Geoff Sayre-McCord
Publishing Workshop
This is a workshop for graduate students on publishing articles in philosophy. It will start with a session offering general advice that applies for most areas and most journals, followed by a series of relatively short presentations by people with … Read more
Publishing Workshop
213 Caldwell HallThis is a workshop for philosophy graduate students interested in advice and help with preparing papers for publication.
PPE Talk: Tyler Cowen
Hyde Hall, University RoomTyler Cowen will present "The Complacent Class". Tyler Cowen is an economist at George Mason University. His most recent book, The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream was published January 2017. He writes a column for Bloomberg View and contributes daily … Read more
Parr Center Presents: Laurie Shrage
Caldwell 105 ,"Contract Sex: Decriminalization vs. Legalization" Why are sex worker rights groups advocating for decriminalizing sex work, but not for legalizing it? In this paper, I will explain why efforts to decriminalize sex work deserve the same support as efforts to … Read more
Happiness and Well-Being: a one-day conference
Bringing together three experts on the nature of happiness and well-being -- Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University), Carol Graham (the Brookings Institute), Dan Russell (University of Arizona) -- this one-day workshop is designed to bring participants up to speed on current … Read more
PPE Talk: Sarah Conly
Caldwell 105 ,Title: TBA Professor Conly is the author of of Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism (Cambridge University Press 2013) and One Child: Do We Have a Right to More? (Oxford University Press, 2016), and a broad range of articles on related … Read more
PPE Talk: Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute. He works on "social mobility, inequality, and family change." Before his time at Brookings, he served as Director of Strategy for the UK's Deputy Prime Minister.
PPE Talk: Sreedhari Desai
Caldwell 105 ,“Moral Symbols: A Necklace of Garlic against Unethical Requests” Sreedhari Desai, Assistant Professor in the Kenan Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina works to understand "how, why, when and where social inequality, organizations and institutions interact." She … Read more
PPE Talk: Stephen Dubner
Gerrard Hall"PPE: A Freakonomics Perspective" Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He is best-known as co-author of the New York Times bestselling Freakonomics series. They have sold more than 7 million copies in more than 40 countries. Dubner … Read more