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Why is Rama Still (All) Around?
Why has the ancient tale of Rama, Sita, and their companions remained (so to speak) a “bestseller” in the realm of South Asian popular narrative for more than two millennia, and why does it continue to have traction in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/why-is-rama-still-all-aroundMake I Contact. Portraiture & (Me)mory
It has been suggested that in today’s surveillance culture, anonymity is impossible. Moreover, privacy is a fallacy and conformity a lie. Just as every person’s face—like DNA or a thumbprint—is unique, portraiture makes…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/make-i-contact-portraiture-memoryFood Evolution Revolution: The Cutting Edge Fusion of Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Modern Kitchen
Understanding the role that technology played in our 3.4 million-year-old dietary past is essential in learning to rethink food and eat like humans again, asserts William Schindler, associate professor of anthropology a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/food-evolution-revolution-cutting-edge-fusion-of-archaeology-anthropology-and-modernChina’s Changing Wartime Past and How It Will Affect the Future: History, Memory And Politics in China Today
Beijing’s policies continue to dominate the news in the Asia-Pacific region. Will China and Japan clash in the seas of East Asia? Will China be able to implement social welfare policies to calm dissent and social unrest…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/chinas-changing-wartime-past-and-how-it-will-affect-future-history-memory-and-politics-inChurchill and Education
Churchill lived in an age of rapid scientific development and advancement. With the utopian dreams afforded by new technology, however, came the great horrors of modern warfare. How would Churchill preserve the noble bu…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/churchill-and-educationReadings and Reflections: An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates
Award winning writer, essayist, poet, and novelist Joyce Carol Oates will read from her works, including her newest works, and share personal reflections.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/readings-and-reflections-evening-with-joyce-carol-oatesThe Volume of Small Voices: How Consumers Forced Agriculture to Change Antibiotic Use
In the early 1950s, farmers began adding small doses of antibiotics to the diets of livestock. The drugs caused animals to put on weight more quickly and protected them against diseases, laying the foundation for modern…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/volume-of-small-voices-how-consumers-forced-agriculture-to-change-antibiotic-useA New Cold War? China-US Friction in a New Era
Sino-US relations have fundamentally changed under Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. Jamil Anderlini, The Financial Times’ Asia editor, will explore where things are headed and what it all means for Asia and the w…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/new-cold-war-china-us-friction-in-new-eraWho's the Fairest of Them All? The Truth About Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America
Stephen Moore, economic policy analyst at CNN and economic advisor to candidate Donald Trump, will explore what it means for our economic system and our economic results to be "fair." Does it mean that everyone has a fa…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/whos-fairest-of-them-all-truth-about-opportunity-taxes-and-wealth-in-americaPoetry Reading and Reflections with Carl Phillips
Poet and author Carl Phillips, professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, will read some of his award-winning poetry and share personal reflections.
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