Prof Sautman Barry

Barry
SAUTMAN
沙伯力

PhD Columbia University, 1990
Professor Emeritus/ Visiting Professor
Profile

Barry Sautman is a political scientist (PhD Columbia University) and lawyer (JD UCLA, LLM NYU) who primarily teaches international law, China/US relations, contemporary China, ethnicity and nationalism.  One of his areas of research has been ethnic politics in China and comparative perspective, including ethnic policies, the political economic and legal aspects of the Tibet and Xinjiang issues.  He has examined the global mystification by politicians and media of these questions, as well as the issue of dissent in China.  His other area is China-Africa links, including political economy, labor rights, migration between China and Africa and interactions between Chinese and Africans, representations and perceptions of China and Chinese in Africa, and the supposed strategic rivalry between the US and China in Africa.  He has published several monographs and numerous journal articles, as well as print media op-ed pieces and online contributions.

Research Interests
• Communist and post Communist Systems
• Chinese Politics (especially Ethnic Politics)
• China-Africa Relations
• China-US Relations
• International Law (especially Human Rights)
Courses Taught
MGCS 6000G: China and Africa
SOSC 1270: International Law
SOSC 1190: China and the World: China's Development in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
SOSC 4000I: China's Belt and Initiative
SOSC 4000J: The New Silk Route: Social Science Perspectives
SOSC 6030L: The Belt and Road Initiative: Social Science Perspectives
SOSC 6030O: The New Silk Route: Social Science Perspectives
SOSC 6030Q: International Law and China