Current Semester Schedule

Thu, February 17, 2005

Larry Weinberg, executive vice president, ISRAEL21c; author, forthcoming A New Paradigm for Israel Advocacy (2005); "Beyond the Conflict: A Realistic View of Israeli Society" (12:15 p.m.)

Wed, February 16, 2005

Andrew Rolle, research scholar, Huntington Library, San Marino; professor emeritus of history, Occidental College; author, California: A History (1963) and John Charles Fremont: Character as Destiny (1991); "The California Indians: Brutalizing or Preserving?"

Tue, February 15, 2005

Anson Chan, former chief secretary for administration, government of Hong Kong; co-author, Wings Over Hong Kong (1998) author, Economic Freedom in Hong Kong (2000); "China and Hong Kong- One Country, Two Systems"

Mon, February 14, 2005

Lunar New Year Celebration, Yun-Jieh Jia, maid Tsun Shiang; C.C. Wong, tutor Chen Zhuei-Liang; Li-Yun Wang, Lady Du Li-Niang; Henry Chang, dizi; Yu-Hua Li, erhu; Lang C. Chu, sansian; Zhu-Fan Wu, drum; Leonard Tong, small gong; Fu-Yun Sun, make-up artist; "Year of the Rooster, Chinese Kwun Opera Society: Scenes from The Peony Pavilion" (6:00 p.m.)

Thu, February 10, 2005

Linda Gregerson, Frederick G.L. Huetwell professor of English, University of Michigan; author, Waterborne (2002) and Negative Capability: Contemporary American Poetry (2001); "Poetry Reading"

Wed, February 9, 2005

Kenneth French, Carl E. and Catherine M. Heidt professor of finance, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College; co-author, Disappearing Dividends: Changing Firm Characteristics or Lower Propensity to Pay? (2004) and The Cross Section of Expected Stock Returns (1992); "What Your Parents Didn't Know about Investing- and You Should!"

Tue, February 8, 2005

Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics, Columbia University; author, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (2000) and The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality (2004); "String Theory: Reaching for Einstein's Dream"

Mon, February 7, 2005

Heather Callender Potters '87, director, Baring Communication Equity (Emerging Europe), Ltd, Poland; "It's All A Matter of Perspective- from Education, to Economics, to Human Rights"

Thu, February 3, 2005

Sean Elsbernd '97, San Francisco County Supervisor, District 7; "San Francisco Values + a CMC Education = San Francisco's Most Moderate Politician"

Wed, February 2, 2005

Mija Kang, soprano, visiting professor of voice, UCLA; Judith Hansen, piano, adjunct assistant professor of vocal music, UCLA; Gary Gray, clarinet, principal, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, professor of clarinet, UCLA; "A Recital of Arias and Art Songs"

Tue, February 1, 2005

Daniel Maximin, author, Tu, c'est l'enfance (You, It Is Childhood) (2004) and L'Invention des Desirades (The Invention of Desirades) (2000); "An Encounter with the Writer"

Thu, January 27, 2005

David Finegold, associate professor of management, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences; co-author, Corporate Boards: Adding Value at the Top (2001) and Are Skills the Answer?: A Comparison of Education, Training, and Employment Systems in Seven Industrialized Countries (1999); "Ethical Decision-Making in Bioscience Companies"

Wed, January 26, 2005

David Haight, lieutenant colonel, commander, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army; "Realities of Fighting the Global War on Terrorism" (12:15 p.m.)

Tue, January 25, 2005

Roger Ames, professor of philosophy, University of Hawaii; co-author, Daodejing: Making This Life Significant, A Philosophical Translation (2003) and Focusing the Familiar: A Translation and Philosophical Interpretation of the Zhongyong (2001); "Confucianism and A-theistic Righteousness"

Mon, January 24, 2005

Christopher Edley, Jr., dean, Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley; author, Not All Black & White: Affirmative Action, Race, and American Values (1996) and co-author, Out of Many: One Radical and Ethnic Justice in 21st Century America (2004); "The Future of the Civil Rights Movement"

Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum