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 19, 2004
Ronald Grigor Suny, professor of political science and history, University of Chicago; author, The Structure of Soviet History: Essays and Documents (2003) and A State of Nations: Empire and Nation-making in the Age of Lenin and Stalin (2001); "Why We Hate You: The Passions of National Identity and Ethnic Conflict"
 
Wed, February 18, 2004
Philip Hamburger, John P. Wilson professor of law, University of Chicago; author, Separation of Church and State (2002) and Matters of State: A Political Excursion (2000); "The Ku Klux Klan: Separation of Church and State" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Tue, February 17, 2004
Steve Davis, Russell K. Pitzer professor of philosophy and religious studies, CMC; author, God, Reason, and Theistic Proofs (1997) and co-editor, Incarnation: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Incarnation of the Son of God (2002); "Is God Allowed Here? A Christian Professor Looks at Academia Today"
 
Mon, February 16, 2004
Ray Drummond '68, bass, assistant professor of jazz, theory, and practice, C.S.U. Monterey Bay; Bill Mays, piano; performers on album and song One to One (1990); "Jazz: America's Classical Music"
 
Thu, February 12, 2004
Alexandra Levine, M.D., chief, hematology division, USC medical school; co-author, AIDS-related Cancers and Their Treatment (2000) and editor, Lymphoma: Cancer in AIDS Gynecologic Cancer (1993); "AIDS: A National and Global Concern"
 
Wed, February 11, 2004
Aris Janigian, author, Bloodvine: A Novel (2003) and co-author, Something from Nothing (2002); "Author Reads from His Work"
 
Tue, February 10, 2004
Michael Saks, professor of law and psychology, Arizona State University; co-author, Science Law: Social Science Issues (2002) and Forensic Science (2002); "The Law Takes a New Look at Some Old Forensic Sciences"
 
Mon, February 9, 2004
Butch Ballard, drums; John Lamb, bass; Buster Cooper, trombone; Barrie Lee Hall, trumpet; Louie Bellson, drums; Rocky White, drums; Jeff Castleman, guitar; Milt Grayson, vocals; Vince Prudente, trombone; Barbara Winfield, vocals; Jimmy Woode, bass; Eve Smith, vocals; Lil Greenwood, vocals; Dave Black, drums; Herb Jeffries, vocals; Devonne Gardner, vocals; Dolores Parker, vocals; Milcho Leviev, piano; "Duke Ellington Orchestra Reunion Jam"
 
Thu, February 5, 2004
Michael Berenbaum, adjunct professor of theology and director, Sigi Ziering Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Ethics, University of Judaism, Los Angeles; author, The World Must Know: History of the Holocaust Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (1993) and A Promise to Remember: The Holocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors (2000); Dario Gabbai, Auschwitz survivor; Gideon Greif, professor of history, Yad Yashem, Israel; co-editor, The Historiography of the Holocaust Period (1988) and author, We Wept Without Tears: Testimonies of the Jewish Sonderkommandos from Auschwitz (1999); Joseph Russin, assistant managing editor for multimedia, Los Angeles Times; "Gray Zones: The Sonderkommandos"
 
Wed, February 4, 2004
Norman Corwin, screen writer and producer of radio broadcasts; co-author, The Encyclopedia of American Radio: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern (2000) and Norman Corwin's Letters (1994); Jonelle Allen, actor; "Challenging Boundaries in Life and in the Media"
 
Tue, February 3, 2004
Darrell Smith '74 P'00, executive director, Pan-African Children's Fund/Save Africa's Children; "Crisis in Africa: A New Pan-African Vision"
 
Mon, February 2, 2004
Rebecca Butler, founding director, Equal Connections: Educating to Stop Gender Violence; "Respect"
 
Thu, January 29, 2004
Lunar New Year Celebration, Karen Han, erhu; Cecelia Liu, zither; Jerry Chen, piano; "Year of the Monkey"
 
Wed, January 28, 2004
Coleen Rowley, FBI special agent, Minneapolis FBI field division; "Always Do Right"
 
Tue, January 27, 2004
Manning Marable, professor of history and political science, Columbia University; author, The Great Wells of Democracy: The Meaning of Race in American Life (2003) and Speaking Truth to Power: Essays on Race, Radicalism and Resistance (1996); "Integration Denied/Equality Deferred: The Failure of Brown vs. Board" (7:00 p.m. McKenna Auditorium)
 

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