Extra Credit Opportunities
In addition to study group meetings and class participation, students can get up to two points of extra credit by attending a selected virtual event or video outside of class, and writing a summary and reflection of at least one paragraph. Summary and reflection should be substantial enough to show that you watched/attended the full event, understood it, and thought about it on your own and how it relates to our class. You can do this only once. Below is a list of permitted options (this list will grow, so keep checking). If you find something on your own that is not on this list, let me know what it is, and I will tell you whether I approve.
Events:
Brookings Institution: Interpreting the 2021 German Federal Election Results
Monday, September 27, 2021 - Online Event
U.S. Department of State Student Foreign Policy Symposium 2021
Thursday, October 14, 2021 - Online Event
Videos:
Netflix Series: How to Become a Tyrant (warning: violence)
(You can watch one, several, or all of the six episodes. Each episode is 30 minutes.)
HBO's Next Week Tonight with John Oliver (warning: language)
Story on Belarussian President Lukashenko
Available free on YouTube
HBO's Next Week Tonight with John Oliver (warning: language)
Story on Gerrymandering
Available free on YouTube
HBO's Next Week Tonight with John Oliver (warning: language)
Story on Authoritarianism
Available free on YouTube
Atlantic Council: A conversation with Belarussian opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya
Previous event, recorded on YouTube
Available free here