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This work involves partnering with banks, government departments and other financial institutions. Prior to his PhD, Joe graduated first in his class with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He has been awarded a number of grants and prizes, including from the Economic and Social Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust. Joe’s views on consumer... Brexit will have far-reaching economic, constitutional, and geopolitical consequences Momentous. Seismic. Historic. The British vote to leave the European Union was all that and more. For the supporters of the Remain campaign and many in the EU, it is a catastrophic defeat, one that will prove to be immensely costly in a variety of ways to the UK and the EU. For supporters of the Leave campaign and euroskeptics throughout the EU, on the other hand, it is a great victory of democracy, one that will enable the British people, through their parliament, to reclaim the sovereignty... Students Abroad: Harland Dahl in New Delhi, India With funding from the South Asian Studies Travel Research Grant for Undergraduate Students, Harland Dahl, a Class of 2018 political science major with a global health concentration, traveled to New Delhi, India, to work for the Population Foundation of India. I’ve just finished my third week living and working in New Delhi, India, and I can’t believe how quickly my time here has gone. New Delhi is at once historic and metropolitan, frustrating and inspiring, and chaotic and beautiful. Cluttered... Exploring Slavery, Past and Present: Robina Foundation supports Gilder Lehrman Center “Slavery is one of the most pressing societal problems of our time,― said Genevieve LeBaron, the Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery Fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. “Many economists and political scientists had hypothesized that capitalism would eradicate forced labor. Instead, slavery is a rapidly growing concern and one that we must urgently address.― According to the International Labour Organization, nearly 21 million people... Politics against domination: A conversation with Ian Shapiro Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center, grew up in South Africa during the apartheid era. He recalls that people there could easily list the regime’s injustices, but often struggled to describe a just alternative.  This observation — people know what they oppose better than what they favor — informs Shapiro’s argument in his latest book, “Politics Against Domination.― He makes the case that resisting domination should be the... Events September 12, 2016 - 4:30pm Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights by Asma Jahangir Student Spotlight  Avery Grayson, Class of 2017, talks about her summer abroad experience in Morocco. more >  The MacMillan Report  Millicent Marcus, Professor of Italian Language and Literature, talks about the anti-Mafia martyr genre in Italian film.  more > YaleGlobal Online  Wolf-Pack Terrorism: Inspired by ISIS, Made in Bangladesh Saroj Kumar Rath, 5 July 2016 ISIS reverses course: Jihadists leave Syria, putting countries like Bangladesh under siege and driving wedges amid political squabbling more > Copyright © 2016 Yale University · All rights reserved · Privacy policy Subscribe to the e-Calendar | Search | Contact | Yale THE WHITNEY AND BETTY MACMILLAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES AT YALE