Friday 23 May 2025
11-11.30am
Event Code: CUR60
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The Curiosity Lecture series returns to the Festival with a line-up of our most thought-provoking speakers delivering one-time talks on topics of intrigue, interest and importance.
One consistent characteristic of tyrants is that they all fall eventually. In his recent book, How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive, political scientist Marcel Dirsus draws on examples from the Stasi to a Burundian rebel leader to examine how tyrants rise to power and what inevitably brings them down.
With democracies faltering worldwide, learn the blueprint for bringing an end to tyranny.
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