COMM3670 Issues in Current Affairs
| Course | COMM3670 Issues in Current Affairs | ||
| Class Time | Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 09:30 – 12:15 | ||
| Teacher | Mr. Éric SAUTEDÉ | ||
| Course Description | This course introduces students to key social, economic, and political current issues—such as climate change, economic liberalization, transnational migrations, terrorism, pandemics—and how different stakeholders—municipalities, nation-states, civil societies, as well as regional and international organizations—measure up to these issues and challenges. The course will also emphasize the connection and the articulation of these current affairs and public policies between the global and local levels. While some of the topics addressed in this class have been covered at length by the literature, some will reflect immediate concerns as they arise from current affairs. Ultimately, it is our hope that this class will help students understand better that current affairs have both the potential to bring the world together or, on the contrary, ever-further differences and enmities. | ||
| Course Outline/Syllabus | Download | ||
| Prerequisite(s) | — | ||
| Remark(s) | — |
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Mr. Éric SAUTEDÉ graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He has been living in East Asia since 1994 and was for many years a researcher with the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China, based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the chief editor of the centre’s journal, China Perspectives. He then became a researcher with the Jesuit-backed Macao Ricci Institute where he co-created the bilingual journal of intellectual dialogue Chinese Cross Currents. From 2007 to 2014, Éric was a senior lecturer in politics and research coordinator at the University of Saint Joseph (Macao). He made a stint in the non-profit sector between 2017 and 2020 as the Development Director of China Labour Bulletin. Today, apart from lecturing on international relations and current affairs, he also writes for the French and Swiss press. His main research and writings focus on political change in East Asia and the development of the Internet in China. | ||