The MacMillan Center
The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies is the University's principal institution for encouraging and coordinating teaching and research on international affairs and on societies and cultures around the world. The MacMillan Center endeavors to make understanding the world outside the borders of the United States an integral part of liberal education at Yale. It brings together scholars from relevant schools and departments to provide comparative and problem-oriented teaching and research on regional, international, and global issues. The MacMillan Center awards nearly 450 student fellowships and grants each year; brings visiting scholars to Yale; and sponsors lectures, conferences, workshops, seminars, and films.
The MacMillan Center oversees eleven degree programs. The seven undergraduate majors include African Studies; East Asian Studies; Ethnicity, Race, and Migration; International Studies; Latin American Studies; Russian and East European Studies; and South Asian Studies. Regional studies programs include British Studies, Canadian Studies, European Studies, Hellenic Studies, Middle East Studies, and Southeast Asia Studies. Comparative and international programs include Agrarian Studies; the Center for the Study of Globalization; European Union Studies; Genocide Studies; the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition; Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy; International Security Studies; Program on Democracy; and Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence. For details on degrees, programs, and faculty leadership, consult the MacMillan Center Web site.
