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Turkish Genocide Denial as a National Security Concept
Taner Akçam, the inaugural director of the Armenian Genocide Research Program at the Promise Institute at UCLA, will discuss the national security implications of Turkish denial of the Armenian genocide on stability and…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/turkish-genocide-denial-national-security-conceptFree Markets for a World on Fire: Thinking Historically to Confront Today's Challenges
Free Market thought is one of the most powerful and controversial ideas. Surprisingly, nobody has ever written a complex history of its origins. That is until Jacob Soll, University Professor and professor of philosophy…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/free-markets-world-fire-thinking-historically-confront-todays-challenges1619? 1776? Race and the American Founding
The publication of the New York Times’ 1619 Project brought to the foreground issues of race, slavery, and the American Founding. Was the true founding of America in 1619, the year the first slaves reportedly arrived in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/1619-1776-race-and-american-foundingThe Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in America
Today’s economy depends on promises as millions of borrowers promise to repay their loans. How do lenders decide whose promises to trust? Initially, lenders judged a borrower’s personal character and used the social t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/economy-promises-trust-power-and-credit-americaClimate Solutions: Water in the West
With extensive experience in water issues, Felicia Marcus, the William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Water in the West Program and an attorney, consultant, and member of the Water Policy Group, wi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/climate-solutions-water-westClimate Solutions: Air
No country or state has taken a stronger lead in fighting climate change than California. Directing those efforts for the past decade as chair of the Air Resources Board has been Mary Nichols. Formerly at the EPA and a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/climate-solutions-airLife After College (For Folks Still in College)
Follow your dreams! Yeah, sure. But... how? In clear, accessible, entertaining, and deeply personal terms, bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, and creator of Found Magazine, Davy Rothbart breaks down 12 st…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/life-after-college-folks-still-collegeA Miscarriage of Justice: Women's Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil
Cassia Roth examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Analyzing court cases, law, medical writings, and health data, Roth argues that the increasingly interv…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/miscarriage-justice-womens-reproductive-lives-and-law-early-twentieth-century-brazilRace Matters: A Conversation with Cornel West
Cornel West, the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at the Union Theological Seminary, prolific author and public intellectual, will discuss the seminal ideas in his 1993 book, Race Matters, and reflect on how the insights and r…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-matters-conversation-cornel-westDecline and Fall or Crises and Resilience? Lessons from the Western Roman Empire
Michele Renee Salzman, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside and author of The Falls of Rome: Crises, Resilience and Resurgence in Late Antiquity, will address why traditional exp…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/decline-and-fall-or-crises-and-resilience-lessons-western-roman-empire