International Resources at Yale

Center for Interdisciplinary Reserach on AIDS (CIRA)
CIRA's mission is to support the conduct of interdisciplinary research focused on the prevention of HIV infection and the reduction of consequences of HIV disease in vulnerable and undeserved populations nationally and abroad.

China Law Center
Established in 1999, the Center carries out research and teaching, promotes academic exchanges with China, and undertakes a variety of cooperative projects on important issues in Chinese law and policy reform.

Economic Growth Center
A research organization within the Yale Department of Economics that was created in 1961 to analyze, both theoretically and empirically, the process of economic growth and the economic relations between low and high income countries.

International Center for Finance
The International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management provides active support for research in financial economics by its fellows and disseminates their work to the world's academic and professional communities. In addition, the Center provides summer research support and funding for visiting fellows and travel support for doctoral student fellows.

Kamusi Project
Kamusi is the Swahili word for dictionary, and the The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary is designed to fill a need in African Studies and East African education. Using the Internet, the project draws on the minds of speakers and scholars of Swahili all over the world, to produce a "living" on-line dictionary that can be updated constantly and available instantaneously from any networked computer anywhere in the world.

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The MacMillan Center
The MacMillan Center is the University's focal point for encouraging and coordinating teaching and research on international affairs, societies, and cultures around the world. The Center seeks to make understanding the world outside the borders of the United States, and the role of the United States in the world, an integral part of liberal education and professional training at the University.

Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER)
Managed by the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, the Program draws upon Yale University's extensive resources to develop and implement programs, services and resources designed to advance understanding of international and world regional issues through outreach to education, business, media and the public.

Orville H. Shell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights
Founded in 1989 to honor the late Orville H. Schell, Jr., a distinguished lawyer, vice chairman of Helsinki Watch, and chairman of Americas Watch from its founding in 1981 until his death in 1987, the Center coordinates a diverse program of human rights activities that serve students and scholars at Yale and contrubute to the development of the human rights community locally and internationally.

Yale Center for the Study of Globalization (YCSG)
Launched in the fall of 2001, the YCSG was designed to enrich the debate about globalization on campus and to promote the flow of ideas between Yale and the policy world.

Yale Guide to Resources in African Languages and Literature
University Programs, projects and study abroad options dealing with African Languages and Literature.

Yale Russian Archive Project (YRAP)
The YRAP site will provide scholars around the world with detailed information about the archives before they travel to Russia, Ukraine and other former-Soviet republics.

Yale World Fellows Program
The World Fellows Program aims to build a global network of emerging leaders and to broaden international understanding at Yale University.