African Studies
137 Rosenkranz Hall, 203.432.1425
http://african.macmillan.yale.edu
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Chair
Stephanie Newell (English)
Director of Graduate Studies
Louisa Lombard (Anthropology, louisa.lombard@yale.edu)
Director of Program in African Languages
Kiarie Wa’Njogu (203.432.0110, john.wanjogu@yale.edu)
Professors Serap Aksoy (Epidemiology), Lea Brilmayer (Law), Richard Bucala (Internal Medicine), Theodore Cohen (Epidemiology), John Darnell (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Anna Dyson (Architecture), Owen Fiss (Emeritus; Law), Gerald Friedland (Internal Medicine; Epidemiology), Robert Harms (History), Ann Kurth (Nursing), Daniel Magaziner (History), Roderick McIntosh (Anthropology), Stephanie Newell (English), Elijah Paintsil (Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Pharmacology), Catherine Panter-Brick (Anthropology), Curtis Patton (Emeritus; Epidemiology), David Post (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), Ashgar Rastegar (Internal Medicine), Ian Shapiro (Political Science), Donna Spiegelman (Biostatistics), Michael Veal (Music), Sten Vermund (Epidemiology; Pediatrics), David Watts (Anthropology), Elisabeth Wood (Political Science)
Associate Professors Katharine Baldwin (Political Science), Marie Brault (Public Health), Cécile Fromont (History of Art), Cajetan Iheka (English), Kaveh Khoshnood (Epidemiology), Louisa Lombard (Anthropology), Urania Magriples (Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences), LaRon Nelson (Nursing), Sunil Parikh (Public Health; Internal Medicine), Carla Staver (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), Jonathan Wyrtzen (Sociology)
Assistant Professors Amy Bei (Epidemiology), Jill Jarvis (French), Benedito Machava (History), Hani Mowafi (Emergency Medicine), Christine Ngaruiya (Emergency Medicine), Oluwatosin Onibokun (Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences), Nana Quarshie (History), Tracy Rabin (Internal Medicine), Jeremy Schwartz (Internal Medicine), Sheela Shenoi (Internal Medicine), Carla Staver (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Lecturers Adalgisa Caccone (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology), W. Casey King (Public Health), Sarah Ryan (Law), David Simon (Political Science), Veronica Waweru (African Languages)
Senior Lectors Oluseye Adesola (Yorùbá), Jonas Elbousty (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Matuku Ngame (French), Nandipa Sipengane (isiZulu), Kiarie Wa’Njogu (Swahili)
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 the director of graduate studies (DGS) and the relevant officials in the schools of the Environment, 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 catalogs, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, and theses, many published in Africa.
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; sociology; arts and literatures; languages and linguistics; religion; environmental and development studies; and public health.
The program requires sixteen courses: one compulsory interdisciplinary seminar, Gateway to Africa (AFST 505); a second course employing an interdisciplinary approach to African Studies, approved by the DGS; four courses of instruction in an African language; four courses in one of the foregoing areas of concentration; four other approved courses offered in the Graduate School or professional schools; and two terms of directed reading and research (AFST 590 and AFST 900) during which students will complete the required thesis; with permission of the DGS, AFST 951 may be substituted for AFST 590. 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 DGS, with whom students should consult as soon as possible in the first term.
The Master’s Thesis
The master’s thesis is based on research on a topic approved by the DGS and advised by a faculty member with expertise or specialized competence in the chosen topic. Students must submit their thesis for joint evaluation by the adviser and a second reader, who is chosen by the student in consultation with the DGS.
Program in African Languages
The language program offers instruction in five major languages from sub-Saharan Africa: Kiswahili (eastern and central Africa), Twi, Wolof, 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 Languages 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.
More information is available on the program’s website, http://african.macmillan.yale.edu.
Courses
AFST 505a, Gateway to Africa Veronica Waweru
AFST 568a, Tackling the Big Three: Malaria, TB, and HIV in Resource-Limited Settings Sunil Parikh
AFST 585a, Pandemics in Africa: From the Spanish Influenza to COVID-19 Jonny Steinberg
AFST 639b/ANTH 639b, Africa, Politics, Anthropology Louisa Lombard
AFST 833b, Agrarian History of Africa Robert Harms
AFST 836a/HIST 836a, Histories of Postcolonial Africa: Themes, Genres, and the Phantoms of the Archive Benedito Machava
AFST 839a/HIST 839a, Environmental History of Africa Robert Harms
AFST 965b/CPLT 729b/FREN 965b, On Violence: Politics and Aesthetics across the Maghreb Jill Jarvis
AFST 900b, Master’s Thesis
AFST 951a or b, Directed Reading and Research
SWAH 610a, Beginning Kiswahili I Kiarie Wa’Njogu
SWAH 620b, Beginning Kiswahili II Kiarie Wa’Njogu
SWAH 630a, Intermediate Kiswahili I Veronica Waweru
SWAH 640b, Intermediate Kiswahili II Veronica Waweru
SWAH 650a, Advanced Kiswahili I Kiarie Wa’Njogu
SWAH 660b, Advanced Kiswahili II Kiarie Wa’Njogu
SWAH 670a and SWAH 671b, Topics in Kiswahili Literature Kiarie Wa’Njogu
YORU 610a, Beginning Yorùbá I Oluseye Adesola
YORU 620b, Beginning Yorùbá II Oluseye Adesola
YORU 630a, Intermediate Yorùbá I Oluseye Adesola
YORU 640b, Intermediate Yorùbá II Oluseye Adesola
YORU 650a, Advanced Yorùbá I Oluseye Adesola
YORU 660b, Advanced Yorùbá II Oluseye Adesola
YORU 670a, Topics in Yorùbá Literature and Culture Oluseye Adesola
YORU 672b, Topics in Yorùbá Literature and Culture II Oluseye Adesola
ZULU 610a, Beginning isiZulu I Nandipa Sipengane
ZULU 620b, Beginning isiZulu II Nandipa Sipengane
ZULU 630a, Intermediate isiZulu I Nandipa Sipengane
ZULU 640b, Intermediate isiZulu II Nandipa Sipengane
ZULU 650a, Advanced isiZulu I Nandipa Sipengane
ZULU 660b, Advanced isiZulu II Nandipa Sipengane
East Asian Studies
320 Luce Hall, 203.432.3426
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Chair
Hwansoo Kim (hwansoo.kim@yale.edu)
Director of Graduate Studies
Eric Greene (eric.greene@yale.edu)
Professors Daniel Botsman (History), Fabian Drixler (History), Aaron Gerow (East Asian Languages & Literatures; Film & Media Studies), Valerie Hansen (History), Edward Kamens (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Tina Lu (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Frances Rosenbluth (Political Science), Helen Siu (Anthropology), Chloë Starr (Divinity), Jing Tsu (East Asian Languages & Literatures; Comparative Literature), Anne Underhill (Anthropology), Arne Westad (Global Affairs; History), Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan (History of Art)
Associate Professors William Honeychurch (Anthropology), Michael Hunter (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Hwansoo Kim (Religious Studies), Yukiko Koga (Anthropology)
Assistant Professors Lucas Bender (East Asian Languages & Literatures), Jinyi Chu (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Eric Greene (Religious Studies), Denise Ho (History), Daniel Mattingly (Political Science), Quincy Ngan (History of Art), Hannah Shepherd (History), Emma Zang (Sociology)
Senior Lecturer Pauline Lin (East Asian Languages & Literatures)
Lecturers Allison Bernard, Xuenan Cao, Philip Gant, Na Sil Heo, Alex Finn Macartney, Kyle Shernuk, Trenton Wilson
Senior Lectors II Seungja Choi, Angela Lee-Smith, Ninghui Liang, Peisong Xu
Senior Lectors Hsiu-hsien Chan, Min Chen, Rongzhen Li, Fan Liu, Kumiko Nakamura, Hiroyo Nishimura, Jianhua Shen, Mari Stever, Wei Su, Chuanmei Sun, Haiwen Wang, Yu-lin Wang Saussy, Mika Yamaguchi, Yongtao Zhang, William Zhou
Lector Hyun Sung Lim
Fields of Study
The Master of Arts (M.A.) program in East Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary program offering a concentrated course of study designed to provide a broad understanding of the people, history, culture, contemporary society, politics, and economy of China, Japan, or a transnational region within East Asia. This program is designed for students preparing to go on to the doctorate in one of the disciplines of East Asian Studies (e.g., 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 East Asian Studies graduate program is designed to be completed in either a one-year or a two-year track. The two-year track requires the preparation of a master’s thesis and is therefore ideal for students who are keen to pursue focused, independent research under the guidance of a faculty member. It also provides students with an opportunity to pursue additional disciplinary and language training. Students who enter the two-year track with a strong command of one East Asian language will be encouraged to consider beginning a second (or third) language.
In general, students focus their course work on the study of China, Japan, or transnational East Asia. Some students may prefer to focus their course work on one or two disciplines, in addition to language study and courses focused on East Asia. Others may create a highly interdisciplinary program, taking courses in traditional disciplines such as history, literature, political science, art history, or anthropology, as well as in Yale’s professional schools.
Applicants to the East Asian Studies graduate program must indicate on their application whether they are applying to the one-year or the two-year track.
Requirements for the M.A. Degree: One-Year Track
The program of study for completion of the degree on the one-year track consists of eight term courses that must include two terms of language study at or above Yale’s third-year level (unless the language requirement has already been met through previous study or native fluency), plus six other courses selected from the University’s offerings of advanced language study and seminars related to East Asia at the graduate level. For those who meet the language requirement at matriculation, two of the required eight courses may be advanced training in a particular discipline (e.g., economics, history, political theory, statistics, etc.) with no explicit focus on East Asia, but related to the student’s professional goals. The course of study must be approved by the director of graduate studies (DGS).
Special Requirements
Students must earn two Honors grades (“H”) over the course of their two terms at Yale. Honors grades earned in any language course cannot be counted toward satisfying this requirement, except with the permission of the DGS.
Requirements for the M.A. Degree: Two-Year Track
The program of study for completion of the degree on the two-year track consists of sixteen term courses that must include four terms of language study, two terms of which must be at Yale’s fourth-year level (unless the language requirement has already been met through previous study or native fluency), plus twelve other courses selected from the University’s offerings of advanced language study and seminars related to East Asia at the graduate level. Students who have achieved advanced proficiency in one East Asian language are strongly encouraged to pursue study of a second East Asian language, but for those who have met the language requirement in one language at matriculation, two of the required sixteen courses may be advanced training in a particular discipline (e.g., economics, history, political theory, statistics, etc.) with no explicit focus on East Asia, but related to the student’s professional goals. The course of study must be approved by the director of graduate studies (DGS).
Special Requirements
Students must earn four Honors grades (“H”) over the course of their four terms at Yale. Honors grades earned in any language course cannot be counted toward satisfying this requirement, except with the permission of the DGS. A master’s thesis is also required.
Master’s Thesis
A master’s thesis is required of students enrolled in the two-year degree program. The master’s thesis is based on research in a topic approved by the DGS and advised by a faculty member with specialized competence in the chosen topic. M.A. students must register for EAST 900, which may count toward the sixteen required courses. EAST 900 may not be taken for audit. Students may register for an additional independent study to prepare topics and begin research. The master’s thesis must be prepared according to CEAS guidelines and is due in the student’s second year on a mid-December date (if completed in the fall term) or an early-May date (if completed in the spring term) as specified by CEAS.
Joint-Degree Programs
The Council on East Asian Studies (CEAS) collaborates with three of Yale’s professional schools—Environment, Law, and Public Health—and has developed joint-degree programs that offer a strong connection between two demanding courses of study while also fulfilling the requirements of each separate school. Only students enrolled in the two-year track of the East Asian Studies M.A. degree program are eligible for a joint degree.
Each joint program leads to the simultaneous award of two graduate professional degrees: the M.A. in East Asian Studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and an M.F., M.E.M., M.E.Sc., M.F.S., J.D., or M.P.H. from the relevant professional school. Students can earn the two degrees simultaneously in less time than if they were pursued sequentially.
With the exception of the joint M.A./J.D. program, which requires four years, completion of all 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 guided in this process by a committee composed of the DGS and a faculty member of the relevant professional school.
Candidates must submit formal applications to both the Graduate School and the relevant professional school 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.
Program materials are available upon request to the Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; email, eastasian.studies@yale.edu; website, http://ceas.yale.edu. Applications are available online at http://gsas.yale.edu/admission; email, graduate.admissions@yale.edu.
Courses
Please consult the course information available online at http://ceas.yale.edu/academics/courses and https://courses.yale.edu for a complete list of East Asian-related courses offered at Yale University.
EAST 506a/RLST 628a, Paradise in Buddhism: Pure Land Traditions James Dobbins
EAST 511b/RLST 598b, Modern Korean Buddhism from Sri Lanka to Japan Hwansoo Kim
EAST 553b/EALL 565b, Japanese Literature after 1970 Timothy Goddard
EAST 575a/ANTH 575a, Hubs, Mobilities, and Global Cities Helen Siu
EAST 640a/EALL 600a, Sinological Methods Pauline Lin
EAST 806b/EALL 806b/FILM 921b, Research in Japanese Film History Aaron Gerow
EAST 889b/HIST 889b, Research in Japanese History Fabian Drixler, Daniel Botsman, and Hannah Shepherd
EAST 900a or b, Master’s Thesis
EAST 910a or b, Independent Study
European and Russian Studies
242 Luce Hall, 203.432.3107
http://europeanstudies.macmillan.yale.edu
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Chair
Edyta Bojanowska (Slavic Languages & Literatures)
Director of Graduate Studies
Marci Shore (History; 203.432.6792, marci.shore@yale.edu)
Professors Bruce Ackerman (Law), Julia Adams (Sociology), Lauren Benton (History; Law), Dirk Bergemann (Economics; Computer Science), R. Howard Bloch (French), Edyta Bojanowska (Slavic Languages & Literatures), David Bromwich (English), Paul Bushkovitch (History), Francesco Casetti (Humanities; Film & Media Studies), Katerina Clark (Comparative Literature; Slavic Languages & Literatures), Carolyn Dean (History; French), Carlos Eire (History; Religious Studies), Paul Franks (Philosophy; Judaic Studies; Religious Studies), Paul Freedman (History), Bryan Garsten (Political Science; Humanities), John Geanakoplos (Economics), Harvey Goldblatt (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Bruce Gordon (Divinity; History), Philip Gorski (Sociology), Timothy Guinnane (Economics), Alice Kaplan (French), Paul Kennedy (History), John MacKay (Slavic Languages & Literatures; Film & Media Studies), Lawrence Manley (English), Ivan Marcus (History; Religious Studies), Millicent Marcus (Italian Studies), Isabela Mares (Political Science), Stefanie Markovits (English), John Merriman (History), Alan Mikhail (History), Samuel Moyn (Law; History), William Nordhaus (Economics; School of the Environment), Paul North (German), Mark Peterson (History), David Quint (English; Comparative Literature), Douglas Rogers (Anthropology), Pierre Saint-Amand (French), Maurice Samuels (French), Timothy Snyder (History), Peter Swenson (Political Science), Katie Trumpener (Comparative Literature; English), Jesús Velasco (Spanish & Portuguese), Miroslav Volf (Divinity), Kirk Wetters (German), James Whitman (Law), Fabrizio Zilibotti (Economics)
Associate Professors Jennifer Allen (History), Paola Bertucci (History), Molly Brunson (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Marcela Echeverri (History), Emily Erikson (Sociology), Isaac Nakhimovsky (History; Humanities), Ayesha Ramachandran (Comparative Literature), William Rankin (History), Marci Shore (History)
Assistant Professors Sergei Antonov (History), Marijeta Bozovic (Slavic Languages & Literatures; Film & Media Studies; Women’s Gender, & Sexuality Studies), Jinyi Chu (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Marcel Elias (English), José Antonio Espín-Sánchez (Economics), Samuel Hodgkin (Comparative Literature), Cormac O’Dea (Economics), Giulia Oskian (Political Science), Carolyn Roberts (African American Studies; History; History of Science & Medicine)
Lecturers Paris Aslanidis (Hellenic Studies; Political Science), George Syrimis (Hellenic Studies; Religious Studies)
Senior Lectors Irina Dolgova (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Marion Gehlker (German), Krystyna Illakowicz (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Maria Kaliambou (Hellenic Studies), Ruth Koizim (French), Constantine Muravnik (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Julia Titus (Slavic Languages & Literatures), Karen von Kunes (Slavic Languages & Literatures)
The European Studies Council promotes innovative research on Europe’s past and present in the context of regional and global interactions. The council collaborates with schools and departments throughout Yale to support faculty, students, and visiting scholars by sharing their interdisciplinary expertise on European affairs with the broader public. The council aims to foster a wider understanding of Europe as both a place and an idea, reflecting the evolving nature of the region and its network of connections throughout the world. The geographical scope of the council’s activities extends from Ireland to Italy, and from Portugal to the lands of the former Soviet Union. The council’s definition of Europe transcends conventional divisions between Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, and includes the Balkans and Russia. The U.S. Department of Education has repeatedly designated the council a National Resource Center and a FLAS Center under its HEA Title VI program.
The council administers an M.A. program in European and Russian Studies (E&RS). This M.A. program is unusual in its embrace of all of Europe, east as well as west. The program allows students to choose a regional focus while also ensuring familiarity with those parts of Europe outside of that focus. Students specializing in Russia and East Europe, for example, will concentrate their efforts in that area, but will also take courses that address Europe-wide problems or the countries of West and Central Europe. As an interdisciplinary program, the E&RS M.A. allows for concentration in a variety of humanities (languages, literatures, history, art, music) and social science (political science, economics, sociology, anthropology) disciplines, as well as law. The program is suited both to students who wish to pursue further academic studies and to students interested in pursuing careers in policy, journalism, teaching, human rights, development, and NGOs.
Fields of Study
European languages and literatures; economics; history; human rights; journalism; law; music; policy; political science; sociology and other social sciences.
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 East Europe, or (2) West and Central Europe. All students must complete sixteen term courses (or their equivalent) in the various fields related to European and Russian studies. E&RS 900, Europe: Who, What, When, Where?, is required in addition to the sixteen courses and should be taken in the first year of the program. E&RS 900 is taken as Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and may not be taken for audit.
Students in their first year must enroll in one course focusing on methodology in a field of study, e.g., History, Comparative Literature, Sociology, or Political Science. Students are required to take at least one course in at least three of the four fields of study relevant to the program, i.e., history (including history of art, history of science, and history of music), literature, social sciences, and law. Students can fulfill this three-field requirement by taking Europe-related graduate-level courses from across the University. Only one of the sixteen graduate-level term courses may be taken for audit. Courses graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory cannot be counted toward the sixteen-course requirement of the program. For students focusing on Russia and East Europe, two of the sixteen required courses (excluding language courses) must concern the nations of West and Central Europe. Conversely, for those focusing on West and Central Europe, two courses must concern Russia and East Europe.
For the purposes of this program, language courses in modern European languages count toward the sixteen required courses, even though they have undergraduate course numbers and undergraduate grade modes. If a student takes a language course to fulfill the 16-credit degree requirement, the language course cannot be taken for audit. Students with previous language preparation may in certain cases receive documentation of their language proficiency on the basis of this work. By the time the degree is completed, all students must demonstrate at least L4 proficiency in two modern European languages other than English. Those wishing to focus on Russia and East Europe will need to demonstrate knowledge of Russian or an East European language; those focusing on West and Central Europe will need to demonstrate knowledge of one of the appropriate regional languages. In all cases, students are required to demonstrate proficiency in two European languages 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 (DGS). Students who wish to take Yale department examinations in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or other West European languages should register for a placement examination or a complete proficiency 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. Students who have met the language proficiency degree requirement may study a non-European language related to the student’s academic and professional goals if the courses are approved by the DGS.
In all cases, students will comply with the Policies and Regulations of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, especially regarding degree requirements and academic standing.
Through agreements negotiated by the MacMillan Center, the European Studies Council offers joint master’s degrees with the Law School, the School of Management, the School of the Environment, and the School of Public Health. Application for admission must be made to both the Graduate School and the applicable professional school, with notation made on each application that this is to be considered for the joint-degree program. Refer to http://macmillan.yale.edu/academic-programs/joint-degree-programs and contact the European Studies DGS for up-to-date information.
The Master’s Thesis
A master’s thesis is required. The master’s thesis is based on research in a topic approved by the DGS and advised by a faculty member with specialized competence in the chosen topic. M.A. students must register for E&RS 950, which may count toward the sixteen required courses. E&RS 950 may not be taken for audit. Students may register for one additional independent study to prepare topics and begin research. The master’s thesis must be prepared according to department guidelines and is due in two copies in the student’s second year on an early-April date as specified by the council.
Program materials are available upon request to the European Studies Council, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206.
Courses
EE&RS 940a or b, Independent Study
E&RS 950a or b, Master’s Thesis
Latin American and Iberian Studies
232 Luce Hall, 203.432.3420
http://clais.macmillan.yale.edu
- Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies
Chair
Claudia Valeggia (Anthropology)
Professors Ned Blackhawk (History; American Studies), Richard Burger (Anthropology), Enrique De La Cruz (Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry), Robert Dubrow (Epidemiology), Carlos Eire (History; Religious Studies), Eduardo Fernandez-Duque (Anthropology), Paul Freedman (History), Aníbal González-Pérez (Spanish & Portuguese), K. David Jackson (Spanish & Portuguese), Alan Kazdin (Psychology), Albert Ko (Epidemiology; Internal Medicine), Daniel Markovits (Law), Catherine Panter-Brick (Anthropology; Global Affairs), Stephen Pitti (History), Claire Priest (Law), Cristina Rodríguez (Law), Carla Rothlin (Immunobiology; Pharmacology), Alicia Schmidt Camacho (American Studies), Stuart Schwartz (History), Claudia Valeggia (Anthropology), Noël Valis (Spanish & Portuguese), Elisabeth Wood (Political Science)
Associate Professors Rodrigo Canales (Management), Oswaldo Chinchilla (Anthropology), Ana De La O Torres (Political Science), Marcela Echeverri Muñoz (History), Anne Eller (History), Moira Fradinger (Comparative Literature), Cécile Fromont (History of Art), Albert Laguna (American Studies), Michael Murrell (Biomedical Engineering), Patricia Ryan-Krause (Nursing)
Assistant Professors Didac Queralt (Political Science), Emily Sellars (Political Science)
Senior Lectors and Lectors (Spanish & Portuguese) Sybil Alexandrov, María Pilar Asensio-Manrique, Mercedes Carreras, Ame Cividanes, Sebastián Díaz, María Jordán, Rosamaría León, Juliana Ramos-Ruano, Lissette Reymundi, Lourdes Sabé Colom, Terry Seymour, Margherita Tortora
Others Jane Edwards (Sr. Associate Dean, Yale College; Dean, International & Professional Experience), María José Hierro Hernández (Lecturer, Political Science), Jana Krentz (Librarian, Latin American & Iberian Collections, Latinx Studies), Florencia Montagnini (Sr. Research Scientist, School of the Environment), Maria Saez Marti (Sr. Lector, 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-five disciplines with distinct strengths in Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Spanish and Portuguese. Latin Americanist faculty specialize in the Andes (Burger), Argentina (Valeggia), Brazil (Jackson, Ko, Ryan-Krause, Schwartz), the Caribbean (Echeverri Muñoz, Eller), Central America (Chinchilla, Ryan-Krause, Wood), Colombia (Echeverri Muñoz), Cuba (Laguna), Mexico (Canales, De La O Torres, Pitti, Schmidt Camacho, Sellars), and the Southern Cone (Fradinger). School of the Environment faculty (Ashton, Bell, Berlyn, Clark, Dove, Geballe, Gentry, Mendelsohn, Montagnini) have tropical research interests or participate in educational exchanges with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Latin American content courses are also offered in the Schools of Law, Management, and Public Health.
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 LAIS Summer Research grants, are available to graduate and professional school students for summer research. Information on grants is available at https://yale.communityforce.com/Funds/Search.aspx.
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. Less frequently 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 556,000 volumes printed in Latin America, plus newspapers and microfilms, CD-ROMs, films, sound recordings, and maps. 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.
For more information about the Graduate Certificate, contact the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; 203.432.3420.
Middle East Studies
346 Rosenkranz Hall, 203.436.2553
http://cmes.macmillan.yale.edu
- Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Modern Middle East Studies
Chair
Marcia Inhorn (Anthropology)
Professors Abbas Amanat (Emeritus; History), Harold Attridge (Divinity), Gerhard Bowering (Emeritus; Religious Studies), John J. Collins (Emeritus; Divinity), John Darnell (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Stephen Davis (Religious Studies), Owen Fiss (Emeritus; Law), Steven Fraade (Religious Studies), Eckart Frahm (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Frank Griffel (Religious Studies), Dimitri Gutas (Emeritus; Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Christine Hayes (Religious Studies), Hannan Hever (Comparative Literature), Frank Hole (Emeritus; Anthropology), Marcia Inhorn (Anthropology), Anthony Kronman (Law), J.G. Manning (Classics), Ivan Marcus (History), Alan Mikhail (History), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (School of Management), Robert Nelson (Emeritus; History of Art), Catherine Panter-Brick (Anthropology), Kishwar Rizvi (History of Art), Maurice Samuels (French), Shawkat Toorawa (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Kevin van Bladel (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Harvey Weiss (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Robert Wilson (Emeritus; Religious Studies)
Associate Professors Thomas Connolly (French), Robyn Creswell (Comparative Literature), Zareena Grewal (American Studies), Kaveh Khoshnood (Public Health), Hani Mowafi (Emergency Medicine), Jonathan Wyrtzen (Sociology), Travis Zadeh (Religious Studies)
Assistant Professors Supriya Gandhi (Religious Studies), Samuel Hodgkin (Comparative Literature), Jill Jarvis (French), Elizabeth Nugent (Political Science), Eda Pepi (Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies), Evren Savci (Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies)
Senior Lecturers and Lecturers Tolga Köker (Economics), Nicholas Lotito (Political Science), Emma Sky (Global Affairs), Kathryn Slanski (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations)
Senior Lectors (I, II) and Lectors Sarab Al Ani (Arabic), Muhammad Aziz (Arabic), Jonas Elbousty (Arabic), Ozgen Felek (Turkish), Shiri Goren (Hebrew), Dina Roginsky (Hebrew), Farkhondeh Shayesteh (Persian), Ezgi Yalcin (Turkish), Orit Yeret (Hebrew)
Librarians and Curators Roberta Dougherty (Near East Collection), Agnete Wisti Lassen (Babylonian Collection), Susan Matheson (Ancient Art, Yale Art Gallery), Nanette Stahl (Judaica Collection)
The Council on Middle East Studies brings together faculty and students sharing an interest in the Middle East by sponsoring conferences, discussions, films, and 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, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education under HEA Title VI. As a National Resource Center, the council supports a number of projects and activities and an extensive outreach program.
The council also offers a Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Modern Middle East Studies. Students with an interest in the Middle East should first apply to one of the University’s degree-granting departments, such as Anthropology, History, Linguistics, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Political Science, Religious Studies, or Sociology, and then apply for the graduate certificate of concentration no later than the beginning of their penultimate term of study.
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
- Language proficiency: At least two years of successful study at the college level (or the equivalent) in one of the four major modern languages of the Middle East: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish.
- Course work: A total of six courses in at least two disciplines on the Middle East and related issues. All courses must be completed with a passing grade.
- Interdisciplinary research paper: A qualifying research paper that demonstrates field-specific research ability focused on the area of concentration. After having 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, students submit their request no later than the fourth week of the term in which they plan to submit the qualifying paper.
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; cristin.siebert@yale.edu.
South Asian Studies
210 Luce Hall, 203.436.3517
Chair
Sunil Amrith (History; on leave)
Acting Chair
Rohit De (History)
Professors Sunil Amrith (History), Tim Barringer (History of Art), Veneeta Dayal (Linguistics), Michael Dove (School of the Environment), Robert Jensen (School of Management), Alan Mikhail (History), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (School of Management), Kaivan Munshi (Economics), Rohini Pande (Economics), Kishwar Rizvi (History of Art), Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan (Anthropology), Shyam Sunder (School of Management), Steven Wilkinson (Political Science)
Associate Professors Rohit De (History), Nihal DeLanerolle (School of Medicine), Mayur Desai (Public Health), Zareena Grewal (American Studies; Religious Studies)
Assistant Professors Subhashini Kaligotla (History of Art), Sarah Khan (Political Science), Priyasha Mukhopadhyay (English)
Senior Lecturer Carol Carpenter (School of the Environment)
Senior Lector Swapna Sharma (Hindi)
Lector Aleksandar Uskokov (Sanskrit)
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 South Asian Studies Council is part of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. It 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 South Asian Studies Council 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 Sanskrit. 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 South Asian Studies Council, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; or visit our website, http://southasia.macmillan.yale.edu
Courses
HNDI 510a, Elementary Hindi
HNDI 520b, Elementary Hindi II
HNDI 530a, Intermediate Hindi I Swapna Sharma
HNDI 532a, Accelerated Hindi I Swapna Sharma
HNDI 540b, Intermediate Hindi II Swapna Sharma
HNDI 542b, Accelerated Hindi II Swapna Sharma
HNDI 550a, Advanced Hindi Swapna Sharma
HNDI 598a or b, Advanced Tutorial Swapna Sharma
SAST 670a/RLST 646a, Indian Philosophy in Sanskrit Literature Aleksandar Uskokov
SAST 839a/HIST 904a, Writing Postcolonial Histories of South Asia: Decolonization, Democracy, and Development Rohit De
SKRT 510a/LING 515a, Introductory Sanskrit I Aleksandar Uskokov
SKRT 520b/LING 525b, Introductory Sanskrit II
SKRT 530a/LING 538a, Intermediate Sanskrit I Aleksandar Uskokov
SKRT 540b/LING 548b, Intermediate Sanskrit II
SKRT 560a, Advanced Sanskrit: Readings in Poetry and Drama Aleksandar Uskokov
Southeast Asia Studies
311 Luce Hall, 203.432.3431, seas@yale.edu
Chair
Erik Harms (Anthropology)
Professors Michael Dove (School of the Environment), J. Joseph Errington (Anthropology), Benedict Kiernan (History), Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan (History of Art)
Associate Professor Erik Harms (Anthropology)
Assistant Professor Alka Menon (Sociology)
Lecturers and Lectors (I, II) Dinny Risri Aletheiani (Indonesian Language Studies), Carol Carpenter (School of the Environment), Amity Doolittle (School of the Environment), Indriyo Sukmono (Indonesian Language Studies), Quan Tran (American Studies), Quang Phu Van (Vietnamese Language Studies)
Curators Ruth Barnes (Indo-Pacific Art, Yale Art Gallery), Brandon Miliate (South & Southeast Asian Studies, Yale University Library)
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 the Council on 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. Faculty members of the SEAS council are available to serve as Ph.D. advisers and committee members. The council aims to bring together faculty and students sharing an interest in Southeast Asia and contributes to the graduate and undergraduate curriculum with language courses, an annual seminar series, periodic conferences, cultural events, and special lectures.
Yale offers extensive library and research collections on Southeast Asia in Sterling Memorial Library, the Economic Growth Center, and the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Further information on library resources is available from Brandon Miliate, Librarian for South and Southeast Asian Studies, Sterling Memorial Library (203.432.9350, brandon.miliate@yale.edu).
Language instruction is offered to graduate and undergraduate students in two Southeast Asian languages, Indonesian and Vietnamese. The council supports language tables and independent study or tutoring in other Southeast Asian languages through the Directed Independent Language Study Program or by special arrangement. Students planning to undertake field research or language study in Southeast Asia may apply to the council for summer fellowship support; see http://cseas.yale.edu/grants-students.
For information on program activities and participating faculty, contact the Council on Southeast Asia Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206; seas@yale.edu; or visit our website, http://cseas.yale.edu.
Courses
Courses in Indonesian and Vietnamese languages at the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels are listed in Yale College Programs of Study and at https://courses.yale.edu.
INDN 570a or b, Readings in Indonesian
VIET 560a or b, Readings in Vietnamese Quang Phu Van