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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, September 13, 1999
William Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense; author, Proliferation: Threat and Response (1996) and Report of the Secretary of Defense to the President and the Congress: February 1995 (1995); "Economic Competition and Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific" (4:00 p.m. Pickford Auditorium)
 
Wed, April 28, 1999
Robert Sternberg, IBM professor of psychology, Yale University; editor, Handbook of Creativity (1999) and author, Cognitive Psychology (1997), "Leadership and Practical Intelligence" (1:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 22, 1999
W.S. Merwin, U.S. special bicentennial consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress; author, River Sound: Poems (1999) and "The Folding Cliffs: A Narrative of 19th Century Hawaii" (1998)
 
Wed, April 21, 1999
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Dean of Faculty, Scripps College; "Brahms: Musician, Composer, Individual"
 
Tue, April 20, 1999
Nina Deutsch, piano; "Music of American Jewish Composers"
 
Mon, April 19, 1999
Barbara Gutek, McClelland professor of management and policy, University of Arizona; author, Sex and the Workplace: The Impact of Sexual Behavior and Harassment on Women, Men, and Organizations (1985) and Sex Role Stereotyping and Affirmative Action Policy (1982); "Going to Court Over Sexual Harassment: What is Important?"
 
Sat, April 17, 1999
David Frum, contributing editor, The Weekly Standard, author, Dead Right (1994) and What is Right?: The New Conservative Majority and the Remaking of America (1966); "Why Conservatives Shouldn't Be Nostalgic" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 15, 1999
John Roth, Russell K. Pitzer professor of philosophy and religious studies, CMC; author, Private Needs, Public Selves: Talk about Religion in America (1997) and Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy (1987); "The American Dream and Holocaust Questions: Reflections on Integrity, Commitment, Achievement"
 
Wed, April 14, 1999
Weston Naef '64, curator of photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum; author, In Focus: Alfred Steiglitz: Photography from the J. Paul Getty Museum (1995) and co-author, "The Truthful Lens: A Survey of the Photographically Illustrated Books, 1844-1914" (1984)
 
Tue, April 13, 1999
Arie Galles, professor of art, Fairleigh Dickinson University; artist of exhibition "Fourteen Stations/Hey Yud Dalet" (begun 1993)
 
Mon, April 12, 1999
Jane Hirshfield, poet; author, Lives of the Heart: Poems (1997) and Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry (1997); "Poet Reads From Her Work"
 
Thu, April 8, 1999
Michael Josephson, president, Institute for the Advancement of Ethics; author, Personal Responsibility (1985) and "The Power of Character: Prominent Americans Talk about Life, Family, Work, Values, and More" (1998)
 
Wed, April 7, 1999
Adam Werbach, former president, Sierra Club; author, "Act Now, Apologize Later" (1997) C-SPAN
 
Tue, April 6, 1999
Chong-ha Yoo, former minister of foreign affairs, Korea; "Asian Financial Crisis and Korean Security Issues"
 
Mon, April 5, 1999
Chaozhu Ji, former Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom; former under-secretary-general of the United Nations (1991-1996); "Chinese Policy Toward the United States" (12:15 p.m.)
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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