The economics seminary at Harvard featured a dozen speakers over the course of the 1913-14 academic year. The department invited 27 year-old Josef Schumpeter (Theory of Crises) from the University of Vienna.
I have included the dates for two sets of major public guest lectures that were given by Wesley C. Mitchell (Business Cycles) and E. Dana Durand (Anti-trust and regulation), respectively.
Earlier posts with information on the Seminary of Economics at Harvard:
Seminary of Economics 1897-1898.
Seminary of Economics 1891/92-1907/08.
Request by Radcliffe Women to attend the Seminary of Economics, 1926.
Seminary of Economics 1929-1932.
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Monday, Sept. 29, 1913
Seminary of Economics. Meeting for Organization. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m. All Graduate Students in Economics are invited to attend.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 2. Sept. 26, 1913, p. 7.
Monday, Oct. 20, 1913
Seminary of Economics. “The Administration of the State-Owned Railways of Prussia.” Professor W. J. Cunningham. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 5. Oct. 18, 1913, p. 27.
Monday, Nov. 3, 1913
Seminary of Economics. “The Organization of the Grain Trade on the Pacific Coast.” Mr. Wilfred Eldred. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 7. Nov. 1, 1913, p. 39.
Monday, Nov. 17, 1913
Seminary of Economics. “The German Potash Syndicate.” Mr. H. R. Tosdal. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 9. Nov. 15, 1913, p. 57.
Monday, Dec. 1, 1913
Seminary of Economics. “Pisan Industry in the Early Fourteenth Century.” Mr. F. C. Dietz. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 11. Nov. 29, 1913, p. 65.
Thursday/Friday, Dec. 4/5, 1913
Lectures. “Business Cycles. I and II.” Dr. Wesley C. Mitchell, formerly Professor of Political Economy at the University of California. (I) Emerson A, 4.30 p.m.; (II) Emerson A, 4.30 p.m.
These lectures, though addressed primarily to graduate students of Economics and students in the Graduate School of Business Administration, will be open to the public.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 11. Nov. 29, 1913, p. 66.
Monday, Dec. 13, 1913
Seminary of Economics. “New Jersey Business Corporations and Corporation Policy, 1791-1820.” Dr. J. S. Davis. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 13. Dec. 13, 1913, p. 81.
Monday, Jan. 12, 1914
Seminary of Economics. “The Development of Capital and National Wealth in Germany.” Professor Karl Rathgen, of the University of Hamburg. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 17. Jan. 10, 1914, p. 109.
Monday, Feb. 9, 1914
Seminary of Economics. “Some Aspects of the Quantity Theory of Money.” Professor Anderson. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 21. Feb. 7, 1914, p. 131.
Monday, Mar. 2, 1914
Seminary of Economics. “Some Aspects of the Quantity Theory of Money.” Professor Taussig. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 24. Feb. 28, 1914, p. 153.
Monday, Mar. 16, 1914
Seminary of Economics. “The Theory of Crises.” Professor Josef Schumpeter, of the University of Vienna. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 26. Mar. 14, 1914, p. 167.
Monday, Mar. 23, 1914
Seminary of Economics. “Recent Experience in Railroad Construction Finance.” Professor Ripley. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 27. Mar. 21, 1914, p. 173.
Monday, Apr. 6, 1914
Seminary of Economics. “International Trade Balances.” Dr. G.W. Nasmyth. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 29. Apr. 4, 1914, p. 185.
Monday/Tuesday, Apr. 13/14, 1914
Lectures. “What Shall We do with the Trusts? I. The Necessity of Regulation of Prohibition.” (Emerson D, 8 p.m.) and II. “Possibility of Preventing Combination and Difficulties of Regulation.” (Emerson D, 11 a.m.) Professor E. Dana Durand, of the University of Minnesota.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 30. Apr. 11, 1914, p. 195.
Monday, May 25, 1914
Seminary of Economics. “United States Forest Policy.” Mr. John Ise. Upper Dane, 4.30 p.m.
Source: Harvard University Gazette, Vol. IX, No. 36. May 25, 1914, p. 231.
Image Source: Karl Rathgen: Fotosammlung des Geographischen Institutes der Humboldt-Universität Berlin. Schumpeter: Ulrich Hedtke, Joseph Alois Schumpeter. Archive.