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THE PH.D. Hiroshi Kaihara I graduated from Meiji University, a private university in Japan, in 1988. Somehow I wanted to work for the United Nations. So I left Japan in 1993 and spent a year learning English at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. The following year, I came to New York and began studies that led to a Master’s Degree in Social Science and a United Nations Graduate Certificate (1996). I chatted with Professor Wilson a lot. That helped improve my oral communication skills and remains a good memory. I stayed in the Brooklyn Campus dormitory and, although I could go anywhere I wanted, I rarely ventured off campus, even to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rather, I became completely absorbed in studying, almost like a monk. Two books in particular opened my eyes: Ernest Gellner’s Plow, Sword and Book and Karl Popper’s Open Society and Its Enemies. In the fall of 1997, I became an International Relations major in the Political Science Department at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). You have to do a lot to earn a Ph.D.! You need to complete 60 credits of course work, pass two comprehensive exams (one written, one oral), pass two foreign language tests, and write a dissertation. The written exam is on your major and minor fields. During the oral exam, you are grilled by five professors. Actually, I had fun because everybody listened to me! I passed the Japanese language exam, obviously, and was able to substitute a Chinese course taken at Hunter College for the test in a second foreign language. The dissertation was one of my most frustrating experiences. First, I could not come up with a good idea. Idly, one year passed by. So I changed my mind and decided to write on something I could do with my present ability. I chose the political power structure of Japanese politics. Then I had a very hard time communicating with my dissertation sponsor. You cannot get your dissertation accepted unless your sponsor gives you the green light. The longer I worked with my sponsor, the more I realized how our views differed. And this all happened even though I had chosen the sponsor! Nonetheless, I successfully defended my dissertation in December 2003. That was the final stage of the whole Ph.D. process. It took almost 7 years (from spring 1997 to fall 2003), although I took two years of leave of absence. Now, having acquired a Ph.D., the real test for me has started. Yes, I need a job!! The job market for political science is too tight. Simply too many universities are producing too many Ph.D.s for not very many tenured positions. Right now, I have a graduate teaching fellowship from the Graduate Center, which guarantees me a modest salary for three years, and I am teaching American politics, American foreign policy, world politics, and East Asian politics at Brooklyn College as an adjunct instructor. Probably because I look young (although I am already 35, not young at all by Japanese standards), naturally students challenge me freely. So I have to prepare for their ambushes. Overall I enjoy teaching. After all, I am only discussing something I am interested in. So if I can continue to teach with a better salary my life will not be so bad. My email address is hkaihara@gc.cuny.edu. ❃ ❃ ❃ 15
CERTIFICATE IN UNITED NATIONS STUDIES, 2003-2004 Betsuaye Wilson Abia Mehret Asefaw Joseph O. Babatunde Roaslind M. Chandler Aminata R. Coker Agnieszka Godos Aina Etuhole Iiyambo Elba Janeth Lara Lorna Allison Malcolm Lisa Matos Esther Dawn Nunez PUBLICATIONS / PAPERS Jacques Fomerand, The Role of the United Nations in the Fight Against Terrorism. Conference Paper: 7 th Biannual Conference on International Perspectives on Crime, Justice and Public Order. Bucharest, June 2004 Jacques Fomerand, “Issues Before the General Assembly: UN Humanitarian Interventions”, in UN/USA Annual Issues Before the General Assembly, 2004 Jean Krasno and James Sutterlin, The United Nations and Iraq: Defanging the Viper, 2003 James Sutterlin, The UN and the Maintenance of International Security, 2 nd ed., 2003 Michael Tarallo (MA, ’95) UN Budgeting: A Sound Leap Forward, 2004 NEW COURSES UN 717: The United Nations and Global Terrorism This course explores these questions with particular attention to the novel features of the threat posed by terrorism to international peace and security. It examines the effectiveness of applying traditional models and mechanisms for dealing with the security challenges posed by terrorism and addressing its root causes, and what can be done through the United Nations to contain and suppress terrorism. Professor Fomerand UN 716: The United Nations and the Middle East The seminar will examine the events that led to the initial involvement and continued engagement of the United Nations in the Middle East. Starting with the Balfour Declaration through the independence of Israel followed by the various Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on the situation to the present “road map”, the student will explore the role of the United Nations in the Israel/Palestine question. The seminar will also discuss the impact of the Gulf War, the recent intervention in Iraq, and the current challenges facing the United Nations in the fields of democratization, disarmament, and human rights in the region. Professor Sherif 16
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