Julius Margolis, professor emeritus of economics at UC Irvine, died Friday, March
16, 2012 of kidney failure. The retired economist was 91.
Alternately known as Julie, Julius or Jules, depending on the era, Margolis is described
by colleagues as a founding figure in economics, a person of boundless energy and
a Renaissance man. He was recruited by UCI in 1976 to strengthen the scholarly prominence
of social sciences on the young campus by attracting top economists.
Margolis also helped establish UCI’s Center for Global Peace & Conflict Studies, which
hosts an annual lecture series in his name and will dedicate a seminar room in his
honor. The multidisciplinary research entity, housed in the social sciences, promotes
scholarly, student and public understanding of international peace and conflict.
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- October 16, 2025
- 5:00pm - 6:00pm
- CALIT2 Auditorium and Atrium | 4100 CALIT2 Building, UC Irvine
- Richard Haass, Veteran Diplomat and Respected International Relation Scholar
- November 15, 2022
- 12:30pm - 1:45pm
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517
- Linda J. Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
- October 21, 2021
- 12:30pm - 1:45pm
- Zoom (pre-registration required)
- Kori Schake, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
- January 17, 2019
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm
- UCI Student Center, Crystal Cove Auditorium
- Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Journalist and Political Writer
- November 30, 2017
- 12:30pm - 2:00pm
- SBSG 1517
- Gregory F. Treverton, Former Chair of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC)
- May 11, 2017
- 5:10pm - 7:00pm
- Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
- Yunzhu Yao, Maj. General (ret.), People's Liberation Army's Academy of Military Science, China
- February 24, 2016
- 5:00pm - 6:30pm
- UCI-Student Center - Crystal Cove A
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Visiting Professor of Law and Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellow Columbia Global Policy Initiative, Columbia University Law School
- May 14, 2015
- 5:00pm - 6:30pm
- Social Science Plaza A, Room 1100
- Joe Masco, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago
- November 15, 2013
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm
- Humanities Instructional Building, Room 100
- Mahmood Mamdani, Professor of Government and Anthropology, Columbia University | Director, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Kampala, Uganda | Foreign Policy and Prospect Magazine “Top 20 Public Intellectual”
- May 19, 2011
- 5:30pm - 8:00pm
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG), Patio and Room 1517
- Michael W. Doyle, Harold Brown Professor of International Affairs, Law and Political Science, Columbia University; Former Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan
