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2010 Events
Recordings available where noted.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Meeting - Cambridge
Holiday Concert: Celebrating American Academy Composers
Location: House of the Academy
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Performers:
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Yehudi Wyner, composer, Professor Emeritus of Composition, Brandeis University
Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist, Faculty Member, New England Conservatory of Music
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - Click for audio and video.
Stated Meeting - New York
The University and the City
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Speakers:
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Robert Berdahl, President, Association of American Universities
Jared Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University
Ruth Simmons, President, Brown University
John Sexton (moderator), President, New York University
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Meetings - Chicago
PROGRAM: Reproductive Rights: Politics and Ethics in the Abortion Debate
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Speakers:
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Geoffrey Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Law School
Reva Siegel, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale University
Gerald Rosenberg, Associate Professor of Political Science and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago
Christine Stansell, Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in United States History and the College, University of Chicago
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PROGRAM: CENSORED! The First Amendment, Sex, and Obscenity
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Speakers:
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Geoffrey Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Law School
Martin Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, Northwestern University
Amy Adler, Emily Kempin Professor of Law, New York University
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Meeting - Cambridge
The Financial Crisis & Economic Policy
Location: House of the Academy
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Introduction:
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John Campbell, Harvard College Professor and Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics, Harvard University
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Speakers:
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Benjamin Friedman, William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
Robert Solow, Institute Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter Temin, Elisha Gray II Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - Click for audio and video.
Meeting - New York
On the Financial Crisis and Economic Policy
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Moderator:
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James Simons
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Speakers:
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Benjamin Friedman, William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy Harvard University
Robert Solow, Institute Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Volcker, Chair, Economic Recovery Advisory Board
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Induction Weekend in Cambridge - Click here for complete video.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Evening Reception and Program
Saturday, October 9, 2010
2010 Induction Ceremony
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Sunday Symposium
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Monday, September 27, 2010 - Click for audio and video.
Stated Meeting - Cambridge
Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy, and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror
Location: House of the Academy
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Introduction:
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Michael Boudin, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
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Speakers:
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Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Gregory Fried, Chair, Philosophy Department, Suffolk University
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Thursday, September 16, 2010 - Click for audio and video.
Meeting - Boston
The Great American University
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Welcome & Introduction:
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Robert A. Brown, President, Boston University
Leslie Berlowitz, Chief Executive Officer and William T. Golden Chair, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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Speaker:
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Jonathan Cole, John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University and Provost and Dean of Faculties, Emeritus, Columbia University
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Thursday, August 19, 2010 - Click for video and audio.
New York, NY
The Challenges of Mass Incarceration in America
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Introduction:
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Leslie Berlowitz, Chief Executive Officer and the William T. Golden Chair, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Speakers:
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Bruce Western, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and Director of the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.
Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics, Brown University
Dora Schriro, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - Click for video.
Seminar – Washington, DC
Scientists' Understanding of the Public
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Welcome:
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Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Speakers:
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Robert Fri, Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow Emeritus, Resources for the Future
Chris Mooney, Science and Political Journalist
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - Click for video.
Stated Meeting – Cambridge
Advances in Brain Science: Implications for Therapy
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Moderator:
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Emilio Bizzi, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Speakers:
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Robert Desimone, Director, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edward Scolnick, Director, Psychiatric Disease Program and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - Click for audio.
Founders Day: A Celebration of the Academy’s 230th Anniversary
Lecture: Reflections on the Founding Period
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Speaker:
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Jack Rakove, W.R. Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
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Concert:
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Performance of 18th and 19th Century Music
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Performers:
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Edward Arron, cello; Ronald Arron, viola; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Jeewon Park, piano
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Meeting – Cambridge
The Challenges to Nuclear Energy in the Arab World
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Introduction:
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Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
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Speaker:
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Hamad Al Kaabi, Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, United Arab Emirates
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Congressional Briefing – Washington, DC
The Global Nuclear Future
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Speakers:
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Thomas Isaacs, Consulting Professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, and Director of the Office of Planning and Special Studies at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Robert Rosner, Professor, Departments of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, University of Chicago
Scott Sagan, Professor of Political Science, Codirector of Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation
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Thursday, April 15, 2010 - Click for video.
Stated Meeting – Cambridge
Prospects for the Economy
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Introduction:
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James Poterba, Mitsui Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; President. National Bureau of Economic Research
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Speaker:
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John S. Reed, Retired Chairman and CEO, Citigroup; Retired Chairman, New York Stock Exchange
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Click for video and audio.
Stated Meeting – Cambridge
The Supreme Court and Race
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Welcome:
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Lawrence Bobo, W.E.B Du Bois Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University
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Introduction:
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Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law, Harvard University
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Speaker:
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Michael Klarman, Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law, Harvard University
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Concert - Cambridge
An Evening with Thomas Zehetmair
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Performer:
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Thomas Zehetmair, leading Austrian violinist and chamber musician; Music Director, Northern Sinfonia
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Monday, February 8, 2010 - Click for audio.
Meeting – Chicago
The Global Nuclear Future
In collaboration with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Speakers:
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Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School
Robert Rosner, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Professor of Physics, University of Chicago
Scott Sagan, Professor of Political Science and Co-director, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 - Click for audio.
Stated Meeting – Cambridge
A Conversation on Evolving U.S. Policy toward Russia
Location: House of the Academy
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Speakers:
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Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
Thomas Graham, former Senior Director for Russia, National Security Council
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