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, October 31, 1996
Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling professor of history and William Clyde DeVane professor, Yale University; author, Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture (1985) and co-author, The Reformation of the Bible: The Bible of the Reformation (1996); "The Bible in the Church"
 
Wed, October 30, 1996
Ruben Martinez, Los Angeles bureau chief, Pacific News Service;  author, The Other Side: Fault Lines, Guerrilla Saints, and the True Heart of Rock'n'Roll (1992) and Micologia Medica (1996); "Crossing the Border: U.S. Latino Writers on the Move"
 
Tue, October 29, 1996
Charles Wolf, Jr., senior research fellow, Hoover Institution; author, Economic Instruments, Military Instruments, and National Power (1994) and co-author, "Long Term Economic and Strategic Trends 1994-2015: The United States and Asia" (1995)
 
Mon, October 28, 1996
Mark Mehringer '98; Emily Schuckman '99; Andrew Orr '99; Stephen Mansell '99; Ashwin Navin '99; Chris Skinnell '99; "Student Debate: Election 1996"
 
Fri, October 25, 1996
P. Edward Haley, professor of government, CMC; author, Qaddafi and the United States Since 1969 (1984) and co-author, Nuclear Strategy, Arms Control, and the Future (1988); Jim McKenna, professor of anthropology, Pomona College; author, Permission Not Granted: How People Raised Crisis Oriented Families Carry Their Child (1990); Harry Pachon, professor of political studies, Pitzer College; co-author, Hispanics in the United States (1985) and New Americans by Choice: Political Perspectives of Latino Immigrants (1994); "Perspectives on the '96 Election: View from the Left" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Wed, October 23, 1996
John J. Pitney Jr., professor of government, CMC; contributor, Congress' Permanent Minority?: Republicans in the U.S. House (1994); Charles Kesler, professor of government, CMC; author, Saving the Revolution: The Federalist Papers and the American Founding (1987) and co-author, Keeping the Tablets: Modern American Conservative Thought (1988); Mark Blitz, professor of government, CMC; author, Heidegger's Being and Time and the Possibility of Political Philosophy (1981); "Perspectives on the '96 Election: View from the Right" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Thu, October 17, 1996
Michel Oksenberg, senior fellow, Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University; co-author, Policy Making in China (1990) and An Emerging China in a World of Interdependence (1994); "The Future of U.S.-China Relations"
 
Wed, October 16, 1996
Dinesh D'Souza, research fellow, American Enterprise Institute; author, Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus (1991) and The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society (1996); Molly Munger, regional counsel, NAACP; "CCRI Debate: The End of Affirmative Action?"
 
Tue, October 15, 1996
Frank Luntz, political pollster; author, Candidates, Consultants, and Campaigns: The Style and Substance of American Electioneering (1988) and The American Dream: Renewing the Promise (1994); "The Language of the New Majority"
 
Mon, October 14, 1996
Miguel Algarin, associate professor of English, Rutgers University; author, Heart Spread (1996) and Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe (1994); "Crossing the Border: U.S. Latino Writers on the Move"
 
Thu, October 10, 1996
Gary Hall, Jr., Olympic swimming medalist; "The Making of a Champion"
 
Wed, October 9, 1996
Mas Masumoto, author, Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm (1996) and Country Voices: The Oral History of a Japanese American Family Farm Community (1987); "An Evening With a Peach and Its Farmer"
 
Tue, October 8, 1996
Hugh Gallagher '56, author, By Trust Betrayed: Patients, Physicians, and the License to Kill in the Third Reich (1989) and FDR's Splendid Deception: The Moving Story of Roosevelt's Massive Disability and the Intense Efforts to Conceal It from the Public (1985); "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? The 50s: An Important Yet Maudlin Decade"
 
Mon, October 7, 1996
Helena Viramontes, professor of creative writing, Cornell University; author, Under the Feet of Jesus (1995) and The Moths and Other Stories (1985); "Crossing the Border: U.S. Latino Writers on the Move"
 
Thu, October 3, 1996
Michael Lerner, founder, Tikkun; author, Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation (1994) and The Politics of Memory: Restoring Hope and Possibility in an Age of Cynicism (1996); "The Crisis of Meaning and Values in American Politics"
 

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