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Seminars and Lectures

Seminars

Applied Economics students and alumni are welcome at several nearby seminar series. All are econometrically oriented. These seminars are good opportunities to see contemporary work first hand, and to conveniently and pleasantly keep in touch with the latest developments.

  • The SAIS International Economics Seminar concentrates on International Trade, Open-Economy Macro and Finance, and Development. The seminar meets Thursdays, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM at the Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, across the street. Meeting dates, names of presenters, and papers can be found here:

    http://www.sais-jhu.edu/faculty/sandleris/Seminar/International_Seminar.html
  • The Massachusetts Avenue Development Seminar (MADS) "is an effort by the Center for Global Development and The Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies to take advantage of the incredible concentration of great international development scholars in the Metro Washington, DC area. The series seeks to bring together members of this community and improve communication between them". Meetings are held at lunchtime, at the Center for Global Development, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Third Floor, also across the street.

If you wish to receive announcements of upcoming seminars, please send an e-mail [Subject: MADS] to fdweiss@jhu.edu and you will be put on the Applied Economics e-mailing list for MADS.

  • A Brown Bag Seminar Series on Forecasting is offered by the George Washington University Economics Department's Research Program on Forecasting together with the Federal Forecasters Consortium, and meets monthly. Click the first link for upcoming meeting dates, places, topics, and names of presenters. The seminar usually meets Thursdays 12:30 pm - 2 pm, John W. Kendrick Seminar Room (Room 321), 2115 G Street, Washington, DC 20052.

Lectures

Applied Economics students and alumni are also welcome at this lecture series offering immense variety:

  • National Economists Club [Washington D.C. chapter of the National Association of Business Economists].

    http://www.national-economists.org/

    Thursdays, at Chinatown Garden Restaurant, 618 H St., NW
    Washington Metro: Gallery Place. Restaurant is 1/2 block east of the Metro station's northern (H Street) exit.
    Reservations are preferred one business day before an event. Walk-ins are welcome. Membership is $35 per year for those under 30.




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