Watch again - 3MT - Flattering tyrants: a “glib and oily art”?
Talk
Recorded on 11 June 2019
This event has now finished.
Event date
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.