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The Mad Historian: The Mission and Responsibilities of History Makers in a Fractured World
Global political, economic, social, and environmental upheavals since the early 2000s have proven that the 21st Century will be full of volatility and uncertainty. People are seeking systems of knowledge and practice to…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mad-historian-mission-and-responsibilities-history-makers-fractured-worldThe Long Walk Home: A Story of War and the Life that Follows
Brian Castner, a Bronze Star recipient, served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them in Iraq as the head of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. Whenever IEDs were discovered, he and his team would lead th…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/long-walk-home-story-war-and-life-followsRecognition, Acknowledgment, and Stewardship: The Challenges and Opportunities for Rematriating Tovaangar
The Tongva have long struggled to gain acknowledgment on their ancestral land of Tovangaar, located in the Los Angeles basin, and to be able to fulfill their responsibility to be stewards to the land, plants, and animal…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/recognition-acknowledgment-and-stewardship-challenges-and-opportunities-rematriatingBeauty and Plunder: Landscape and Historical Memory in a Public Garden
How do the stories that are told about places we love matter? How can we learn to tell different stories in order to create a more just present and future? Wendy Cheng, associate professor of American Studies at Scripps…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/beauty-and-plunder-landscape-and-historical-memory-public-gardenConversations with Mexican Elites, the Life of an American Academic
Roderic Camp, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, whose scholarship since 1970 has focused on Mexican elites, explores the fascinating insights and significance of hundreds of interviews, including sev…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/conversations-mexican-elites-life-american-academicSexual Politics on Campus
A cultural critic and occasionally irreverent feminist, Laura Kipnis didn’t know much about Title IX until she found herself brought up on Title IX complaints…for writing an essay. Without minimizing the realities of se…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/sexual-politics-campusU.S. Climate Change Policy In the Biden Administration
Roger Karapin, professor of political science at City University of New York’s Graduate Center and author of "Political Opportunities for Climate Policy: California, New York, and the Federal Government," will discuss t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/us-climate-change-policy-biden-administrationFirst Annual Dreier Roundtable Civility Award and a Bipartisan Conversation on the Future of American Political Parties
In today’s world, civil discourse is the exception rather than the rule. That's precisely why the Dreier Roundtable wants to recognize public servants who engage in a vigorous clash of ideas while recognizing that their…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/first-annual-dreier-roundtable-civility-award-and-bipartisan-conversation-future-americanProgress and Enlightenment in the 21st Century
Progress is a demonstrable fact: We are healthier, richer, freer, safer, and happier than our ancestors. It’s not because of some mystical force that lifts our species upward. It’s because of the Enlightenment ideal of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/progress-and-enlightenment-21st-centuryThe Future of Policing
The debate on policing has generated heated discussions and strong reactions nationwide. Questions like: Are cops detrimental to the welfare of racial minorities? Should we defund them? Or perhaps abolish them? What abo…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/future-policing