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The Oval Office and The Fourth Estate: A Conversation on Politics and Journalism in the Nation’s Capital
Alumni Brandi Hoffine '06 and Mike Shear '90 return to campus together to discuss President Obama, the 2016 presidential campaign, and what it's like to live and work in Washington, D.C. The duo will draw upon countless…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/oval-office-and-fourth-estate-conversation-on-politics-and-journalism-in-nations-capitalNotes from the Field: How ISIS Built the Machinery of Terror
A methodical prize-winning investigator reporter, Rukmini Callimachi is a foreign correspondent at the New York Times and covers extremism, including Al Qaeda and ISIS/ISIL.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/notes-from-field-how-isis-built-machinery-of-terrorPericles of Athens and the Dangers of Democracy
Though most often the object of praise by moderns, Pericles attracted significant criticism in antiquity. Loren J. Samons believes that a careful study of Pericles’ career offers potential lessons for the contemporary w…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/pericles-of-athens-and-dangers-of-democracyMarx, Mao, and Mathematics: The Politics of Infinitesimals
When the “Mathematical Manuscripts” of Karl Marx were translated into Chinese during the Cultural Revolution, they served as useful propaganda for mathematicians interested in reforming mathematics education and support…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/marx-mao-and-mathematics-politics-of-infinitesimalsIn Policing We Trust: The History of Crime Fighting in Black America
Framed by the polarizing 2016 presidential race, advocates of law and order stand on one-side against competing claims for systemic police reform. Khalil Gibran Muhammad will address: How did we get here? What's new? Wh…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/in-policing-we-trust-history-of-crime-fighting-in-black-americaPolarized: The Rise of Ideology in U.S. Politics
The 2016 presidential election features the two most unpopular major party nominees in the history of opinion polling. How did that happen?
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/polarized-rise-of-ideology-in-us-politicsD-Day's Forgotten African-American Heroes
History seems to have forgotten the sole African-American combat unit to land on the shores of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Author, journalist and photographer, Linda Hervieux traces the story of these men and their j…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/d-days-forgotten-african-american-heroesRace, Food and Who We Are
Next to religion, food is often the one thing immigrants can hang on to, even when language and history dissipate. Eddie Huang, for whom food was a gateway into his Chinese heritage, talks about food as politics and foo…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-food-and-who-we-areThe Starry Road to Freedom
In this one-man show, Darius Wallace portrays 14 characters who influenced Frederick Douglass, reconstructing the complexity and radiance of Douglass’s spirit, leadership, and march toward freedom.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/starry-road-to-freedom