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.

Mon, January 26, 2004
Michael Behe, professor of biochemistry, Lehigh University; author, Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (1996) and co-author, Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Technology (1999); "Science Stumbles on Design"
 
Mon, November 24, 2003
Ron Lehman II, '68, director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; "Weapons of Mass Destruction: Can We Change Our Fate?" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Thu, November 20, 2003
Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund professor of European history, Brown University; co-editor, The Crimes of War: Guilt and Denial in the Twentieth Century (2002) and author, The Eastern Front 1941-45: German Troops and the Barbarisation of Warfare (1985); "Genocide as Leitmotif of the 20th Century: Rhetoric and Responsibility"
 
Wed, November 19, 2003
Gioconda Belli, poet; author, De la costilla de Eva (From Eve's Rib) (1989) and "The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War" (2002)
 
Tue, November 18, 2003
Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health; author, Nutritional Epidemiology (1990) and Eat, Drink and Be Happy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating (2001); "Is the U.S.D.A. Dietary Pyramid a Threat to Public Health?"
 
Mon, November 17, 2003
Eric Schlosser, author, Reefer-Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market (2003) and Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (2001); "Conversation with Eric Schlosser"
 
Thu, November 13, 2003
Alan Charles Kors, professor of history, University of Pennsylvania; co-editor, Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History (1990) and co-author, "The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses" (1998)
 
Wed, November 12, 2003
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Trustee professor of economics, Syracuse University; director, Congressional Budget Office; co-editor, Making Work Pay: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Its Impact on America's Families (2002) and forthcoming Public Policy and the Economics of Entrepreneurship (2004); "The Federal Budget: Friend or Foe?"
 
Tue, November 11, 2003
W. D. Snodgrass, poet; author, The Fuhrer Bunker: The Complete Cycle (1995) and To Sound Like Yourself: Essays on Poetry (2003); "Reading from His Work"
 
Mon, November 10, 2003
Herbert Kelman, Richard Clarke Cabot Research professor of social ethics, director, Center for Conflict Resolution, Harvard University; author, A Time to Speak Out: On Human Values and Social Research (1968) and co-author, Crimes of Obedience: Towards a Social Psychology of Authority and Responsibility (1989); "Interactive Problem Solving: A Social-Psychological Approach to Conflict Resolution and Its Application to the Israeli-Palestinian Case"
 
Thu, November 6, 2003
Robert Meeropol, founder and executive director, Rosenberg Fund for Children; author, "An Execution in the Family: One Son's Journey" (2003)
 
Wed, November 5, 2003
Sylvia Brownrigg, author, Pages for You (2001) and Ten Women Who Shook the World (2001); "An Evening with Sylvia Brownrigg"
 
Tue, November 4, 2003
Susan Shirk, research director for security studies, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation; author, How China Opened Its Door: The Political Success of the PRC's Foreign Trade and Investment Reform (1994) and The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China (1992); "China Rising: Responsible Power or Future Threat?" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Mon, November 3, 2003
Susan Woodward, Chairman of the Board, Sand Hill Econometrics; author, Price Fixing at Nasdaq? A Re-Evaluation of the Evidence (1998) and Overview of the U.S. Economy (1997); "Consumer Confusion in the Mortgage Market"
 
Thu, October 30, 2003
Gerhard Weinberg, William Rand Kenan, Jr. professor emeritus of history, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; author, World War II Leaders and Their Visions for the Future of Palestine (2002) and A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (1994); "Exploring the Archives of the Third Reich: A Historian's Personal History"
 

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