Back in Manteca Next Month!
Last year in I spoke on Proving History. Now I’m back to cover the second half of the story: On the Historicity of Jesus. I’ll survey some key details of ancient history and outline the theory defended in the book. There will also be a preshow dinner, and...In San Jose with Fitzgerald & Price!
This April 29 (a Wednesday evening) I’ll be in San Jose on panel for the discussion “Jesus: Mything in Action” alongside the always entertaining David Fitzgerald and Robert Price, at Harry’s Hofbrau at 7pm. There will be a lot of Q&A...See Me Discuss Ancient Science & Technology at Chabot Space & Science Center!
Wednesday this April 15 (2015) at 7pm at Chabot SSC in Oakland (CA) I’ll be delivering a lecture on my favorite topic: How far did the Roman Empire get in science and technology? What, if anything, was still holding them back? What’s the real reason they...Mythicist Milwaukee Con April 25!
Saturday this April 25 (2015) I’ll be one of three featured speakers at the new Mythinformation Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sponsored by Mythicist Milwaukee. I’ll be joining James Kirk Wall and Hemant Mehta. Of course I’ll be featuring the...This April: Appearing in Arizona, Ohio, and Kentucky!
I have a lot going on in April! I’ll be speaking, answering questions, selling & signing books, and hanging out for drinks and conversation at various venues you can get in on. I’ll blog about the second half of April in a week or two. But here’s...At Dogma Debate Live in San Jose!
This March 27 in San Jose, David Smalley will be airing his fun and popular Dogma Debate show before a live audience. I’ll be there, tabling the whole event selling and signing my books, and guesting a little bit. Greta Christina will also be showing up. A local...Appearing All Over Southern California Next Week
I will be appearing to speak at numerous venues in Southern California next week and the following week. And of course selling and signing my books. I might also be available for hanging out with nice folk over drinks now and again while I’m around there. Here...Live, This Sunday, on Atheist Analysis!
The vidcast Atheist Analysis, which streams live at 10pm Eastern this Sunday (Feb. 22) and takes questions from the audience during the show, will be interviewing me. The topic: why Bayes’ Theorem is awesome. (Also, of course, what Bayes’ Theorem is, how...Appearing All Over Portland Next Week!
I will be speaking at four different events in Portland, Oregon (and a fifth in Vancouver, Washington), next week. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone who can make it to them! Next Wednesday (February 25) I will be speaking on “Why History Cannot Establish...Historicity of Jesus: Live Q&A
This Sunday at 9am Pacific I’ll be doing a live Q&A on the historicity of Jesus. Post questions here in comments or on the matching Facebook post. (Comments here won’t publish, but I’ll see them. I’m still looking for time to get through my...See You in Riverside and Lancaster!
These events are definitely on! And I’d love to help both groups see your support. This Friday Antelope Valley Freethinkers surely could use some extra attendance and donations for bringing me in to speak, and for keeping on their activity supporting local...At MythinformationCon in Milwaukee This April
Mythicist Milwaukee is putting on a one-day informational event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the origin and power of myths this April 25 (2015), which will be a Saturday. The first ever Mythinformation Conference. They hope to grow the event in future years, so if you...In Southern California Next Week
Two public venues this time… Not this Friday but Friday next I’ll be discussing my book On the Historicity of Jesus and its reception, at Antelope Valley College (Health and Sciences building, room 201) in Lancaster, California. That’s January 9...Appearing in Columbus, Ohio — and on DC TV!
While I continue to work all day in the studio recording audio for On the Historicity of Jesus (thanks to Pitchstone Publishing), while Sheffield continues working to produce an electronic edition (that process is out of my hands), I have to get some announcements...Appearing in Chicago This Weekend!
I will be at several events in Chicago this weekend… Sunday morning (November 2 at 10:30am) I will be speaking on my book Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus for the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago (details here)....Get Dr. Carrier’s Latest!
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Richard Carrier is the author of many books and numerous articles online and in print. His avid readers span the world from Hong Kong to Poland. With a Ph.D. in ancient history from Columbia University, he specializes in the modern philosophy of naturalism and humanism, and the origins of Christianity and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, with particular expertise in ancient philosophy, science and technology. He is also a noted defender of scientific and moral realism, Bayesian reasoning, and historical methods.
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