MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies

Not to be confused with the former Yale Institute of International Studies (1935-1951).

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 at Yale University. It is named after Whitney MacMillan and his wife Betty. The Center’s teaching, research, and programming are steered by faculty-led regional councils and global programs.

The mission of the MacMillan Center is to pursue excellence in research, teaching, and capacity building across societies to foster a more informed, inclusive, and flourishing world. The Center is guided by five core principles: academic excellence; disciplinarity and transdisciplinarity; collaboration and community; balance and capacity; and curiosity. Seven interrelated themes connect the work of the councils and programs: humanity, dignity, good governance, environment, climate change, societal resilience, and leadership and service.

The MacMillan Center provides opportunities for scholarly research and intellectual innovation; awards nearly 500 fellowships and grants each year to students and faculty; encourages faculty/student collaboration; sponsors approximately 800 lectures, conferences, workshops, seminars, and films each year (many are free and open to the public); produces a range of working papers and other academic publications; and contributes to library collections comprising 1.4 million volumes in the languages of various areas.

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