Wed
May 15
2024
POSTPONED: Ezzedine Fishere on the Situation in Israel/Palestine
Room 001, Rockefeller Center, 4:30pm-5:30pm
May 15 at 4:30 pm in Rocky 1.
Fri
May 10
2024
CANCELLED: Ishac Diwan on the Modernization of the Middle East
other, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Friday May 10 at 4 pm.
Wed
May 8
2024
POSTPONED: Susannah Heschel on Teaching the Middle East
Room 001, Rockefeller Center, 4:30pm-5:30pm
Wednesday May 8 at 4:30 pm.
Wed
May 1
2024
Leslie Butler (History), Women and American Democracy
Room 001, Rockefeller Center, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Wednesday May 1 at 5 pm in Rocky 1. Sponsored by the Political Economy Project, the History Department, and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.
Tue
Apr 23
2024
Ian Vasquez (Cato Institute), Argentina: Populism, Corporatism and Crisis
Room 003, Rockefeller Center, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Vasquez, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, puts Milei's current bold policy experiment in historical perspective.
Tue
Apr 16
2024
John Welborn (Econ), A Short History of Short Selling
Room 003, Rockefeller Center, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Tuesday April 16 at 7:30 pm, Rocky 3. Welborn is Senior Lecturer in Economics and Mathematics at Dartmouth College, where he teaches courses on finance, regulation, and China.
Wed
Apr 10
2024
2024 Elections in India: Can a Hindu Homeland Be a Democracy?
Haldeman Hall 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall), 4:00pm-5:00pm
Kanchan Chandra '93, Professor of Politics at New York University, will discuss the upcoming general elections in India.
Tue
Apr 9
2024
David Schleicher ('00), In A Bad State: Fiscal Crises Today
Room 003, Rockefeller Center, 5:00pm-6:00pm
What are the fiscal prospects for state and local government today? Schleicher (Yale Law) returns to alma mater to explain. Tuesday April 9 at 5 pm in Rocky 3.
Wed
Apr 3
2024
The High Price of Free Things: How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela
Room 003, Rockefeller Center, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Daniel Di Martino (Econ Ph.D., Columbia) discusses the economic policies that have brought Venezuela, once one of the richest countries in Latin America, to its current pass.
Wed
Mar 27
2024
Immigration and the Economy: How Leading Economists Missed the Mark
Room 003, Rockefeller Center, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Economist Michael Clemens (George Mason) discusses the economics and public policy of immigration, especially at the southern border of the United States.