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.

Tue, April 20, 2004
Chong-Ha Yoo, professor of international relations, Sogang University, Korea; former South Korean Ambassador to the U.N.; former South Korean minister of foreign affairs; "The United States and North Korea: Nuclear Issues" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Mon, April 19, 2004
Robert Faggen, professor of literature, CMC; editor, The Cambridge Companion to Robert Frost (2001) and author, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin (1997); "Oppenheimer's Vision of Knowledge: The Legacy of an American Hero"
 
Thu, April 15, 2004
Deborah Buck, violin, faculty, Kinhaven Music School, Weston, Vermont; Maria Bachmann, violin, faculty, Adelphi University; Kathryn Lockwood, viola, faculty, University of Massachusetes, Amherst and Concordia; Astrid Schween, cello, faculty, Julliard School of Music, Music Advancement Program; "The Lark Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets, Opus 18, No. 4 and Opus 59, No. 1"
 
Wed, April 14, 2004
Angela Oh, attorney, Oh & Barrera, LLP, Los Angeles; member Los Angeles city Human Relations Commission; Zen Buddhist priest, Rinzai sect; author, Open: One Woman's Journey (2002); "The Future of Race Relations in America"
 
Tue, April 13, 2004
William Darity, Cory C. Boshamer professor of economics and sociology, University of North Carolina; author, The Black Underclass: Critical Essays on Race and Unwantedness (1994) and Persistent Disparity: Race and Economic Inequality in the United States Since 1945 (1998); "The Economics of Reparations for African Americans"
 
Mon, April 12, 2004
William Lennox, Jr., Lieutenant General, U.S. Army; superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point; "West Point: The People's Academy" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 8, 2004
William Kristol, editor and publisher, The Weekly Standard; co-author, The War Over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission (2003) and author, forthcoming What's at Stake: The War on Terror and the 2004 Election (2004); "What's at Stake in the 2004 Election?" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Wed, April 7, 2004
Larry Gold, founder, chairman, chief science officer, SomaLogic, Inc., Colorado-based proteomics company; "Better Health Through Molecular Diagnostics: Tensions Between Great New Science, Privacy, Ethics, and Wealth"
 
Tue, April 6, 2004
Jean Howard, William E. Ransford professor of English, Columbia University; author, Shakespeare's Art of Orchestration: Stage Technique and Audience Response (1984) and The Stage and Social Struggle in Early Modern England (1994); "The Making of The Norton Shakespeare" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Mon, April 5, 2004
Russell Iungerich '63 P'96, attorney at law, Iungerich & Spackman; "Arguing Cases Before the United States Supreme Court: Reflections of a CMC Alumnus" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 1, 2004
Allan Vogel, oboe; Paul Sherman, oboe; Gary Gray, clarinet; David Beaudry, clarinet; Kenneth Munday, bassoon; William Wood, bassoon; Richard Todd, horn; Kristy McArthur Morrell, horn; "Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Soloists: Mozart Wind Serenades"
 
Wed, March 31, 2004
Michael McFaul, assistant professor of political science, Stanford University; author, Russia's Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin (2001) and Russia's 1996 Presidential Election: The End of Bi-Polar Politics (1997); "Is Russia a Dictatorship?" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Tue, March 30, 2004
Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1984); former Archbishop of Cape Town, Anglican church, South Africa; former chair, Truth and Reconciliation Committee; author, Crying in the Wilderness: Struggle for Justice in South Africa (1982) and The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution (1994); "Bridging the Chasm Between Black and White" (7:00 p.m. Bridges Auditorium)
 
Mon, March 29, 2004
Shelby Steele P'96, research fellow, Hoover Institution; author, A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America (1999) and The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America (1990); "How Race Changed America"
 
Thu, March 25, 2004
Cindy Shea-Carballo, trumpet, founder and director; Ileana Garcia, vocals; Susie Garcia, violin; Leticia Sierra, violin; Lorraine Feesago-Perez, violin; Keiko Okamoto, flute; Melinda Salcedo, guitar; Mayra Martin, vihuela; Nelly Cortez, guitarron; Rocio Marron, violin; "Mariachi Divas: A Musical Celebration in Honor of Cesar Chavez"
 

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