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.

Sun, April 5, 1987
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont concert choir; "Americana Festival"
 
Sat, April 4, 1987
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont concert choir; "Americana Festival"
 
Fri, April 3, 1987
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont concert choir; "Americana Festival"
 
Thu, April 2, 1987
Myra Moss, professor of philosophy, CMC; John Snortum, George C. S. Benson professor of public affairs, CMC; "Psychology and Philosophy: An Informal Symposium"
 
Wed, April 1, 1987
Steve Davis, professor of philosophy and religion, CMC; author, Logic and the Nature of God (1983) and Faith, Skepticism, and Evidence (1978); John Cobb, Jr., professor of theology, Claremont School of Theology; author, Praying for Jennifer (1985) and Process Theology of Political Theology (1982); John Hick, professor emeritus of religion, Claremont Graduate School; author, God Has Many Names (1982) and Death and Eternal Life (1976); Rebecca Pentz; and James Robinson, professor of religion, Claremont Graduate School; author, New Questions of the Historical Jesus and Other Essays (1983); "Encountering Jesus: A Debate in Christology" (4:00 p.m.)
 
Tue, March 31, 1987
Brian Hebblethwaite, philosopher and theologian; Queens College, Cambridge; author, Christian Ethics in the Modern Age (1982) and The Problems of Theology (1980); "Encountering Jesus: Incarnational Christology and the Jewishness of Jesus"
 
Thu, March 26, 1987
Dith Pran, photojournalist, New York Times; subject of the movie "The Killing Fields" (1984)
 
Wed, March 25, 1987
Margaret Coel P'87 P'90, freelance writer; author, Chief Left Hand: Southern Arapaho (1981) and Goin' Railroading: A Century on the Colorado High Iron (1986); "To Be a Writer"
 
Tue, March 24, 1987
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, partner, Burke, Robinson, and Pearman, LLP; "American Political Scene"
 
Thu, March 12, 1987
Bruce Herschensohn, television political commentator; "Public Policy and Civil Liberties"
 
Tue, March 10, 1987
Steven Mosher, director, Asian Studies Center, Claremont Institute; author, Broken Earth: The Rural Chinese (1984); "China: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
 
Wed, March 4, 1987
Harold Kushner, rabbi; author, When Bad Things Happen to Good People (1981) and When Children Ask About God: A Guide for Parents Who Don't Always Have All the Answers (1971); "When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough" (7:00 p.m. Bauer Lecture Hall)
 
Fri, February 27, 1987
Jake Porter, saxophone and conductor; "Jelly Roll Jazz Society: Night in New Orleans" (6:30 p.m.)
 
Thu, February 26, 1987
Peter Freese, professor of American Studies, Paderborn University, West Germany; author, Growing Up Black in America: Stories and Studies of Socialization (1977) and The American Short Story I: Initiation (1984); "Innocents Abroad versus Coca-Cola Conquistadores" (11:30 a.m.)
 
Wed, February 25, 1987
Tamas Ungvari, professor of humanities, Hungary; "The Ugly American: A Distorted Image" (11:30 a.m.)
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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