Conspiracy theories: the impact on world history

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• Sir Richard John Evans (Department of History), Professor John Naughton (Senior Research Fellow, CRASSH) , Professor David Runciman (Department of Politics and International Studies)
• Wednesday 23 October 2013, 17:00-18:30
• Room 3, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms , Cambridge, CB2 1RW.

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How far do conspiracy theories undermine trust in government and shape history? From 9/11 to the rise of Holocaust denial, three leading academics will explore and reveal some surprising answers. Sir Richard John Evans is an academic and historian, best known for his research on the history of Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly the Third Reich. John Naughton is an academic, journalist and author. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at Cambridge, Vice President of Wolfson College, Cambridge, Emeritus Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the British Open University, Adjunct Professor at University College, Cork, and the Technology columnist of the London Observer newspaper. The Hon. David Walter Runciman is a political scientist who teaches political theory at Cambridge University. He specialises in the development of the theory of the modern state and on aspects of contemporary politics.

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This talk is part of the Festival of Ideas 2013 series.

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