Calendar
Fall 2016-2017
Monday, September 26th, 2016
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CNS Seminar/ Cornelis Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture
"Probing Neural Circuits with Shaped Light"
Na Ji,
Group Leader,
Janelia Research Campus,
Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virgina,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University
Extrapolation Bias and the Predictability of Stock Returns by Price-Scaled Variables
Huseyin Gulen, Associate Professor of Finance,
Krannert School of Management,
Purdue University,
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture
George Ellery Hale's Vision of the Humane Scientist: Has it Survived?
John Sutherland,
Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature,
University College London,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Friday, September 30th, 2016
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science - TO BE RESCHEDULED
Topic to be Announced
Cosma Shalizi,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
The Politics of Sovereign Default under Financial Integration
Marina Azzimonti,
Associate Professor,
Stony Brook University,
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Preference Types and Welfare in Insurance Markets
Levon Barseghyan,
Professor of Economics,
Cornell University,
Friday, October 7th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Logrolling for Private Interest: British MPs during the Railway Mania of 1845
Gabriel Mesevage,
Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Oxford; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Monday, October 10th, 2016
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Robert Marquez, UC Davis
Financial Frictions, Foreign Currency Borrowing, and Systemic Risk
Robert Marquez, Professor of Finance,
Graduate School of Management,
University of California, Davis,
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Welmar E. Rosado
Political Credit Rating Cycles: Evidence from Gubernatorial Elections in Mexico
Welmar Rosado Buenfil,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
How is an Olinguito like a Gothic church?
Aleta Quinn,
Ahmanson Postdoctoral Instructor in Philosophy of Science,
Caltech,
Friday, October 14th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Haifeng Xu, USC
Persuasion Through the Computational Lens
Haifeng Xu, Graduate Student,
Economics & Computation,
USC,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
The Timberland Economy in Southeastern Guizhou: Co-ownership, Securitization, and Risk-Sharing
Meng Zhang,
Ph.D. Candidate,
History Department,
UCLA,
Monday, October 17th, 2016
4:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar
Violence in History and in Contemporary Conflicts: Why History Matters for Today's Politics
Bettina Koch,
Associate Professor of Political Science, Virginia Tech; Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Fellow,
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Benjamin Bushong
Misattribution of Reference Dependence: Evidence from Real-Effort Experiments
Benjamin Bushong,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University,
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Scientific Variables
Benjamin Jantzen,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
Virginia Tech,
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar Series
‘The advancement and the perversion of mind at this particular time': The Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society, James Montgomery, and the Fate of Improvement
Jonathan Mee,
Professor of English,
University of York,
Friday, October 21st, 2016
8:00am
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10/22
3:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
The Rise of Europe and Atlantic Trade
Daudin Guillaume,
Professor of Economics,
Université Paris-Dauphine,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
4:00pm
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Joint Seminar of the Walter Burke Institute of Theoretical Physics and the Einstein Papers Project
Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes
Lars Brink,
Professor Emeritus, Chalmers University of Technology; Former Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Centralization versus separation of regulatory institutions
Dana Foarta,
Assistant Professor of Political Economy,
Stanford Graduate School of Business,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
What is ‘orthodox' quantum mechanics?
David Wallace,
Professor of Philosophy,
USC,
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture
Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in Networks and Diffusion Processes
Matthew O. Jackson,
William D. Eberle Professor of Economics,
Stanford University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Friday, October 28th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Leonard Schulman, Caltech
The Duality Gap for Two-Team Zero-Sum Games
Leonard Schulman, Professor of Computer Science,
Engineering & Applied Science,
Caltech,
Monday, October 31st, 2016
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Appreciation Problems of Neuroeconomics
Paul Hoyningen-Huene,
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institute of Philosophy, Professor Emeritus; Universität Zürich, Department of Economics, Lecturer,
Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Local Agency Costs of Political Centralization
Roger Myerson,
Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Value of Persistent Information
Jusso Toikka,
Professor, Department of Economics, MIT,
Friday, November 4th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CANCELLED Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Jörgen Kratz, Lund University
Kidney Exchange over the Blood Group Barrier
Jörgen Kratz, Graduate Student,
Department of Economics,
Lund University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
'What commodity in Europe doth decay more than wood?' Scarcity, Political Ecology, and the Making of the English Atlantic
Keith Pluymers,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities,
Caltech,
Monday, November 7th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Testable Forecasts
Luciano Pomatto,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Meeting
"Mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders: Peering into the brain and watching what happens"
Elaine Bearer, MD/PhD, FAAAS, FCAP,
The Harvey Family Professor,
Department of Pathology,
University of New Mexico,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Myungkoo Song
A Hybrid Incentive Scheme: Promotion beyond Pay for Performance
Myungkoo Song,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
8:00am
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Historians in the Laboratory: The Making and Knowing Project
Pamela Smith,
Seth Low Professor of History, Director of the Center for Science and Society,
Columbia University, New York,
Thursday, November 10th, 2016
8:00am
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11/11
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Cary J. Nederman, Texas A&M University
From Violence to Order: Changing Ideas of Tyranny during the Latin Middle Ages
Cary J. Nederman,
Co-Director, Ethics and Political Science; Professor,
Texas A&M University,
Friday, November 11th, 2016
11:40am
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1:00pm
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CANCELLED Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Juba Ziani, Caltech
Efficiently characterizing games consistent with perturbed equilibrium observations
Juba Ziani, Graduate Student,
Computer Science,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar
Reversal of Fortune? Geography, Climate, and the Distribution of Income Across Countries
Steve Haber,
A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Political Science, Professor of History, Professor (by courtesy) of Economics at Stanford University,
Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution,
Monday, November 14th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Political Science Job Candidate Seminar
Lobbying Inside and Out: How Special Interest Groups Influence Policy Choices
Stephane Wolton,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Government,
London School of Economics and Political Science,
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
The Marginal Voter's Curse
Aniol Llorente-Saguer,
Reader of Economics,
Queen Mary University of London,
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Awareness of Unawareness: A Theory of Decision Making in the Face of Ignorance
Edi Karni,
Professor,
School of Arts & Sciences,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Renormalize 'et impera': realism and approximate truth in particle physics
Porter Williams,
Assistant Professor,
Department of History and Philosophy of Science,
University of Pittsburgh,
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
4:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Optogenetic analysis of long-range prefrontal connections in learning
Ofer Yizhar,
Department of Neurobiology,
Weizmann Institute of Schience, Israel,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Political Science Job Candidate Seminar
Decentralization and the Gamble for Unity
Michael Gibilisco,
PhD Candidate,
Department of Political Science,
University of Rochester,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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HSS 50th Anniversary Lecture
On the Trail of Medieval Relics: Tracking Sacred Journeys
Kate Craig,
Assistant Professor,
Department of History,
Auburn University,