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Fall 2020
4:00-5:30
ZOOM LINK

Friday, Sept. 11
Olufemi Taiwo (Georgetown)
"Elite Capture and the Politics of Epistemic Deference"

Friday, Oct. 9 
Regina Rini (York)
"Democracy and Social Media are Incompatible -- Now What?"

Friday, Oct. 30
Vanessa Wills (George Washington)
"On Mass Struggle and Democratic Compulsion from Below"




Fall 2019
4:00-5:30
STH 525

Oct. 11 (Friday)
Ginger Clausen (UT Knoxville)
 "'Next Time' Means 'No': Sexual Consent and the Structure of Refusals" 

Oct. 31(Thursday)
Russell Powell (BU)
"Where are They? Evolutionary Biological Perspectives on Fermi's Paradox"

Nov. 21 (Thursday)
Hannah Tierney (Sydney)
"Guilty Confessions"



Spring 2019
​Wednesday, 3:00-5:00
STH 525

Feb. 27
Victor Kumar (BU)
​"Cultural Evolution in Deep History"

Mar. 27
Fiery Cushman (Harvard)
"Rationalization is Rational"

Apr. 24
Allen Buchanan (Duke/Arizona)
"What is Ideology and Why Do We Need Ideology Theory"



Fall 2018
Thursday, 2:00-3:15

Oct. 18
Tessa Charlesworth (Harvard)
"Gender and Science: Issues, Causes, Solutions"

Nov. 15
Jessica Remedios (Tufts)
"Intersectional Identities in Psychological Research on Stigma and Prejudice"

Dec. 6
Victor Kumar (BU)
"Empathy and Moral Progress"
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Spring 2018
​Thursday, 6:30-8:30

Feb. 15
Victor Kumar (BU)
"Evolution, Culture, and Morality"

Mar. 15
Said Saillant (Harvard)
"Did Moral Knowledge Evolve?"

Apr. 19
Russell Powell (BU)
"Evolution, Enhancement, and Progress"

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​Fall 2017
Thursday, 2:00-3:15

Oct. 19
Tessa Charlesworth (Harvard)
"Patterns of Change in Implicit and Explicit Attitudes"

Nov. 9
Kiera Hudson (Harvard)
"Exploring the Boundaries of Intersectional Theories"