In Pursuit of Ecstatic Truth: a Conversation with Werner Herzog

Filmmaker Werner Herzog will join Aro Velmet (Associate Professor of History) in a wide-ranging conversation related to his recent book, The Future of Truth (2025). Organized by the USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities in partnership with the School of Cinematic Arts, Visual Studies Research Institute, and Levan Institution for the Humanities. Description: “I have always vigorously opposed the foolish belief that equates truth with facts.” In his recent book titled The Future of Truth, Werner Herzog unfolds his thoughts on the perils of truth-making as the central issue of both his docume…