Dear RSF: Please join us on Wednesday, March 20, at 11:00 in the library, for a presentation by Peter Hall entitled “The Origins of Our Discontents: Putting Populism in Perspective.” Hall is Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies in the Department of Government at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University. … Read More Seminar, Wednesday, Mar 20: Peter Hall

Dear RSF: Please join us on Wednesday, 3/13 at 11:00 in the library for a presentation by Philip Oreopoulos entitled “The Remarkable Unresponsiveness to Nudging College Students and What We Can Learn from It”. Dr. Oreopoulos is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.  He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau… Read More Seminar, Wednesday, Mar 13: Philip Oreopoulos

Dear RSF: Please join us on Wednesday, March 6, for a presentation by Rosemary Taylor entitled “The Price of Suffering:  Seeking ‘Compensation’ in Britain’s Tainted Blood Scandal.” Dr. Taylor is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Community Health at Tufts University and a Research Affiliate at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, where she… Read More Seminar, Wednesday, Mar 6: Rosemary Taylor

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, 2/27, for a presentation by Richard Benjamin entitled “The State of ‘Whiteness’: Race, Socio-Politics, and the Next America”.    Dr. Benjamin is a contributing writer to the New Yorker.  During his year at the Foundation, he is working on a monograph, The White People Deadline:  Race, Status Threat,… Read More Seminar, Wednesday, Feb 27: Richard Benjamin

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, February 20, for a presentation by Bradley Hardy entitled “Historical Segregation and Contemporary Social Mobility.” Dr. Hardy is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University, where he has been since 2011.   His research interests lie within labor economics, with an emphasis on economic instability,… Read More Seminar, Wednesday, Feb 20: Bradley Hardy

Please join us next Wednesday, February 13, for a presentation by Anne Pebley and Noreen Goldman entitled “Latinos, Work, and Functional Limitations.” Dr. Pebley is the Fred H. Bixby Professor of Population Research and Director of the Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.  She’s been at… Read More Seminar, Wednesday, Feb 13: Anne Pebley and Noreen Goldman