- Oxford Academia at:
- 2025 Sessions:
July 19–August 1
- Eligibility:
Completing grades 9–12
Motivated rising 9th graders will also be considered
- Typical Seminar Size:
In this seminar, lay the groundwork for a better understanding of the state of global diplomacy through lectures, thought-provoking discussions, and interactive exercises. Whether it’s human rights, commerce and trade, human migration, climate change, or cybersecurity, world leaders are constantly walking the diplomatic tightrope and weighing the resulting costs and benefits. Investigate the relationship between governments, state and non-state actors, and the role of international media. Identify the tools essential to policy makers and ambassadors alike and put them to the test through mock debates on various issues facing our world today.
FEATURED FACULTY
Tufts University, B.A., International Relations
Haitong spent half of his life in China and the other half in the United States. While at Tufts, he majored in International Relations, co-led a club organizing annual academic symposiums on U.S.-China relations, and studied in France and the United Kingdom. Haitong is now reading for an M.Phil. in International Relations at Oxford, conducting research on U.S.-China defense engagement during the Cold War and having picnics with his cohort at Port Meadow. Haitong greatly enjoys performing musical theatre, visiting history museums, and cooking. He is fluent in three languages and has traveled to every continent in the world. More than occasionally, Haitong rows with Pembroke College.