Events

( 14 ) Events

December 11, 2009

Second Annual Arrow Lecture: Social Choice and Individual Values

Time Friday, 4:00 pm
Type Discussion
Moderator(s) Joseph Stiglitz
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Speaker(s) Kenneth Arrow
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Department of Economics
Stanford University
Eric Maskin
Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science
School of Social Science
Institute for Advanced Study
Amartya Sen
Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Location International Affairs, Altschul Auditorium

November 9, 2009

A Bretton Woods Moment?

Time Monday, 6:00 pm
Type Discussion
Speaker(s) Benjamin Cohen
Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Political Economy
Department of Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Doyle
Harold Brown Professor of International Affairs, Law and Political Science
Committee on Global Thought
Columbia University
José Antonio Ocampo
Professor of Professional Practice and International Affairs
Committee on Global Thought
Columbia University
Adam Posen
Senior Fellow
Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
Joseph Stiglitz
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Location Faculty House, Presidential Room 1

September 28, 2009

Cultural Identity and Politics

Time Monday, 6:15 pm
Type Discussion
Location International Affairs, Kellogg Center

September 15, 2009

A New (dis)Order?: Financial Design in the Aftermath

Time Tuesday, 12:30 pm
Type Discussion
Location International Affairs, Kellogg Center

April 28, 2009

The War of Legitimacy: On the Cosmopolitan Occupation of Human Rights

Time Tuesday, 4:15 pm
Type Discussion
Location Heyman Center, Common Room

April 22, 2009

Liaquat Ahamed: “Lords of Finance”

Time Wednesday, 12:00 pm
Type Discussion
Location Heyman Center, Common Room

April 20, 2009

Luncheon Discussion with C.P. Chandrasekhar

Time Monday, 12:00 pm
Type Discussion
Moderator(s) Arjun Jayadev
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Committee on Global Thought
Columbia University
Sanjay Reddy
Assistant Professor of Economics
School of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
Speaker(s) C.P. Chandrasekhar
Professor of Economics
Centre for Economic Studies and Planning
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Location Heyman Center, Common Room

March 11, 2009

Is Marxism Relevant Today?

Time Wednesday, 6:15 pm
Type Discussion
Location Schapiro Center, Davis Auditorium

March 2, 2009

How to Think about the Financial Crisis

Time Monday, 12:15 pm
Type Discussion
Speaker(s) Prabhat Patnaik
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Joseph Stiglitz
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Location Uris, Room 301

February 25, 2009

Owning Knowledge: Science, Health and Law in an Integrated World

Time Wednesday, 6:29 pm
Type Discussion
Speaker(s) Sherry Glied
Chair and Professor of the Health Policy and Management Department
Committee on Global Thought
Columbia University
Arti Rai
Professor of Law
Duke University
Joseph Stiglitz
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Sir John Sulston
Chair
Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation
University of Manchester
Harold Varmus
President and Chief Executive Officer
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Location Schapiro Center, Davis Auditorium

November 12, 2008

Helping Infant Economies Grow: Promoting Innovation and Learning in Developing Countries

Time Wednesday, 6:00 pm
Type Discussion
Speaker(s) Philippe Aghion
Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Bruce Greenwald
Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance and Asset Management
Columbia Business School
Columbia University
Robert Solow
Professor Emeritus
Department of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joseph Stiglitz
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Location Casa Italiana, Teatro

November 5, 2008

Election Post-Mortem with Hendrik Hertzberg and Katha Pollitt

Time Wednesday, 8:00 pm
Type Discussion
Speaker(s) Hendrik Hertzberg
Senior Editor and Staff Writer
The New Yorker
Katha Pollitt
Columnist
The Nation
Location International Affairs, Altschul Auditorium

October 20, 2008

Presidential Economic Advisors’ Forum

Time Monday, 6:00 pm
Type Discussion
Moderator(s) Richard H. Clarida
Professor of Economics and International Affairs
School of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
Janet Currie
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Joseph Stiglitz
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Michael Woodford
John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Speaker(s) Austan Goolsbee
Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
Location Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium

February 13, 2007

An Emergent India: Prospects and Problems

Time Tuesday, 6:15 pm
Type Discussion
Speaker(s) Prabhat Patnaik
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Joseph Stiglitz
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Columbia University
Location TBA
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The Committee on Global Thought sponsors and cosponsors a variety of events every semester focusing on our four primary research topics: Global Governance, Migration, Poverty and Inequality, and Secularism and Diversity.

Additionally, Global Thought sponsors events on issues of contemporary importance related to the Committee's work. Our events critically address global issues from an innovative, interdisciplinary, social science perspective. While some events are targeted at specific academic populations, most events appeal to the broader Columbia University community. Our guests include academics, policy makers, and other public figures. All events are free, and most are open to the public.