Calendar
Spring 2025-2026
Monday, March 30th, 2026
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Visual Culture Program Event
Environmental Feeling and Environmental Fact: The Case of the Monterey Shore
Margaret Cohen,
Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature, and Civilization, and Professor of English, and by courtesy, of French and Italian and of Comparative Literature,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Revealed Convex Preference
Rui Tang,
Assistant Professor in Economics,
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST),
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Religion and Conflict: Evidence from China, 1860-1911
Felipe Valencia Caicedo,
Dean's Assistant Professor of Political Economy & Economics,
Brown University,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Finite Time Bounds for Robust Reinforcement Learning with Linear Function Approximation
Yashaswini Murthy,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Everettian chance in no uncertain terms
James Read,
Associate Professor, Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy,
Pembroke College,
Oxford University,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Election Science Office Hours
Online Event
The Scale of Democracy: Managing the Fifth-Largest Voting Jurisdiction in the Country
Bob Page,
Registrar of Voters (ROV) for Orange County, California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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► CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This seminar has been canceled.
Dirk Bergemann,
Professor of Economics,
Yale University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History & Visual Culture Seminar
Pictures from the Arctic: The Colonized Draw Back
Valerie A. Kivelson,
Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History,
University of Michigan,
Friday, April 10th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Convergent Equilibrium Learning through Risk-aversion
Yizhou Zhang,
Graduate Student,
Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, April 13th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:15pm
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Techer Live
Online Event
Einstein: Beyond the Myth
Diana Kormos-Buchwald,
Robert M. Abbey Professor of History; Director and General Editor, The Einstein Papers Project,
Patt Morrison,
LA Times columnist, author,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Learning from an Unknown DGP: Experimental Evidence on Belief Updating with AI Recommendations
Daniel Martin,
Associate Professor of Economics and Wilcox Family Chair in Entrepreneurial Economics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Moral Regulation and Cultural Production: Evidence from Hollywood
Ruixue Jia,
Professor of Economics,
UC San Diego,
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Have Fiscal Policy Failures Diminished American Democracy?
Seth Hill,
Professor of Political Science,
UC San Diego,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Wise and not rowdy nor ignorant
Mateusz Falkowski,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow in Early Modern Literature and the Classical Tradition,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Donor Dilemma
B. Pablo Montagnes,
Associate Professor of Data & Decision Sciences and Political Science,
Emory University,
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Immigrants' Wages, Integration and New Arrivals - Evidence from the Quota Acts of 1921 and 1924
Katherine Eriksson,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
UC Davis,
Friday, May 1st, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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► CANCELED: Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
This seminar has been canceled.
Lauren Conger,
Graduate Student,
Department of Control & Dynamical Systems,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Information and the Politics of School Quality: Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Brazil
Claudio Ferraz,
Professor of Economics,
University of British Columbia,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Election Science Office Hours
Online Event
The Pioneer's Perspective: Three Decades of Protecting the California Voter with Kim Alexander
Kim Alexander,
President & Founder,
California Voter Foundation,
Monday, May 11th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Writers in Residence Program
AI, Ethics, and Imagination: A Conversation with Bruce Holsinger
Bruce Holsinger,
Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English,
University of Virginia,
Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Time is Knowledge: What Response Times Reveal
Shuo Liu,
Associate Professor,
Guanghua School of Management,
Peking University,
Thursday, May 14th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Social Sciences History Seminar
This seminar has been postponed.
Wei Xiong,
John H. Scully '66 Professor in Finance and Professor of Economics,
Princeton University,
Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Election Science Office Hours
Online Event
Science, Trust, and the June 2nd Primary: A Deep Dive into Election Transparency and Reform
Thad Kousser,
Professor of Political Science,
UC San Diego,
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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POSTPONED: Watson Lecture - Kirby Nielsen
Kirby Nielsen,
professor of economics; William H. Hurt Scholar,
Thursday, May 21st, 2026
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Banks-McKelvey Memorial Lecture
Credibility in an Era of Chaos: Rebuilding Trust Between Universities and Society
Arthur Lupia,
Vice President for Research and Innovation, Gerald R. Ford Distinguished University Professor,
Department of Political Science,
University of Michigan,
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Talk and Forget: How AI Enclaves Enable Information Sharing
Tanya Rosenblat,
Professor of Information, School of Information and Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts,
University of Michigan,
Friday, June 5th, 2026
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Monday, June 8th, 2026
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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