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, February 4, 2010
Todd Sandler, Vibhooti Shukla Chair in Economics and Political Economy, University of Texas, Dallas; co-author, The Political Economy of Terrorism (2006) and author, Global Collective Action (2004); "The Past and Future of Terrorism Research"
 
Wed, February 3, 2010
Morgan McCall, Jr., professor of management and organization, Marshall School of Business, USC; co-author, Developing Global Experience: The Lessons of International Experience (2002) and author, High Flyers: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders (1998); "The Path to Leadership Mastery"
 
Tue, February 2, 2010
Mariana Cook, photographer, portraitist; author, Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World (2009) and co-author, Close at Hand (2007); "What Makes a Portrait"
 
Mon, February 1, 2010
Yun-han Chu, professor of political science; distinguished research fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica; National Taiwan University; co-author, Dynamics of Local Governance in China During the Reform Era (2010), co-editor, How East Asians View Democracy (2008); "Taiwan’s Soft Power and Cross-Strait Relations"
 
Thu, January 28, 2010
Helen Prejean, Sister of St. Joseph of Medaille; spiritual advisor; prison reform activist; author, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions (2004) and forthcoming River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey to Death Row; "Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues"
 
Wed, January 27, 2010
Jesse Jackson, founder and president, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; co-author, Legal Lynchings: The Death Penalty and America's Future (2001) and It's About Money!: The Fourth Movement of the Freedom Symphony: How to Build Wealth, Get Access to Capital, and Achieve Your Financial Dreams (1999); "With Justice for All: Human Rights and Civil Rights At Home and Abroad"
 
Tue, January 26, 2010
John Bilezikjian, oud; founder, Dantz Records; Helen Bilezikjian, soprano; founder, Opera by the Sea; performers on CD Yeraz: To Armenia with Love (2000) and All-Time Armenian Favorites (2008); "Songs from the Middle East"
 
Mon, January 25, 2010
Jeff Greenwald, sport psychology consultant; former professional tennis player; author, The Best Tennis of Your Life: 50 Mental Strategies for Fearless Tennis (2007); audio CD, Fearless Tennis: The 5 Mental Keys to Unlocking Your Potential (2002); "Finding Your Path to Peak Performance"
 
Tue, November 24, 2009
Geoffrey Forden P'10, research associate, Program on Science, Technology and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; author, Evaluation of the Chinese A SAT Test (2007) and How the World's Most Underdeveloped Nations Get the World's Most Dangerous Weapons (2007); "Iran: A Challenge for Today's Nonproliferation Regime"
 
Wed, November 18, 2009
Cheryl Maxson, associate professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, U.C. Irvine; co-author, Street Gang Patterns and Policies (2006) and Responding to Troubled Youth (1997); "Responding to Street Gangs: Using Evidence to Build Effective Policy"
 
Tue, November 17, 2009
Charles Sprague '10 and Natalia Bailey '10, "CMC Forum Debate Night at the Ath: Should CMC Expand to 1400 Students?"; Shamil Hargovan '10 and Ben Kraus '11, "CMC Forum Debate Night at the Ath: Should CMC's Alcohol Policy Change?"; Patrick Atwater '10 and Elise Viebeck '10, "CMC Forum Debate Night at the Ath: Is CMC Male-dominated?"
 
Mon, November 16, 2009
Chester Spatt, Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn professor of finance; director, Center for Financial Markets, Carnegie Mellon University; author, Systemic Risks in our Global Marketplace (2009) and forthcoming, Equilibrium Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice Under Asymmetric Information; "Economic Principles, Government Policy and the Market Crisis"
 
Thu, November 12, 2009
Anna Simons, professor of defense analysis; Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey; author, The Company They Keep: Life Inside the U.S. Army Special Forces (1997) and Networks of Dissolution: Somalia Undone (1995); "Finding a Sovereignty Solution for Afghanistan" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, November 11, 2009
Nelson Lichtenstein, professor of history; director, Center for Work, Labor and Democracy, U.C. Santa Barbara; author, The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Global Capitalism (2009) and American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century (2007); "Wal-Mart from Bentonville to Guangdong: The 21st Century Face of Global Capitalism"
 
Tue, November 10, 2009
Minxin Pei P'12, Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 professor of government and director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, CMC; author, China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy (2006) and From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union (1994); "Obama Goes to Beijing: Charting a New Course or Following Bush’s Footsteps?"
 

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