The History of “Fake News” from the Flood to the Apocalypse
The History of “Fake News” from the Flood to the Apocalypse
In this five-session course, Stern Center Director Earle Havens will explore
specific examples of historical and literary forgeries from the biblical flood to the future apocalypse, drawing from the Sheridan Libraries’ Bibliotheca Fictiva collection—the world's premier library collection dedicated to textual fakery and imposture.
Presented online via Zoom by the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association's Odyssey lifelong learning program.
Course Dates
February 11 - 27, 2025
Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00PM ET - 8:00PM ET
Note: There will be no class session on Tuesday, February 25.
Registration
- $240 general public
- $48 Hopkins alumni, faculty, staff, or retiree
- $120 Hopkins spouse or domestic partner
- FREE Hopkins Hopkins students
Image: "Medieval” illumination of the Tiburtine Sibyl by the Spanish Forger, c. 1890. Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection, Sheridan Libraries Special Collections.