PPE Events Fall 2026

This semester, the David H. Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics will organize the following main events and activities.

PPE MEET AND GREET. The Center will hold its annual Meet and Greet event on September 8, 2025, from 3:30-4:30pm. Please join us for an informal reception (free food) to learn more about the Center, its faculty, students, and activities this year. The PPE Meet and Greet will take place at the Center (820 University City Blvd, free parking).

PPE WORKING PAPER SERIES. The Center organizes a working paper series that allows PPE Core Faculty, PPE Research Fellows, and PPE Affiliated Faculty members to present some of their work in progress. The series offers a friendly and constructive environment for sharing and advancing preliminary research in PPE and is typically combined with a lunch with participants, including interested undergraduate and graduate students. For the lineup of speakers, please see the PPE Calendar.

PPE CINEMA. The PPE Cinema welcomes faculty and students from across campus who are interested in watching and discussing great films. The PPE Cinema will screen “Anora” (September 24th), “Playtime” (October 19th), and “Meek’s Cutoff” (November 5th). Together we watch movies and discuss the questions in philosophy, politics, and economics that they raise. For more information, please visit here.

PPE RESEARCH SPEAKER SERIES. The Center will host one research talk this semester. On October 21, 2026 (4-5:30pm), Billy Christmas will give a talk with the title “Liberal Equality and a State Simplification.” The talk is tailored to appeal to both faculty and students and provides time for discussion and interaction with the guest speaker. The research speaker talks will be followed by a public reception. For more information, please see visit here.

PPE events are open to the public and all faculty and students are cordially invited to attend.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact ppe@nullvt.edu at least ten business days before the event.

(Photo and artwork by Holly Belcher for Virginia Tech)