Amherst Today Program

A Focus on Foreign Relations

October 21-22, 2010

Classes will be taught by Lawrence Douglas, James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought; Beth Yarbrough, Willard Long Thorp Professor of Economics; Javier Corrales, professor of political science; William Taubman, Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science; N. Gordon Levin, Dwight Morrow Professor of History and American Studies; and Pavel Machala, professor of political science.

In five separate classroom sessions participants will learn about and discuss an international war crime trial, economic policy as foreign policy, the history-making rapprochement between the United States and Brazil, United States/Russian relations and President Obama's foreign policy. There will also be opportunities to attend open classes with students and to have informal conversations with participating faculty outside of the classroom.

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