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On April 30, several of the MacMillan Center’s councils and the Yale Law School collaborated on a webinar titled “Democracy and Rise of Authoritarianism in COVID-19 World”...
The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale is pleased to announce that Marcia Inhorn, the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of...
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On March 20, Algeria’s streets were empty for the first Friday since the formation of the momentous Hirak social movement, its activists staying home in light of the novel...
Hearing sad stories about home is nothing unusual for Iranian immigrants. We grow up with fear, tension, uncertainty, and conspiracy theories. Many of us migrate for peace,...
Moving through Conflict: Dance and Politics in Israel is a pioneering project in examining the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through dance. It proposes a research framework...
What Trump’s tweet threatening Iran’s cultural sites could mean for Shiite Muslims
The following article written by Kishwar Rizvi, Professor in the History of Art, Islamic Art and Architecture, appeared in The Conversation on January 9, 2020: President...
People light candles at a mourning ceremony for Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, January 2020 (Ahmad Halabisaz / Redux)
The following article written by Nahid Siamdoust appeared in Foreign Affairs on January 6: With the United States and Iran on the brink of war, regime change advocates are...