Calendar
Spring 2005-2006
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Sick and Tired: The Impact of Medical and Psychological Factors on Foreign Policy Decision-Making
Rose McDermott,
Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, April 7th, 2006
4:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Descartes' Attempt (in the Regulae) to Base the Certainty of Algebra on Mental Vision
Hendrik Bos,
Professor of History of Mathematics, Utrecht University,
Visiting Professor of History, Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, April 10th, 2006
3:00pm
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3:55pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Special Seminar
Machine Learning Reductions
John Langford,
research assistant professor,
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago,
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Resources and Strategies South of the Sahara: Long-Term Dynamics of African Economic Development, 1500–2000
Gareth Austin,
senior lecturer,
economic history department,
London School of Economics,
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
A Rational-Choice, Formal-Theoretic Argument against the Existence of Sophisticated Voting in Legislatures
Timothy J. Groseclose,
professor of political science,
UCLA,
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
The Mathematical Theory of Perspective from Alberti to Lambert: Its Development, Its Use, and Its Prestige
Kirsti Andersen,
associate professor,
department of the history of science,
University of Aarhus, Denmark,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Non-Commitment in Continuous Time
Ali Lazrak,
assistant professor of finance,
University of British Columbia,
Friday, May 5th, 2006
Thursday, May 11th, 2006
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, May 12th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
George Gallup in Hollywood
Susan Ohmer,
assistant professor of modern communication,
University of Notre Dame,
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Analyzing Legislative Success in Latin America
Ernesto Calvo,
assistant professor of political science,
University of Houston,
Friday, May 19th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Kepler's Archetypal Cosmology and Arguments for the Copernican Theory
Noel Swerdlow,
professor of history and professor of astronomy and astrophysics,
University of Chicago,
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?: An Experimental Approach
Daniel Posner,
associate professor of political science,
UCLA,
Friday, May 26th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
Harmonious Triads: Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Myles W. Jackson,
associate professor of the history of science,
Willamette University,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, June 2nd, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar
To Draw or to Calculate: Aristarchus's Problem and the Computational Practices of Greek Astronomy
Ido Yavetz,
assistant professor, The Cohn Institute for History of Science, Tel Aviv University,
and the Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor in the History of Science,
Caltech,
Monday, June 5th, 2006
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Wonderment for Idiots in Baroque Rome
Ingrid Rowland,
associate professor of art history,
University of Chicago,