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, March 26, 1990
James Billington, librarian of Congress; author, The Icon and the Axe (1966) and Fire in the Minds of Men (1980); "The Future of the USSR" (4:00 p.m.)
 
Fri, March 23, 1990
Leon Bates, piano; "Musical Tea" (3:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, March 22, 1990
Barbara Christian, professor of Afro-American Studies, U.C. Berkeley; author, Black Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition, 1892-1976 (1980) and Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers (1985); Clara Sue Kidwell, associate professor of Native American Studies, U.C. Berkeley; author, The Choctaws: A Critical Bibliography (1980); Peggy McIntosh, associate director, Center for Research on Women; author, White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies (1988); Patricia Zavella, social anthropologist; author, Women's Work and Chicano Families: Cannery Workers of the Santa Clara Valley (1987) and Work Related Networks and Household Organizations Among Chicano Cannery Workers (1984); "The Challenge of Diversity: Race, Ethnicity Class, and Gender" (McKenna Auditorium)
 
Wed, March 21, 1990
Rosemary Tong, professor of philosophy, Davidson College; author, Women, Sex, and the Law (1984) and Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction (1989); "Perspectives on Feminist Thought Concerning the New Reproductive Technologies" (4:30 p.m.)
 
Tue, March 20, 1990
Claremont Colleges Debate Union vs. Pitzer Debate Union, "Should Pitzer Exist?"
 
Mon, March 5, 1990
Dae-sook Suh, professor of political science, University of Hawaii; author, Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader (1988) and Korean Communism: 1945-1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1981); "North Korea in the Post-Kim Il Sung Era"
 
Wed, February 28, 1990
Jack Weatherford, associate professor of anthropology, Macalester College; author, Tribes on the Hill (1985) and "Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World" (1988)
 
Tue, February 27, 1990
Ptachia Shamir, Israeli founding father; "Israel Today" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Mon, February 26, 1990
Alexander Joseph '90, Ethiopia; Alex Neves '93, Brazil; Ivan Svitek '90, Czechoslovakia; "International CMC Student Panel"
 
Thu, February 22, 1990
Jack Miles, book review editor, Los Angeles Times; "The Globalization of Censorship: The Case of Salman Rushdie"
 
Wed, February 21, 1990
John Roth, Russell K. Pitzer professor of philosophy and religious studies, CMC; editor, Philosophy of Josiah Royce (1982) and author, Approaches to Auschwitz (1987); "The Problem of Goodness"
 
Tue, February 20, 1990
Elliott Abrams, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for Inter-American affairs; "U.S. Policy in Latin America" (4:00 p.m. Pickford Auditorium)
 
Mon, February 19, 1990
Richard Westfall, professor of history and philosophy of science, Indiana University; author, Science and Religion in Seventeenth Century England (1973) and Force in Newton's Physics: The Science of Dymanics in the Seventeenth Century (1973); "A New Model of Nature"
 
Sun, February 18, 1990
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 
Sat, February 17, 1990
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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