Date: May 11th 2008

Hi All,

A bit of an early reminder this month.

Not only do we have Prof Richard J Evans at SitP on Tuesday 20th, Prof Chris French will be giving a lecture for the London branch of Mensa on the 13th and at the snappily titled, Society for Psychical Research, on the 15th (Details can be found here: http://skeptic.org.uk/news/2008/05/04/yet-more-events-in-may/).

If you missed An Evening with James Randi & Friends last month, you may be pleased to know that two of the Doctor doctors (Ben Goldacre and Simon Singh) will be showing off at the excellent Robin Ince's "The School for Gifted Children" @ The Albany, Great Portland St, on 28th May at 7:45pm (Tel: 020 7387 5706), along with a stellar cast of comedians, musicians and others, including:
Stewart Lee, popular atheist co-writer of Jerry Springer the Opera and award winning stand up.
Jo Neary, the brilliant character actress from BBC3’s Ideal.
Gavin Osborn, the indie folk strummer and on-stage composer for Daniel Kitson
Andrew Collins, the published diarist and former NME journo.

Last time there was music and stand-up about Jean Charcot’s ideas of hysteria, the man who tried to attain the biggest ball of twine, how a glass eye proved the bigfoot film was fake, what scientists should do if they really wanted to “play god” and that sort of thing (for about three hours).
Tickets are £10/ £7 concession

It will be sure to sell out, so get your tickets asap (other details can be found here: http://skeptic.org.uk/news/2008/05/08/robbie-jon-ronson-on-ufosand-stuff/).

TTFN

Sid Rodrigues

Tuesday, 20th May 2008 - 7:00 pm

Holocaust Denial and Freedom of Speech - Prof. Richard J Evans

Conspiracy theories about recent and even more distant historical events have become ever more widespread, especially with the growth of the Internet. One such theory, generally known as "Holocaust denial", claims that professional historians, the mass media, and governments have conspired to suppress the truth about the Nazi extermination of the Jews during the Second World War - which is that it never happened.

How has this theory come about? Who supports it , and why? How do its proponents deal with their critics? What, if anything, could or should be done to combat Holocaust denial? This talk draws on the speaker's experiences as an expert witness in a High Court libel case to suggest some answers.

Richard J. Evans is Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. His books include "The Coming of the Third Reich" and "The Third Reich in Power". He has taught at Birkbeck, and Gresham College, contributes occasionally to radio and television, most recently to Radio 4's "In Our Time" and Channel 5's "Hitler Speaks".

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