Tag: <span>Education & Schools</span>

Nico Voigtlaender, UCLA Anderson School of Management, presents ‘Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party Nico Voigtlaender, UCLA Anderson School of Management’ at the Williams College Center for Development Economics’ 2014 Conference ‘Historical Persistence in Comparative Development.’ This lecture is sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies and part of […]

Bruce Miroff, professor of political science and Collins Fellow at the State University of New York at Albany, Sidney Milkis, White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and Joseph Ellis, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership Studies at Williams College, participate in a panel discussion on the state of American political leadership […]

Author and critic Adam Kirsch presents ‘Is There Such a Thing as Jewish Literature?’ Kirsch explores whether there is something that unites Jewish writing and writers across languages and cultures. This lecture is sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies and part of The Book Unbound initiative at Williams. October 28, 2014.

Assistant Professor of Biology Matthew Carter presents the 2014 Sigma Xi lecture, “The Neuroscience Behind a Good Night’s Sleep.’ The lecture explores what happens in our brains and bodies during sleep and what it means to “sleep well.”

The Class of ’71 Public Affairs Forum presents an on-stage conversation between Jonathan Franzen and Andrew Sullivan. Candis Smith, assistant professor of political science, moderates the discussion, which focuses on the environment, income inequality and family.

Stelios Michalopoulos, Brown University , presents ‘The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa’ at the Williams College Center for Development Economics’ 2014 Conference, ‘Historical Persistence in Comparative Development.’

Artist Lynda Benglis delivers the Annual Plonsker Family Lecture in Contemporary Art at the Williams College Museum of Art.

William Maloney of The World Bank and Universidad de los Andes presents ‘Engineers, Entrepreneurs, and Development in the Americas’ at the Williams College Center for Development Economics’ 2014 Conference, ‘Historical Persistence in Comparative Development.’

Various Williams College Ensembles perform.

This program highlights the performances of 4 Williams College student musicians involved with the Berkshire Symphony.