Current Semester Schedule

Tue, September 18, 2007

Gore Vidal, novelist; author, Point to Point: A Memoir (2006) and Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (2004); James Morrison, associate professor of literature and film studies, CMC; author, Broken Fever (2001) and Passport to Hollywood: Hollywood Films, European Directors (1998); "A Conversation with Gore Vidal"

Mon, September 17, 2007

Jabari Asim, syndicated columnist, deputy book editor, Washington Post; author, The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why (2007) and Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life (2002); "Burying the “N” Word?"

Thu, September 13, 2007

Gloria Molina, Supervisor, First District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; "The State of Health Care in Los Angeles County"

Wed, September 12, 2007

Cornelius Eady, poet; associate professor of literature, University of Notre Dame; author, Brutal Imagination (2001) and The Autobiography of a Jukebox (1997); "An Evening with the Poet"

Tue, September 11, 2007

Hilary Appel, associate professor of government, CMC; author, A New Capitalist Order: Privatization and Ideology in Russia and Eastern Europe (2004) and co-editor, The Expansion of NATO and the European Union (2007); "Vladimir Putin and the State of Russian Politics"

Mon, September 10, 2007

Lisa Minshew Pitney '89, vice president, government relations, The Walt Disney Company; "Thoughts on a Career in Government Relations"

Tue, April 24, 2007

Elisa Massimino, Washington director, Human Rights First; "Torture and the War on Terror"

Thu, April 19, 2007

Lance Lanfear '99, independent filmmaker; producer, Jake's Closet (2007) and The Vinyl Battle (2002), Fearless Productions; "Independent Producing and the Art of Staying Busy in Hollywood"

Wed, April 18, 2007

Hilary Appel, associate professor of government, CMC; author, A New Capitalist Order: Privatization and Ideology in Russia and Eastern Europe (2004) and co-editor, The Expansion of NATO and the European Union (2007); "Political Change under Yeltsin and Putin" (12:15 p.m. Parents Dining Room)

Tue, April 17, 2007

Jerry Fowler, visiting professor of religious studies, CMC; former staff director, Committee on Conscience, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; "Darfur: So Far from Here" (12:15 p.m.)

Mon, April 16, 2007

Alain Mabanckou, visiting professor of French, Francophone studies, comparative literature, UCLA; author, Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (Blue-White-Red) (1998) and Verre Casse (Broken Glass) (2005); "For a World-Literature in French"

Sun, April 15, 2007

William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President, United States of America; author, My Life (2004) and Between Hope and History: Meeting America's Challenge for the 21st Century (1996); "Embracing Our Common Humanity" (4:30 p.m. Bridges Auditorium)

Fri, April 13, 2007

Lunch Theater, "Friends and Foibles by Lauren Mikov '07" (2007) (12:00 p.m.)

Thu, April 12, 2007

Lunch Theater, "Friends and Foibles by Lauren Mikov '07" (2007) (12:00 p.m.)

Wed, April 11, 2007

Dinner Theater, "The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard" (1968) (6:00 p.m.)

Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum