ITHACA, N.Y. – Amartya Sen, noted economist, philosopher and public intellectual, will give the first annual George Staller Lecture, April 13, at 4:30 p.m. in the Call Auditorium in Kennedy Hall at Cornell University.
Sen, the Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University, has been a major figure in economics and moral philosophy during his expansive academic career. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998 "for his contributions to welfare economics." His research has ranged over a number of fields, including development economics, social choice theory, public health, gender studies, moral and political philosophy, and the economics of peace and war.
His books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and he has been awarded an honorary degree or made an honorary fellow by more than 100 universities and colleges around the world. He has served as president of the Econometric Society and the Indian, American and International Economic Associations. He is a former honorary president and current honorary advisor of OXFAM.
The George Staller lecture series honors Staller, a Cornell Ph.D. and professor emeritus and a renowned teacher and scholar of Eastern European and Soviet economies. The series, established by the Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is made possible by a gift from Russell B. Hawkins '77.
Contact: Nicola Pytell
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