Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Thursday, 14 Nov 2024 - 18:00

Making Sense of Conspiracy Theories

Three wooden figurines wearing tinfoil hats

With Brexit, the US presidential election and the Covid pandemic, conspiracy theories now seem to be everywhere. It’s commonly argued that the internet has fuelled their popularity, leading to a loss of faith in mainstream media, science, democracy and even truth itself. But what if the rise of conspiracy theories is a symptom rather than the cause of a collapse of trust in civic institutions?

Professor Peter Knight

Peter Knight

Peter Knight is a Professor of American Studies at the University of Manchester, and has held visiting fellowships at New York University, Harvard, Leiden University...

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