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Is Nothing Private Anymore? Consenting to Government Searches and Sharing Information
Eve Brank, associate professor of psychology and director of the Center on Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, will highlight legal and psychological issues important in 4th Amendment…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/is-nothing-private-anymore-consenting-to-government-searches-and-sharing-informationIs the Problem of Freedom of Speech Soluble?
Freedom of speech, especially on campuses, is again a subject of intense discussion and debate. Complicating the discord, according to Michael Zuckert, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/is-problem-of-freedom-of-speech-solubleThe Declaration of Independence: Lessons for Citizenship in Challenging Times
Thanks to the opportunity to teach the Declaration of Independence to low-income night school students in Chicago, Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and director of Harvard’s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/declaration-of-independence-lessons-for-citizenship-in-challenging-timesThe Billboard and the Icon
Obsessed with public space, celebrated artist Ellsworth Kelly wrote that he wanted to see all the art he had done “much larger” and that his paintings should “stand up outside as billboards or a kind of modern icon.” Bi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/billboard-and-iconWagnerian Modernism
In 1861, Charles Baudelaire published an essay entitled “Richard Wagner and Tannhäuser in Paris,” setting in motion a singular chapter in cultural history: the international, cross-disciplinary phenomenon known as Wagne…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/wagnerian-modernismModern Time, Classical Time, and Cosmic Time in the Progress of Théodore Géricault
From the moment of his journey to Rome in 1816, the young outsider Théodore Géricault—the most meteoric talent of Romantic painting—underwent dramatic transformations as an artist, under both the stimulus of ancient rem…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/modern-time-classical-time-and-cosmic-time-in-progress-of-th%C3%A9odore-g%C3%A9ricaultHATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship
We live in an era in which offensive speech is on the rise. Given its potential for harm, should this speech be banned? Nadine Strossen, professor of law at NYU School of Law and former president of the ACLU, dispels th…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/hate-why-we-should-resist-it-with-free-speech-not-censorshipThe Rise and Fall of a Tribal Species: Why America and its Universities are Malfunctioning
The human mind is finely tuned for tribal conflict. America’s founders knew this and designed a system that would reduce the damage done by factionalism. We had a great run. But now a variety of social, technological, a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/rise-and-fall-of-tribal-species-why-america-and-its-universities-are-malfunctioningToday’s Economy and Its Discontents
President Trump was elected in part because of some disquieting economic trends. N. Gregory Mankiw, professor of economics at Harvard University, will discuss those trends, their causes and origins, and how they can be…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/todays-economy-and-its-discontentsDivorce without Separation? Reimagining the Two-State Solution and Middle East Peace
The vision of "two states for two peoples" has guided efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict for decades. Omar Dajani, professor of law at McGeorge School of Law and former legal adviser to the Palestinian…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/divorce-without-separation-reimagining-two-state-solution-and-middle-east-peace