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After the 2020 Election, What's Next for American Democracy?
Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, and an expert in election law, will address the question, "After the 2020 Election, What's Next for American…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/after-2020-election-whats-next-for-american-democracyClimate Change on the Roof of the World
To learn more about the highest reaches of the world, Aurora Elmore, Ph.D., geologist, climate change expert, and Senior Program Manager of Science and Innovation at the National Geographic Society, recently managed the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/climate-change-on-roof-of-worldWhere Opportunity Happens: How Neighborhoods Affect Social Mobility
Using the powerful lens of data and economics, Professor Raj Chetty will lay the intellectual, theoretical, and statistical groundwork to evaluate whether the American Dream still remains attainable today. A MacArthur F…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/where-opportunity-happens-how-neighborhoods-affect-social-mobilityThe Right to a Fair Trial in the Age of COVID: A Panel Discussion with San Bernardino County’s District Attorney and Public Defender
On March 30, 2020, California’s Chief Justice issued a sweeping emergency order suspending jury trials and implementing other changes to criminal procedure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, counties have…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/right-to-fair-trial-in-age-of-covid-panel-discussion-with-san-bernardino-countys-districtContemporary Issues in Russian Politics and US-Russia Relations: A Conversation with Ambassador Michael McFaul
Ambassador Michael McFaul, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014 and now teaches at Stanford University, “visited” Professor Hilary Appel’s comparative politics class on October 13, 2020. Along with…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/contemporary-issues-in-russian-politics-and-us-russia-relations-conversation-withPreview: Election Night 2020
Please join Virtual Athenaeum for a preview of Election Night 2020. CMC’s Zachary Courser, Jack Pitney, and Andrew Sinclair, all professors in the government department, will be joined by Sara Sadhwani, professor of pol…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/preview-election-night-2020A Conversation with Charles W. Mills
Philosopher Charles Mills has spent his career addressing issues of social class, gender, and race in moral, social, and political philosophy. From theorizing about foundations of the white supremacist state to liberali…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/conversation-with-charles-w-millsA View from Inside the "Techlash"
The tech companies that were once considered among the best corporate citizens in the world, praised for expanding access to information, lowering barriers to education, and generally using innovation to create a better…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/view-from-inside-techlashA Romance Gone Bad: The Chinese-American Economic Relationship
The unraveling of the commercial relationship between the U.S. and China was once thought unthinkable, but is now unfolding with relentless speed. Lingling Wei, senior China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/romance-gone-bad-chinese-american-economic-relationshipUS-China Relations After November 3
The U.S. and China have entered a period of intense mutual antagonism across the full spectrum of their relationship. Whether their rivalry will escalate in the short term critically depends on the outcomes of the U.S.…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/us-china-relations-after-november-3