Course sites, pointers on how to read in college, guidelines for presentations, guidelines for reading responses, research sources on comparative and international politics, information about citing sources and avoiding plagiarism, citation format requirements, checklist for all written work
What should you call me? I suggest currently enrolled undergraduate students call me “Professor Read.” All others, including graduate students and everyone who is not a student, should feel free to call me “Ben.”
Future teaching
I will be on sabbatical in the 2023-2024 academic year, working on a book. I will resume teaching in Fall 2024.
Past courses
- Poli 60, Comparative Politics of the Developing World, Winter 2023 [syllabus]
- Poli 140d, Politics of East Asia Winter 2022 [syllabus]
- Poli 141, Politics of China, Spring 2022 [syllabus]
- Poli 161, The Rise of China, Spring 2023 [syllabus] [Korean Peninsula timeline]
- Poli 190t, Governance and Conflict in East Asia, Winter 2018 [syllabus]
- Poli 200b, Social Forces and Political Change, graduate seminar, Winter 2015 [syllabus]
- Poli 210, Problems of Democracy in Comparative Perspective, graduate seminar, Spring 2016 [syllabus]
- Poli 261, Key Issues in Contemporary Chinese Politics, graduate seminar, Spring 2020 [syllabus]