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The Politics of Movie and TV Endings: A Screenwriter’s Perspective
From It’s a Wonderful Life to Erin Brockovich to Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding episode to Moonlight to Wonder Woman: What does the ending of a movie or television show tell you about the politics of the storyteller, the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/politics-of-movie-and-tv-endings-screenwriters-perspectiveAmerica's Role in a Changing World
After years of war and international instability, Americans feel a profound sense of insecurity and fatigue about engagement with the world. Baffled and battered by the dislocating forces of globalization, Americans won…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/americas-role-in-changing-worldWe Move As a Group: Uniting the Genders in the Fight Against Rape Culture
Alice Sebold, best selling author and memoirist, was raped while a student at Syracuse University and subsequently successfully prosecuted her assailant. She will draw from that personal experience to speak to the idea…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/we-move-as-group-uniting-genders-in-fight-against-rape-cultureHow to make the outdoors radically accessible to all?
With record numbers of people from varying demographics and backgrounds finding ways to connect to the outdoors, Grace Anderson, outdoor educator at GirlVentures and National Outdoor Leadership Schools, will discuss how…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-to-make-outdoors-radically-accessible-to-allInternational Law is More American than Partisan (or it used to be)
Participating in international law is an act of sovereignty, not a relinquishment of it. Barbara Koremenos, professor of political science at the University of Michigan, will argue that across the areas of economics, se…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/international-law-is-more-american-than-partisan-or-it-used-to-beHuman Rights Abuses and the Role of US Policy in the Middle East
Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of the Middle East and North Africa Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW), will provide an analysis of current developments in the Middle East and how they tie into US foreign polic…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/human-rights-abuses-and-role-of-us-policy-in-middle-eastStepping Stones to Sustainability: The Landscape of Green Jobs
Lauren Faber O'Connor, the chief sustainability officer for the City of Los Angeles, will reflect on her experience working at the Environmental Defense Fund, the California EPA, and the U.S. Department of Energy State…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/stepping-stones-to-sustainability-landscape-of-green-jobsPicking for Keeps: Shaping the Future, One Justice at a Time
The process of selecting and confirming life-tenured Supreme Court justices—and other federal judges—can shape our laws and society for decades. Long after a President is gone, the individuals appointed to the federal b…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/picking-for-keeps-shaping-future-one-justice-at-timeHeavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality & Utopia
In his newest book, Heavens on Earth, Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, and presidential fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101, set out to…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/heavens-on-earth-scientific-search-for-afterlife-immortality-utopiaThe Complicated South
The son of a Baptist preacher, memoirist and author of Boy Erased, Garrard Conley grew up gay in rural Arkansas. His experience attending an “ex-gay” conversion therapy facility, followed by years of strained relationsh…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/complicated-south