PPE Reading Group: Democracy for Realists When: March 21, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Where: Kellogg Center Conference Room (820 University City Blvd) This semester, the PPE Reading Group will discuss Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels’ Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (2016). Christopher…
PPE Distinguished Public Lecture: Kwame Anthony Appiah When: March 15, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Where: Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre (Moss Arts Center) Award-winning philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the 2023 PPE Distinguished Public Lecture at Virginia Tech. Kwame Anthony Appiah is Professor…
PPE Cinema: Spring Semester 2022 When: March 24, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – 11:59 pm Where: Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (820 University City Blvd; Blacksburg, VA) The PPE Cinema, organized by the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, welcomes faculty and students from across campus who are interested in watching…
PPE Discussion Colloquium: Markets and Morality When: April 2, 2022 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm On April 2, 2022, the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics will co-organize a daylong discussion colloquium for selected undergraduate students on the topic…
PPE Reading Group: Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform When: March 17, 2022 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Where: Kellogg Center Conference Room (820 University City Blvd) This semester, the PPE Reading Group will discuss Tommie Shelby’s Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform (2016). In his pathbreaking new book, Tommie Shelbie presents…
PPE Reading Group: Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform When: March 31, 2022 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Where: Kellogg Center Conference Room (820 University City Blvd) This semester, the PPE Reading Group will discuss Tommie Shelby’s Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform (2016). In his pathbreaking new book, Tommie Shelbie presents…
PPE Research Fellow Panel: The Pandemic, Economic Policies, and Democracy When: November 3, 2021 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Where: Assembly Hall (Holtzman Alumni Center) At this panel discussion, recent PPE Research Fellows Byron Tsang, Maria Snegovaya, and Binio Binev will discuss their work on the socioeconomic effects of the…