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Choosing Religion: Englishmen, Native Americans, and Conversion in Early America
Using influential publications about world religions from 1610 to 1750, Mark Valeri, professor of religion and politics at Washington University in St. Louis, will demonstrate how Protestant attitudes toward non-Christi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/choosing-religion-englishmen-native-americans-and-conversion-in-early-america“They” and the Emotional Weight of Words
As a graduate student at the London School of Economics, B. Cole, founder of The Brown Boi Project, cobbled together stories, interviews, and research on how gender identity, and expression become language that makes us…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/%E2%80%9Cthey%E2%80%9D-and-emotional-weight-of-wordsImagining Others
Can one know what it's like to live a life very different from one's own? This question is particularly pressing in contemporary society as we try to bridge racial, ethnic, and gender divides. In this talk, Amy Kind, Ru…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/imagining-others"Tierra de Nadie": The Claremont Colleges and the Mexican Community
Mexican people have contributed their lives to the development of the Claremont Colleges. Arbol Verde has been one source of that contribution and a home to the area’s earliest Mexican residents. While this relationship…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/tierra-de-nadie-claremont-colleges-and-mexican-communityInnovation Dilemma: Access and Innovation in an Age of Curative Therapies
Science discoveries along with generous incentives for producing new medical innovations have created a raft of high-priced therapies. Their presence strains the ability of payers to provide access, especially when ther…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/innovation-dilemma-access-and-innovation-in-age-of-curative-therapiesMindful + Sexy Safer Sex
Kate McCombs has traveled the world teaching sex and relationship education as well as empathic communication skills. Committed to helping people feel more comfortable talking about sex and feelings, her presentation wi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mindful-sexy-safer-sexThey Call Me Q
They Call Me Q, a one-woman show performed by award winning actress and writer Qurrat Kadwani, is the story of a girl from Bombay growing up in the Boogie Down Bronx who gracefully seeks balance between cultural pressur…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/they-call-me-qUnconventional Leadership Story and Quest for Self
Rest and self-care are buzzwords proponents of wellness use to encourage balance in a busy life. If you are the leader of a grassroots nonprofit with a monumental mission, a million dollar budget, and hundreds of staff…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/unconventional-leadership-story-and-quest-for-selfPolicy Research and Political Challenges
Think tanks play an important role in the U.S. policy process, attempting to improve lawmaking and governance by testing political assumptions through empirical research, and offering policy alternatives based on eviden…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/policy-research-and-political-challengesOne Nation After Trump: The Challenge of Trump and Trumpism to Governance and Society
Donald Trump’s election and his actions so far in office have dramatically changed our political landscape and have brought us to uncharted territory in terms of our society and its governance. Norman Ornstein, a longti…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/one-nation-after-trump-challenge-of-trump-and-trumpism-to-governance-and-society