Watch again - 3MT - Flattering tyrants: a “glib and oily art”? Recorded on 11 June 2019
Talk
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Date and time: Friday 19 June 2020, 10pm to 11.59pm
Location: Online event
Audience: Open to alumni, staff, students, the public
Admission: Free admission
Event details
3-minute thesis
From empty praise to dangerous flattery, how might adulation affect those in power? Robert Smith from the Department of History touches on how praise is used both historically and today.