Wednesday, October 2019
An American Dilemma for the 21st Century
The Social Science Research Council, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library, and Columbia University invite you to join us for a day-long conference: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | 10:00am–7:30pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10037 Seventy-five years ago, Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal published the influential work, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. For Myrdal and his collaborators, the central dilemma was the…
Find out more »Friday, December 2019
Development Nano-Conference
Venue & Dates: The Development Nano-Conference will be held in rooms 1101 and 1120 of Columbia University’s International Affairs Building (get directions) on Friday, December 13th from 9:30AM - 6:00PM. Faculty Organizers: Michael Best & Jack Willis (Columbia) Presentations from: Belinda Archibong (Barnard) Michael Best (Columbia) Laura Boudreau (Columbia) Alex Eble (Columbia) Michael Gechter (Penn State) Morgan Hardy (NYU, Abu Dhabi) Josh Merfeld (NYU) Alessandra Peter (Princeton) Pauline Rossi (University of Amsterdam) Martin Rotemberg (NYU) Jack Willis (Columbia) Registration: By invitation only. Please direct…
Find out more »The Seventh Columbia University Conference in Political Economy
Venue & Dates: The Seventh Columbia University Conference in Political Economy will be held at the East Gallery of the Maison Française, Columbia University (get directions) on Friday, December 13th. Faculty Organizers: Alessandra Casella & John Marshall, Columbia University Speakers & Schedule: 9:25AM Welcome and Introductions 9:30AM “Persistent Political Engagement: Social Interactions and the Dynamics of Protest Movements” David Yang (Harvard), with Leonardo Bursztyn (University of Chicago), Davide Cantoni (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Noam Yuchtman (UC Berkeley), and Y. Jane Zhang (The Hong Kong University…
Find out more »Thursday, January 2022
What do Economists REALLY do?
Columbia Economics Discussion Panel Date: Thursday, January 27th 6-7 pm Location: Virtual event - register here Moderator: Lena Edlund Join us for an hour with our expert panelists who will share what got them interested in Economics and the exciting places Economics has taken them, to be followed by Q&A. Our Panelists: Stephanie Aaronson As an undergraduate at Columbia, Aaronson did not think Economics would be interesting -- she changed her mind (Ph.D. 2001). In her research, she has examined, among other…
Find out more »Thursday, September 2022
Fourth Annual Columbia Conference on Economic Theory (CCET)
Venue: The 4th Annual Columbia Conference on Economic Theory (CCET) will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2022 - Friday, September 23, 2022. The conference will be held in 890 Kravis Hall (get directions). Faculty Organizers: Laura Doval & Elliot Lipnowski Preliminary Schedule: Thursday, September 22 9:00AM: Breakfast and Registration 9:55AM: Welcome Remarks 10:00 AM: Françoise Forges "Forward neologism-proof equilibrium in cheap talk games" (joint with Stéphan Sémirat) 10:50AM: Coffee Break 11:05AM: Jan Knoepfle "Should the Timing of Inspections be Random?" (joint…
Find out more »1022 International Affairs Building (IAB)
1022 International Affairs Building (IAB)
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420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027