Agenda Agenda Day Month Week September 2022 – March 2023 Sep 2022 – Mar 2023 Collapse All Expand All Sep 2 Fri PPE Club: Gobblerfest @ Drillfield Tickets Sep 2 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Club will participate in this year’s Gobblerfest. Students who are interested in PPE and the program’s offerings are cordially invited to attend. Please come by our table to speak with club representatives and PPE students. Learn more about PPE@VT! Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: gobblerfest@nullvt.edu E-Mail:: gobblerfest@nullvt.edu Sep 6 Tue PPE Meet and Greet Tickets Sep 6 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Join the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics for its annual “Meet and Greet” event on September 06, 2022, from 3:30-4:30pm, at the Kellogg Center (free parking). We will have an informal reception (free food) for faculty, staff, students, and anyone interested in PPE. Learn more about the Kellogg Center, its faculty, degree programs, student club, and our events and activities this year. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Michael Moehler E-Mail:: moehler@nullvt.edu Sep 8 Thu PPE Cinema: Metropolis Tickets Sep 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm The PPE Cinema, organized by the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, welcomes faculty and students from across campus who are interested in watching and discussing great films. Together we watch movies on the big screen in the conference room at the Kellogg Center and discuss the question in philosophy, politics, and economics they raise. Food and beverages are provided. Film title: Metropolis. A pioneering silent film from 1927 by Fritz Lang, set in a futuristic urban dystopia. The film was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Fabian Wendt E-Mail:: fabianwendt@nullvt.edu Sep 28 Wed PPE Research Speaker Series: Jared Rubin @ Fralin Hall Auditorium (Fralin Hall) Tickets Sep 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Jared Rubin, an economic historian, will give a talk with the title “Ideology and Economic Change: The Path to the Modern Economy in China and Japan.” The talk is tailored to appeal to both students and faculty, with plenty of time for discussion and interaction with the guest speaker. All faculty and students are welcome to attend. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Michael Moehler E-Mail:: moehler@nullvt.edu for more info visit the web at: https://ppe.liberalarts.vt.edu/category/ppe-speaker-series/ Oct 6 Thu PPE Cinema: Daratt (Dry Season) Tickets Oct 6 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm The PPE Cinema, organized by the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, welcomes faculty and students from across campus who are interested in watching and discussing great films. Together we watch movies on the big screen in the conference room at the Kellogg Center and discuss the question in philosophy, politics, and economics they raise. Food and beverages are provided. Film title: Daratt (Dry Season). A powerful parable from Chad about forgiveness and reconciliation after civil war. Grand Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Venice International Film Festival. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Fabian Wendt E-Mail:: fabianwendt@nullvt.edu Oct 12 Wed Majors Fair @ Commonwealth Ballroom (Squires) Tickets Oct 12 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm The University’s Majors Fair will take place on October 12, 2022, from 10am-3pm, in the Commonwealth Ballroom (Squires). If you are interested in the PPE major or PPE Pathways minor, please visit our table at the fair and learn more about degree requirements, career prospects, and opportunities with the PPE program. PPE Core Faculty, advisors, and student ambassadors will be present and will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Holly Belcher E-Mail:: hollymb2@nullvt.edu Oct 19 Wed PPE Research Speaker Series: Sahar Akhtar @ Fralin Hall Auditorium (Fralin Hall) Tickets Oct 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Sahar Akhtar, a political philosopher and economist, will give a talk with the title “The Right to Exclude and Right to do Wrong.” The talk is tailored to appeal to both students and faculty, with plenty of time for discussion and interaction with the guest speaker. All faculty and students are welcome to attend. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Michael Moehler E-Mail:: moehler@nullvt.edu for more info visit the web at: https://ppe.liberalarts.vt.edu/category/ppe-speaker-series/ Oct 27 Thu PPE Cinema: L’Eclisse (The Eclipse) Tickets Oct 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm The PPE Cinema, organized by the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, welcomes faculty and students from across campus who are interested in watching and discussing great films. Together we watch movies on the big screen in the conference room of the Kellogg Center and discuss the questions in philosophy, politics, and economics they raise. Food and beverages provided. Film title: L’Eclisse (The Eclipse). Michelangelo Antonioni tells the story of a love that’s doomed to fail due to the man’s materialist orientation. Starring Alain Delon and Monica Vitti. Special Jury Prize at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Fabian Wendt E-Mail:: fabianwendt@nullvt.edu Feb 15 Wed PPE Research Speaker Series: Malte Dold @ GLC Multipurpose Room (Graduate Life Center) Tickets Feb 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Malte Dold from Pomona College will give a talk with the title “Hayekian Psychological Economics and Its Normative Implications.” The talk is tailored to appeal to both students and faculty, with plenty of time for discussion and interaction with the guest speaker. All faculty and students are welcome to attend. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Michael Moehler E-Mail:: moehler@nullvt.edu for more info visit the web at: https://ppe.liberalarts.vt.edu/category/ppe-speaker-series/ Mar 15 Wed PPE Distinguished Public Lecture: Kwame Anthony Appiah @ Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre (Moss Arts Center) Tickets Mar 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Award-winning philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the 2023 PPE Distinguished Public Lecture at Virginia Tech. Kwame Anthony Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. He has published widely in literary and cultural studies, with a focus on African and African-American culture. Among many other honors, Professor Appiah won the Ralph J. Bunche Award of the American Political Association “for the best scholarly work in political science which explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism,” the Outstanding Book Prize of the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights, and the Arthur Ross Book Award of the Council on Foreign Relations. At Virginia Tech, drawing from his work on cosmopolitanism and identity, Professor Appiah will first explore the idea of identity philosophically, then focus on the psychology of identity and the challenges of managing identities in a humane way. He will examine how partisan identity works in our own society today, and end by discussing the role of identities across the world, defending the continuing relevance of a cosmopolitan respect for the diversity of identities, an attitude that is very much under attack. His lecture is titled, “Politics and Polarization: The Place of Identities in Democracy.” All faculty, students, and members of the public are welcome to attend this lecture. The event is free with no tickets required. The lecture will be followed by a public reception. Price: Free Sponsor: Administration Homepage: http://www.calendar.vt.edu/index.php?calendarid=clahs Contact: Michael Moehler E-Mail:: moehler@nullvt.edu for more info visit the web at: https://ppe.liberalarts.vt.edu/category/ppe-distinguished-public-lecture/ September 2022 – March 2023 Sep 2022 – Mar 2023 Subscribe Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML