Philip West, Director

Honoring the life, work, and wishes of Mike Mansfield, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center supports the study of Asian peoples and cultures and in particular of American-Asian relations. The Center is an academic unit within The University of Montana and enjoys core funding from an endowment managed by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation. With a focus on East Asian histories and cultures, the Mansfield Center faculty offer classroom instruction, conduct research, and organize conferences, dialogues, and retreats related to the mission of the Center. The Center faculty collaborate with the University's Asian Studies program, comprised of thirty-two faculty.

Courses

U for undergraduate credit only, UG= for undergraduate or graduate credit, G=for graduate credit. R after the credit indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the R.

U 195 Special Topics Variable cr.. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings of new courses or one-time offerings of current topics.

U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

UG 494 Mansfield Center Seminar Variable cr. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr.

UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

UG 496 Independent Study Variable cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr.

G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-12) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

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Professors

Steven Levine, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1972 (Mansfield Professor of Asia Pacific Studies)
Philip West, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1971 (Mansfield Professor of Modern Asian
Affairs)

Adjunct Professors

Mark Johnson, M.A., George Washington University, 1971 (Adjunct Mansfield Professor)
Joanna Shelton, M.A., Johns Hopkins, 1977 (Adjunct Mansfield Professor)

Assistant Professor

David Earhart, M.A., Sophia University, 1991 (Research Assistant Mansfield Professor)