November 2024

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Speakers
Yu Xie, Patrick Spero, David S. Tatel, Linda Greenhouse, Montgomery Hill, Christina Snyder, Tanya Marie Luhrmann, Mark Thompson, Moon Duchin, Dava Sobel

Thursday, November 14, 2024

9:30 a.m.
Library Hall
Orientation for Members attending their First Meeting

1:00 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall

Opening Remarks
Roger S. Bagnall
President

Induction of Members Attending Their First Meeting
New Members will be inducted at the start of each morning session.

The True Colors of China: Yellow, Red and Blue
Yu Xie 
Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Sociology, Princeton University

Botany and Betrayal: Andre Michaux, the American Philosophical Society, and the Conspiracy of 1793
Patrick Spero
Incoming CEO, American Philosophical Society

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Intermission
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A Conversation with Judge David Tatel
Judge David S. Tatel (Ret.)
Senior Counsel, Hogan Lovells  

Linda Greenhouse
Senior Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School

A Celebration of Bob Hauser
On the occasion of his retirement as Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society

4:30 p.m.
Philosophical Hall, 2nd Floor
Stated Meeting of the Society’s Council

4:30 p.m.
APS Museum Visit, Sketching Splendor
with Mary Grace Wahl
Associate Director of the Museum, American Philosophical Society

The Museum will remain open until 6 p.m.

6:00–7:30 p.m. 
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Cocktail Reception

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7:00 p.m. 
Kimpton Hotel Monaco, Copenhagen Room
Dinner for Members attending their first Meeting


Friday, November 15, 2024

7:30–9:00 a.m. 
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Breakfast 
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9:00 a.m. 
Benjamin Franklin Hall

Presents and Futures in Indigenous Language Revitalization
Montgomery Hill
Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies, University at Buffalo

Anti-Slavery Movements in the Colonial South
Christina Snyder
McCabe Greer Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University

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Intermission
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Voices of Spirit, Voices of Madness
Tanya Marie Luhrmann
Albert Ray Lang Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

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Luncheon 
Benjamin Franklin Hall
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1:15 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall

Roger S. Bagnall
President, in the Chair

APS Award Ceremony
Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History
Darrin M. McMahon, Dartmouth College

Judson Daland Prize for Achievement in Patient-oriented Clinical Research
David C. Fajgenbaum, Penn Medicine

Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities
Jan Ziolkowski, Harvard University

Patrick Suppes Prize in History of Science
Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University

Presentation

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Intermission
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3:15 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall

Concert
Gustavo Casanave
Pianist and Composer

4:30 p.m. 
Philosophical Hall
Stated Members’ Business Meeting

6:00–7:30 p.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall 
Cocktail Reception and Light Supper

Saturday Morning, November 16, 2024

7:30–9:00 a.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Breakfast 
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9:00 a.m.
Benjamin Franklin Hall

The U.S. Elections - What’s Next?
A panel discussion moderated by
Mark Thompson
CEO, CNN

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Intermission
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The Mathematics of Gerrymandering 
Moon Duchin
Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University

The Elements of Marie Curie
Dava Sobel
Author

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Luncheon
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Members and Friends Library Tour
Michelle McDonald
Director of the Library and Museum, American Philosophical Society

Bus departures
1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. 
in front of Benjamin Franklin Hall

Please note the agenda is subject to change.