Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Upcoming Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars
Thursday February 9, 2012 4:00 PM
Lawrence Baron, Nasatir Chair in Modern Jewish History, San Diego State University
Hollywood's First Wave of "Holocaust" Films: From Frank Sinatra to Anne Frank
William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Treasure Room, Dabney Hall
Wednesday February 15, 2012 12:00 PM
Nicole A. Archambeau, ACLS Postdoctoral Instructor in History, Caltech
Anxiety and Health in the Fourteenth Century: A Doctor Explores the Healing Power of a Holy Woman's Voice
Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Treasure Room, Dabney Hall
Wednesday February 15, 2012 8:00 PM
Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series
Beckman Auditorium
Friday February 17, 2012 12:00 PM
Dmitri Krioukov, Senior Research Scientist, University of California, San Diego
Popularity Versus Similarity in Growing Networks
Social and Information Sciences Laboratory Seminar Series (SISL)
237 Baxter
Friday February 24, 2012 12:00 PM
Desmond Cai, Graduate Student, Caltech
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory Seminar Series (SISL)
237 Baxter
Tuesday February 28, 2012 4:00 PM
Alan E. Wiseman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
Bray Theory Workshop
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
Wednesday February 29, 2012 4:00 PM
R. Michael Alvarez, Professor of Political Science, Caltech
Topic to be Announced
The Humanities and Social Sciences Mellon Divisional Lecture Series
25 Baxter
Thursday March 1, 2012 4:00 PM
Joan Breton Connelly, Professor of Classics, Art History; Director, NYU Yeronisos Island Excavations, Cyprus, New York University
The Archaeologies of Performance: Ritual Movement Through Greek Sacred Space
William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Cahill Center, Hameetman Auditorium
Thursday March 1, 2012 4:00 PM
Hauke Heekeren, Free University, Berlin
Topic to be Announced
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
24 Beckman Labs
Friday March 2, 2012 4:00 PM
James Justus, Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin
X-phi as Explication Preparation for Formal Epistemology
Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Treasure Room, Dabney Hall
Tuesday March 6, 2012 4:00 PM
Ernesto Dal Bo, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
Wednesday March 7, 2012 4:00 PM
Arthur Robson, Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Bray Theory Workshop
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Thursday March 8, 2012 4:00 PM
Don Howard, University of Notre Dame
Concepts of Completeness in Einstein's Critique of Quantum Mechanics
Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
363 S. Hill Ave., Einstein Papers Project
Thursday March 8, 2012 4:00 PM
Roger Ratcliff, Ohio State University
Topic to be Announced
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
24 Beckman Labs
Tuesday March 13, 2012 4:00 PM
Emma Rothschild, Harvard University
Topic to be Announced
William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Treasure Room, Dabney Hall
Wednesday March 14, 2012 4:00 PM
David Dillenberger, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Topic to be Announced
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Friday March 16, 2012 12:00 PM
Sachin Adlakha, Postdoctoral Scholar in Computer Science, Caltech
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory Seminar Series (SISL)
237 Baxter
Friday March 16, 2012 12:00 PM
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory Seminar Series (SISL)
237 Baxter
Thursday March 29, 2012 4:00 PM
Joan Chiao, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Topic to be Announced
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
24 Beckman Labs
Friday March 30, 2012 4:00 PM
Craig Callender , University of California, San Diego
Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Treasure Room, Dabney Hall
Thursday April 5, 2012 4:00 PM
Konrad Kording, Associate Professor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation/Physiology, Northwestern University
Topic to be Announced
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
24 Beckman Labs
Thursday April 5, 2012 4:00 PM
Sarah Dry, Independent Scholar
The Afterlife of Isaac Newton: A Secret History of Obsession, Faith and Madness
William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Treasure Room, Dabney Hall
Tuesday April 10, 2012 4:00 PM
Gabriel Lenz, Assistant Professor of Political Behavior, American Politics, University of California, Berkeley
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
Wednesday April 11, 2012 4:00 PM
Xavier Vives, Professor of Economics and Finance, IESE
Bray Theory Workshop
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Thursday April 12, 2012 4:00 PM
Gene Huang, Chief Economist and Vice President, FedEx
Foundations of Economic Performance – A Practitioner's View
Linde Institute Distinguished Seminar
25 Baxter
Wednesday April 18, 2012 4:00 PM
Dan Silverman, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Thursday April 19, 2012 4:00 PM
Henrik Ehrsson, Associate Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Topic to be Announced
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
24 Beckman Labs
Thursday April 19, 2012 4:00 PM
Jan Peters, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
25 Baxter
Tuesday April 24, 2012 4:00 PM
Jasjeet Sekhon, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
Thursday April 26, 2012 4:00 PM
Etienne Koechlin, Director, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France
Topic to be Announced
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
24 Beckman Labs
Thursday May 3, 2012 4:00 PM
Mark A. Changizi, Director of Human Cognition, 2AI Labs
Topic to be Announced
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
24 Beckman Labs
Tuesday May 8, 2012 4:00 PM
Richard Van Weelden, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
Wednesday May 9, 2012 4:00 PM
Mariagiovanna Baccara, Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis
Bray Theory Workshop
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Wednesday May 9, 2012 4:00 PM
Hector Chade, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University
Topic to be Announced
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Tuesday May 15, 2012 4:00 PM
Adam Berinsky, Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
Wednesday May 16, 2012 4:00 PM
Hector Chade, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University
Bray Theory Workshop
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Thursday May 17, 2012 4:00 PM
John-Dylan Haynes, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin
HSS; Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar Series (BSN)
24 Beckman Labs
Monday May 21, 2012 4:00 PM
Edward J. Larson, University Professor and Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law, Pepperdine University
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Tuesday May 22, 2012 4:00 PM
Bruno Strulovici, Assistant Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
Topic to be Announced
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Friday May 25, 2012 4:00 PM
Lewis Pyenson, Professor of History, Western Michigan University
The Einstein-Picasso Question
Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
363 S. Hill Ave., Einstein Papers Project
Wednesday May 30, 2012 4:00 PM
David Pearce, Professor of Economics, New York University
Topic to be Announced
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Tuesday June 5, 2012 4:00 PM
Alexander Hirsch, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
