Conspiracy Theories and Historical ControversiesSemester Course

Conspiracy Theories and Historical Controversies, Semester Course
Major Discipline(s)
History, International Relations, Political Science
Type
Elective Course
Available
Fall/Spring semester
Credit(s)
3

Examine case studies and contested historical issues, including anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, such as the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in Europe and the Middle East, the Holocaust and genocide denial, the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the controversies surrounding 9/11. We also examine the differences between critical thinking and conspiracy thinking, and the nature of ‘historical truth.’

Faculty

Brendan Sweeney

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

Ph.D. (Political Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005). Cand.mag. (Media Studies, University of Copenhagen, 1999). NCTJ Certificate in Journalism (Rathmines College of Journalism, Dublin, 1982). Worked as journalist for many years in different European countries. Information Officer and Project Manager, Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2007-2010. Teacher, International People’s College, 2010-2013. Published historical novel, Once in Another World (New Island, 2013). With DIS since 2013.

EP -- Brendan Sweeney

Milosz Jeromin Cordes

DIS Copenhagen Semester Faculty

PhD (Cultural Studies, SWPS University, Warsaw 2017), MA (East-European Cultural Studies, University of Warsaw 2012), MA (International Relations, University of Warsaw & St. Petersburg State University, 2012), BA (History, University of Warsaw 2011), BA (International Relations, University of Warsaw 2010). Research Fellow at the Danish Foreign Policy Society (2021), Post-Doc Researcher at Lund University (2021). Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellow (2006). Vice-Consul at Poland's Consulate General in Kaliningrad (2018-2021), Second Secretary at Poland's Permanent Representation to the European Union (2016-2018), Second Secretary & Specialist at Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (2012-2016). With DIS since 2021.