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Fall 2024 Lectures

Do Cash Transfers Save Lives?

Edward Miguel, Distinguished Professor of Economics

Berkeley Distinguished Faculty Lectures in the Social Sciences

November 19, 2024 — 4:10 PM
Alumni House, Toll Room — UC Berkeley Campus

The Arc of Energy Justice: A Pursuit to Ensure Affordable, Reliable, and Clean Energy for All

Tony G. Reames, Tishman Professor of Environmental Justice, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability

Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures

December 4, 2024 — 4:10 PM
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall — UC Berkeley Campus

The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas

Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College

Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade

October 1, 2024 — 4:10 PM
West Pauley Ballroom, ASUC Student Union, Martin Luther King Jr. Building — UC Berkeley Campus

Character and Agency

Susan Wolf, Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emerita, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Howison Lectures in Philosophy

October 9, 2024 — 4:10 PM
Alumni House, Toll Room — UC Berkeley Campus

The Search for Paradise

Sudipta Kaviraj, Professor of Indian Politics and Intellectual History, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University

Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul

October 23, 2024 — 4:10 PM
Alumni House, Toll Room — UC Berkeley Campus

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Eight lectureships comprise the Berkeley Graduate Lectures, each with a distinct endowment history. These unique lectureship programs have brought distinguished visitors to Berkeley since 1904 to speak on a wide range of topics, from philosophy to the sciences. The Berkeley Graduate Lectures are open to the public and admission is free. No tickets are required.

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