Dr Federico Finchelstein - 21 February 2017 - The Dirty War in History and Memory
A public lecture with Dr Federico Finchelstein (The New School, New York). Abstract Dr Finchelstein will analyze the history and memories of the Dirty...
Conspiracy and Democracy
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How do conspiracies happen, how can historians use them to understand more about the past, and where do they begin and cease to be relevant to the study of history? Conspiracy and Democracy, a Leverhulme-funded research project. More information is available at www.conspiracyanddemocracy.org.
James Harris - 14 February 2017 - The Great Fear: Intelligence and Threat Perception under Lenin and Stalin
A public lecture with Dr James Harris (University of Leeds). Abstract Between the winter of 1936 and the autumn of 1938, approximately three quarters ...
Professor Sir Richard Evans - 22 November 2016 - The Conspiratorial World of European Politics in the 1820s
A public lecture by Professor Sir Richard Evans. Abstract After Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the conservative regimes of the Res...
Dr Iain Lauchlan - 15 November 2016 - Conspiracy in the Kremlin: Who (or what) killed Felix Dzerzhinsky?
A public lecture by Dr Iain Lauchlan (University of Edinburgh) Abstract This paper investigates the fall of “Iron Felix” Dzerzhinsky. He was the creat...
André Krischer - 11 October 2016 - Between Diabolical Instigations and Criminal Combinations
Between Diabolical Instigations and Criminal Combinations: Conspiracy Theories in Political Trials, 16th-19th century A public lecture with André Kris...
Michael Butter - 17 May 2016 - The Continuing Attraction of Conspiracy Theory: From Dan Brown to Donald Trump
A public lecture by Professor Dr Michael Butter (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) Abstract While conspiracy theories constituted legitimate knowle...
Rob Brotherton - 10 May 2016 - Suspicious Minds: The Social and Cognitive Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
A public lecture by Rob Brotherton (Barnard College, Columbia University) Abstract Why do people believe conspiracy theories? What’s the harm if they ...
Marisa Linton - 19 APril 2016 - Conspiracy and Terror in the French Revolution
Conspiracy and Terror in the French Revolution - A public lecture by Marisa Linton (Kingston University) Abstract Conspiracies, both real and imagined...
Darrin M McMahon - 1 March 2016 - Enlightenment and Conspiracy
Enlightenment and Conspiracy - A Public lecture by Darrin McMahon (Dartmouth College, USA) In this talk McMahon will address the role of conspiracy an...
Professor Pablo A. Piccato - 3 December 2015 - The Assassination of Alvaro Obregón
The assassination of Alvaro Obregón: jury trials and the problem of truth in post revolutionary Mexico A public lecture by Professor Pablo A. Piccato ...