Tony Banout, "Free Inquiry and Free Expression on Campus"

May 14 at 4:30 in Rocky 1. Banout (Univ. of Chicago) discusses his recent co-authored book The Chicago Canon on Free Inquiry and Expression, which traces the history of the University of Chicago’s unrivaled commitment to academic free expression. The “Chicago Principles” of 2017 promises “free and open inquiry on all matters” and has now been adopted by over a hundred universities, including Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Smith College, Emory, Stanford, and Northwestern. Should Dartmouth embrace them too? Co-sponsored by the Ethics Institute and the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy.

Douglas Irwin (ECON), "Trump's Tariff Obsession: Good or Bad for America?"

May 19 at 5 pm in Filene Auditorium
Doug Irwin, one of the world’s leading trade-history economists, discusses the current debate over tariffs triggered by President Donald Trump’s aggressive second-term trade policy. Co-sponsored with the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. 

Udi Greenberg (History), The End of the Schism

Udi Greenberg (HIST), “The End of the Schism,” May 21 at 5 pm, Rocky 3

Why did Europe’s Protestants and Catholics, bitter rivals for generations, become “brethren in faith” in the twentieth century? Prof. Greenberg (History) discusses his new book exploring the role of socialism, feminism, anti-colonialism and Nazism in spurring this transformation, and highlighting the major role their reconciliation gave the churches in setting the economic, sexual and post-colonial policies of post-war Europe. Free copies of The End of the Schism will be available to the first 20 students in attendance.