Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to be able to announce a new speaker who will be giving a very interesting talk this *Thursday 16th April at 1.30 Eastern time, *for students of my Human Rights Program course at Bard College *'Propaganda: Dark Arts in a Digital Age' *- the talk will be open to interested colleagues such as yourselves. *Ade Rudd *will be giving an hour long talk titled: *"Clothing Naked Villainy: the Dark Art of Deception" *which will go into some of the theory and some examples of deception in war. It will be followed by a Q&A. Ade Rudd is an expert on deception from the United Kingdom and was a ‘Behaviour Change Analyst’ and Warrant Officer (equivalent to Master Sergeant in US) in UK Defence Psychological Operations co authoring NATO PsyOps, Deception and Info Ops doctrine. Gaining extensive experience ‘in Ukraine, the Baltic States, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Iraq, and Afghanistan’ from 1993 until 2017. Since leaving military service he has worked as a contractor for several firms including providing scenario workshops for training delivered by SCL the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, and now runs his own firm, Blekking Strategic Communications. The details for the Zoom for this talk are as follows below. Due to high demand, I am hoping to record it and make it available online too in case anyone is unable to attend. Looking forward to welcoming you to the lecture on Thursday. Best of health, Dr Emma Briant Emma Briant is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Talk on Deception by Ade Rudd - 'Clothing Naked Villainy' Time: Apr 16, 2020 01:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://bard.zoom.us/j/97059969860 Meeting ID: 970 5996 9860 One tap mobile +13126266799,,97059969860# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,97059969860# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 970 5996 9860 Find your local number: https://bard.zoom.us/u/agAV1oboC -- Dr Emma L Briant Independent Researcher/Author/Analyst Associate Researcher at Human Rights Program Bard College, Annandale on Hudson New York Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>