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Rumors and conspiracy theories in civil wars - Colloquium June 18-19, 2009

Organized by professors Jon Elster and Henry Laurens.

June 18 and 19, 2009

  • Collège de France
    Salle 2
    11, place Marcelin-Berthelot
    75005 Paris

Thursday, June 18th

  • 2:00 pm - Jon Elster and Henry Laurens: Introduction
  • 2:15 p.m. - Roger Guesnerie: "Rumors and sheep-like behavior from an economist's point of view"
  • 3:15 - Kristian Harpviken: "Rumors in Afghanistan"
  • 4:15 p.m. - Break
  • 4:30 p.m. - Henry Laurens: "Plots, rumors and civil wars in the Middle East"
  • 5:30 p.m. - Roger Petersen: "Balkan rumors

Friday, June 19th

  • 9:00 am - Jon Elster: "Rumors in The Great fear of 1789"
  • 10 h 00 - Jean-Clément Martin: "Rumor and politics, or the French Revolution as civil war"
  • 11:00 a.m. - Break
  • 11:15 - François Ploux: "Terrors and prophecies. The circulation of rumors in France from 1814 to 1816."