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Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

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cultural life at CMC

 

Current Semester Schedule

Athenaeum events are posted here as detailed information becomes available.

Mon, February 1, 1999
Roger Ames, professor of philosophy, director, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawaii; author, The Art of Rulership: A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Thought (1994) and co-author; "Thinking Through Confucius" (1987)
 
Thu, January 28, 1999
Lynda Obst, film producer, Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and Risky Business (1983); author, Hello He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (1996); "The Good News, The Bad News"
 
Wed, January 27, 1999
James McPherson, George Henry Davis professor of American history, Princeton University; author, What They Fought For, 1861-1865 (1995) and Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution (1992); "Prairie Lawyer on Trial: Lincoln as Commander in Chief"
 
Tue, January 26, 1999
Raymond Prince, professor emeritus of psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; author, Shamans and Endorphins: Hypotheses for a Synthesis (1982) and co-editor, Do Psychedelics Have Religious Implications? (1967); "Shamans and Endorphins"
 
Mon, January 25, 1999
Horace Clarence Boyer, professor of music, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; author, Lift Every Voice and Sing (1993) and How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (1995); "Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration: The Old Ship of Zion"
 
Thu, January 21, 1999
James McPherson, George Henry Davis professor of American history, Princeton University; author, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War (1997) and Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988); " Ethnic and Civic Nationalism in the Civil War: Was Blood Thicker Than Water?"
 
Thu, November 19, 1998
Oleg Grinevsky, visiting research fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; author, Tauwetter (The Thaw: The Political Triangle Khrushchev, Eisenhower and Adenauer) (1996) and One Thousand and One Days from the Life of Nikita Khrushchev (1998); "The Current Conditions in Russia" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Wed, November 18, 1998
Ken Khachigian, political strategist; "California Politics: An Overview"
 
Tue, November 17, 1998
Benjamin Lambeth, senior staff, RAND Corporation; author, The Warrior Who Could Rule Russia: Profile of Aleksander Lebed (1997) and co-author, Russia's Air Power at the Crossroads (1996); "The Military Situation in Russia with Emphasis on Air Power" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Mon, November 16, 1998
Amy Webb, principal, The Webb Group; "The Leader Within"
 
Thu, November 12, 1998
George Anders, journalist, Wall Street Journal; author, Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of America (1992) and Health Against Wealth: HMOs and the Breakdown of Medical Trust (1996); "Developments on the HMO Battlefield"
 
Wed, November 11, 1998
Pete McCloskey, Jr., former California Congressman, (R-12th District); author, The Taking of Hill 610, and Other Essays of Friendship (1992); "Commemorating Veteran's Day"
 
Tue, November 10, 1998
Michael Swaine, senior political scientist in international studies, RAND Corporation; author, Military and Political Succession in China: Leadership, Institutions and Beliefs (1992) and The Role of the Chinese Military in National Security Policymaking (1998); "Chinese Security Policy" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Mon, November 9, 1998
Christopher DeMuth, president, American Enterprise Institute; contributor, The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol (1995) and author, The Reagan Doctrine and Beyond (1988); "Science, Technology, and the Wealth of Nations"
 
Thu, November 5, 1998
Chang-rae Lee, professor of English, director, creative writing program, Hunter College; author, Native Speaker (1995); "A Reading"
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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