The Uses and Abuses of Contemporary History

Date

October 28, 2010

Time

18:30

Place

RSA: London, United Kingdom

Price

See below

What are the perils for a society if it doesn’t have an accurate sense of its past?  Are those who do not know their history really condemned to repeat it? To what extent is a small amount of historical knowledge a dangerous thing?  And how much of the history that is popularly relied on in contemporary discourse not historical fact?

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An expert panel gathers to reflect on the uses and abuses of contemporary history.

Speakers: Peter Hennessy, Atlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London; Rt Hon Tessa Jowell  MP and Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies University of Oxford. Chair: Andrew Rawnsley, Chief Political Commentator, The Observer.

Cost: Free, booking required.

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Organised with the RSA.

Organizers

Inside Out Festival

Registration

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