The Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum is celebrating the harvest season—as well as the College's 60th anniversary--with a diverse lineup that includes political commentators, biologists, authors, historians, the former Prime Minister of Israel, and a jazz "Mo'tet."

Robert Faggen, the Barton Evans and H. Andrea Neves Professor of Literature and chair of the Athenaeum Committee, says that fall events at the Athenaeum are notable for their diversity and importance. "We have quite a symphony of powerful voices, with an array of very strong and interesting artists and intellectuals."

November's focus on human rights and international relations will include talks by the executive director of the Fund for Human Rights and a major-general in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Other highlights of the month include:

• 12:15 p.m., Nov. 13, Max Boot, senior fellow for national security studies, Council on Foreign Relations; contributing editor, The Weekly Standard; author of War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today (2006), and The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power (2002). Boot will discuss "Revolutions in Military Affairs and the War on Terrorism."
  
  
• 6:45 p.m., Nov. 15, Roy Prosterman, recipient of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership. Prosterman is a professor of law at the University of Washington and president of the Rural Development Institute. Prosterman will discuss "Using Land Rights to Attack Global Poverty."
  
  
• 4 p.m., Nov. 21, Bernard Lewis, the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and an esteemed and controversial figure in debates about Middle East policy and history. Vice President Dick Cheney has said that Lewis' wisdom "is sought daily by policymakers, diplomats, fellow academics, and the news media." Author of From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East (2004) and The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror (2003) Lewis will discuss, "What Next in the Middle East?" (Location: Mary Pickford Auditorium.)

For a complete listing of events at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, visit: http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca/cur_fall_06.asp.

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