Secrecy and Revelation: Rethinking Social Life through Magic

What’s on offer?

“Secrecy and Revelation” will consist of a series of highly interactive events that use entertainment magic to explore sociological concerns about trust in interaction.  In both face-to-face and on-line sessions, Prof Brian Rappert will use the play of secrecy, revelation, and dissimulation in magic to discuss the role of secrecy, disclosure and deception in art, science, war, and everyday life.  Part magic show, part lecture and part focus group, “Secrecy and Revelation” will draw on in themes in sociology, psychology, criminology and other social sciences in order to help us re-imagine social interactions.  

What’s it about?

Part magic show, part lecture and part focus group, “Secrecy and Revelation” will draw on in themes in sociology, psychology, criminology and other social sciences in order to help us re-imagine social interactions. Session will be recorded and will be used to inform a website that will serve as a novel resource for conveying theories and concepts in the social sciences.  

Who’s leading the event?

The event will be led by Professor Brian Rappert, an academic who has spent much of his career studying how concealing and disclosing come together in statecraft and warcraft. Now he is turning my attention the performance of secrecy and revelation to another area: magic tricks. Visit https://brianrappert.net/ for more information.

Open to

The events will be open to everyone, those young and old.

Of particular interest to

The  event will be of particualr interest to those with a sense of curiosity.