Calendar
Fall 2004-2005
Friday, October 1st, 2004
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Many Instruments, Weak Instruments, and Microeconometric Practice
Whitney Newey,
Professor,
economics department
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MIT,
Tuesday, October 12th, 2004
4:00pm
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Political Economy Seminar
Racism and Redistribution: A Solution to the Problem of American Exceptionalism
John Roemer,
Yale University,
Friday, October 15th, 2004
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 22nd, 2004
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Recent Controversies in the History of Einstein's Special Relativity
Alberto A. Martinez,
Weisman Postdoctoral Instructor in History of Science,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, October 29th, 2004
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Mount Wilson Observatory and Dutch Astronomy: The Legacy of Jacobus Kapteyn (1851-1922)
Klaas van Berkel,
University of Groningen,
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
The Importance of Information Feedback in Experimental First Price Sealed-bid Auctions
Tibor Neugebauer,
University of Hanover,
Friday, November 5th, 2004
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Shifting Ontologies in Eighteenth-Century Chemistry: Classification Between Workshop, Laboratory, and the Field
Wolfgang Lefevre and Ursula Klein,
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2004
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
What Every Literate Man Once Knew: Tracing Readers in Early Modern England
Steven Zwicker,
Visiting Professor of English, Caltech,
Professor of English, Washington University,
Monday, November 15th, 2004
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
The Emotional Basis of Morals
Jesse Prinz,
Associate Professor,
Department of Philosophy,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
Tuesday, November 16th, 2004
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
State Failure in Africa
Robert H. Bates,
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech,
Eaton Professor of the Science of Government,
Harvard University,
Thursday, December 2nd, 2004
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Rules, Emotions, and the Genealogy of Norms
Sean Nichols,
Department of Philosophy,
University of Utah,
Friday, December 3rd, 2004
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, December 9th, 2004
4:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Towards a Theory of Deception
Philippe Jehiel,
Professor,
CERAS-ENPC and UCL,
Friday, December 10th, 2004
4:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Pain and Pleasure in Political Economy
Catherine Gallagher,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, December 14th, 2004
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Political Equilibria and Smooth Elections
Norman Schofield,
William Taussig Professor of Political Economy,
Washington University in St. Louis,