| Academic year 2007-2008 |
In addition to the main speakers' series, CHSC works with the Davis Humanities Institute to present Public Intellectual Forum and co-sponsors a variety of events. For podcasts of past events please see "More from CHSC."
CHSC Series: Social Science and the Larger Society
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Affairs.Lectures are free and open to all. Please note dates and times and venues for each listing; the venues include a link to the campus map showing their location.
Upcoming events are immediately below; past events below that.
Tuesday, April 8, 12-1:30 PM
My Six-Year-Old Son Should Get a Job: What is Wrong with the Free Trade Orthodoxy?
Ha-Joon Chang
Assistant Director of Development Studies in the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge, and author most recently of Bad Samaritans, Chang will explain why free trade is poor policy for development countries, discussing its theoretical and historical inadequacy for turning poor countries into rich ones.
Tuesday, April 15, 12:00-1:30 PM
Empires and Diasporas
Maya Jasanoff
Associate Professor of History at Harvard University and the author most recently of Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850, Maya Jasanoff has written for The New York Times Magazine and The London Review of Books.Co-sponsored by the Department of History.
Tuesday, April 22, 5:30 PM
What We Talk about when We Talk about Privacy:
The Politics of Mass Surveillance and ProfilingSiva Vaidhyanathan
Author most recently of The Anarchist in the Library, Siva Vaidhyanathan is a fellow at both the New York Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for the Future of the Book and also Associate Professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia. He has written for MSNBC.com and appeared on The Daily Show.Co-sponsored by the UC Davis School of Law.
Tuesday, May 6, 5:30-7:00PM
The Left since 9/11: What Happened to Cultural Studies?
Michael Bérubé
A member of the National Council of the American Association of University Professors and Paterno Family Professor in Literature at Penn State University, Michael Bérubé is the author most recently of What's Liberal about the Liberal Arts and "Harry Potter and the Power of Narrative." He will speak about mass media and common culture, explaining how leftist scholars' theories not only excuse their failures to influence American politics, but actually allow them to construe such failures as successes.Part of the Public Intellectuals Forum, presented with the Davis Humanities Institute.
Historic City Hall, 226 F Street, Davis
The below events have already presented. For information on how to view the free podcasts, please visit the page, "More from CHSC."
Thursday, October 18, 12:00-1:30 PM
Discover Your Inner Economist: Lessons in Economic Imperialism
Tyler Cowen
A scholar of outsider art, ethnic dining, and markets in everything, Tyler Cowen is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and author most recently of Discover Your Inner Economist. He has written for The New York Times and Slate, and blogs at Marginal Revolution.
Thursday, October 18, 4:30-6:00 PM
Forum on Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms with Gregory Clark, Tyler Cowen and Brad DeLong.
Andrews Conference Room, SSH 2203Co-sponsored by the Center for the Evolution of the Global Economy and the Department of Economics.
Thursday, November 8, 5:30-7:00 PM
The Fall and Rise of American Liberalism
Eric Alterman
Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and Professor of Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Eric Alterman has written on U.S. foreign policy, presidential deception, and Bruce Springsteen. He writes for The Nation, among other outlets, and blogs at Media Matters's Altercation. His most recent book is When Presidents Lie.Part of the Public Intellectuals Forum, presented with the Davis Humanities Institute.
Co-sponsored by the Department of History.
Historic City Hall, 226 F Street, Davis
Thursday, November 29, 12:00-1:30 PM
Last Best Gifts: The Economics and Ethics of Organ Donation
Kieran Healy
A regular contributor to Crooked Timber, Kieran Healy is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Arizona and the author most recently of Last Best Gifts.