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Jonny Steinberg (Visiting Professor, Council on African Studies)
A decade after the death of the former president, and amid growing disenchantment with the ANC, South Africans are questioning the one–dimensional figure of popular myth....
On June 29, 2023 the network of scholars researching migration, gender and race in Global South contexts convened its first workshop. The workshop consisted of two sessions...
IPCH Embarks on Groundbreaking Initiative with Museums and Cultural Institutions in Africa
Yale Directors Forum A fellowship program for global leaders of museums and cultural institutions Program Description   The Yale Directors Forum is a highly selective 18-...
Professor Cécile Fromont, History of Art; Assistant Professor Didac Queralt, Political Science
Cécile Fromont, Professor, History of Art, and Didac Queralt, Assistant Professor, Political Science, have been awarded the 2023 international book prizes by the Whitney and...
June 20 is World Refugee Day designated by the UN General Assembly. This year is a critical juncture for the international refugee response as the second Global Refugee...
Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah. Photo by Harold Shapiro.
On April 19, the Council on African Studies at the Yale MacMillan Center hosted Nobel Laureate and celebrated author Abdulrazak Gurnah for a two-day visit to campus. At Yale...
The Yale School of Architecture has launched a new scholarship honoring the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Francis Kéré to support African students studying...