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Free at Last? Race, Sports, and the Evolution of Black Athletes
Jesse Washington, journalist and documentary filmmaker for ESPN’s Andscape and co-author of the John Thompson autobiography I CAME AS A SHADOW, will examine the ongoing emancipation of Black players in college and pro s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/free-last-race-sports-and-evolution-black-athletesWeak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia
Conventional wisdom treats Russian politics as either an extension of Vladimir Putin's worldview or Russia's unique history, but in Weak Strongman, Timothy Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/weak-strongman-limits-power-putins-russiaRace and the Political Economy of Criminal Justice Predation
Joe Soss, the inaugural Cowles Chair for the Study of Public Service at the University of Minnesota, with faculty positions in the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the departments of political science and of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-and-political-economy-criminal-justice-predationThe Republican Civil War: What Liz Cheney’s Wyoming Tells us about the Past, Present, and Future of the American Right
Although MAGA conservatives endlessly faulted Liz Cheney for fighting Donald Trump instead of “woke” identity politics on the left, her primary defeat had everything to do with the triumph of an identity politics that i…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/republican-civil-war-what-liz-cheneys-wyoming-tells-us-about-past-present-and-futureLittle Music: Reading and Reflections
Author of two poetry collections, Far District and House of Lords and Commons, Ishion Hutchinson, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, will read from his works. Mr. Hutchinson’s Athenaeum present…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/little-music-reading-and-reflectionsThe New Founders America Needs
Bari Weiss, an opinion writer and writer, and publisher of Common Sense with Bari Weiss, will explore the new founders America needs today, addressing the broken moment we are in as a culture and a country, and what is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/new-founders-america-needsCreating A Space for Me & You
A Peabody Award winner for her Netflix series City of Ghosts and Emmy winning director for her work on Adventure Time, Elizabeth Ito will talk about the evolution of her creative process, share advice that has been inst…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/creating-space-me-youResolution: This House Should Abolish the Electoral College
In November 2016, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election despite losing the popular vote by almost 2.9 million votes. The result spurred a national conversation about the Electoral Colle…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/resolution-house-should-abolish-electoral-collegeChina’s Unusual Rise: How China Builds and Exercises Military Power, 1995-2020
How do rising countries like China build influence in a world dominated by more established powers? Whereas most experts assume that China has sought to emulate the U.S., Oriana Skylar Mastro, Center Fellow at the Freem…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/chinas-unusual-rise-how-china-builds-and-exercises-military-power-1995-2020Reading and Reflection: An Evening of Poetry with Jane Hirshfield
Described by The Washington Post as belonging “among the modern masters” and by The New York Times as “passionate and radiant,” award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield work ranges from the political, ecological, and scientif…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reading-and-reflection-evening-poetry-jane-hirshfield