{"284191":{"#nid":"284191","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Reading and Book Signing - Dr. Kristie Macrakis","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrisoners, Lovers, and Spies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E is a book about concealing and revealing secret communications. It is the first history of invisible writing, uncovered through stories about scoundrels and heroes. Kristie Macrakis combines a storyteller\u2019s sense of drama with a historian\u2019s respect for evidence in this page-turning history of intrigue and espionage, love and war, magic and secrecy. From the piazzas of ancient Rome to the spy capitals of the Cold War, Macrakis\u0027s global history reveals the drama and importance of invisible ink. From Ovid\u2019s advice to use milk for illicit love notes, to John Gerard\u0027s dramatic escape from the tower of London aided by orange juice ink messages, to al-Qaeda\u2019s hidden instructions in pornographic movies, this book presents spellbinding stories of secret messaging that chart its evolution in sophistication and its impact on history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Kristie Macrakis is a professor in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech. \u0026nbsp;She teaches courses on espionage history and history of science. She is also the author of \u003Cem\u003ESurviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi Germany\u003C\/em\u003E (Oxford University Press, 1993), \u003Cem\u003EScience under Socialism: East Germany in Comparative Perspective\u003C\/em\u003E (Harvard University Press, 1999), and \u003Cem\u003ESeduced by Secrets: Instide the Stasi\u0027s Spy-Tech World\u003C\/em\u003E (Cambridge University Press, 2008).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;This event is free and open to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Reading and Book Signing - Dr. Kristie Macrakis"}],"uid":"27228","created_gmt":"2014-03-19 12:42:55","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:22:55","author":"LaDonna Bowen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-04-09T02:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-04-09T02:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-04-09 04:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-04-09 06:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-04-09 06:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.kristiemacrakis.com\/","title":"Kristie Macrakis"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"89471","name":"alQaeda"},{"id":"89461","name":"herodotus"},{"id":"1683","name":"history"},{"id":"10100","name":"invisible ink"},{"id":"89451","name":"prisoners"},{"id":"167906","name":"spies"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}