Civic and Political Speech-Making in New York City

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In this course, students will study important speeches delivered by prominent figures in the civic and political life of New York City, and other civic and political speeches. By studying such speeches, students will learn about the governance of NYC and gain a perspective on the history of its political institutions. Students will collect the texts of the sort of speeches that are the subject of the class and work to produce research about and criticism of them. They will also try their hand at writing speeches for particular sorts of speech events. Open to Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs students; others with Marxe School permission.