Interdisciplinary Inequality Symposium

Want to hear about reproduction, empire, capitalism, or social mobility? Join the Department of History for our Interdisciplinary Inequality Symposium in April! This two-day event will feature academics from four universities, as well as professionals from the U.S. Census Bureau and Congressional Research Service. See the schedule below:

Thursday, April 2 | Gelman 702

Keynote Address: Branko Milanovic | 4:00 PM
Visiting Presidential Professor at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and Author of Capitalism, Alone
"Changes in Global Income Distribution and Their Political Consequences"

Friday, April 3 | National Churchill Library and Center

Cities and Spaces of Inequality | 10:00 AM
Bryan Stuart, GW Economics • Leah Brooks, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy

Social Mobility and Social Reproduction | 1:00 PM
Sara Matthiesen, GW History and WGSS • Sonya Michel, UMD History • John Voorhees, U.S. Census Bureau

Property and Empire | 3:00 PM
Leticia Abad, CUNY Economics • Noel Maurer, GW Business • Christopher Casey, Congressional Research Service

Roundtable on Capitalism, Alone | 5:00 PM
John Wallis, UMD Economics • Henry Farrell, GW Political Science • Mark Koyama, GMU Economics • Dara Orenstein, GW American Studies

The event is free and open to the public.