"The Spectacle of Fearsome Acts": Violence, Journalism and the Democratic Future
Dublin, Ireland
Dart Center Executive Director Bruce Shapiro leads The Trinity Long Room Hub Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture 2025 "The Spectacle of Fearsome Acts": Violence, Journalism and the Democratic Future on May 12, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland.
The Trinity Long Room Hub Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture for 2025 will be delivered by Bruce Shapiro, on "The Spectacle of Fearsome Acts": Violence, Journalism and the Democratic Future.
Are today’s journalists the unwitting enablers of autocrats or the last bastion of democratic defence? Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, reflects on how stories get told amid sweeping catastrophes and surging authoritarianism.
The Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture was established in 2013 to provide a significant contribution to reflection on and advocacy for the Arts and Humanities.