November 2024
Most sessions of the Autumn General Meeting will be live streamed on the Society's YouTube channel. Access Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.
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
*This talk will not be live streamed.
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
Electrons and Protons Move Together to Enable Chemistry and Biology
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry
Princeton 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 Casenave
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
Chief Executive Officer
CNN
Anita L. Allen
Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania
Alan S. Blinder
Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University
Trudy Rubin
Foreign Affairs Columnist
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Intermission
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Democracy and Design*
Moon Duchin
Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University
*This talk will not be live streamed.
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.