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We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
Musa al-Gharbi, sociologist, journalist, and author of We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite, will join Professor Jon Shields for a conversation about one of the most influential and widely…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/we-have-never-been-woke-cultural-contradictions-new-eliteCalifornia’s Choices: 2026 Ballot Measures
Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot propositions this fall. They span a wide variety of issues including voter ID, several housing measures including a bond issuance and a new state-funded housing mortgage pro…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/californias-choices-2026-ballot-measuresThe Tyranny of False Choices: A Guide to Authentic Decision-Making
In his talk, Rey Ramsey will discuss his new book, The Tyranny of False Choices: A Guide to Authentic Decision-Making, which argues that many of the choices presented to us in public life, organizations, and everyday de…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/tyranny-false-choices-guide-authentic-decision-makingAn Unlikely Journey: Creating Space for the Humanities
Join us as we welcome back Emily Anderson ’99, who has worked as both a historian in academia and a museum curator, as she makes a case for not just the possibility, but the importance of creating space for humanities s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/unlikely-journey-creating-space-humanitiesExcavating Family Stories: The God of Making and the Ellora Caves
Join us for this presentation featuring Kirin Narayan as she shares her experience on growing up as a half-American child in India, and being captivated by her father’s tales of an ancestral connection to the rock-cut c…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/excavating-family-stories-god-making-and-ellora-cavesA Conversation with Leila Slimani
Leïla Slimani is a critically acclaimed French-Moroccan novelist, journalist, and cultural figure whose work has made her one of the most influential voices in contemporary francophone literature. She grew up between c…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/conversation-leila-slimaniMisanthropic Octopus Takes Hollywood: How a Debut Novelist Transformed a Spark of Imagination into a Netflix Hit
Join The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies in featuring one of the most imaginative authors that is celebrated today. Why does one imagine an octopus? Van Pelt doesn’t have a definitive answer to that question, but…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/misanthropic-octopus-takes-hollywood-how-debut-novelist-transformed-spark-imaginationReverence for Law
Sixty years after joining the CMC faculty, John K. Roth returns to explore how the rule of law fares in the United States as the crucial 2026 and 2028 elections approach. With American democracy endangered by corruption…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reverence-lawEnergy and Leadership in the Age of Extremes
Join The Roberts Environmental Center explore the significance of energizing Southern California. The electric grid is being asked to do something new: evolve faster, withstand more, and cost less — all at the same time…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/energy-and-leadership-age-extremesThe Woman Behind the Myth: The Story of Jackie
Dawn Tripp is the nationally bestselling author of five novels. Her most recent, Jackie, a fictionalized biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award and won the San Diego Wri…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/woman-behind-myth-story-jackie