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Pericles 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-heroesPenguins, Antarctica, and Global Warming
Ron Naveen, president and founder of Oceanites which sees and tracks climate change through an Antarctic lens, is one of the world’s foremost experts on monitoring, detecting, and analyzing environmental changes, most p…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/penguins-antarctica-and-global-warmingThe Importance of Anticipation in Macroeconomics
Valerie Ramey, professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, will speak about how expectations, forecasts, and generalized anticipation affect the course of the macroeconomy and determine the impact…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/importance-of-anticipation-in-macroeconomics