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.

Wed, November 4, 1998
Mark Blitz, Fletcher Jones professor of political philosophy, CMC; author, Heidegger's Being and Time and the Possibility of Political Philosophy (1981); John J. Pitney Jr., professor of government, CMC; contributor, Congress' Permanent Minority?: Republicans in the U.S. House (1994); Judith Merkle, professor of government, CMC; author, The Oracle Glass (1994) and In Pursuit of the Green Lion (1990); P. Edward Haley, professor of international relations, CMC; co-author, American Security in an Interdependent World (1988) and author, Qaddaffi and the United States since 1969 (1984); "Post Election Commentary"
 
Tue, November 3, 1998
Daniel Druckman, percussion; Chris Finkel, cello; Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor and percussion; Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; Stephen Gosling, piano and synthesizer; Calvin Wiersma, violin and viola, "The New York New Music Ensemble: Performance of Contemporary Music"
 
Mon, November 2, 1998
Daniel Okimoto, professor of political science, Stanford University; author, The Japan-American Security Alliance: Prospects for the 21st Century (1998) and co-editor, The Political Economy of Japan: The Changing International Context (1988); "Japanese Security Policy" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Fri, October 30, 1998
Cha-Jin Lee , Bank of America professor of Pacific Basin Studies, CMC; author, Zhou Enlai: The Early Years (1996) and co-editor, North Korea after Kim Il Sung (1998); Dean Hirsch, president, World Vision International; Kim Jin-hyun, president, Seoul University; Alfred Balitzer P'88, assistant professor of government, CMC, (chair); author, A Nation of Associations: The Origin, Development and Theory of the Political Action Committee (1981); "The North Korean Problem" (8:00 a.m.)
 
Thu, October 29, 1998
Yang Yuan-hua, senior journalist, Xin Hua News Agency; Cheong Yip Seng, editor-in-chief, Straits Times; Sombat Chantornvong, political analyst, Thailand; Thomas Boyd, chief of public affairs, U.S. Pacific Command;Ko Shioya, North American Bureau Chief, Bungei Shunju, (chair); "Asia Pacific Media: A Matter of Perspective" (8:30 a.m.)
 
Wed, October 28, 1998
Joseph Prueher, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; co-author, Performance Testing Manual, U.S. Navy; "The Media and Asia Pacific Security" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Tue, October 27, 1998
Douglas Wheeler, California secretary for resources; "Saving Lake Baikal and Lake Tahoe: Is It Possible?" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Mon, October 26, 1998
Peter Schrag, visiting scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies, U.C. Berkeley; author, Test of Loyalty (1975) and Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future (1998); "California's Swamp of Initiatives: Distorting Politics in the Golden State"
 
Thu, October 22, 1998
Larry Goldzband, director, California Department of Conservation; "Habitat Conservation Planning in California: Dealing with the Endangered Species Act"
 
Wed, October 21, 1998
Renee Tajima-Pena, director of documentary films Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1988) and "My America (... Or Honk if You Love Buddha)" (1997)
 
Wed, October 14, 1998
David McCullough, author, Truman (1992) and The Johnstown Flood (1968); "History as a Source of Strength" C-SPAN
 
Tue, October 13, 1998
Harvey Rosenfield, president, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights; author, Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice (1994); "The Politics of California Health Care Reform"
 
Mon, October 12, 1998
Daniel Inouye, United States Senator, (D-Hawaii); co-author, Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present (1993) and A Melting Pot or a Nation of Minorities (1986); "Reflections on Asian American Politics" C-SPAN
 
Thu, October 8, 1998
Ron Unz, chairman, English for Children; "The Initiative Process and the Future of California Politics"
 
Wed, October 7, 1998
Arianna Huffington, chair, Center for Effective Compassion; author, Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom (1998) and The Fourth Instinct: The Call of the Soul (1994); Robert Scheer, contributing editor, Los Angeles Times; author, Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death: Essays on the Pornography of Power (1988) and With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush, and Nuclear War (1982); "Left and Right: Debating Issues of the 1998 Election"
 

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