Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History: Recent Episodes
CSMCH Edinburgh
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.
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.
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.