The seventh annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given in Walk Auditorium on the Main Campus of Temple University in Philadelphia on October 25, 2024.

The lecture was cosponsored by Theta of PA (Temple University’s chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon), Temple Women in Economics, and the Temple Economics Society. The lecturer was Professor Dimitrios Diamantaras. You can read the lecture slides here: Nobel lecture 2024 final. Some photos from the event follow.

Professor Dimitrios Diamantaras lecturing, photo by Grace Conuel

Professor Diamantaras lecturing; photo by Madeline Pierce Ruder

The officers of Theta of PA and Professor Diamantaras; photo by Professor Charles E. Swanson

From left to right in the last photo: Walter Shallenberger, Vice President of Theta of PA, Madeline Pierce Ruder, President of Theta of PA and of Women in Economics, and Cecilia Schleinitz, President of the Temple Economics Society and Secretary of Theta of PA.

The fifth annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given on October 28, 2022. The lecturer was Professor Charles Swanson of the Economics Department at Temple University. The lecture was given live and also virtually using Zoom, which allowed for the creation of a video recording which you can view by clicking here.

As was the case with the first four lectures in this series, this lecture was cosponsored by the Temple University chapters of Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and by the Temple Economics Society.

Special thanks to our chapter’s current officers, Zainab Malik, Brandon Miskanic, and Akah Banerjee, Professor Michael Leeds from the Economics Department and Phi Beta Kappa, and Temple Economics Society President Akash Banerjee for their help in running the Zoom webinar and their participation in it.

The fourth annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given on October 22, 2021. The lecturer was Professor Michael Leeds of the Economics Department at Temple University. The lecture was given virtually using Zoom, which allowed for the creation of a video recording which you can view by clicking here.

As was the case with the first three lectures in this series, this lecture was cosponsored by the Temple University chapters of Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and by the Temple Economics Society.

Special thanks to our chapter’s current officers, Hazel Puchalsky, Rachel Small, and Bobby Miller, Chris Wolfgang from Phi Beta Kappa, and Temple Economics Society President Ben Ginsberg for their help in running the Zoom webinar and their participation in it.

The third annual Nobel prize lecture in economics was given on October 23, 2020. The lecturer was Professor Dimitrios Diamantaras of the Economics Department at Temple University. The lecture was given virtually using Zoom, which allowed for the creation of a video recording which you can view by clicking here.

As in the case of the first two such lectures, this lecture was cosponsored by the Temple University chapters of Omicron Delta Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, and by the Temple Economics Society.

Special thanks to our chapter’s current officers, Samer Salha, Justin Payne, Ali Tintera, past president Veronika Konovalova, Chris Wolfgang from Phi Beta Kappa, and Temple Economics Society President Amanda Olsen for their help in running the Zoom webinar and their participation in it.

Last year, Theta of PA, the Temple University chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, inaugurated an annual lecture series about the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Honor of Alfred Nobel, co-sponsored by the Temple University Phi Beta Kappa chapter and the Temple Economics Society. Shortly after the announcement of the prize in October, a faculty member from the Temple Economics Department with expertise in the area of that year’s prize, will deliver the lecture in the series.

On October 28, 2019, Dr. Shreyasee Das, Assistant Professor of Economics at Temple, delivered the second lecture in the series on this year’s winners: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. Dr. Das gave a lively and accessible overview of the winners’ work that merited the prize. The talk was well attended and there was an insightful discussion in the Q&A period.

Dimitrios Diamantaras, Theta of PA advisor, introduces the lecture. Photo credit: Kaitlin Flynn

Michael Leeds talks about Phi Beta Kappa. Photo credit: Kaitlin Flynn

Veronika Konovalova, president of the Theta of PA chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, speaks about the chapter and the Honor society. Photo credit: Kaitlin Flynn

Vincent DiMichele, president of the Temple Economics Society, talks about the society. Photo credit: Kaitlin Flynn

Shreyasee Das begins the lecture. Photo credit: Viviane Sanfelice

Shreyasee Das delivers the lecture. Photo credit: Dimitrios Diamantaras

Shreyasee Das during the lecture. Photo credit: Veronika Konovalova