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Where Econometrics and Financial History Meet
Join us as we celebrate Angela Vossmeyer's installation as the Rothacker Family Associate Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow. Vossmeyer will discuss her research on the economic consequences of financia…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/where-econometrics-and-financial-history-meetLights, Camera, Leap! Turning Creativity into a Career
In partnership with the award-winning film studio Optimist, founded by CMC alumni Chris Temple '12 and Zach Ingrasci '12—who began their journey in film by making a documentary during the summer of their junior year—thi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/lights-camera-leap-turning-creativity-careerPresidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
American presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back. In this propulsive and eminently readable history, constitu…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/presidents-and-people-five-leaders-who-threatened-democracy-and-citizens-who-foughtTechnology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition
Jeffrey Ding, professor of political science at George Washington University, is an expert on great power competition and cooperation in emerging technologies, the political economy of innovation, and China's scientific…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/technology-and-rise-great-powers-how-diffusion-shapes-economic-competitionBroken! Why Politics and Government Aren't Working
Americans distrust each other, the government, and most major institutions. For the last 25 years, both parties have managed to over-promise, over-reach and under-deliver. It's not supposed to be this way, and it doesn'…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/broken-why-politics-and-government-arent-workingArt as a Weapon for Change, Social Justice, Social Cohesion, and Reconciliation
“The love of theatre was infused in us… Things called the arts could also be used as a weapon for change,” recalls Tony-award winning actor, director, and playwright John Kani when he reflects on his youth under aparthe…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/art-weapon-change-social-justice-social-cohesion-and-reconciliationEugenics at the US-Mexico Border: A History
Isidro González, post-doctoral fellow and visiting professor of history at CMC, shares highlights of his research which explores histories and legacies of eugenic practices, methods, and data in the 20th-century U.S. So…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/eugenics-us-mexico-border-historyFrom Within a Campaka Flower: Ornamentation, Desire, and Distance at the Festival of Recitation at a South Indian Temple
Every December, many Vishnu temples across the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu celebrate a twenty-day festival of recitation. The festival commemorates the Tamil devotional poetry of a group of twelve poet-saints, the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/within-campaka-flower-ornamentation-desire-and-distance-festival-recitation-south-indianSyria: What Now?
The unexpected fall of the Assad regime at a time that many observers believed it had survived Syria’s long and bloody civil war have raised questions about old assumptions and about both Syrian politics and the distrib…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/syria-what-nowTackling Torture with the United Nations
How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the United Nations appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it? Drawing on his ten plus years of experience as Chair of the U…
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