The Classical Liberalism seminar series is open to faculty of different backgrounds and perspectives, spanning the arts, sciences, and humanities who are willing to debate ideas and policy issues with rigor, even when doing so may challenge orthodoxy.
Classical liberalism seminars are held bi-weekly on Thursday, unless otherwise indicated.
Schedule
| Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09 Oct 2020 2:00pm Zoom |
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Hoover Institution |
I Will Pay Your Student Debt, If You Give Me Your Freedom |
| 12 Nov 2020 10:30am Zoom |
Bruce Caldwell Duke University |
F.A Hayek Life and Ideas |
| 10 Dec 2020 10:30am Zoom |
Glenn Loury Brown University |
Why Does Racial Inequality Persist? |
| 17 Dec 2020 10:30am Zoom |
Jonathan Haidt New York University Stern School of Business |
Why It Is So Hard To Find the Truth, and Why Viewpoint Diversity Is Essential for the Search |
| 14 Jan 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Bjorn Lomborg Copenhagen Consensus Center |
Inequality, Climate Change and the Cost of Climate Policy Related Reading: |
| 22 Jan 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Harvey Silverglate Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP |
Free Speech in Academia in the USA — Its Current Status and Its Prospects for the Future |
| 28 Jan 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Deirdre McCloskey University of Illinois at Chicago |
Why Liberalism Works: How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More Equal, Prosperous World for All |
| 04 Feb 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Josiah Ober Stanford University |
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| 11 Feb 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Ian Morris Stanford University |
How Democracies Die: A Very Long-Term View |
| 11 Mar 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Stephen Kotkin Princeton University |
Modern Authoritarianism: What Is It, What Can We Do About It? |
| 19 Mar 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Steven Pinker Harvard University |
An (Unnecessary) Defense of Reason and a (Necessary) Defense of Universities’ Role in Advancing It |
| 25 Mar 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Daniel Jacobson University of Colorado Boulder |
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| 08 Apr 2021 1:00pm Zoom |
John Staddon Duke University |
Fact vs. Passion: Science in an Age of Unreason |
| 22 Apr 2021 10:30am Zoom |
William Nordhaus Yale University |
The Ethics of the Invisible Hand |
| 29 Apr 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Leonidas Montes CEP |
The Morality of Markets: Self-interest and Sympathy |
| 06 May 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Eric Kaufmann University of London |
Academic Freedom in Crisis: Punishment, Political Discrimination, and Self-Censorship |
| 27 May 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Peter Arcidiacono Duke University |
Studying Race and Higher Education in a Woke Climate |
| 04 June 2021 10:30am Zoom |
Niall Ferguson Hoover Institution |
Classical Liberalism, Public Health and the Public Sphere |
| 15 July 2021 10:30 am Zoom |
Geoffrey R. Stone University of Chicago |
Democracy and Equality: The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court |
Seminar Organizers
Professor of Finance (by courtesy) and Professor of Economics (by courtesy)
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor, School of Humanities and Sciences
Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Associate Professor of Accounting
Robert and Marilyn Jaedicke Faculty Scholar for 2020–2021