Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Hilary Appel, Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow; Associate Dean of the Faculty, CMC; author, Tax Politics in Eastern Europe: Globalization, Regional Integration and the Democratic Compromise (2011) and A New Capitalist Order: Privatization and Ideology in Russia and Eastern Europe (2004); "The Intensifying Capitalist Revolutions of Eastern Europe"

Raymond Dowd, partner, Dunnington, Bartholow, & Miller, LLP; New York; author, Copyright Litigation Handbook (2010); "Murder, Mystery, and Egon Schiele’s Dead City" (12:00 p.m.)

Paul Elie, Senior Research Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University; author, Reinventing Bach (2012) and The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage (2003); "Reinventing Bach" (6:45 p.m. Parents Dining Room)

Lisa Maatz, director of public policy and government relations, American Association of University Women (AAUW); "Stories from the Frontlines: The War on Women, Fact or Myth?"

Vinay Lal, associate professor of history, UCLA; author, Deewaar: The Footpath, the City, and the Angry Young Man (2011) and Political Hinduism: The Religious Imagination in Public Spheres (2009); "Gandhi, the Politics of Visual Representation, and the Art of Dying"

Robert Massie III, Pulitzer Prize-winner; author, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (2011) and Peter the Great: His Life and World (1980); "History, Biography, and Human Agency"

Wayne Slavitt '80, president and CEO, The PrimeMark Group, Inc.; “Lunch with An Entrepreneurial Leader”(12:00 p.m.)

J.D. Crouch II, United States Deputy National Security Advisor (2005-2007); "Nothing Happens For No Good Reason: The Scholarship and Teaching of Harold W. Rood" (12:00 p.m.)

Frederick R. Lynch, associate professor of government, CMC; author, One Nation under AARP: The Fight for Medicare, Social Security, and America's Future (2011); "The Fight Over Medicare and Social Security: Aging Boomers, AARP, and America's Future"

Film Screening: "The Invisible War" (6:00 p.m.); Kirby Dick, director, discussion to follow screening

John Chiang, California State Controller; “Leadership and Accountability for California” (12:00 p.m.)

CAST (Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking); Kanthi Salgadu, CAST Survivor Advisory Caucus member; "Hidden in Plain Sight: Personal Testimony of Human Trafficking, Rescue, and Redemption"

Manfred Keil, associate professor of economics; chairman, Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, CMC; Andrew Busch, Crown Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, CMC; David Menefee-Libey, professor of politics, Pomona College; “Presidential Election 2012: And the Winner is . . .?”

Andrew Chasin '97, Associate General Counsel for Health Reform, Blue Shield of California; former health policy counsel, U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee; “An Insider’s View of the Politics and Policy of Health Care Reform”

Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; Emmy Award-winning producer/correspondent, PBS Frontline; author, Who Stole the American Dream? (2012) C-SPAN