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AthDocs: The Trials of Constance Baker Motley
Join the Athenaeum for the inaugural event of the new series, "AthDocs," featuring thought-provoking and incisive documentaries and conversations with filmmakers. Joel Motley, son of civil rights activist Constance Bake…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/athdocs-trials-constance-baker-motleyBarred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison
Thousands of innocent people are behind bars in the United States. But proving their innocence and winning their release is nearly impossible. In this lecture, legal scholar Daniel Medwed will argue that our justice sys…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/barred-why-innocent-cant-get-out-prisonWhoever Tells the Story Writes History
...And the story we tell becomes the world we live in. Katie Orenstein, CEO/Founder of The OpEd Project, will discuss knowledge and power and what it takes to change hearts and minds. Over 15 years, The OpEd Project has…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/whoever-tells-story-writes-historyCrescit cum Religione Civitas: Why the Study of Religion Matters
Join members of the CMC's Religious Studies Department for a discussion of the study of religion at the Claremont Colleges. This roundtable includes experts on Reformation Christianity, ancient Judaism, Hinduism, and Is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/crescit-cum-religione-civitas-why-study-religion-mattersAthDocs: Abundance - How a Group of College Students Started One of The Fastest Growing Nonprofits in the Country
AthDocs returns for a screening of the award-winning 23-minute documentary Abundance (watch the trailer here) and for a discussion with Owen Dubeck '19, the film's director. Owen is also a founding member of the organiz…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/athdocs-abundance-how-group-college-students-started-one-fastest-growing-nonprofitsThe Antislavery Origins of the Civil War and Emancipation
We know the proslavery origins of the Civil War: The slave states seceded to protect slavery. But the war had antislavery origins that are not as well understood. James Oakes, one of the preeminent historians of the Ame…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/antislavery-origins-civil-war-and-emancipationDear Me: An Advice Columnist's Advice for Navigating Culture, Class, and Sexuality
John Paul Brammer, author of the popular advice column and memoir ¡Hola Papi!, will talk about the road from rural Oklahoma to celebrated gay New York writer, and how the stories we tell shape our identities in a confus…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dear-me-advice-columnists-advice-navigating-culture-class-and-sexualityAn Evening With Michael Chabon
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter, and essayist Michael Chabon will join Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions George Thomas for a brief reading followed by a wide-ranging discussion about li…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evening-michael-chabonCampaign 2024: The Future or Demise of the GOP?
Join leading GOP political consultant Mike Murphy for a moderated conversation with CMC's own John J. Pitney, Jr., the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics. Murphy and Pitney will check in on the current state of the pr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/campaign-2024-future-or-demise-gopEndgame Scenarios for the Russia-Ukraine War
The brutal war in Ukraine has lasted nearly two years with no end in sight. The costs of the war are extraordinarily high. Tragically, many hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian troops and civilians have died in this war a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/endgame-scenarios-russia-ukraine-war