E&RS 950a or b, Master’s Thesis

International Relations

International Affairs Council
210 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3418
www.yale.edu/macmillan/iac/mainternational.htm
M.A.
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Development Studies
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in International Security Studies

Chair Julia Adams (Sociology)

Associate Chair & Director of Graduate Studies Cheryl Doss (223 Luce Hall, 432.9395, cheryl.doss@yale.edu)

Graduate Certificate Advisers Development Studies: Cheryl Doss (223 Luce Hall, 432.9395, cheryl.doss@yale.edu); International Security Studies: Patrick Cohrs (HGS 2688, 320 York, 436.2552, patrick.cohrs@yale.edu)

Professors Julia Adams (Sociology), Abbas Amanat (History), Ivo Banac (History), Michele Barry (Medicine), Seyla Benhabib (Political Science), Frank Bia (Medicine), Paul Bracken (Management), Garry Brewer (Forestry & Environmental Studies; Schoool of Management), William Burch, Jr. (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Paul Bushkovitch (History), David Cameron (Political Science), Amy Chua (Law), Deborah Davis (Sociology), Michael Dove (Forestry & Environmental Studies; Anthropology), Eduardo Engel (Economics), Laura Engelstein (History), J. Joseph Errington (Anthropology), Daniel Esty (Forestry & Environmental Studies; Law), Robert Evenson (Emeritus; Economics), Owen Fiss (Law), Paul Freedman (History), Ute Frevert (History), John Gaddis (History), Timothy Guinnane (Economics), Koichi Hamada (Economics), Valerie Hansen (History), Robert Harms (History), Paula Hyman (History), Gilbert Joseph (History), Donald Kagan (History), Dean Karlan (International Affairs; Economics), Stathis Kalyvas (Political Science), Stephen Kellert (Forestry & Environmental Studies), William Kelly (Anthropology), Paul Kennedy (History), Daniel Kevles (History), Benedict Kiernan (History), Harold Koh (Law), Theodore Marmor (Management), Enrique Mayer (Anthropology), Robert Mendelsohn (Forestry & Environmental Studies), John Merriman (History), William Nordhaus (Economics), Sharon Oster (Management), Gustav Ranis (Emeritus; Economics), W. Michael Reisman (Law), John Roemer (Political Science), Susan Rose-Ackerman (Political Science; Law), Frances McCall Rosenbluth (Political Science), K. Geert Rouwenhorst (Management), Bruce Russett (Political Science), Nicholas Sambanis (Political Science), Lamin Sanneh (Divinity; History), T. Paul Schultz (Emeritus; Economics), Stuart Schwartz (History), James Scott (Political Science), Martin Shubik (Management), Helen Siu (Anthropology), Stephen Skowronek (Political Science), Frank Snowden (History), Jonathan Spence (History), T. N. Srinivasan (Economics), Peter Swenson (Political Science), Ivan Szelenyi (Sociology), Frank Turner (History), Christopher Udry (Economics), John Wargo (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Laura Wexler (American Studies; Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Jay Winter (History)

Associate Professors Marian Chertow (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Keller Easterling (Architecture), Pierre Landry (Political Science), Ellen Lust-Okar (Political Science), Michael Mahoney (History), Mridu Rai (History), Steven Stoll (History)

Assistant Professors Patrick Cohrs (History; International Affairs), Keith Darden (Political Science), Thad Dunning (Political Science), Seth Fein (History), Beverly Gage (History), Michael Gasper (History), Kari Hartwig (Epidemiology & Public Health), Susan Hyde (Political Science), Kaveh Khoshnood (Epidemiology & Public Health), Nikolay Marinov (Political Science), Michael McGovern (Anthropology), Jennifer Ruger (Epidemiology & Public Health), Vivek Sharma (Political Science)

Senior Lecturer Cheryl Doss (International Affairs; Economics)

Lecturers Michael Boozer (Economics), Stuart Gottlieb (International Affairs), Jean Krasno (Political Science), Michael Oren (International Security Studies; History), Beth Daponte Osborne (Management), Nancy Ruther (Political Science), John Varty (International Affairs; History)

Adjunct and Visiting Professors Joshua Goldstein (Visiting; Political Science), Jolyon Howorth (Visiting; Political Science; International Affairs), Marwan Khawaja (Visiting; Middle East Studies), Jack Levy (Visiting; Political Science), Leslye Obiora (Visiting; International Affairs), Patricia Pessar (Adjunct; Anthropology; American Studies), Tarik Ramahi (Visiting; Middle East Studies), Sallama Shaker (Visiting; Divinity), Christer Thörnqvist (Visiting; International Affairs)

The International Affairs Council (IAC) was founded in 1995 to nurture degree programs, scholarship, and outreach with a strong interdisciplinary and policy-oriented international focus. The programmatic interests of the council focus around development policy, security studies, and the teaching of international issues.

The IAC administers the Master’s Degree in International Relations. The fifty to sixty students in this program combine fundamental training in core disciplines of international relations with an individualized concentration that has relevance to current international issues.

Fields of Study

The two-year program is designed to combine breadth of knowledge of the basic disciplines of international relations with depth of specialization in a particular academic discipline, geographic area, specialized functional issue, and/or professional field. It is designed primarily for students seeking an M.A. degree before beginning a career in international affairs but also supports students interested in going on for a Ph.D. in economics, history, or political science. Joint degrees are offered with the School of Management, Yale Law School, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and the School of Public Health.

Special Admissions Requirements

Applicants must take the GRE General Test; students whose native language is not English and who did not earn their undergraduate degree at an English-language university must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The minimum score on the TOEFL is 610 on the paper-based test, 253 on the computer-based test, or 102 on the Internet-based test. Entering students must have taken introductory courses in microeconomics and macroeconomics prior to matriculation.

Special Requirements for the Master’s Degree

The M.A. in International Relations requires two years of graduate study at Yale. To complete the degree, students must take sixteen courses that fulfill the core and concentration requirements, demonstrate proficiency in a modern language, satisfy a research requirement, complete a summer internship or project, and maintain the grade average specified below.

Core

The substantive core consists of seven graduate-level courses: two history courses (one regional and one comparative international); two in political science (one in comparative politics and one in international relations theory); two graduate-level courses in economics (one economic analysis and one international economics); and the foundations course in international relations (see course description below for INRL 700a, required in the first term). Each term, a list of courses meeting these requirements is available from the IR registrar.

Concentration

Beyond the core courses, each student must identify and demonstrate the academic integrity of a coherent set of courses as a proposed concentration for approval by the director of graduate studies (DGS). The concentrations require a minimum of eight courses in the fields selected. Some of the courses may be cross-listed in two or more departments. Students are able to develop concentrations based on a topical, regional, or disciplinary focus, or a combination of a topical and regional focus. Sample concentrations are available from the International Relations Web site.

Language Requirements

Three years of college-level language study or its equivalent in language mastery is required to graduate. This competence must be demonstrated through successful completion of course work or by passing a proficiency examination. International students who completed secondary school or a university degree in a language other than English will be considered to have met the language requirement. Students may study language as part of their Yale program; a maximum of two of the sixteen course credits for the two-year program may be in languages. Students pursuing joint-degree programs are encouraged to fulfill all language requirements before beginning the program; they cannot count language courses toward their degree requirements.

Summer Internship Requirement

All students enrolled in the IR program are required to use the summer between the first and second years of the program to further their professional or academic education. It is expected that this requirement be fulfilled by obtaining experience through employment or an internship. The requirement may also be fulfilled by completing language study, other relevant course work, or independent research on an approved topic.

Each first-year student must file a form with the director of the Office of Career and Alumni Services before June 1 stating the nature of his or her summer internship or approved alternative. Where questions exist as to whether the proposed summer activity satisfies the requirement, the director of Career and Alumni Services will consult with the DGS of the IR program.

Research Requirement

Students are required to demonstrate that they have completed a major research paper, either through their course work or an independent study project. Students must submit the paper to the DGS for final approval.

Expectation of Academic Performance

M.A. candidates are required to achieve at least two grades of Honors, and their remaining grades must average to at least High Pass. (To have a High Pass average, any grade of Pass must be offset with an additional grade of Honors beyond the required two.) Students are expected to complete eight graduate term courses in their first year, earning at least one Honors, with a High Pass average in the remaining courses. At the end of the first year, students who do not have at least a High Pass average in eight graduate term courses will not be allowed to continue in the program.

Special Requirements for the Joint-Degree Programs

Joint-degree candidates must fulfill all of the requirements of both programs in which they are enrolled before receiving either degree. Joint-degree candidates are required to fulfill the core and concentration requirements of the IR program. An overlap of two courses is allowed between the core and concentration, with a maximum of two additional courses credited toward both degrees. Joint-degree students must take at least twelve graduate-level courses in Arts and Sciences departments or in professional schools other than the one granting the joint degree. Under no circumstances will students be allowed an IR concentration in the functional area in which they will be receiving a joint degree.

Applicants to the joint-degree programs must apply separately, by the appropriate deadline, to the Graduate School for the IR program and to the professional school involved. Decisions on admissions and fellowship support are made independently by each school. Students are encouraged to apply to both programs simultaneously. They may also apply during their first year at Yale to the second program for a joint degree. If accepted into the new program, they must receive approval for credit allocation upon registration from both degree programs.

Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Development Studies

The graduate certificate of concentration in Development Studies provides recognition that a graduate or professional student at Yale has completed interdisciplinary study and integrative research to address fundamental and applied economic, political, social, and cultural issues facing developing countries.

The certificate in Development Studies may be pursued only in conjunction with graduate degree programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools to allow students to develop and demonstrate their competence in this interdisciplinary field. Award of the certificate, beyond fulfilling the relevant requirements, is contingent on the successful completion of the candidate’s Yale University degree program. The Development Studies faculty adviser may set a limit on the number of applicants accepted for this program in any given year.

The certificate courses and research should be planned, in consultation with the Development Studies faculty adviser, to clearly demonstrate fulfillment of the goals of the Development Studies Certificate. Certificate candidates should declare their intention to pursue the certificate early in their degree program, and must do so no later than their penultimate term of enrollment.

Candidates for the certificate will receive preference, after students enrolled in the council’s degree programs, for International Affairs Council research and speaker funds that are awarded through annual competitions.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Six courses in the area of Development Studies:
   Each year, the Development Studies faculty adviser will provide a list of courses that will count toward the six-course requirements. These courses will draw primarily on Graduate School offerings in economics, political science, history, anthropology, and sociology and courses at the professional schools, including Law, Management, Forestry & Environmental Studies, and Epidemiology and Public Health. Candidates may petition the faculty adviser to have other relevant courses count.
   
   
2. Language proficiency:
   Students must demonstrate proficiency in one relevant language other than English. The language should be either a major world language relevant to development studies or the language of the region on which the candidate is focusing.
   
   
3. Economics proficiency:
   Students must demonstrate proficiency in the basic concepts of economic analysis, either by demonstrating substantial prior course work in economics or by taking a graduate- or professional-level economics course at Yale. Such a course may count toward the certificate with the approval of the faculty adviser.
   
   
4. Research requirement:
   Candidates must write a substantial research paper. The paper must demonstrate the ability to use interdisciplinary resources in development studies, including, where appropriate, primary sources, field research, data analysis, and non-English sources.
   
   If the paper is of sufficient quality, the faculty adviser may submit it for publication in the IAC Development Studies Working Paper Series.

Graduate Certificate of Concentration in International Security Studies

The graduate certificate of concentration in International Security Studies provides recognition that a graduate or professional student at Yale has completed interdisciplinary study and integrative research to address fundamental and applied economic, political, social, and cultural issues relevant to the study of international security.

The certificate in International Security Studies may be pursued only in conjunction with graduate-degree programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools. It allows students to develop and demonstrate their competence in this interdisciplinary field. Award of the certificate, beyond fulfilling the relevant requirements, is contingent on successful completion of the candidate’s Yale University degree program. The International Security Studies certificate faculty adviser may set a limit on the number of applicants accepted into this certificate program in any given year.

The certificate courses and research should be planned, in consultation with the International Security Studies faculty adviser, to clearly demonstrate fulfillment of the goals of the International Security Studies certificate. Certificate candidates should submit their application to pursue the certificate early in their degree program, and must do so no later than their penultimate term of enrollment.

Candidates for the certificate will receive preference, after students enrolled in the council’s degree programs, for International Affairs Council research and speaker funds that are awarded through annual competitions.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Six courses in the area of International Security:
   Each year the International Security Studies certificate faculty adviser will provide a list of courses that will count toward this six-course requirement. This list will draw primarily on Graduate School offerings in anthropology, economics, history, political science, and sociology and courses at the professional schools, including Forestry & Environmental Studies, Law, Management, and Public Health. Candidates may petition the faculty adviser to have other relevant courses count.
   
   One of these six courses must have a core focus on international security issues. The International Security Studies certificate faculty adviser will provide a list of courses each year that meet this requirement.
   
   Up to three courses may focus on a particular region.
   
   
2. Language proficiency:
   Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in one relevant language other than English. The language should be either a major world language relevant to international security studies or the language of the region on which the candidate is focusing.
   
   
3. Research requirement:
   Candidates must write a substantial research paper. The paper must demonstrate the ability to use interdisciplinary resources in international security studies, including, where appropriate, primary sources, field research, data analysis, and non-English sources.
   
   If the paper is of sufficient quality, the faculty adviser may submit it for publication in the IAC International Security Studies Working Paper Series.

For more information, visit www.yale.edu/macmillan/iac/mainternational.htm, e-mail international.relations@yale.edu, write to International Relations, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206, or call 203.432.3418.

Courses

INRL 501a^u/REL 871a, Identity, Crisis, and Globalization in the Middle East Sallama Shaker

INRL 502b^u, Health in Conflict: The Case of the Palestinian Population Tarik Ramahi

INRL 503a^u, Health, Conflict, and Society in the Arab World Marwan Khawaja

INRL 504b^u/REL 873b, Development and Feminization of Poverty in the Middle East Sallama Shaker

INRL 514a^u/ARCH 926a^u, Globalization Space: Global Infrastructure and Extrastatecraft Keller Easterling

INRL 523b/PHIL 658b^u, Philosophy and Politics: Global Health Thomas Pogge

INRL 526b, Historical Commodity Flows and the Modern Atlantic World John Varty

INRL 534b^u, Development of the International Human Rights Regime Robin Theurkauf

INRL 549b/E&RS 652b, The European Union’s Contemporary Challenges Marco Fantini

INRL 555a/PLSC 685a, Theories in International Relations Joshua Goldstein

INRL 560a/ECON 544a, Economic Analysis Cheryl Doss

INRL 561b/ECON 708b, International Economic Analysis Cheryl Doss

INRL 570a^u/PLSC 692a^u, Foreign Policy Analysis and Crisis Decision Making Jack Levy

INRL 583a/REL 879a, Power, Religion, Gender, and Violence Sallama Shaker

INRL 585a/NELC 507a^u, Modern Arab Thought Hala Nassar

INRL 588b, Religious Dimensions of the Middle East Peace Process Sallama Shaker

INRL 621b/REL 827b/WGSS 621b, Religion, Gender, and Globalization Sally Promey, Laura Wexler

INRL 641b/AFST 641b, Funding, Civil Sociey, and Democratization Leslye Obiora

INRL 648a/HIST 755a, Research on “Pax Britannica” and “Pax Americana” Patrick Cohrs

INRL 652a/HIST 980a, Genocide: History and Theory Benedict Kiernan

INRL 654b, Violence: State and Society Matthew Kocher

INRL 655a/HIST 689a, The Politics of Atrocity in Europe Timothy Snyder

INRL 657b/HIST 759b, The Transformation of the International System, 1914–1991 Patrick Cohrs

INRL 670a/HIST 973a, War, Memory, Identity Jay Winter, David Blight

INRL 678b/HIST 975b, Cold War International History John Gaddis

INRL 680a^u/F&ES 80075a^u/MGT 697a, Capitalism and Its Critics Douglas Rae

INRL 682a, Welfare States and Labor Markets Christer Thörnqvist

INRL 685b, Globalization, Multinational Companies, and Human Resources Christer Thörnqvist

INRL 700a, The Foundations and Evolution of the International System Jolyon Howorth

INRL 713b, Shifting the Development Policy Paradigm Pia Rebello Britto

INRL 720a, Central Issues in American Foreign Policy Stuart Gottlieb

INRL 725b, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Stuart Gottlieb

INRL 730a^u, The United Nations and Security Jean Krasno

INRL 743a, The Political Economy of Foreign Investment Allison Kingsley

INRL 760a, Policy Workshop Stuart Gottlieb

INRL 900a or b, Directed Reading

Latin American Studies

Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies
342 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3422
www.yale.edu/macmillan/lais
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies

Chair Elisabeth Wood (Political Science)

Graduate Certificate Adviser K. David Jackson (82–90 Wall 224, 432.7608, k.jackson@yale.edu)

Professors Rolena Adorno (Spanish & Portuguese), Mark Ashton (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Richard Burger (Anthropology), Hazel Carby (African American Studies; American Studies), Amy Chua (Law), Lisa Curran (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Carlos Eire (History; Religious Studies), Eduardo Engel (Economics), Robert Evenson (Economics), Paul Freedman (History), Aníbal González (Spanish & Portuguese), Roberto González Echevarría (Spanish & Portuguese), K. David Jackson (Spanish & Portuguese), Gilbert Joseph (History), Enrique Mayer (Anthropology), Robert Mendelsohn (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Maria Rosa Menocal (Spanish & Portuguese), Mary Miller (History of Art), Florencia Montagnini (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Leonard Munstermann (Senior Research Scientist, Epidemiology & Public Health), Patricia Pessar (Adjunct, American Studies), Stephen Pitti (History), Stuart Schwartz (History), Susan Stokes (Political Science), Robert Thompson (History of Art), Noël Valis (Spanish & Portuguese), Elisabeth Wood (Political Science)

Associate Professors Jaime Lara (Divinity), Alicia Schmidt-Camacho (American Studies), Michael Veal (Music & African American Studies)

Assistant Professors Robert Bailiss (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Jennifer Bair (Sociology), Irene Brambilla (Economics), Marcello Canuto (Anthropology), Jason Cortes (Spanish & Portuguese), Ana De La O Torres (Political Science), Ernesto Estrella (Spanish & Portuguese), Paulo Moreira (Spanish & Portuguese), Thad Dunning (Political Science), Seth Fein (History), Moira Fradinger (Comparative Literature), Lillian Guerra (History), Óscar Martín (Spanish & Portuguese), Paulina Ochoa Espejo (Political Science)

Research Fellow Sabatino Flocel

Senior Lectors I, II (Spanish and Portuguese) Sybil Alexandrov, Marta Almeida, Teresa Carballal, Mercedes Carreras, María Jordan, Beatriz. Peña, Juliana Ramos-Ruano, Lissette Reymundi, Lourdes Sabe, Terry Seymour, Margherita. Tortora, Sonia Valle

Lectors (Spanish and Portuguese) Christine Atkins, Myriam Yovanna Cifuentes, Sebastian Díaz, Oscar González Barreto, Tania Martuscelli, Barbara Safille

Others Nancy Ruther (Lecturer, Political Science), César Rodríguez (Curator, Latin American Collection, Sterling Memorial Library)

Professors Emeriti Emilia Viotti da Costa (History), Josefina Ludmer (Spanish & Portuguese), Juan Linz (Political Science; Sociology), Gustav Ranis (Economics), T. Paul Schultz (Economics)

A variety of Latin American Studies options are available for graduate students in history and other humanities disciplines, the social sciences, and the professional schools. Latin American Area course offerings are available in twenty-one disciplines with distinct strengths in Anthropology, History, History of Art, Political Science, and Spanish and Portuguese. Latin Americanist faculty specialize in the Andes (Burger, Mayer); Brazil (Jackson, Moreira, Pessar, Schwartz); the Caribbean (Guerra, Pessar, Thompson); Central America (Canuto, Joseph, Miller, Wood); Mexico (Bair, Camacho, Canuto, Fein, Joseph, Lara, Miller, Pitti); and the Southern Cone (Brambilla, Engel, Fein, Stokes). F&ES faculty (Anisfeld, Ashton, Clark, Curran, Doolittle, Dove, Mendelsohn, Montagnini) have tropical research interests or participate in educational exchanges with Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Latin American content courses are also offered in the Divinity School, Public Health, Law, and Management.

Students may pursue the Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies in conjunction with graduate degree programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools. To complete the certificate, candidates must demonstrate expertise in the area through their major graduate or professional field, as well as show command of the diverse interdisciplinary, geographic, cultural, and linguistic approaches associated with expertise in Latin America or Iberia.

Admission is contingent on the candidate’s acceptance into a Yale graduate degree program, and award of the certificate, beyond fulfilling the relevant requirements, requires the successful completion of the candidate’s Yale University degree program. Active participation in the council’s extracurricular and research programs and seminars is also strongly encouraged.

Limited financial resources, such as the Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships and Tinker Field Research Grants, are available to graduate and professional school students.

Specific Requirements for the Graduate Certificate of Concentration

Language proficiency The equivalent of two years’ study of one language and one year of the other, normally Spanish and Portuguese. Lesser-taught languages, such as Nahuatl, Quechua, or Haitian Creole, may also be considered for meeting this requirement.

Course work Six graduate courses in at least two different disciplines. No more than four courses may count in any one discipline.

Geographical and disciplinary coverage At least two countries and two languages must be included in the course work or thesis.

Research A major graduate course research paper or thesis that demonstrates the ability to use field resources, ideally in one or more languages of the region, normally with a focus on a comparative or regional topic rather than a single country.

The certificate adviser of the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies will assist graduate students in designing a balanced and coordinated curriculum. The council will provide course lists and other useful materials.

Academic Resources of the Council

The council supplements the graduate curriculum with annual lecture and film series, special seminars, and conferences that bring visiting scholars and experts to campus. The council also serves as a communications and information center for a vast variety of enriching events in Latin American studies sponsored by the other departments, schools, and independent groups at Yale. It is a link between Yale and Latin American centers in other universities, and between Yale and educational programs in Latin America and Iberia.

The Latin American Collection of the University library has approximately 492,000 printed volumes, plus newspapers and microfilms, CD-ROMs, films, sound recordings, maps, and musical scores. The library’s Latin American Manuscript Collection is one of the finest in the United States for unpublished documents for the study of Latin American history. Having the oldest among the major Latin American collections in the United States, Yale offers research opportunities unavailable elsewhere.

Information about the Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Latin American Studies may be requested from the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; e-mail: latin.america@yale.edu; or telephone 203.432.3422.

Middle East Studies

Council on Middle East Studies
342 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3422
www.yale.edu/macmillan/cmes
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Modern Middle East Studies

Chair Marcia Inhorn (Anthropology; International Affairs)

Associate Chair Frank Griffel (Religious Studies)

Graduate Certificate Adviser Hala Nassar (HGS 318, 432.9447, hala.nassar@yale.edu)

Professors Abbas Amanat (History), Harold Attridge (Divinity; Religious Studies), Gerhard Böwering (Religious Studies), Adela Yarbro Collins (Divinity), John J. Collins (Divinity), John Darnell (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Owen Fiss (Law), Benjamin Foster (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Steven Fraade (Religious Studies), Eckart Frahm (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Frank Griffel (Religious Studies), Beatrice Gruendler (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Dimitri Gutas (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Stanley Insler (Linguistics), Bentley Layton (Religious Studies), James Leckman (Psychology & Pediatrics), Ellen Lust-Okar (Political Science), Ivan Marcus (History), Ashgar Rastegar (Medicine), W. Michael Reisman (Law), Lamin Sanneh (Divinity; History), Harvey Weiss (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Robert Wilson (Divinity)

Associate Professor Stephen Davis (Religious Studies)

Assistant Professors Ala Alryyes (Comparative Literature), Michael Gasper (History), Kaveh Khoshnood (Epidemiology & Public Health), Colleen Manassa (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Hala Nassar (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Kishwar Rizvi (History of Art), Youval Rotman (History)

Postdoctoral and Research Fellows Daryoush Ashouri (Iranian Colloquium), Basak Kus (Political Science)

Lecturers Adel Allouche (History; Religious Studies), Karen Foster (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, History of Art), Tolga Koker (Economics), Kathryn Slanski (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations)

Senior Lectors (I, II) and Lectors Fereshteh Amanat-Kowssar (Persian), Muhammad Aziz (Arabic), Ayala Dvoretzky (Hebrew), Shiri Goren (Hebrew), Fatma Nihan Ketrez (Turkish), Boutheina Khaldi (Arabic), Ghassan Husseibali (Arabic), Yechiel Schur (Hebrew)

Librarians Simon Samoeil (Sterling Memorial Library), Ulla Kasten (Babylonian Collection), Susan Matheson (Yale University Art Gallery Ancient Arts), Nannette Stahl (Judaica Collection)

Students with an interest in the Middle East should apply to one of the University’s degree-granting departments, like Anthropology, History, Linguistics, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Political Science, or Religious Studies. The Council on Middle East Studies has been organized to provide guidance to graduate students who desire to use the resources of the departments of the University that offer Middle East-related courses.

The council brings together faculty and students sharing an interest in the Middle East by sponsoring conferences, discussions, films, and a lecture series by scholars from Yale as well as visiting scholars. It provides information concerning grants, fellowships, research programs, and foreign study opportunities. It also administers research projects in a variety of Middle East-related areas.

In addition to the resources of the individual departments, Yale’s library system has much to offer the student interested in Middle East Studies. Of particular note are the collections of Arabic and Persian manuscripts, as well as large holdings on the medieval and modern Middle East.

The Council on Middle East Studies administers the Middle East Studies National Resource Center at Yale. The center supports a number of projects and activities, including postdoctoral and visiting scholar appointments, summer and academic year language fellowships, and an extensive outreach program as well as conferences, travel funds, and research projects. The National Resource Center is funded by the United States Department of Education.

The council also offers a Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Modern Middle East Studies.

The Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Modern Middle East Studies

The certificate represents acknowledgment of substantial preparation in Middle East Studies, both in the student’s major graduate or professional field and also in terms of the disciplinary and geographical diversity required by the council for recognized competency in the field of Middle East Studies. As language and culture are the core of the area studies concept, students are required to attain or demonstrate language proficiency.

Requirements:

1. Language proficiency: the equivalent of two years of study at a passing grade in one of the four languages of the Middle East—Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish.
2. Course work: six graduate courses in at least two different disciplines. No more than four courses may count in any one discipline. Included in these six courses must be an introductory Middle East history course, such as State and Society and Culture in the Middle East (taken with special supplemental graduate readings and assignments).
3. Interdisciplinary coverage: both courses and any research project undertaken in lieu of a course must reflect experience of at least two disciplines.
4. Research: a major graduate course research paper, dissertation prospectus, dissertation, or thesis that demonstrates ability to use field resources, ideally in one or more languages of the region.

For more information on the Graduate Certificate and inquiries about Middle East studies, contact the Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206, or the council e-mail, cmes@yale.edu.

South Asian Studies

Council on South Asian Studies
309 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, 432.5596
www.yale.edu/macmillan/southasia

Chair Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan (Anthropology)

FACULTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNCIL ON SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

Professors Akhil Amar (Law), Paul Bracken (School of Management; Political Science), William Burch (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Ravi Dhar (School of Management), Michael R. Dove (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Sara Suleri Goodyear (English), Phyllis Granoff (Religious Studies), Stanley Insler (Linguistics), Ravindran Kannan (Computer Science), Bernard Lytton (Emeritus; School of Medicine), Gustav Ranis (Emeritus; Economics), Subrata Sen (School of Management), T.N. Srinivasan (Economics), Shyam Sunder (School of Management), Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan (Anthropology), Jacob Thomas (School of Management), Christopher Udry (Economics)

Associate Professors Jacob Dalton (Religious Studies), Nihal deLanerolle (School of Medicine), William Deresiewicz (English), David Graeber (Anthropology), Sudhir Karunakaran (School of Management), Karuna Mantena (Political Science), Priyamvada Natarajan (Astronomy), Mridu Rai (History)

Assistant Professors J. Bernard Bate (Anthropology), S. Shameem Black (English), Jacob Dalton (Religious Studies), Ashwini Deo (Linguistics), Mayur Desai (Psychiatry/VAMC), El Mokhtar Ghambou (English), Sanda Lwin (English; American Studies), Karuna Mantena (Political Science), Mridu Rai (History), Kishwar Rizvi (History of Art), Sarah Weiss (Music)

Visiting Professors Elayaperumal Annamalai (Anthropology; Linguistics; Tamil/MacMillan Center), David Mullins (South Asian Studies; Linguistics)

Senior Lecturers Koichi Shinohara (Religious Studies), Carol Carpenter (Forestry & Environmental Studies)

Lecturers Geetanjali Singh Chanda (Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Hugh Flick (Religious Studies), Zareena Grewal (Ethnicity, Race & Migration), David Mellins (Singh Lecturer), Shreeyash Palshikar (South Asian Studies; Political Science)

Senior Lector I Seema Khurana (Hindi/MacMillan Center)

Lector Katherine Good (Hindi/MacMillan Center)

Students with an interest in South Asian Studies should apply to one of the University’s degree-granting departments, such as Anthropology, History, Political Science, Economics, or Religious Studies. The Council on South Asian Studies has been organized to provide guidance to graduate students who desire to use the resources of the departments of the University that offer South Asia-related courses.

The Council on South Asian Studies aims to bring together faculty and students sharing an interest in South Asia, and it supplements the curriculum with seminars, conferences, and special lectures by scholars from Yale as well as visiting scholars. It provides information concerning grants, fellowships, research programs, and foreign study opportunities.

Language instruction is offered in Hindi and Tamil. Students planning to undertake field research or language study in South Asia may apply to the council for summer fellowship support.

For information and program materials, contact the Council on South Asian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; or see www.yale.edu/macmillan/southasia.

Courses

ANTH 525a, Modern India: Society/Politics Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan

HNDI 510^u, Elementary Hindi I Seema Khuran

ANTH 525a^u, Modern India: Society/Politics Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan

CPLT 543a, Sanskrit Classics in Translation Stanley Insler

HNDI 510^u, Elementary Hindi Seema Khurana

HNDI 520b^u, Elementary Hindi II Seema Khurana

HNDI 530a^u, Intermediate Hindi I Seema Khurana

HNDI 540b^u, Intermediate Hindi II Seema Khurana

HNDI 550a^u, Advanced Hindi Seema Khurana

HNDI 598a^u, or b^u, Advanced Tutorial Seema Khurana

INDC 771b, Middle Indic: Pali and Prakrit Stanley Insler

LING 515^u, Elementary Sanskrit Ashwini Deo [F], David Mellins [Sp]

RLST 551a, Readings in Indian Texts Phyllis Granoff

RLST 555b, Topics in the Study of Tibetan Buddhism Jacob Dalton

RLST 575a, Esoteric/Tantric Buddhist Texts Koichi Shinohara, Jacob Dalton

TAML 510a^u, Introductory Tamil I Elayaperumal Annamalai

TAML 520b^u, Introductory Tamil II Elayaperumal Annamalai

TAML 530a^u, Intermediate Tamil I Elayaperumal Annamalai

TAML 540b^u, Intermediate Tamil II Elayaperumal Annamalai

TAML 550b, Advanced Tamil Elayaperumal Annamalai

TAML 590b^u, Literatures of South Indian Languages in Translation Elayaperumal Annamalai

TAML 598a or 598b, Advanced Tutorial Elayaperumal Annamalai

TAML 598a or 598b, Advanced Tutorial Elayaperumal Annamalai

Southeast Asia Studies

Council on Southeast Asia Studies
311 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3431, seas@yale.edu
www.yale.edu/seas

Chair J. Joseph Errington (Anthropology)

Professors William Burch (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Michael Dove (Forestry & Environmental Studies), J. Joseph Errington (Anthropology), Robert Evenson (Emeritus; Economics), William Kelly (Anthropology), Benedict Kiernan (History), James Scott (Political Science), Mimi Yiengpruksawan (History of Art)

Associate Professor Lisa Curran (Forestry & Environmental Studies)

Assistant Professor Erik Harms (Anthropology), Sarah Weiss (Music)

Lecturers and Senior Lectors (I, II) Carol Carpenter (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Amity Doolittle (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Quang Phu Van (Southeast Asian Languages), Indriyo Sukmono (Southeast Asian Languages)

Yale does not offer higher degrees in Southeast Asia Studies. Instead, students apply for admission to one of the regular degree-granting departments and turn to Southeast Asia Studies for guidance regarding the development of their special area interest, courses outside their department, and instruction in Southeast Asian languages related to their research interest. The council aims to bring together faculty and students sharing an interest in Southeast Asia and supplements the graduate curriculum with an annual seminar series, periodic conferences, and special lectures.

Yale offers extensive library and research collections on Southeast Asia in Sterling Memorial Library, the Economic Growth Center, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Human Relations Area Files. Further information on library resources is available from Rich Richie, Curator, Southeast Asia Collection, Sterling Memorial Library (432.1858, rich.richie@yale.edu).

Language instruction is offered in two Southeast Asian languages, Indonesian and Vietnamese. The council supports language tables and tutoring in the other Southeast Asian languages by special arrangement. Students planning to undertake field research or language study in Southeast Asia may apply to the council for summer fellowship support.

For information and program materials, contact the Council on Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; or see our Web site, www.yale.edu/seas.

Courses

INDN 520^u, Elementary Indonesian Indriyo Sukmono

INDN 527^u, Intermediate Indonesian Indriyo Sukmono

INDN 560, Readings in Indonesian Indriyo Sukmono

VIET 515^u, Elementary Vietnamese Quang Phu Van

VIET 530^u, Intermediate Vietnamese Quang Phu Van

VIET 560, Readings in Vietnamese Quang Phu Van

Graduate Joint Degrees

To enhance the educational opportunities of its graduate students, the MacMillan Center collaborates with four of Yale’s professional schools—the Law School, the School of Management, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and the School of Public Health. Together, we have developed joint-degree programs that offer a strong connection between two demanding courses of study while also fulfilling the requirements of each separate school.

A joint degree enables graduating students to receive an M.A. in International Relations, African Studies, or European and Russian Studies, and the equivalent degree from the Yale professional school, i.e., J.D., M.B.A., M.F., M.E.M., or M.P.H. Each joint program leads to the simultaneous award of two graduate professional degrees, and students can earn the two degrees simultaneously in less time than if they were pursued sequentially. The joint degrees provide an integrated education that combines two powerful programs and complements both, while protecting the integrity of each. While graduates of two-year M.A. programs do well upon graduation, it is interesting to note that joint-degree graduates have been exceptionally successful in the job market.

With the exception of the joint M.A./J.D. program, which requires four years, completion of all course requirements takes three years. Typically candidates spend the first year in one program and the second year in the partner program. During the third and final year of study, students register in one program each term. Joint-degree students are advised by a committee composed of the appropriate director of graduate studies (DGS) and a faculty member of the relevant professional school to guide them in this process.

Candidates must apply and be admitted separately to each school, i.e., each school makes its decision independently. It is highly recommended that students apply to and enter a joint-degree program from the outset, although it is possible to apply to the second program once matriculated at Yale.

Joint-Degree Program

Depending on the M.A., the course work required for each joint degree varies. Since the International Relations M.A. has the longest-standing tradition of joint degrees, its basic requirements are outlined below as an example. The joint M.A. in African Studies and European and Russian Studies follows the basic pattern. For details, please consult the appropriate director of graduate studies.

To complete the IR M.A. portion of the joint degree, students must complete the requirements for the IR degree, though only 12, not 16, courses are required. None of these courses may be from the partner school, though up to two of the core, or concentration, requirements may be met through courses at the partner school.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND LAW (M.A./J.D)

Candidates for the four-year M.A/J.D. joint degree will spend the first year in one of the two programs. During the second, third, and fourth years, students generally divide their time between the Law School and the Graduate School. In some cases, a student may spend the entire third year in the Graduate School, in which case the fourth year will consist entirely of work in the Law School.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND MANAGEMENT (M.A./M.B.A)

To complete the M.B.A. component of the program, a student must fulfill all of the School of Management’s normal requirements. The one year of core curriculum study taken by all M.B.A. candidates in their first year may be taken in either the first or second year by the joint-degree student. Joint-degree candidates take only 13, not the usual 18, courses at SOM.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (M.A./M.F. OR M.A./M.E.M.)

For the Forestry & Environmental Studies component, students may elect from two of the F&ES master’s programs: the Master of Forestry and the Master of Environmental Management. Each F&ES master’s degree has its own specific requirements. Because of the individualized nature of the specialization requirements, all joint-degree students must complete the three-week F&ES summer training program in technical skills, which cover plant identification, vegetation measurement, and land measurement.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH (M.A./M.P.H.)

Exceptions for joint-degree candidates include the reduction of required EPH credit hours from 60 to 45 credit hours. Joint-degree candidates are not required to undertake the community project or internship, although they may choose them as electives.

For details about the requirements for a specific joint degree, please contact the appropriate director of graduate studies at the MacMillan Center and at the relevant professional school. For application materials, you must request them from both the Admissions Office of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Admissions Office of the relevant professional school.

Graduate Certificates of Concentration

Open to all graduate and professional students at Yale, the MacMillan Center sponsors six graduate certificates of concentration. The councils on African, European, Latin American and Iberian, and Middle East Studies provide four regionally focused certificates. The International Affairs Council provides two, one in International Development Studies and a second in International Security Studies.

Students may pursue the certificates in conjunction with graduate-degree programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the professional schools. Admission is contingent upon the candidate’s acceptance into a Yale graduate-degree program. To complete the certificate, candidates must demonstrate expertise in the focal area through their major graduate or professional field, as well as show command of the diverse interdisciplinary, geographic, and cultural-linguistic approaches associated with expertise in the area of concentration. Beyond the specific requirements, a student pursuing the certificate is expected to be an active member of the relevant council’s intellectual community and a regular participant at its events, speakers series, and other activities. Serious study, research, and/or work experience overseas in the relevant region is highly valued. Award of the certificate, beyond fulfilling the relevant requirements, is contingent on the successful completion of the candidate’s Yale University degree program. Students who complete the additional requirements will receive the relevant certificate from the MacMillan Center.

While the general requirements for the graduate certificates of concentration are consistent across all councils of the MacMillan Center, the specific requirements of each council may vary according to the different expertise required for its focal area and are reflected in their application, monitoring, and award forms. Guidelines, detailed rules, and application forms can be picked up at the relevant council or downloaded from the appropriate council Web site. Applications may be submitted by students admitted to a graduate program at Yale or during their program of study but no later than the beginning of the penultimate term of study. Each council may set limits on the number of candidates for their program in any given year.

General Requirements

1. Six courses in the area of concentration (in at least two different fields).
2. Language proficiency in at least one language relevant to the area of concentration beyond proficiency in English. For some councils and for some individual circumstances, proficiency in two languages beyond English is required.
3. Interdisciplinary research paper focused on the area of concentration.

Details on General Requirements

COURSE WORK

Students must complete a total of six (6) courses focused on the area of concentration from at least two different fields normally including a Foundations Course (as designated by the council). Of the six courses only two may be “directed readings” or “independent study.” Please note:

1. No more than four courses may count from any one discipline or school.
2. Courses from the home field of the student are eligible. Courses may count toward the student’s degree as well as toward the certificate.
3. Literature courses at the graduate level may count toward the six-course requirement but not elementary or intermediate language offerings. At the discretion of the faculty adviser, an advanced language course at the graduate level may be counted if it is taught with substantial use of field materials such as literature, history, or social science texts and journals relevant to the area.
4. Course work must demonstrate broad comparative knowledge of the region rather than focus on a specific country.
5. Course work must demonstrate a grasp of the larger thematic concerns affecting the region, e.g., environment, migration, or global financial movements.
6. Only those courses listed on the graduate course listings provided by the area council may be used to fulfill course requirements. Courses not listed there may only be counted with prior approval of the council adviser, not after the fact.
7. A minimum grade of HP must be obtained or the course will not be counted toward the certificate.
8. Only course work taken during the degree program at Yale may be counted toward the certificate.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

In the major area language targeted for meeting the proficiency requirement, students must demonstrate the equivalent ability of two years of language study at Yale with a grade of HP or better. Language proficiency must encompass reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills plus grammar. Students may demonstrate proficiency through completing course work, by testing at Yale, or by other means as approved by the council adviser. When a second major language of the region beyond English is required, the relevant council will specify the target level. The typical departmental graduate reading exam is not sufficient for certifying the four-skill requirement of the certificate.

Normally, when the candidate is a native speaker of one of the area’s major languages, he/she will be expected to develop language proficiency in a second major area language.

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PAPER

A qualifying research paper is required to demonstrate field-specific research ability focused on the area of concentration. After they have completed substantial course work in the area of concentration, students must seek approval from the council faculty adviser for the research project they propose as the qualifying paper. Normally, the students will submit their request no later than the fourth week of the term in which they plan to submit the qualifying paper.

The interdisciplinary research paper may be the result of original research conducted under the supervision of a faculty member in a graduate seminar or independent readings course or in field research related to their studies. An M.A. thesis may also be acceptable if it is interdisciplinary as well as focused on the area of concentration. The qualifying paper should examine questions concerning the area of concentration in a comparative and/or interdisciplinary context. It should also use relevant international and area-focused resource materials from a relevant region and/or resource materials in the language(s) of a relevant region or regions. Normally the paper should incorporate at least two of the following elements:

1. Address more than one country of the region of the area.
2. Draw on more than one disciplinary field for questions or analytic approaches.
3. Address a transregional or transnational theme relevant to the area of concentration.

The paper will be read by two faculty members agreed with the council adviser. The readers will be evaluating the paper for the quality of research, knowledge of the relevant literature, and the depth of analysis of the topic. The qualifying paper must be fully footnoted and have a complete bibliography. The council adviser may call for a third reader as circumstances warrant.

Progress Reports and Filing for the Award of the Graduate Certificate of Concentration

Students should submit a progress report along with a copy of their unofficial transcript to the council faculty adviser at the end of each term. Ideally, this will include a brief narrative on engagement in the relevant council’s activities and planned or newly completed experience overseas in the relevant region.

A student who intends to file for the final award of the certificate should contact the council no later than the end of the term prior to award. No later than the fourth week of the term of the expected award, the candidate should demonstrate how he/she has or will have completed all the requirements in a timely fashion.

At the end of the term as grades are finalized, the council will confirm that the candidate is cleared to receive the home degree and has fulfilled all the requirements of the certificate. Students may elect to retrieve the certificate award in person from the council after Commencement. Otherwise, the council will send the certificate award to the student by mail after Commencement.

Pursuit of Two Certificates by a Single Student

No course may overlap between the two certificates. Any such application must robustly fulfill all of the requirements for each of the two certificates. Each certificate must be approved independently by each respective council’s certificate adviser.

In addition to the approval of both council advisers, any award of two certificates will require review and approval by the relevant associate director of the MacMillan Center.

For more information or to apply, please contact the faculty adviser listed with each Graduate Certificate program. Persons interested may also contact the administrator in the home council of the certificate.

Contact Information

For contact information, see Contact Information under General Information for the relevant faculty adviser.

Graduate Admissions to the MacMillan Center

Admission to all graduate degree programs at the MacMillan Center is highly selective.

The programs are small, accepting twenty to twenty-five students per year in the two-year International Relations Program, and eight to twelve students each in African Studies, East Asian Studies, and European and Russian Studies. International students represent approximately one third of all applicants. Minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Students accepted into the programs come with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Because the programs are simultaneously more flexible and academically rigorous than those at many schools, successful candidates should show a high level of maturity and self-direction. Language skills and international experience are an advantage. All master’s degree candidates must fulfill a language requirement as defined by the individual program.

Application Procedures

Application to all of the MacMillan Center’s master’s programs is made through the Admissions Office of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. When requesting materials, applicants should identify their preferred degree program in International Relations, African Studies, East Asian Studies, or European and Russian Studies, as well as any of the joint-degree programs.

For more information, or to apply online, please visit www.yale.edu/graduateschool/admissions. Requests for applications and financial aid forms may be addressed to Admissions Office, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, PO Box 208323, New Haven CT 06520-8323; telephone, 203.432.2770; fax, 203.432.6724; e-mail, graduate.admissions@yale.edu

Next: General Information