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, September 21, 1995
Sarah Weddington, attorney, adjunct associate professor of government and American studies, University of Texas, Austin; author, A Question of Choice (1992); "Practicing Leadership"
 
Wed, September 20, 1995
Parris Chang, director, Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party's Mission, Washington, D.C.; co-author, If China Crosses the Taiwan Strait: The International Response (1993) and author, Taiwan: Pawn or Pivot? (1980); "Taiwan's Democratization and Cross-Strait Relations"
 
Tue, September 19, 1995
James Lilley, former U.S. Ambassador to China and Korea; co-editor, Beyond Mfn: Trade with China and American Interests (1994); "The Future of U.S.-China Relations"
 
Mon, September 18, 1995
Stanley Crouch, author, Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989 (1990) and The All-American Skin Game, Or, the Decoy of Race: The Long and Short of It, 1990-1994 (1995); "Black Writers in America: Albert Murray"
 
Wed, September 13, 1995
Edward James Olmos, actor, Zoot Suit (1982) and Mi Familia (1995); "We're All in the Same Gang" (McKenna Auditorium)
 
Tue, April 25, 1995
W. D. Snodgrass, poet; author, Heart's Needle (1959); "Reading from The Fuehrer Bunker: The Complete Cycle (1995)"
 
Fri, April 21, 1995
Asif Ahmed '95, Edrick Chua '95, Rene Gabri '95, Helen Oh '95, Jeremy Sung '95; "Senior Art Show" (3:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 20, 1995
Jay Kim, California Congressman (R- 41st district); "The First 100 Days of the 104th Congress and the Republican Contract with America" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, April 19, 1995
John Hollander, A. Bartlett Giamatti professor of English, Yale University; author, Selected Poems (1993) and Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse (1981); "Poet Reads From His Work"
 
Tue, April 18, 1995
David Eisenhower, historian, political analyst; author, Eisenhower at War, 1943-1945 (1987) and Warwords: U.S. Militarism, the Catholic Right, and the Bulgarian Connection (1987); "General Dwight D. Eisenhower in World War II" C-SPAN
 
Mon, April 17, 1995
Ken Jowitt, University distinguished professor of political science, U.C. Berkeley; author, New World Disorder: The Leninist Extinction (1992); "Dizzy with Democracy: Critical Perspectives on the New World Disorder"
 
Thu, April 13, 1995
Michael Eagan, director of the Musica Angelica Early Music Series, lute; Carol Herman, cello and viola da gamba artist and teacher, viola; Jeffrey Thomas, director of the American Classical Soloists, tenor; "Music of Henry Purcell and His Time"
 
Wed, April 12, 1995
Marc Fisher, staff writer, Washington Post; author, "After the Wall: Germany, the Germans, and the Burdens of History" (1995)
 
Tue, April 11, 1995
Czeslaw Milosz, Nobel laureate in literature (1980); professor emeritus of Slavic languages and literature, U.C. Berkeley; author, Provinces (1991) and A Year of the Hunter (1994); "A Poet Reads From His Work"
 
Mon, April 10, 1995
Jeffrey Sachs, Galen L. Stone professor of international trade, Harvard University; author, The Transition in Eastern Europe (1994) and Poland's Jump to the Market Economy (1994); "The Economic Aspects of Democratization in Europe"
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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