Higher Learning in the Post-Truth Age
Date & Time
Fri, 19 Jun 2026
19:00
Venue
Garden Quad Auditorium
St John's College, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JP
Tickets
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Engage with thought-provoking ideas at a lecture by Professor Duncan Ivison.
Why you should come
AI-powered• Experience Professor Duncan Ivison's groundbreaking perspective on universities combating misinformation.
• Join a panel with top historians discussing the evolution of higher education in a digital age.
• Network over drinks with leading scholars and editors of 'A Cultural History of Higher Learning.'
Event Highlights
- •Keynote by Professor Duncan Ivison on universities' roles in a post-truth world
- •Panel discussion featuring editors of 'A Cultural History of Higher Learning'
- •Networking drinks reception sponsored by HEPI
Speakers
Professor Duncan Ivison
President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester
Professor Irene Tracey
Vice-Chancellor at the University of Oxford
Ning de Coninck-Smith
Professor of History of Education at Aarhus University
Julia Horne
Professor of History and University Historian at the University of Sydney
William Whyte
Professor of Social and Architectural History, University of Oxford
Programme
Lecture by Professor Duncan Ivison
In Conversation with Duncan Ivison and Irene Tracey
Drinks Reception
Organized by: St John's College, Oxford