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.

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"
 

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