Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History
The Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History is the University of Edinburgh's leading centre for research into the history of the modern world.
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Episodes
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Richard Whatmore, Professor of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews, takes us back to Adam Smith and David Hume - and asks whether democratic politics has always been based on deceit.
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Christina Boswell, Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh, gives her thoughts on the fraught relationship between truth and democracy based on her work with British and European public servants.