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Dismantling Demand: Who Fuels the Sex Trade and at What Cost?
With sex trafficking at the forefront of many political conversations, misconceptions about the nature of demand, profit, and power often surround public perception of sexual exploitation and the commercial sex trade. D…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dismantling-demand-who-fuels-sex-trade-and-what-costNew Economic Statecraft: From Cooperation to Coercion
The rise of “new economic statecraft”—the use of trade and investment as tools of foreign policy—is increasingly threatening the stability and predictability of the global economic system. The United States, principal a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/new-economic-statecraft-cooperation-coercionMemory Foundations
“Without memory we would not know where we are going or who we are—Memory is not a sideline for architecture, it's the fundamental way to orient the mind, the emotions, and the soul.”—Daniel LibeskindDaniel Libeskind is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/memory-foundationsFEI’s 2026 Claremont Finance Conference: Market Neutral Equity Investing 101—A Brief History of the Multi-PM Long/Short Equity Business Model
As the keynote speaker for FEI’s Annual Claremont Finance Conference, Todd Barker '01 will cover the historical evolution of the hedge fund industry that started out with funds holding long and short positions to cancel…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/feis-2026-claremont-finance-conference-market-neutral-equity-investing-101-brief-historyThe Limits of Liberalism: William E. Leuchtenburg and American History in the Public Realm
Daniel Scroop, a historian of the United States based at the University of Glasgow in Scotland and currently a Fulbright Scholar in the U.S., charts the relationship between U.S. history and the public realm since the e…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/limits-liberalism-william-e-leuchtenburg-and-american-history-public-realmIs “Race” Over? Citizenship, Backlash, and the Quiet Politics of Self-Censorship (POSTPONED TO APRIL 21)
In recent years, American public life has entered a period of reassessment and backlash. The post-2020 surge in anti-racist politics has been met by the rollback of affirmative action, growing skepticism toward DEI init…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-over-citizenship-backlash-and-quiet-politics-self-censorship-postponed-april-21Gould Center 40th Anniversary Celebration
Since 1985, the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies has provided opportunities for humanistic research and study to students and faculty at CMC. During this 40th anniversary celebration, in addition to reminiscences abo…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/gould-center-40th-anniversary-celebrationCareers in Human Rights: The 2024 Winners of the Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowship
Learn about careers in human rights and the Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowship program, sponsored by CMC’s Mgrublian Center for Human Rights. Join the two recipients of the 2024 Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowship…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/careers-human-rights-2024-winners-elbaz-family-post-graduate-fellowshipWhy a Stronger Congress Might Save American Politics
According to a recent poll, fewer than one in five Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job. With modern Congress largely absent from many prominent policy debates, recent Congresses have been among the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/why-stronger-congress-might-save-american-politicsThe Global Significance of the Declaration of Independence
To mark the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, David Armitage, Harvard's Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, traces the Declaration's travels around the globe, to show how its meaning for Amer…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/global-significance-declaration-independence