Fall Semester Brings New Students and Professors from Over the World |
| Monday, 10 September 2012 |
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Three new professors have joined the AGS faculty this semester. H.E. Wilfried Bolewski, former German Ambassador to Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas and a professor at Sciences Po, will teach a course on Diplomacy and International Law. This course is a new addition to the AGS curriculum. It will draw from Professor Bolewski's background as a lawyer and a diplomat. May Akabogu-Collins, an American-Nigerian professor of Economics who graduated from the University of Southern California, will teach the course on Principles of Economics. Finally, Patrick Bratton, an expert on security and strategic studies who chairs the Political Science department at AGS's partner Hawai'i Pacific University, is joining AGS for a semester as a Visiting Professor. He will teach the course on Factors and Theories of Analysis in International Relations and Diplomacy. More information on the AGS faculty can be found here. Also to be noted is a new course entitled "Extreme Crisis Situations: Terrorism, Government and Media". This course will be taught by Professor Joav Toker, a Columbia University graduate and a professional international affairs journalist who regularly appears as a political analyst on TV5 Monde, France 24 and other international TV networks. Sarah Pedersen, Academic Coordinator of the International Relations graduate programs and an AGS alumna, says: "As always, the very diverse backgrounds of the students, interacting with those of the professors, will surely make for interesting debates in the classroom!" More photos: |
The new Fall semester has started at AGS, with the first week of classes of the International Relations and Diplomacy Master's and Ph.D. programs beginning September 6th. In line with AGS's strong tradition of welcoming students from all over the world, this semester's new students come from the US, New Zealand, Germany, South Africa, Nigeria, Iraq, Mexico, and Trinidad & Tobago. The faculty teaching in these programs are also very international, coming from over fifteen different countries.
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 Ryan MillsUnited States
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From current issues in the Middle East taught together by an Iranian historian and an Israelli journalist, to NGO management taught by the director of Human Rights Watch in France, every class was fascinating and taught by some of the most impressive people I could ever have imagined. I immediately felt at home in this small but active AGS community because, although students and professors are all from different parts of the world, everyone takes the time to understand each other's perspective. Overall, I would recommend AGS to anyone with a thirst for intellectual stimulation and a drive to not only understand the world of international relations, but engage in it..