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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-worldFinancing Global Decarbonization
Erik Anderson ’80 P'23 is founder and CEO of WestRiver Group, a global innovation investment platform, and Chief Executive Officer of the DCRB+ Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), which seek to identify impac…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/financing-global-decarbonizationThe Splendid and the Vile
In The Splendid and the Vile, renowned author Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Winston Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinksmanship but also an int…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/splendid-and-vileThe Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
Why do some ideas make it big while others fail to take off? According to award-winning University of Chicago behavioral economist John List, the answer comes down to a single question: Can the idea scale? Using a mix o…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/voltage-effect-how-make-good-ideas-great-and-great-ideas-scaleOn Juneteenth
Weaving together American history, family chronicle, and personal memoir in her most recent book On Juneteenth, Annette Gordon-Reed, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University, provides a historian’s vi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/juneteenthThe Young and The Restless: A Deep Dive into Investigating the World’s Largest Group of People, India's Millennials
India is one of the youngest countries in the world and its generation of millennials make up for over 400 million people. This is the largest generation of people in the world. So, asks Vivan Marwaha '17, the author of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/young-and-restless-deep-dive-investigating-worlds-largest-group-people-indias-millennialsReformed Worship and Huguenot Identity
French Reformed Protestants, commonly known as Huguenots, were fundamentally a religious minority. Accordingly, they sought to distinguish themselves from Catholics. Two prominent liturgical events – the Lord’s Supper a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reformed-worship-and-huguenot-identityOur Democracy is a Debate
A legal and cultural historian whose work examines how Black Americans have shaped the story of American democracy, Martha Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, Professor of History, and a Profess…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/our-democracy-debateSupreme Court Matters: The 2021-22 Landmark Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has the final word on the major legal and constitutional controversies of our day. Abortion. Concealed carry. Church and state. Immigration. Healthcare. What will the Supreme Court decide in 2021-…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/supreme-court-matters-2021-22-landmark-casesCan (Should) Algorithms Be Used to Reduce Incarceration in the United States?
Statistically derived algorithms, adopted by many jurisdictions in an effort to identify the risk of reoffending posed by criminal defendants, have been labeled as racist, dehumanizing, and antithetical to the foundatio…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/can-should-algorithms-be-used-reduce-incarceration-united-states