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Health Disparities in an Era of Rising Income Inequality
Social inequality has increased substantially in recent decades and has become a salient issue in many societies around the world. Thomas Fuller-Rowell, associate professor in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn Uni…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/health-disparities-in-era-of-rising-income-inequalityJerry Brown Redux
Jerry Brown was a political presence in California for more than a half-century, including two eight-year stints as governor and encompassing a time of great social and economic evolution. Dan Walters, longtime journali…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/jerry-brown-reduxHow Muslims Discovered America
Historically, Muslim geographers described and mapped the world not only to render it known, but also to marvel at its unknowability. Starting in the early 16th century, accounts and maps drawn from Iberian materials on…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-muslims-discovered-americaLiving History: Three Decades of Researching and Restituting Nazi Looted Art
Jonathan Petropoulos, the John V. Croul Professor of European History at Claremont McKenna College, will discuss his forthcoming book on the biography of one of history's biggest art plunderers, focusing on three areas:…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/living-history-three-decades-of-researching-and-restituting-nazi-looted-artConstructing Freedom of Speech: Lessons from the Unwritten Constitution
Is a law that makes it illegal to engage in speech that “defames” the government or brings it into “disrepute” unconstitutional? In 1798, when the Sedition Act was passed, the answer was not obvious. Seven years earlier…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/constructing-freedom-of-speech-lessons-from-unwritten-constitutionPoetry 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-ryanLiterature and Utopia
However the story ends, most literary works dwell on chaos, crisis, confusion, disruption, and change. Utopian literary works evoke the alternative—the possibility of stability, equity, and balance provided by a rationa…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/literature-and-utopiaNew 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-litigation