Melinda Miller, a PPE Core Faculty member and Assistant Professor in Economics at Virginia Tech, will give a talk with the title “Solely by Reason of Her Marriage: The Effect of the 1907 Expatriation Act on Marriage and Family Formation.”

The talk will take place on November 17, 2025, from 12:15-1:30pm, in the conference room of the Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd).

The PPE Working Paper series offers a friendly and constructive intellectual environment for sharing and advancing preliminary research in PPE. Please see here for more information.

All faculty and students are welcome to attend. Lunch will be served! Please RSVP (strongly recommended).

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.

Nic Tideman, a PPE affiliate and faculty member in Economics at Virginia Tech, will give a talk with the title “Geoism”.

The talk will take place on December 3, 2025, from 12:15-1:30pm, in the conference room of the Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd).

The PPE Working Paper Series offers a friendly and constructive intellectual environment for sharing and advancing preliminary research in PPE. Please see here for more information.

All faculty and students are welcome to attend. Lunch will be served! Please RSVP (strongly recommended).

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.

The PPE Cinema brings together faculty, students, and members of the public to watch and discuss great films that raise questions in philosophy, politics, and economics. Food and beverages will be provided.

Film title: Triangle of Sadness. Ruben Östlund’s unhinged black comedy about a social media celebrity couple and various other people on a luxury cruise won the Palme d’Or in Cannes 2022.

The PPE Cinema is held in the conference room of the Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd). If you would like to attend, please contact Fabian Wendt (fabianwendt@nullvt.edu ).

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.

Gil Hersch, a PPE Core Faculty member and Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, will give a talk with the title [TBD].

The talk will take place on February 4, 2026, from 12:15-1:30pm, in the conference room of the Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd).

The PPE Working Paper series offers a friendly and constructive intellectual environment for sharing and advancing preliminary research in PPE. Please see here for more information.

All faculty and students are welcome to attend. Lunch will be served! Please RSVP (strongly recommended).

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.

Jesse Crosson, Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, will give a talk with the title [TBD].

The talk will take place on February 11, 2026, from 4-5:30pm in the GLC Multipurpose Room (Graduate Life Center).

The talk is tailored to appeal to both faculty and students, with plenty of time for discussion and interaction with the guest speaker. The talk will be followed by a public reception.

All faculty and students are welcome 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.

Sudipta Sarangi, Professor and Department Head of Economics at Virginia Tech, will give a talk (joint work with Suqin Ge) with the title “People from Historically Rice Growing Areas Do Better on Tests.”

The talk will take place on February 25, 2026, from 4-5:30pm, in the Assembly Hall of the Holtzman Alumni Center.

The talk is tailored to appeal to both faculty and students, with plenty of time for discussion and interaction with the guest speaker. You are cordially invited to attend.

All faculty and students are welcome to attend. Please see here for more information.

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

The PPE Cinema brings together faculty, students, and members of the public to watch and discuss great films that raise questions in philosophy, politics, and economics. Food and beverages will be provided.

Film title: The 400 Blows. François Truffaut’s directorial debut film from 1959 is a wonderful semi-biographical coming-of-age drama and a classic of the French New Wave.

The PPE Cinema is held in the conference room of the Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd). If you would like to attend, please contact Fabian Wendt (fabianwendt@nullvt.edu).

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.

Aaron Brantly, a faculty member in the School of International and Public Affairs, will give a talk with the title [TBD].

The talk will take place on March 4, 2026, from 12:15-1:30pm, in the conference room of the Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd).

The PPE Working Paper series offers a friendly and constructive intellectual environment for sharing and advancing preliminary research in PPE. Please see here for more information.

All faculty and students are welcome to attend. Lunch will be served! Please RSVP (strongly recommended).

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.

John Dalton, Associate Professor at Wake Forest University, will give a talk with the title “Creative Destruction and the Age of AI.”

The talk will take place on March 17, 2026, from 12:00pm-1:30pm in the Lury and Barbara Goodall Room in the Newman Library.

All faculty, students, and members of the public are welcome to attend. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP (strongly recommended).

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.

The PPE Cinema brings together faculty, students, and members of the public to watch and discuss great films that raise questions in philosophy, politics, and economics. Food and beverages will be provided.

Film title: Under the Skin. Directed by Jonathan Glazer, this thought-provoking science fiction film from 2013 stars Scarlett Johansson as a mysterious woman preying on lonely men in Scotland.

The PPE Cinema is held in the conference room of the Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd). If you would like to attend, please contact Fabian Wendt (fabianwendt@nullvt.edu).

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.