Event Category: Department Talks
Department Talks
PPE Speaker Series: “Discovering Diverse Talent” with Kadeem Noray (NBER)
Davie 112 235 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NCPizza will be available after the talk, so stick around! This event satisfies a CLE credit. *The venue for this event has a max capacity of 91; once the room has filled, no one else will be allowed entry, so … Read more
PPE Speaker Series: “The Politics of Self-Destruction” with Geneviève Rousseliere (Duke)
Caldwell 105 ,There will be pizza after the event q&a, so stick around! This is event is free and open to the public. Abstract: The Politics of Self-Destruction explores Rousseau’s idea that people in commercial societies are on an endless quest … Read more
PPE Speaker Series: “Modified Years of Life Lost Metrics” with Govind Persad (University of Denver)
Hamilton 100This event is an open, public lecture in collaboration with Public Policy, to be followed by Q&A. This event satisfies a CLE credit. Pizza is available after the talk, so stick around! Abstract: Years of life lost (YLL) is … Read more
Speaker Series: Berislav Marusic (University of Edinburgh)
Caldwell 105 Caldwell 105 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel HillTitle: Transparency, Self-Knowledge, and the Sociality of Belief Abstract: Several prominent accounts of our knowledge of our own beliefs appeal to the transparency of the question "Do you believe that p?" to the question "Is p true?": we typically answer the former … Read more
PPE Speaker Series: “The Poisoned Tree: Treason of the Heart in Seventeenth-Century England” with Alison McQueen (Stanford)
Caldwell 105 ,This is a free lecture, open to the public, with Q&A to follow! Pizza will be provided after the event, so stick around! Abstract: What did it mean to be a traitor in seventeenth-century England? Over the course of … Read more
Speaker Series: Nic Bommarito (Simon Fraser University)
Caldwell 105 Caldwell 105 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel HillTitle: The Background Virtues Abstract: When you read this sentence, you're looking at black letters that make up the words. But you're also looking at a white background that is both necessary for and implied by those black letters. Taking this … Read more
Parr Center Presents: Christian Miller (Wake Forest)
Graham Memorial, 039Christian Miller, Wake Forest University January 31, 2024 | 5:30PM | James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in Graham Memorial, 039 This event was rescheduled from a cancelation in September 2023. “What is Honesty, Are Most People Honest, … Read more
PPE Speaker Series: “Angry Populist Politics: Why It Is Happening and What to Do About It” with Ian Shapiro (Yale)
Caldwell 105 ,Abstract: Since 2016, there has been a dramatic erosion of support for establishment candidates and parties in favor of populist and even anti-system ones in many countries. Why? Ian Shapiro will answer that question, explain why many proposed remedies … Read more
Parr Center Presents: Meghan Sullivan (Notre Dame)
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