Camden Conference Course Explores Asia’s Economic Challenges, U.S. Foreign Policy
Contact: Marlene Charron, (207) 581-4096
ORONO — “The Challenges of Asia,” a unique University of Maine course designed around the 2011 Camden Conference on the same theme, will examine the impact of current trends in the international political economy of several countries in Asia.
Class participants will explore regional dynamics, the influence and perspective of China, Japan and India, and the assumptions and understandings of U.S. foreign policymakers about American interests in the region. The course, offered by the UMaine Continuing and Distance Education Division, will give students an appreciation of the dynamics of the global system in the contemporary period and an understanding of the constraints and opportunities facing U.S. foreign policymakers.
The Camden Conference serves as the centerpiece for the three credit-hour University of Maine course. Class sessions will occur within a compressed timeframe on three Saturdays — Jan. 29, March 19 and April 9 — from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hill Auditorium of Barrows Hall on the UMaine campus. The class includes attendance at the Camden Conference Feb. 18-20 in Camden or at three satellite broadcast locations.
Faculty members co-teaching the UMaine course are Timothy Cole, chair and associate professor, Political Science Department; G. Paul Holman, visiting associate professor of international affairs and political science; Ngo Vinh Long, professor of Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Southeast Asian history; Jim Settele, assistant director, School of Policy and International Affairs; and Richard Powell, associate professor of political science.
Information on course fees, registration, academic course designations and other details are available in an online PDF flyer.