Current Academic Year, 2019-20

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6 p.m.

• Darrin McMahon (History)
• "Happiness Through History"
• Carson L01

Monday, Oct. 28, 6 p.m.

• Lynn Patyk (Russian Studies)
• "Provocation as a Form of Information Warfare"
• Rocky 1

Monday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

• Paul Christesen (Classical Studies)
• "Leisure as a Luxury Good in Ancient Sparta"
• Rocky 1

Monday, Nov. 11, 6 p.m.

• Meir Kohn (Economics)
• "How I Became a Libertarian"
• Rocky 2

Monday, Jan. 13

• Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins (Postdoctoral Fellow) 
• Religious Freedom in a Populist Age
• 6 pm, room TBD

Tuesday, Jan. 21

• Immersion Trip to Chile and Argentina
• Student Reports from Econ 70 with Profs. Rose and Irwin
• 6 pm, room TBD

Monday, Jan. 27

• Stuart Finkel (Russian Studies)
• "Political 'Philanthropy' Under Lenin and Stalin"
• 6 pm, room TBD

Monday, Feb. 10

• Peter DeShazo (LALACS)
• "Trading Places: How Chile Passed Argentina on the Road to Development"
• 6 pm Room TBD

This past year's student dinners covered a range of topics, including Venezuela, immigration, and organized crime.

Monday, April 8, 6 p.m.

• Sunmin Kim (Sociology)
• "Blinded by the Facts: Race, Immigration, and National Identity in the Early 20th Century United States"
• Kemeny 006

Monday, April 29, 6 p.m.

• Meir Kohn (Economics)
• "Why There is No Such Thing as Capitalism (or Communism)"
• Silsby 028

Monday, May 6, 6 p.m.

• Paul Novosad (Economics)
• "Organized Crime and the Origins of the State"
• Rockefeller 2

Monday, May 13, 6 p.m.

• Na'ama Shenhav (Economics)
• "DACA and the Education Decisions of Undocumented Youth"
• Haldeman 041

Monday, May 20, 6 p.m.

• David Blanchflower (Economics)
• "Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?"
• Haldeman 041

Monday, Jan. 14, 6 p.m.

• Philip Short (Dickey Center)
• "Mao, Stalin and Hitler:  Same difference?"
• Carson L01

Monday, Jan. 28, 6 p.m.

• Students from Doug Irwin and Marjorie Rose's Econ 70 course
• Reporting on Argentina and Chile
• Haldeman 041

Monday, Feb. 11, 5 p.m.

• Jason Sorens, Government
• "A Secessionist Movement in the Age of Twitter: Catalonia"
• Kemeny 108

Monday, Feb. 18, 6 p.m.

• Meir Kohn, Economics
• "Why There is No Such Thing As 'Market Failure'"
• Kemeny 006

Monday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m.

• Peter DeShazo, LALACS
• "Venezuela in Crisis: Why? What To Do?"
• Rocky 2

Monday, September 24, 6 p.m.

• Bruce Sacerdote (Economics)
• "Economic Inequality in Perspective"
• Haldeman 041

Monday, October 1, 6 p.m.

• Erika Monahan (History)
• "What Was Russia to Early Modern Europe?"
• Haldeman 041

Monday, October 15, 6 p.m.

• Emily Blanchard (Economics)
• "Globalization in the Crosshairs: Trade and Trade Policy in 2018"
• Rockefeller 2

Monday, October 29, 6 p.m.

• Roundtable of Dartmouth economists Allen, Lewis, and Shenhav
• "Immigration Policy"
• Rocky 3 (co-sponsored with Economics Department)