Join Harvard Griffin GSAS Dean Emma Dench, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics, and Joseph E. Aldy, PhD ’05, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, on Wednesday, February 12, for a conversation on how climate change mitigation policies based on the social cost of carbon can help avoid significant economic damages, including impacts on agricultural production, reductions in labor productivity, property damage, mortality and morbidity impacts, and induced migration.
Following the speaking program, enjoy drinks, appetizers, and stimulating conversation with fellow alumni and friends!
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
(All times are Eastern Standard Time.)
- 6:00 p.m. – Doors open for check-in and registration
- 6:30 p.m. – Program begins
- 7:30 p.m. – Reception and networking
Location
The University Club Washington DC
1135 Sixteenth St NW
Washington, DC 20036
Event Cost
- Harvard Griffin GSAS alumni and Harvard Club of Washington DC members: $30.00
- Recent Harvard graduates (’19-’24): $25.00
- Harvard alumni, members of the Harvard community, and all guests: $35.00
This event is open to all Harvard alumni and their registered guests. Registration is required for this event. Space is limited.
Harvard University and the Graduate School Alumni Association encourage people with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please let us know in advance at gsaa@fas.harvard.edu.
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Speaker Biographies
Emma Dench
Dean of the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics
Emma Dench was born in York, grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon, and studied at Wadham College, Oxford (BA Hons Literae Humaniores), and at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (DPhil in Ancient History). Before taking up a joint appointment in the Departments of the Classics and of History at Harvard in January 2007, she taught classics and ancient history at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been a Craven Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Rome Scholar and a Hugh Last Fellow at the British School of Rome, a Cotton Fellow, a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and a Visiting Professor of the Classics and of History at Harvard, and a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellow.
Dench is the author of From Barbarians to New Men: Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines, Romulus’ Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian, and “Imperialism and Culture in the Roman World” for the Cambridge University Press series Key Themes in Ancient History. Other current projects include a study of the retrospective writing of the Roman Republican past in classical antiquity.
While at Harvard, Dench received a Harvard College Professorship in recognition of “outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, mentoring, and advising,” a Marquand Award for Excellent Advising and Counseling, and an Everett Mendelsohn Award for Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students.
Joseph E. Aldy, PhD '05
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Joseph E. Aldy is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a university fellow at Resources for the Future, a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. His research focuses on climate change policy, energy policy, and regulatory policy. He also chairs the Faculty Steering Committee for the Salata Institute’s Climate Action Accelerator. From 2009 to 2010, he served as special assistant to the President for Energy and Environment at the White House. Aldy previously served as a fellow at Resources for the Future, co-director of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, co-director of the International Energy Workshop, and worked on the staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He earned his doctorate in economics from Harvard University and MEM and bachelor’s degrees from Duke University.
Join Harvard Griffin GSAS Dean Emma Dench, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics, and Joseph E. Aldy, PhD ’05, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, on Wednesday, February 12, for a conversation on how climate change mitigation policies based on the social cost of carbon can help avoid significant economic damages, including impacts on agricultural production, reductions in labor productivity, property damage, mortality and morbidity impacts, and induced migration.
Following the speaking program, enjoy drinks, appetizers, and stimulating conversation with fellow alumni and friends!
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
(All times are Eastern Standard Time.)
- 6:00 p.m. – Doors open for check-in and registration
- 6:30 p.m. – Program begins
- 7:30 p.m. – Reception and networking
Location
The University Club Washington DC
1135 Sixteenth St NW
Washington, DC 20036
Event Cost
- Harvard Griffin GSAS alumni and Harvard Club of Washington DC members: $30.00
- Recent Harvard graduates (’19-’24): $25.00
- Harvard alumni, members of the Harvard community, and all guests: $35.00
This event is open to all Harvard alumni and their registered guests. Registration is required for this event. Space is limited.
Harvard University and the Graduate School Alumni Association encourage people with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please let us know in advance at gsaa@fas.harvard.edu.
Has your information recently changed? Update your profile in the Alumni Directory.
Speaker Biographies
Emma Dench
Dean of the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics
Emma Dench was born in York, grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon, and studied at Wadham College, Oxford (BA Hons Literae Humaniores), and at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (DPhil in Ancient History). Before taking up a joint appointment in the Departments of the Classics and of History at Harvard in January 2007, she taught classics and ancient history at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been a Craven Fellow at the University of Oxford, a Rome Scholar and a Hugh Last Fellow at the British School of Rome, a Cotton Fellow, a Member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and a Visiting Professor of the Classics and of History at Harvard, and a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellow.
Dench is the author of From Barbarians to New Men: Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines, Romulus’ Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian, and “Imperialism and Culture in the Roman World” for the Cambridge University Press series Key Themes in Ancient History. Other current projects include a study of the retrospective writing of the Roman Republican past in classical antiquity.
While at Harvard, Dench received a Harvard College Professorship in recognition of “outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, mentoring, and advising,” a Marquand Award for Excellent Advising and Counseling, and an Everett Mendelsohn Award for Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students.
Joseph E. Aldy, PhD '05
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Joseph E. Aldy is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a university fellow at Resources for the Future, a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. His research focuses on climate change policy, energy policy, and regulatory policy. He also chairs the Faculty Steering Committee for the Salata Institute’s Climate Action Accelerator. From 2009 to 2010, he served as special assistant to the President for Energy and Environment at the White House. Aldy previously served as a fellow at Resources for the Future, co-director of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, co-director of the International Energy Workshop, and worked on the staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He earned his doctorate in economics from Harvard University and MEM and bachelor’s degrees from Duke University.