RLE Events


I believe that your theory needs realism by being involved and being in close touch with experimentalists... Don't stray far from the experiments if you are working on theory, and if you have talent for experiments, do them."

—Hermann A. Haus
Institute Professor

The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 4pm / RLE Haus Room - 36-428

Hosted by Professor Yoel Fink and the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT.

Virginia Postrel is an author, columnist, and speaker whose work spans a broad range of topics, from social science to fashion, concentrating on the intersection of culture, commerce, and technology. She is a visiting fellow at the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy at Chapman University, where she teaches classes combining the humanities and economics.

More information about the speaker can be found at https://vpostrel.com/