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Spring 2020 Lectures

Gary Younge

Weaponizing Narratives: Why America Wants Gun Control But Doesn’t Have It

Gary Younge, Professor of Sociology
Manchester University

Jefferson Memorial Lectures

March 4, 2020 — 4:10 PM
International House, Chevron Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley Campus

John Holdren

CANCELLED – Speaking Science to Power: Advising U.S. Presidents about Science and Environment

John P. Holdren --THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED , Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures

March 17, 2020 — 4:10 PM
International House, Chevron Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley Campus

John Holdren

CANCELLED – Rapid Climate Change is Transforming the Arctic: Why Everybody Should Care

John P. Holdren - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED , Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University

Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures

March 18, 2020 — 4:10 PM
International House, Chevron Auditorium — 2299 Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley Campus

Adam Tooze

CANCELLED – From the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 to the Climate Impasse: An Opportunity Missed?

Adam Tooze, Director of the European Institute
Columbia University

Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade

April 7, 2020 — 4:10 PM
Alumni House, Toll Room — UC Berkeley Campus

Stephen Yablo

The Demarcation Problem for Philosophy

Stephen Yablo, David W. Skinner Professor of Philosophy
Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Howison Lectures in Philosophy

April 22, 2022
Alumni House, Toll Room — UC Berkeley Campus

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