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The following lecture series might be of interest to colleagues in Ireland. *Truth to be Told: Understanding Truth in the Age of Post-Truth Politics *is a UCD Humanities Institute public lecture series which debates the socio-political, ethical, discursive and cultural implications of truth as a common good. *LECTURE 4:* Tuesday, 24 April 2018 @ 5.30pm Humanities Institute Seminar Room H.204 *Senator Ivana Bacik <http://www.ivanabacik.com/>* Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology and Senior Lecturer and Fellow, Trinity College Dublin *Truth and Politics* Senator Ivana Bacik, LLB, LLM (Lond), BL, FTCD, is Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin, a Senior Lecturer and Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, and a barrister. She is a Labour Party Senator for Dublin University (elected 2007, and re-elected 2011 and again in 2016), and was Deputy Leader of Seanad Eireann 2011-16. Ivana has written and published extensively on criminal law, criminology, human rights, constitutional law and related matters, and has a long track record of campaigning on civil liberties, penal reform and feminist issues. She was Editor of the Irish Criminal Law Journal from 1997-2003 and co-authored a major report on gender discrimination in the legal professions in Ireland (Gender InJustice, 2003). Her other publications include Kicking and Screaming: Dragging Ireland into the Twenty-First Century (O’Brien Press, 2004); and she is co-editor (with Mary Rogan) of Legal Cases that Changed Ireland (Clarus Press, 2016). With best wishes Anne Professor Anne Fuchs, FBA, MRIA Director Humanities Institute University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland T: +353 (1) 7164684