Event Details

End: September 18, 2017
Contact: lepage@villanova.edu
More Info: http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/history/lepage.html

The Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University will hold a roundtable discussion on “fake news” and “fake history” during its first-ever event on Monday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m.

Titled “Fake News and Fake History: A Crisis of Authority,” the event will occur in the Driscoll Auditorium on Villanova’s campus in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The event will feature:  

• -Bill Marimow, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, editor-at-large and vice president of Philadelphia Media Network, LLC, parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer;
• -Cristina Soriano, PhD, associate professor of Latin American history at Villanova University;
• -Jonathan Zimmerman, PhD, professor of history of education at University of Pennsylvania.

The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6 p.m. RSVPs are recommended. Click here.

Fake news has dominated public conversation over the past year. Yet contemporary analyses often fall short of understanding the larger structural issues driving the creation, dissemination, and credulity of false information. Changes in politics, education, media, technology, and notions of trust and authority have all played a role. Examining these historical changes can reveal better ways of understanding our current moment and devising solutions.

For more about the Lepage Center, visit http://lepage.villanova.edu.