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, March 3, 1988
Alice Eagly, professor of psychology, Purdue University; author, Sex Differences in Social Behavior: A Social Role Interpretation (1987); "Gender and Leadership Style" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Wed, March 2, 1988
Peter Drucker, Marie Rankin Clarke professor of social science and management, Claremont Graduate School; author, Power and Democracy in America (1980) and Men, Ideas and Politics: Essays (1971); "Vision, Trust, and Commitment" (4:00 p.m.)
 
Tue, March 1, 1988
Jim Nichols, Jr., professor of government, CMC; author, Epicurean Political Philosophy: The Dererum Nature of Lucretius (1976); Charles Kesler, professor of government, CMC; author, Saving the Revolution: The Federalist Papers and the American Founding (1987); John Roth, Russell K. Pitzer professor of philosophy and religious studies, CMC; editor, Philosophy of Josiah Royce (1982) and co-author, Approaches to Auschwitz (1987); Henry Gibbons, professor of history, Claremont Graduate School; "The Closing of the American Mind: The Meaning and Merit"
 
Mon, February 29, 1988
Arthur Wolf, professor of anthropology, Stanford University; author, Marriage and Adoption in China, 1845-1945 (1980) and editor, Family and Population in East Asian History (1985); "Women in Traditional China: Agents or Objects?"
 
Sat, February 27, 1988
Margaret Papandreou, president, Women's Union of Greece; "What is Next After the INF Treaty?" (4:00 p.m. Bridges Hall of Music)
 
Wed, February 24, 1988
Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1986); Andrew W. Mellon professor of humanities, Boston University; author, Night (1961) and The Testament (1981); "Conversation with Elie Wiesel" (11:00 a.m. McKenna Auditorium)
 
Tue, February 23, 1988
Judith Kipper, political analyst, Brookings Institute; editor, The Arab-Israeli Military Balance and the Art of Operations (1987); "Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: The Revolution of Stones in the West Bank of Gaza"
 
Mon, February 22, 1988
Christine Wong, assistant professor of economics, U.C. Santa Cruz; author, The Political Economics of Reform in Post-Mao China (1985); "The Political Economy of Reform in China: Prices, Taxes, and Local Interests"
 
Thu, February 18, 1988
John J. Pitney, Jr., assistant professor of government, CMC; Gordon Bjork, Jonathan B. Lovelace professor of economics, CMC, author, Private Enterprise and Public Interest: The Development of the American Economy (1969) and Life, Liberty and Property: The Economics and Politics and Land Use Planning and Environmental Controls (1979); Ross Eckert, professor of economics, CMC; Rodney Smith, professor of economics, CMC, author, Troubled Waters: Financing Water in the West (1984); Dick Sweeney, professor of economics, CMC; Tom Willett, Horton professor of economics, CGU and CMC, co-editor, Exchange Rates, Trade, and the United States Economy (1985); "Who's Going to Win in 1988: Will Economics Decide the Election?"
 
Wed, February 17, 1988
Richard Combs, Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Moscow; "Gorbachev and U.S.- Soviet Relations: What's Next?"
 
Sun, February 14, 1988
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 
Sat, February 13, 1988
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 
Fri, February 12, 1988
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 
Wed, February 10, 1988
Richard Combs, Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Moscow; "What's Going on in Gorbachev's Soviet Union?"
 
Thu, February 4, 1988
Paul Conrad, chief editorial cartoonist, Los Angeles Times; author, Pro and Conrad (1979) and Drawn and Quartered (1985); "Political Cartoons: A Visual Commentary"
 

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