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Appel Scholars Celebration
Please join the Center for Writing & Public Discourse for a celebration of the 2023 Appel Scholars and Joel A. Appel '87 P'20. The Appel Fellowship provides first-year CMC students with funding to support purposeful, i…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/appel-scholars-celebration"On Earth As It Is": Martin Luther King, Jr., Ethics, and the Environment in the Age of the Anthropocene
“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. . . . Over…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/earth-it-martin-luther-king-jr-ethics-and-environment-age-anthropoceneAround the World at the Ath: Mardi Gras
Join the Athenaeum and ASCMC's Social Life Working Group for the next installment of Around the World at the Ath, a series designed to combine faculty and student expertise about international cultures and traditions wi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/around-world-ath-mardi-grasA Winter's "Singing Party"
Join the Athenaeum to celebrate a beloved CMC tradition to cap off the semester: The "Singing Party!"For decades, renowned Professor of Government Ward Elliott (1937 - 2022) held "singing parties" every semester in his…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/winters-singing-partyAround the World at the Ath: Thanksgiving
The Athenaeum and ASCMC's Social Life Working Group present this fall's final installment of Around the World at the Ath, a new series designed to combine faculty and student expertise about international cultures and t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/around-world-ath-thanksgivingThreats and Promises Across the Nuclear Age: a Lecture in Memoriam of Professor Ed Haley
When leaders make nuclear threats, what are the implications for conflict and war? Why has Vladimir Putin issued nuclear threats in the context of the Russian war in Ukraine, and are those threats credible? In this talk…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/threats-and-promises-across-nuclear-age-lecture-memoriam-professor-ed-haleyInhabiting Earth: Stories from a Climate Scientist
Human-caused climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing life on Earth. In this talk, Branwen Williams, George R. Roberts Professor of Integrated Sciences: Environmental Science at Claremont McKenna College…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/inhabiting-earth-stories-climate-scientistThe Writers Strike of 2023
For 148 days, from May 2 to September 27, 2023, the over 10,000 members of the Writers Guild of America engaged in the longest strike action they had taken since 1988. What was at stake, and what did the writers want? H…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/writers-strike-2023The Crown versus "The Crown": Exploring Image and Reality in the British Monarchy
Royal author Andrew Morton, in conversation with CMC History professor Jonathan Petropoulos, will discuss the British monarchy, including important aspects of the institution's history in the twentieth century, the stat…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/crown-versus-crown-exploring-image-and-reality-british-monarchyFrom Claremont to Kampala: How to Found a Liberal Arts College in Uganda
How did a CMC student end up embarking on a journey that has led her to co-found the first liberal arts college in Uganda? Join Takako Mino '11 and her co-founder Elaine Alowo Matovu, prolific social and educational ent…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/claremont-kampala-how-found-liberal-arts-college-uganda