Lights of Caledonia: Dr Glory Liu
We are delighted to announce that our speaker for this session will be Dr Glory M. Liu of Harvard University, author of Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher became an Icon of American Capitalism. Dr Liu will discuss the enduring relevance of Adam Smith and his significance to the economic development of the United States, a timely topic to celebrate the tercentenary of Smith’s birth this year.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions immediately post-talk in the Lecture Room.
Please note that this special event is by invitation only.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Glory received her PhD in Political Science in 2018 from Stanford University, where she was a Geballe Dissertation Prize Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, as well as a Gerald J. Lieberman Fellow, one of the University's highest distinctions for doctoral students.
Glory lectures in Social Studies at Harvard. Previously, she was a postdoctoral research associate at the Political Theory Project at Brown University from 2018-2020. Her research interests are in the history of political thought, American politics, and political economy. 