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.

Mon, April 22, 2002

Esther Maria Hernandez Arocha, assistant professor, Instituto Superior de Arte de la Habana (Havana University for the Arts); "Transformation of Cuban Art Since the Revolution: Creative Explosion vs. Censorship"

Thu, April 18, 2002

Stuart Eizenstat, former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; author, Appendix: U. S. and Allied Efforts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany during World War II (1997) and "Imperfect Justice: The Unfinished Business of World War II" (2002)

Wed, April 17, 2002

Burton Levin, former U.S. Ambassador to Burma; "The U.S. and China: A Relationship Marred by Misperception" (12:15 p.m.)

Tue, April 16, 2002

David Sedaris, humorist; author, Naked (1997) and Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000); "An Evening with David Sedaris"

Mon, April 15, 2002

Duncan Thomas, professor of economics, UCLA; author, Gender Differences in Household Resource Allocation (1991) and co-author, Longer Term Effects of Head Start (2000); "Real Costs of an Economic Crisis: Evidence From Indonesia"

Thu, April 11, 2002

Sergei Chugrov, senior researcher, Center for Comparative Socio-Political Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences; deputy editor in chief, The World Economy and International Relations journal; author, A Reader on Russia's Foreign Policy: A Book by a Diplomat Without Diplomacy (2002); "Russian Political Culture: Changes and Continuity" (12:15 p.m.)

Wed, April 10, 2002

Tom Campbell, professor of law, Stanford University; author, Predation and Competition in Antitrust: The Case of Nonfungible Goods (1987) and co-author, The Link Between Liability Reforms and Productivity: Some Empirical Evidence/Comments (1998); "Constitutional Issues in the War on Terrorism"

Tue, April 9, 2002

F. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel laureate in chemistry (1995); Donald Bren research professor of chemistry, U.C. Irvine; author, Climate Change and Its Consequences (2001) and Atmospheric Changes Caused by Human Activities: From Science to Regulation (2001); "Global Pollution"

Mon, April 8, 2002

Berel Lang, professor of humanities, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut; author, Heidegger's Silence (1996) and The Future of the Holocaust: Between History and Memory (1999); "Undoing Certain Mischievous Questions About the Holocaust"

Thu, April 4, 2002

Patrick Caddell, former Democratic pollster; writer for NBC's West Wing; "Politics and the Bush Administration After 9/11"

Wed, April 3, 2002

Jack Montrose, tenor saxophone; Mark Masters, conductor, American Jazz Institute Brass Ensemble; Joe LaBarbera, drums; Ron Stout, trumpet; Scott Englebright, trumpet; Les Lovitt, trumpet; Stephanie O'Keeffe, french horn; Tom Ranier, piano; Putter Smith, bass; Dave Woodley, trombone; Bill Roper, tuba; Les Benedict, trombone; "Jelly Roll Blues: The Music of Jelly Roll Morton"

Tue, April 2, 2002

Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Cathy; author, A Mouthful of Breath Mints and No One to Kiss: A Cathy Collection (1983) and Abs of Steel, Buns of Cinnamon: A Cathy Collection (1997); "25 Years of Humorous Wisdom From Cathy"

Mon, April 1, 2002

Hedrick Smith, journalist; author, The New Russians (1990) and The Power Game: How Washington Works (1988); "Walking the Tightrope: The Tensions Between Work and Family in America Today"

Wed, March 27, 2002

Xavier Becerra, California congressman, (D-30th District); "Cesar Chavez Commemoration"

Tue, March 26, 2002

Daniel Krauss, assistant professor of psychology, CMC; co-author, The Effects of Clinical and Scientific Expert Testimony in Juror Decision-making in Capital Sentencing (2001) and Legal Standards, Expertise, and Experts in the Resolution of Contested Child Custody Cases (2000); "Can Juries Differentiate Between Good Science and Bad Science?"

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