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SUMMARY:Prof. Sir Richard Evans: 'History and Holocaust Denial: a Trial an
 d a Film' - Prof. Sir Richard Evans
DTSTART:20170311T170000Z
DTEND:20170311T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge University German Society warmly invites you to 
 our final talk of Lent Term as part of our Society Exchange Weekend with O
 xford and London!\n\nProfessor Sir Richard J. Evans is Regius Professor Em
 eritus of History at the University of Cambridge and President of Wolfson 
 College. His general area of research interest is modern German and Europe
 an history since the mid-nineteenth century. He has worked extensively on 
 movements of emancipation and liberation\, crime and punishment\, and the 
 Third Reich and Holocaust denial.\n\nProf. Evans acted as principal expert
  witness in the high-profile David Irving libel trial before the High Cour
 t in London in 2000. The American historian Deborah Lipstadt was sued for 
 libel by the British author David Irving after she referred to him as a 
 ‘Holocaust denier’ in her 1993 book _Denying the Holocaust_. Prof. Eva
 ns who was hired by the defence to serve as an expert witness spent two ye
 ars examining Irving’s work and played a key role in Lipstadt’s ultima
 tely successful defence: he presented evidence that Irving had used forged
  documents\, disregarded contrary evidence\, and selectively quoted histor
 ical documents out of context\, thus misrepresenting historical evidence i
 n order to support his prejudices. [More on the David Irving libel trial: 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_v_Penguin_Books_Ltd]\n\nIn his talk e
 ntitled ‘History and Holocaust Denial: a Trial and a Film’\, Prof. Eva
 ns will speak about the David Irving trial and his own experience during t
 hat time. He will also discuss the critically acclaimed film _Denial_ (201
 6) which was based on that case. [Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/wa
 tch?v=yH7ktvUWaYo]\n\nPlease note that the talk will be held in English. \
 n\nEveryone welcome! We look forward to seeing you there!
LOCATION:Elton-Bowring Room\, Memorial Court\, Clare College
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