84523 - WORKSHOP ON PUBLIC SPEAKING

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The laboratory aims at helping the students to develop: the ability to present in public; basic knowledge on issues of large interest in international politics such as terrorism, climate change negotiations, the Responsibility to protect doctrine, etc.; the ability to write short essays on issues of international politics.

Contenuti

9 March

Introduction

16 March

Introduction

23 March

Introduction

30 March

Students’ presentations:

• The international system today (S)
• Migration flows to Europe (GP)

Debate: Would a World State be better than a system of states?

6 April

• What is an international organization? (GP)
• Responsibility to Protect (S)

Debate: Do we have a duty to save migrants at sea?

20 April

• What is security? (Prof)
• Responsibility to Protect (S)
• International terrorism (PG)
  

27 April

Students’ presentations:

• Cybersecurity (S)
• Energy security (GP)
• Health security (GP)

4 May

Students’ presentations:

• What is an international regime? (GP)
• International regime on climate change (S)

Debate: Are Fridays for future useful to tackle climate change?

11 May

Students’ presentation:

• International regime on non proliferation
• Counter-terrorism

Debate: Trump has announced that “waterboarding” is a legitimate mean of interrogation of alleged terrorists: is it legitimte to use special means to interview and detain alleged international terrorists?

18 May

Students’ presentations:

• Gender issues in international politics (Prof)
• Populism (Prof)

Class debate

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Legenda on the type of public:

GP: generic public

S: students

Prof.: professors

 

Testi/Bibliografia

1. Texts on how to present in public:

Chivers and Shoolbred, A Students' Guide to Presentations, Sage, 2007.

C. Anderson, 'TED's Talk: The official TED Guide to Public Speaking"; Headline, 2016.

 

2.texts on issues in international politics:

- A. Heywood "Global Politics!, Palgrave, 2011

- R. Bova "How the World Works", Pearson, 2012 (2nd ed)

- M. Beeson and Nick Bisley, "Issues in 21st century world politics", Palgrave 2010

 

3. videos on public speaking (sample):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEunvMxy1WY&list=PLB7841E7C6F1D3469

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEunvMxy1WY&t=342s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDT1svklCyU&t=28s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FOCpMAww28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhbvUZOLTQY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0a61wFaF8A

Metodi didattici

Lectures

students' presentations

students' debates

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

participation, presentations and debates

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

power point, prezi, videos

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Sonia Lucarelli