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May 2023
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
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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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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
- Public Event
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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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,
- Public Event
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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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,
- Public Event
4:00pm
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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
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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
- Internal Event
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,
- Public Event
Friday, May 19th, 2023
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Francis Bacon Conference Lecture
Babylonian Horoscopy and Genethlialogy
Francesca Rochberg,
Francis Bacon Visiting Professor of History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
- Public Event
Saturday, May 20th, 2023
7:00pm
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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The role of network structure in the diffusion of investment decisions
Wade Hann-Caruthers,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Poetry Reading
Robin Coste Lewis,
American Poet,
- Public Event
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023
4:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
Humanistic Knowledge and the Science of Learning
Elaine Auyoung, Associate Professor of English and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Hosting Media Bias: Evidence from the Universe of French Television and Radio Shows, 2002-2020
Julia Cage,
Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure),
Department of Economics,
Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po),
Thursday, May 25th, 2023
12:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
Property Rights and State Formation in Europe
Tracy Dennison,
Edie and Lew Wasserman Professor of Social Science History; Ronald and Maxine Linde Leadership Chair, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
- Internal Event
Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Labor Union and Social Insurance
Hanming Fang,
Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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Visual Culture Seminar
A24's Academic Style; or, Coming of Age in an Era of Student Debt
Jordan Brower,
Assistant Professor of English,
University of Kentucky,