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New tools of the Trade: Archaeology in the 21st Century
Digital technologies are revolutionizing how archaeologists study the past. Today, it is common to see a tablet, laser scanner, or drone used hand in hand with a shovel, trowel, or wheelbarrow. In this talk, Eric Poehle…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/new-tools-of-trade-archaeology-in-21st-centuryConceptual Foundations of Investing
Brad Cornell, professor emeritus of financial economics at UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management, will examine three conceptual foundations of investing developed by three Nobel prize winners: Eugene Fama, Josep…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/conceptual-foundations-of-investingSeau v. The NFL – The Concussion litigation
Steven Strauss '78 represented the family of NFL player Junior Seau in their wrongful death litigation against the National Football League. Seau committed suicide at the age of 43 by shooting himself in the chest and t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/seau-v-nfl-%E2%80%93-concussion-litigationPoetry Reading and Reflections with Kay Ryan
United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Kay Ryan will read some of her award-winning poetry and share personal reflections.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/poetry-reading-and-reflections-with-kay-ryanThe Road to Gender Justice in the Era of Resistance
How can the movement for gender justice build for the long haul during a period of resistance? Fatima Goss Graves, long-time civil and gender rights activist and president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, wil…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/road-to-gender-justice-in-era-of-resistanceReflections on Work, Servitude, and Slavery in Medieval India
Donald Davis, professor in the department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin, examines how a thirteenth-century Sanskrit legal text conceptualizes slavery, servitude, and work. Rather than draw a sharp…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reflections-on-work-servitude-and-slavery-in-medieval-indiaDalit Question and Politics in the 2000s
With a reorientation from the desire for social justice to economic aspiration, two rapid shifts are visible in the political preferences of Dalits in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Attracted by promises of de…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dalit-question-and-politics-in-2000sBeyond the 'Now:' Epistemic Oppression and the So-Called "Common Sense" of Incarceration
Kristie Dotson, professor of philosophy at both Carleton College and Michigan State University, will explore how in situations that call for accountability for serious wrongdoings, one can find oneself trapped in a “now…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/beyond-now-epistemic-oppression-and-so-called-common-sense-of-incarcerationIdentity and Citizenship
In an age of identity consciousness, Mark Lilla, professor of humanities at Columbia University and author of “The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics” explores what has happened to the idea of equal citize…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/identity-and-citizenshipBlack Silent Majority: Race, Class, and the Politics of Punishment
Michael Fortner, assistant professor of political science at City University of New York’s Graduate Center and author of “Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment” will address the…
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