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Islam and the Humanities & Islam and the Liberal Arts
The teaching and researching of Islam has morphed considerably in the last 15 years. Professors Tariq al-Jamil and Kambiz GhaneaBassiri '94 will discuss emerging challenges in the teaching of Islam, including how the cu…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/islam-and-humanities-islam-and-liberal-artsThe Disbelievers – Political Behavior when Data and Personal Experience Conflict
Perhaps the most used word in political circles in 2016 was “rigged." Indeed, poll results show that significant numbers of Americans believe that the system is so broken that they no longer accept many “facts” as being…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/disbelievers-political-behavior-when-data-and-personal-experience-conflictEnforcing Laws, Maintaining Order: Policing in the U.S.
A professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University, Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr.'s teaching and scholarship include social and political philosophy with particular interest in African-American philosophy and race in socio-poli…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/enforcing-laws-maintaining-order-policing-in-usArabic Classical Traditions in the History of the Exact Sciences
Nader El-Bizri will examine some principal aspects of the Arabic classical traditions in the history of the exact sciences, while also addressing the subsequent transmission and reception of Arabic science within the Eu…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/arabic-classical-traditions-in-history-of-exact-sciencesRacial Disparity in the Criminal Justice Court System
Phyllis Morris-Green, the public defender for San Bernardino County, will examine how implicit bias can affect jury selection, negotiations, and sentencing in the criminal justice system.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/racial-disparity-in-criminal-justice-court-systemThe Environment of Childhood Poverty
Most would agree that poverty is bad for children; less clear is why. Gary Evans' work suggests that one reason for the adverse developmental implications of childhood poverty is exposure to an accumulation of physical…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/environment-of-childhood-povertyDreamland: America's Opiate Epidemic and How We Got To Where We Are
Sam Quinones' newest book reads like fiction, but unfortunately it is not. It's the true story of descent into opiate addiction and the sweeping resurgence of heroin from coast to coast.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dreamland-americas-opiate-epidemic-and-how-we-got-to-where-we-areSex, Lies and Politics in the Early Middle Ages
Yitzhak Hen will discuss the correspondence between Bishop Chrodobert of Tours and Bishop Importunus of Paris, which reveals a fascinating story of episcopal enmity, sex scandals, and political alliance in the Merovingi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/sex-lies-and-politics-in-early-middle-agesThe Young Turks to the Young Nazis: The Genocides that Scar Us Still
Chris Bohjalian, author of New York Times bestselling novels about both the Armenian Genocide (The Sandcastle Girls) and the Holocaus (Skeletons at the Feast) discusses the links between these historical cataclysms. In…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/young-turks-to-young-nazis-genocides-that-scar-us-stillWar Powers in the 21st Century
Author of a forthcoming book on drones, cyber warfare, and coercion, John Yoo, professor law at Berkeley Law, will respond to Charles Lofgren's scholarship on war powers in the context of the security challenges of the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/war-powers-in-21st-century