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.

Fri, September 19, 2008
Stephen Dale, professor of history, Ohio State University; author, Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750 (2002) and Islamic Society on the South Asian Frontier: The Mappilas of Malubar, 1498-1922 (1981); "The Economy and Merchants of Safavid Iran: A View from the Khyber" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Thu, September 18, 2008
Amos Oz, professor of literature, Ben-Gurion University, Israel; author, A Tale of Love and Darkness (2003 tr. 2004) and Panther in the Basement (1995 tr. 1997); "Israel and the Question of Global Anti-Semitism"
 
Wed, September 17, 2008
Claudia Martinez '00, Director of Operations and Development, Chicago Foundation for Education; author, The Smell of Old Lady Perfume (2008); "Literature YA! Engaging a New Generation of Readers"
 
Tue, September 16, 2008
Tom Bevan, co-founder and executive editor, RealClearPolitics.com; "The Breakfast of Politicos: A New Way to Get the News"
 
Mon, September 15, 2008
Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to President George W. Bush (2000-2007); commentator, Fox News; "Politics and the Presidency"
 
Thu, September 11, 2008
Andrew Busch, professor of government, associate dean of the faculty, CMC; author, The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of America's Founding Document (2007) and editor, The Future of America's Political Parties (2007); "The Codger versus the Whippersnapper: Prospects for the Election of 2008"
 
Tue, April 29, 2008
Sally Pipes, president and CEO, Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy; author, Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn't the Answer (2004) and A Tale of Two Cities: If New York Can Reduce Homelessness, Why Can't San Francisco? (2002); "How to Solve America's Health Care Crisis"
 
Thu, April 24, 2008
Roy Gutman, foreign editor, McClatchy Washington bureau; author, How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan (2008) and co-editor, Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know (1999); "Crimes of War"
 
Wed, April 23, 2008
Sudipta Sen, professor of history, U.C. Davis; author, forthcoming Ganges: The Many Pasts of An Indian River (2009) and Liberal Empire and Illiberal Trades: The Political Economy of 'Responsible Government' in Early British India (2004); "Sacred and Forbidding Terrain: On the Historic Pilgrim Trail to the Sources of the Ganga" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Tue, April 22, 2008
Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, Lewis & Clark College; project director, Focus the Nation; executive director, Green House Network; author, Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction: How Passion and Politics Can Stop Global Warming (2007) and The Trade-off Myth: Fact and Fiction about Jobs and the Environment (1999); "How Today's 20 Year Olds Will Become the Greatest Generation" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 17, 2008
Genevieve Renault, high school teacher, Lycee Adolphe Cherioux, Vitry-sur Seine, France; "French Public Schools and the Ban on Headscarves" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, April 16, 2008
Gerald Davis '11; Cassandra Gurrola '11; Elizabeth Schmitz-Robinson '11; Nick Warshaw '09; Aaron Champagne '10, moderator; "Claremont Colleges Debate Union: America Should Prefer Negative Campaigning"
 
Tue, April 15, 2008
Ross Parke, distinguished professor of psychology, director, Center for Family Studies, U.C. Riverside; co-author, Throwaway Dads: The Myths and Barriers that Keep Men from Being the Fathers They Want to Be (1999) and author, Fatherhood (1996); "Fatherhood: Remembering the Past, Imagining the Future"
 
Mon, April 14, 2008
Codou Diaw, executive director, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE); Simone de Comarmond, founder; chair, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE); FAWE- 2008 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership recipient; "Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Fri, April 11, 2008
Dinner Theater, "Rumors" by Neil Simon (1988)(6:00 p.m.)
 

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