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Distributed Consciousness: Creativity and Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Memo Akten–a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and researcher, and Assistant Professor of Computational Art at the University of California San Diego–will discuss the conceptual motivations behind some of his recent…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/distributed-consciousness-creativity-and-art-age-artificial-intelligenceThe Mission of Intellectual Vitality in Teaching and Research and the Crossroads of Kant's Contradiction of Reason
James Kreines is the Edward S. Gould Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. His research focuses on the history of European philosophy, especially metaphysics. He is the author of Reason in the World: Heg…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mission-intellectual-vitality-teaching-and-research-and-crossroads-kants-contradictionCivic Leadership: How Are We Doing?
Join Institute for Citizens & Scholars President Rajiv Vinnakota, President Hiram Chodosh, and Kravis Lab Executive Director Vernon Grigg in a discussion about current U.S. levels of civic preparedness and leadership an…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/civic-leadership-how-are-we-doingPoetry Reading, Reflections, and Conversation: An Evening with Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman
Join renowned poets Robert Hass (United States Poet Laureate, 1995-1997) and Brenda Hillman (Winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship, among many other awards) as they read their works and share their personal reflections.Ph…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/poetry-reading-reflections-and-conversation-evening-robert-hass-and-brenda-hillmanThe Future of American Politics: the 2024 Dreier Roundtable Civility Award
In today’s world, civil discourse is the exception rather than the rule. That's precisely why the Dreier Roundtable recognizes public servants who engage in a vigorous clash of ideas while recognizing that their politic…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/future-american-politics-2024-dreier-roundtable-civility-awardPolitics of the Past and Politics of the Future
Autocrats rise in times of high anxiety. They promise to assuage the anxieties in exchange for people handing over their political agency. Contemporary autocrats specifically promise to return people to an imaginary pas…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/politics-past-and-politics-futureWhat I Learned From Foraging (And Surviving A Family Cult)
Michelle Dowd grew up on a mountain, preparing for the Apocalypse. Raised on a 16-acre plot in the Angeles National Forest, very close to Claremont, Dowd learned to forage daily for edible plants. Knowledge of the outsi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-i-learned-foraging-and-surviving-family-cultCivitas Sessions: "And the Winner Is" ... Why We Won't Know the Election Outcome Until It Happens
Join the Kravis Lab for Civic Leadership for the seventh installment of Civitas Sessions, an Athenaeum lunch series designed to build real-world civic skills and the knowledge needed to live thoughtful, productive lives…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/civitas-sessions-and-winner-why-we-wont-know-election-outcome-until-it-happensThe Russia-Ukraine War and the Politics of Memory
Why does Russian president Vladimir Putin so often draw on World War II analogies to justify Russia’s war on Ukraine? How does the Putin regime use memory politics to explain Russia’s war aims and Ukraine’s resistance t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/russia-ukraine-war-and-politics-memoryCareers in Human Rights: The 2023 Winners of the Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowship at CMC
Learn about careers in human rights and the Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowship program, sponsored by CMC's Mgrublian Center for Human Rights. Join the three recipients of the 2023 Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowshi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/careers-human-rights-2023-winners-elbaz-family-post-graduate-fellowship-cmc