Western Hemisphere

Explore Yale’s impact and activity across the Western Hemisphere

Yale and the Western Hemisphere

Faculty, scholars, students, and alumni from Yale actively engage in exchanges, research, conferences, artistic performances and exhibitions, and other collaboration throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada. And every day, students and scholars from the region enrich the academic and cultural life on Yale’s campus. We invite you to learn more about Yale’s initiatives and partnerships across the hemisphere.

Director for the Western Hemisphere

Marcos Mandojana

Yale Brazil fair

Yale and Brazil

Yale has a long history with Brazil, going back to the 1800s. We invite you to learn about our programs, partnerships, and collaborations in Brazil.

Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies

This MacMillan Center council, known as CLAIS, seeks to enhance the understanding of Latin America, Spain and Portugal. The council draws on the strengths of Yale’s pioneering departments of History, Political Science, Anthropology, and Spanish and Portuguese, among others.

Yale Law School Latin America Linkage Program

Each summer the Law School sponsors a student exchange with several universities in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Student participants focus on a wide range of areas including human rights, constitutional law, international law, and criminal law.