Calendar
Spring 2022-2023
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
4:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This seminar has been postponed.
Scott Gehlbach,
Professor of Political Science,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Amerasia
Elizabeth Horodowich,
Department Head,
Department of History,
New Mexico State University,
Alexander Nagel,
Professor of Art History,
New York University,
4:00pm
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Evaluating Instrument Validity using the Principle of Independent Mechanisms
Patrick F. Burauel,
Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 6th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Impacts of the Clean Air Act on The Power Sector from 1938-1994: Anticipation and Adaptation
Edson R. Severnini,
Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy,
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Monday, April 10th, 2023
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Presidential Distinguished Speaker Series: Leroy (Lee) Hood, BS '60, PhD '68
Catalyzing a Shift in Healthcare from Disease-Care to Wellness and Prevention Care
Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Comparative statics with adjustment costs and the le Chatelier principle
John Quah,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
Johns Hopkins University,
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Jonathan Wolpaw
Heksor: The CNS Substrate of a Skilled Behavior
Jonathan Wolpaw,
Research Physician,
National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Visual Culture Seminar
How and what do we know of a work of art?: The Strange Case of Giovanni Morelli and ‘Scientific Connoisseurship'
John Brewer,
Eli and Edythe Broad Professor of History and Literature, Emeritus,
Caltech,
Friday, April 14th, 2023
9:00am
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4/15
12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
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Information Discrepancy in Strategic Learning
Juba Ziani,
Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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5:30pm
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2:30pm
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Towns and Agriculture in Times of Serfdom: An Economic Success or an Economic Failure?
Alex Klein,
Deputy Head of School and Reader in Economics,
School of Economics,
University of Kent,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Liquid Markets: An Empirical Analysis of a Water Exchange
Yunmi Kong,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Rice University,
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
4:00pm
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Caltech Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy (CSSPP) Seminar
The Great Carbon Arbitrage
Alissa Magdaleen Kleinnijenhuis,
Research Fellow,
Department of Finance,
Imperial College Business School - London,
Thursday, April 20th, 2023
9:00am
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4/21
5:00pm
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► CANCELED: Social Sciences History Seminar
This seminar has been canceled.
Stefanie Stantcheva,
Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy,
Harvard University,
Friday, April 21st, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Behavioral Causal Inference
Ran Spiegler,
Professor of Economics,
Tel Aviv University and University College London,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Rethinking basic assumptions in reward learning
Todd Hare,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Zurich,
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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NB & CNS Seminar - Gul Dolen | Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 4 pm
"Reopening critical periods with psychedelics: basic mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities"
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Reputation and Capture: Limits of the Administrative Presidency
Lindsey Gailmard,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Learning, Sophistication, and the Returns to Advertising: Implications for Differences in Firm Performance
Steven Tadelis,
Professor of Economics and Sarin Chair in Leadership and Strategy,
Haas School of Business,
UC Berkeley,
Thursday, April 27th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Bank Branching and Local Shocks
Sarah Quincy,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
Vanderbilt University,
4:00pm
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NB & CNS Seminar - Gilles Laurent | Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 4 pm
On Sleep, Camouflage and Brain Evolution
Gilles Laurent,
Director,
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Malnutrition and the "Quality of People" in the Early Cold War
Hannah LeBlanc,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in STEM and Inequality,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, April 28th, 2023
11:00am
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3:45pm
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Symposium
Neuroscience and the Principles of Evolution
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
New Directions in Algorithms with Predictions: Learning and Privacy
Misha Khodak,
PhD Student,
Carnegie Mellon University,
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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Visual Culture Event: Campus Walking Tour
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THIS EVENT IS AT CAPACITY
Wendy Cheng,
Associate Professor of American Studies,
Scripps College,
Becky Nicolaides,
Research Affiliate,
Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West,
Yvette Saavedra,
Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies,
University of Oregon,
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Donations and Dollars: Characterizing the Policy Views of Donors and the Affluent
Brandice Canes-Wrone,
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution,
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
The Confederate Diaspora
Martin Fiszbein,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
Boston University,
Friday, May 5th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Allocating with Priorities and Quotas: Algorithms, Complexity, and Dynamics
David Kempe,
Professor of Computer Science,
USC,
12:15pm
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1:30pm
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Caltech Y Student Activism Speaker Series (SASS)
Pre-Keynote Lunch Q & A on Generative AI and Society
Kevin Roose,
New York Times Tech Columnist,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy (CSSPP) Roundtable Conversation
Shaping the Future: Societal Implications of Generative AI
Monday, May 8th, 2023
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy (CSSPP) Panel Event
Needs for Future of Wildfire Resilience in SoCal Panel
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Attribute-based Subsidies and Market Power: an Application to Electric Vehicles
Panle Jia Barwick,
The Todd E. and Elizabeth H. Warnock Distinguished Chair Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Thursday, May 11th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Organizing a Kingdom
Nico Voigtlander,
Professor of Economics,
UCLA Anderson School of Management,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Visual Culture Seminar
Visual Storytelling Before Comics: Theorizing the Sequential Image
Rachel Teukolsky,
Professor of English,
Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Visual Culture Seminar
A Celebration of Self Help Graphics at Fifty
Yolanda Gonzalez,
Artist,
Betty Avila,
Executive Director,
Self Help Graphics and Art,
Dr. Claudia Zapata,
UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, Chicano/a Studies,
UCLA,
Dr. J.V. Decemvirale,
Weisman Postdoctoral Instructor in Visual Culture and Caltech Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow,
Caltech,
Friday, May 12th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Arrovian Social Choice and Decentralizability: An Integrated Approach
Wonki Jo Cho,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
Korea University,
Monday, May 15th, 2023
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Representation in Collective Policymaking: the Veto's Appeal
Gleason Judd,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Politics,
Princeton University,
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Visual Culture Seminar
Geocinema: Earth Sensing as Filmmaking
Asia Bazdyrieva,
Art Historian and Artist,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Nonparametric Identification of Differentiated Products Demand Using Micro Data
Steven Berry,
David Swensen Professor of Economics and Jeffrey Talpins Faculty Director of the Tobin Center for Economic Policy,
Yale University,
Thursday, May 18th, 2023
8:00am
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5/20
5:00pm
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Francis Bacon Conference
Thematic Continuities in Astronomy and Astrology from Antiquity to the Renaissance: A Conference in Memory of Noel M. Swerdlow
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
On Meerkats and Marmots: Long-term Research and the Birth of Behavioral Ecology
Erika L. Milam,
Charles C. and Emily R. Gillispie Professor in the History of Science; Professor of History,
Department of History,
Princeton University,