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Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

A distinctive
feature of social and
cultural life at CMC

 

Current Semester Schedule

Athenaeum events are posted here as detailed information becomes available.

Tue, September 15, 2009
David Rutledge, Kiyo and Eiko Tomiyasu professor of electrical engineering, California Institute of Technology; author, The Electronics of Radio (1999); "Hubbert's Peak, the Coal Question, and Climate Change"
 
Mon, September 14, 2009
Robert Thies, pianist; gold medal winner (1995), Second International Sergei Prokofiev Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia; artist on album Live in Recital (2006); "Music and Conversation"
 
Thu, September 10, 2009
Adam Gopnik, staff writer, The New Yorker; author, Angels and Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life (2009) and Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York (2006); "Angels and Ages"
 
Tue, April 21, 2009
Sussan Babaie, visiting scholar, Getty Research Institute; assistant professor of Islamic Art History, University of Michigan; "The Art and Architecture of Isfahan" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Mon, April 20, 2009
Robert Skloot, professor of theater and Jewish Studies, University of Wisconsin; editor, The Theatre of The Holocaust (vol. 1, 1982; vol. 2, 1999) and author, The Darkness We Carry: The Drama of The Holocaust (1988); "Theatre of the Holocaust"
 
Thu, April 16, 2009
Rena Bever, soprano; Elizabeth Keenan, piano; "Musical Tea: Afternoon Tea and Songs" (3:30 p.m.)
 
Wed, April 15, 2009
Susan Neiman, director, Einstein Forum, Germany; author, Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists (2008) and Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy (2002); "Idealism and Evil: The Last Eight Years" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Tue, April 14, 2009
Kurt Zenz House '01, geoscientist; environmental entrepreneur; "Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage as a Means to Close the Carbon Loop" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Mon, April 13, 2009
Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter distinguished professor of finance, Stanford University; co-author, Credit Risk: Pricing, Measurement, and Management (2003) and author, Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory (1993) (12:00 p.m.)
 
Fri, April 10, 2009
Dinner Theater, Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen (1966)(6:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 9, 2009
Dinner Theater, Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen (1966)(6:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, April 8, 2009
Dinner Theater, Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen (1966)(6:00 p.m.)
 
Fri, April 3, 2009
Sakena Yacoobi, 2009 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership recipient; founder, Afghan Institute of Learning; "History of the Afghan Institute of Learning" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 2, 2009
Beth Burkhart '94, former marketing manager, The Clorox Company; "The Believers: A Documentary Film by Todd Holland"
 
Wed, April 1, 2009
Dawn Davison, warden, California Institution for Women; "Responding to the Needs of Women in Prison"
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

Claremont McKenna College
385 E. Eighth Street
Claremont, CA 91711

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