ISSCA
First Seminar
Dates: Jul 21–23, 2011

About the 2011 Seminar

The International Society for the Study of Character Assassination (ISSCA) convened its first seminar at
Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany, on July 21–23, 2011.

CARP 2011 Seminar participants at Heidelberg University

2011 Heidelberg Seminar participants included:

Top Row (left to right): Alicia Hooper, Henriette van der Blom, Andreas Umland.

Middle Row (left to right): Tracy Adams, Charles Walton, Vincent Viaene, Jan Meister, Kenneth Wolf.

Front Row (left to right): Gilles Lecuppre, Jason Smart, Sergei Tsytsarev, Eric Shiraev,
Martijn Icks, Martina Klicperova, Alexandra Eppinger.

Not pictured: Henning Börm, Edwina Hagen.

Character Assassination – International Colloquium Heidelberg 2011 conference poster

Character Assassination

International Colloquium · Heidelberg · 21–23 July 2011

The official poster for The Art of Defamation throughout the Ages,
hosted by the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. The event explored how
reputational attacks are constructed, weaponized, and contested across
historical periods and cultures.

  • Tracks: Antiquity & Byzantine · Medieval · Early-Modern · Modern Politics
  • Panels on rhetoric, propaganda, religion, media, and political strategy

Open Poster (PDF)


Open Flyer (PDF)

Poster motif: serpent scales · ©️ respective owners.

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2011 Seminar Location

The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg is a public research university located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386, it is the oldest university in Germany and was the fourth university established in the Holy Roman Empire.


Heidelberg University Website uni-heidelberg.de


Seminar für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik department page

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