Close sidebar Home » Programmes and Fellowships » Postdoctoral Max Weber Programme » Activities » Max Weber Lectures » MW Lectures 2011-2012 Open sidebar menu Max Weber Lectures 2011-2012 The monthly Max Weber Lectures are given by distinguished scholars representing the four disciplines in the programme (Economics, History, Law and Political and Social Sciences). The programme aims at inviting scholars who have a special interdisciplinary focus which will be of broad academic interest to all members of our academic community. The lectures are at 17.00, normally the 3rd Wednesday of the month, and are followed by a cocktail at Villa La Fonte. If you wish to receive further information prior to the individual Max Weber Lectures, please contact Karin Tilmans. Max Weber Lectures 19 October 2011, Wednesday 17.00 Chris Pissarides, LSE "Employment in Europe" (Abstract) 16 November 2011, Wednesday 17.00 Pierre Rosanvallon, Collège de France "Rethinking Equality in an Age of Inequalities" (Abstract) 14 December 2011, Wednesday 17.00 Avinash Dixit, Princeton University "Governance, Develoopment and Foreign Direct Investment" (Abstract) 18 January 2012, Wednesday 17.00 Kathleen Thelen, MIT "Varieties of Capitalism: Trajectories of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity" (Abstract) 15 February 2012, Wednesday 17.00 Nicola Lacey, Oxford University "Revisiting the Comparative Political Economy of Punishment" (Abstract) 21 March 2012, Wednesday 17.00 "Ships of State: Germany, Europe, and Beyond ... Images of Political Unity for Troubled Times (Abstract)" Stephan Leibfried, University of Bremen 25 April 2012, Wednesday 17.00 Linda Colley, Princeton University "Liberties and Empires: Writing Constitutions in the Atlantic World, 1776-1848" (Abstract) 16 May 2012, Wednesday 17.00 "The Future of Democratic Sovereignty and Transnational Law: Democratic Iterations, Transjudicial Conversations and Epistemic Communities (Abstract)" Seyla Benhabib, Yale University 20 June 2012, Wednesday 17.00 Richard Revesz, NYU Law School "Three Stages in the Evolution of Cost-Benefit Analysis as a Tool to Evaluate Regulation" (Abstract) See the Max Weber Lectures Poster online or download the poster in pdf See Past Max Weber Lectures 2006-2011 Page last updated on 27 August 2018