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James Reardon-Anderson
Dean
James Reardon-Anderson is Sun Yat-sen Professor of Chinese Studies and dean of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Prof. Reardon-Anderson has been a member of the Georgetown University Faculty since 1985. He previously taught at the University of Michigan and the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University, and has served as Director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei (1980-81, 1988), Director of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library of Columbia University (1982-85), Director of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (1990-92); Director of Asian Studies at Georgetown (1992-1995); and Director of the Georgetown University Master of Science in Foreign Service program (2002-05).
Professor Reardon-Anderson is a specialist in modern Chinese history and the author of five books on China: Yenan and the Great Powers: The Origins of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy (Columbia University Press, 1980), The Study of Change: Chemistry in China, 1840-1949 (Cambridge University Press, 1991), Pollution, Politics and Foreign Investment in Taiwan: The Lukang Rebellion (M.E. Sharpe, 1992), Grasslands and Grassland Science in Northern China (National Academy of Sciences Press, 1992), and his most recent book, Reluctant Pioneers: The Chinese Conquest of Manchuria, 1644-1937 (Stanford University Press, 2005).
He has served as dean of the School of Foreign Service in Qatar since its founding in 2005, and teaches each fall a section of the "SFS Freshman Proseminar" and each spring the required course, "Map of the Modern World."
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Upcoming SFS-Qatar Events
- Nov 10, 6pm-7:30pm: Monthly Dialogue: John Crist
- Nov 17, 5pm: Faculty Film - The Last Wave
- Dec 1, 5:30pm: Faculty Film Series
SFS-Qatar News
- SFS Dean Discusses Changing Face of International Relations
More than 300 people gathered at the Four Seasons on Monday evening to listen to Georgetown professor Carol Lancaster discuss the “new world order” in international relations, and how this will impact the balance of wealth and power in the coming years. (October 14, 2009) - Georgetown Welcomes the Class of 2013
On Thursday, August 20, the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) officially welcomed the Class of 2013 into the university during its New Student Convocation ceremony. (August 25, 2009) - Summer Camp Makes Global Knowledge Local
This July, teenagers from Qatar's 16 local schools participated in Planet Georgetown, an internationally-themed summer camp. (August 01, 2009)

