Event Details

End: May 21, 2021
Contact: tifa@humber.ca
More Info: https://humber.ca/tifa/

The Big Hoax: The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism, Denialism, and Conspiracy Theories, Past and Present

 

Submission Deadline: May 21, 2021

Conference Date: October 22 and 23, 2021

Location: Due to uncertainties around travel due to the pandemic, this year’s conference will be fully virtual.

Hosts: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning, Humber College, and the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA)

Keynote Speaker: Pankaj Mishra (https://humber.ca/tifa/2021-keynote-speaker-pankaj-mishra)

 

Call for Proposals:

 

The effects of anti-intellectualism are being felt across the world, and even once intellectually cloistered college and university campuses are being turned into battlegrounds. While the anti-intellectual movement has persisted historically, in recent years it has been mainstreamed and weaponized by politicians and pundits to rally and enflame a base and to sow discord amongst the population.

 

This virtual conference seeks to unearth the roots, causes and potential impacts that this movement has or may have through hosting online discussions about anti-intellectualism, denialism, distrust in media, and conspiracy theories from the past to the present.

 

Submit your proposal online by May 21, 2021:https://humber.ca/tifa/call-proposals