Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble: Preethi de Silva, fortepiano and harpsichord; professor emerita of music, Scripps College; Julianne Baird, soprano, professor of music, Rutgers University; Michael DuPree, oboe; M.Anne Rardin, violin; Danielle Cummins, violin; Roger Lebow, cello; Jason Yoshida, guitar and lute; "Music of George Frideric Handel and Franz Joseph Haydn"
 

Jonathan Hart, professor of English, director, Medieval and Early Modern Institute, University of Alberta, Canada; author, forthcoming City of the End of Things: Lectures on Civilization and Empire (2009) and Empires and Colonies (2007); "Lawrence of Arabia: Between Myth and History"
 

Jeffry Morrison, associate professor of government, Regent University; author, forthcoming The Political Philosophy of George Washington (2009) and John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic (2005); "President Washington and Public Religion" (12:00 p.m.)
 

Ray Drummond '68, bass; faculty of jazz improvisation, The Julliard School; Russell Malone, guitar; "An Evening of Jazz"
 

Pierre Hassner, Podlich distinguished scholar, CMC; research director emeritus of National Foundation for Political Science, and Centre d'Etudes et Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris; author, Violence and Peace (1996); (see February 4); "Democratic and Totalitarian Passions in Modern Societies"
 

S. Brock Blomberg, Peter K. Barker '70 professor of economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, CMC; co-author, How Much Does Violence Tax Trade (2006) and The Impacts of Terrorism on Urban Form (2007); "Rationalizing Terrorism"
 

Round Table Discussion: "The Recovery of 2009: Myth or Reality?" Gregory Hess, Russell S. Bock Chair of Public Economics and Taxation, professor of economics, vice president for academic affairs, Dean of Faculty, CMC; co-author, International Terrorism: Causes, Consequences, and Cures (2008) and All in the Family: Why Do Non-Democratic Leaders Have More Children than Democratic Ones? (2008); Manfred Keil, associate professor of economics, CMC; chair of the faculty, Robert Day School of Economics and Finance; co-author, Minimum Wages and Employment (2001) and Why is the Unemployment Rate so Very Low Near Full Employment? (1999); S. Brock Blomberg, Peter K. Barker '70 professor of economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, CMC; co-author, How Much Does Violence Tax Trade (2006) and The Impacts of Terrorism on Urban Form (2007); Marc Weidenmier, William F. Podlich '66 professor of economics, associate professor of economics, George R. Roberts Fellow; director, Lowe Institute for Political Economy, CMC; co-author, forthcoming Competing with the NYSE and Volatility in an Era of Reduced Uncertainty: Lessons from Pax Britanica (2006); Tom Willett, Horton professor of economics , CGU and CMC; Dean, School of Politics and Economics, CGU; co-editor, Neoliberalism: National and Regional Experiments with Global Ideas (2006) and The Dollarization Debate (2003); director, Claremont Institute for Economic Studies; Darren Filson, moderator, associate professor of economics, CMC; director of graduate programs, Robert Day School of Economics and Finance; co-author, Sensitivity to Costs of Fighting versus Sensitivity to Losing the Conflict: Implications for War Onset, Duration, and Outcomes (2007)
 

David "Scotty" Dawson, Command historian, U.S. Central Command; co-author, The U.S. Marines in Vietnam, 1968: The Defining Year (1997) and co-editor, The Impact of Project 100,000 on the Marine Corps (1996); "Working with Military Partners: Lessons from the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility" (12:00 p.m.)
 

Raymond Burghardt, former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam (2001-2004); director, East-West Center Seminars, East-West Center, Hawaii; "Prospects for Peace in Relations Across the Taiwan Strait" (12:00 p.m.)
 

Adam Bradley, assistant professor of literature, CMC; author, forthcoming Ralph Ellison's 'Three Days Before the Shooting. . .' (2009); Ralph Ellison-In-Progress (2009); and Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop (2009)
 

Arthur Melzer, professor of political science, co-founder and co-director, Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy, Michigan State University; co-author, Multiculturalism and American Democracy (1999) and The Political Intellectual: Between Philosophy and Politics (2003); "Rousseau and the Modern Cult of Sincerity"
 

Christopher DeMuth, former president, American Enterprise Institute; co-editor, The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol (1995) and Religion and the American Future (2008); "American Conservatism in the Age of Obama" (12:00 p.m.)
 

Pierre Hassner, Podlich distinguished scholar, CMC; research director emeritus of National Foundation for Political Science, and Centre d'Etudes et Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris; author, Violence and Peace (1996); "General Overview: Fear, Pride, and Greed in Thucydides and Today"
 

Connie Rice, civil rights activist, attorney; co-founder and co-director, Advancement Project, Los Angeles; "Presidential Politics: What Happened to 'We the People'?" (7:00 p.m.)
 

David White, professor of religious studies, U.C. Santa Barbara; author, Kiss of the Yogini: "Tantric Sex" in its South Asian Contexts (2003) and Sinister Yogis (2008); "Yoga Before the Yoga Sutras, or, What does Sitting Cross-legged Have to do with the History of Yoga?"