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Who wants to be a guest lecturer?
Are you living in, from, or an academic/other expert on one of these countries?
Want to help me teach my students more about international politics?
In my introductory comparative politics course, I like giving my students materials beyond the textbook to give them a sense of what politics is actually like in the countries we're studying. Last semester, this included Skype interviews with friends of mine who were politically involved there, showing short videos in class, and analyzing political speeches and documents. But I want more! (Especially more interviews!)
If you have an idea for a good political video or document to talk about in class, I'd love to see links. And, if you're in/from one of these places, I'd love to have you either Skype into class (8:35 AM Eastern Time either Monday or Wednesday, depending on the country) or record a video of yourself answering a few questions about political culture and issues in your country. Unfortunately it would have to be in English. You can comment here, PM me, or email me (wills at hws dot edu) if you're interested--I'm always looking for ideas!
Last semester, I used:
For France: Français Langue Etrangere, a short film about the politics of the headscarf/foulard/hijab and race in France
For Germany: This video about the Berlin Wall and other internal borders in divided Germany, and this one about ostalgia (nostalgia for East Germany). (I've actually already shown the ostalgia one, when I taught about political economy)
For Russia: This video, called "Rich in Russia," which I originally showed in the political economy class; I switched it up this term. It's a little long, though.
For Mexico: The interview with Jorge Chabat on the economics and politics of the drug war/cartels
For Iran: I don't have a link of where I got it from, but we did close readings on some speeches by Khomeini, Khatami, and I think Ahmedinejad
For South Africa: Close reading of the Constitution! Which is an awesome constitution!
- United Kingdom
- France
- Germany
- Russia
- China
- Mexico
- Iran
- India
- South Africa
- Nigeria
Want to help me teach my students more about international politics?
In my introductory comparative politics course, I like giving my students materials beyond the textbook to give them a sense of what politics is actually like in the countries we're studying. Last semester, this included Skype interviews with friends of mine who were politically involved there, showing short videos in class, and analyzing political speeches and documents. But I want more! (Especially more interviews!)
If you have an idea for a good political video or document to talk about in class, I'd love to see links. And, if you're in/from one of these places, I'd love to have you either Skype into class (8:35 AM Eastern Time either Monday or Wednesday, depending on the country) or record a video of yourself answering a few questions about political culture and issues in your country. Unfortunately it would have to be in English. You can comment here, PM me, or email me (wills at hws dot edu) if you're interested--I'm always looking for ideas!
Last semester, I used:
For France: Français Langue Etrangere, a short film about the politics of the headscarf/foulard/hijab and race in France
For Germany: This video about the Berlin Wall and other internal borders in divided Germany, and this one about ostalgia (nostalgia for East Germany). (I've actually already shown the ostalgia one, when I taught about political economy)
For Russia: This video, called "Rich in Russia," which I originally showed in the political economy class; I switched it up this term. It's a little long, though.
For Mexico: The interview with Jorge Chabat on the economics and politics of the drug war/cartels
For Iran: I don't have a link of where I got it from, but we did close readings on some speeches by Khomeini, Khatami, and I think Ahmedinejad
For South Africa: Close reading of the Constitution! Which is an awesome constitution!