Agenda Agenda Day Month Week November 2025 – April 2026 Nov 2025 – Apr 2026 Collapse All Expand All Nov 17 Mon PPE Working Paper Series: Melinda Miller @ Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd) Tickets Nov 17 @ 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm 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. Dec 3 Wed PPE Working Paper Series: Nic Tideman @ Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd) Tickets Dec 3 @ 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm 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. Jan 29 Thu PPE Cinema: Triangle of Sadness @ Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd) Tickets Jan 29 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm 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. Feb 4 Wed PPE Working Paper Series: Gil Hersch @ Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd) Tickets Feb 4 @ 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm 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. Feb 11 Wed PPE Research Speaker Series: Jesse Crosson @ Graduate Life Center (Multipurpose Room) Tickets Feb 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm 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. Feb 26 Thu PPE Cinema: The 400 Blows @ Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd) Tickets Feb 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm 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. Mar 4 Wed PPE Working Paper Series: Aaron Brantly @ Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd) Tickets Mar 4 @ 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm 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. Mar 17 Tue PPE Lunchtime Talk: John Dalton @ Newman Library (Lury and Barbara Goodall Room) Tickets Mar 17 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm 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. Mar 19 Thu PPE Cinema: Under the Skin @ Kellogg Center (820 University City Blvd) Tickets Mar 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm 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. Apr 8 Wed PPE Distinguished Public Lecture: Daron Acemoglu @ Virtual Tickets Apr 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Co-winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Professor Daron Acemoglu, will deliver the 2026 PPE Distinguished Public Lecture at Virginia Tech. Daron Acemoglu is Institute Professor in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Professor Acemoglu is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, and the National Academy of Sciences. He also serves on the editorial boards of multiple leading economics journals and is a founding co-director of MIT’s Blueprint Labs. Professor Acemoglu’s research spans a wide array of topics in political economy, development economics, economic growth, technological change, and inequality, exploring the deep historical and institutional foundations of prosperity and poverty. Together with James A. Robinson, he is the author of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (2013), a global bestseller that challenges conventional explanations of economic development and underscores the role of political and economic institutions. Professor Acemoglu has received numerous awards, including the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005 and the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2018. In 2024, together with Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson, he won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work on the interplay between technological progress, labor markets, and democratic institutions, highlighting how institutional choices and technology shape societal outcomes. Professor Acemoglu’s work is driven by the conviction that economics must engage with the real world, offering insights not only into how the economy functions, but also how it can be shaped to serve human flourishing. At Virginia Tech, Professor Acemoglu will speak about his forthcoming book on remaking liberalism, which is scheduled to appear in the summer of 2026. The virtual lecture will take place on April 8, 2026, from 5-6:30pm (Eastern Time). Advance registration is required for this event. The registration link will be provided closer to the event. Here is more information. All faculty, students, and members of the public are cordially invited to attend this event. 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. November 2025 – April 2026 Nov 2025 – Apr 2026 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML