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Challenges to Local Journalism: A Panel Discussion
Local journalism faces immense challenges today, from declining revenue to the rise of misinformation and the lack of investigative resources. This panel, featuring former U.S. Representative David Dreier '75, Jeff Klei…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/challenges-local-journalism-panel-discussionImplications of the 2025 L.A. Wildfires for California’s Residential Insurance Market
Lloyd Dixon, director of the RAND Kenneth R. Feinberg Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation and senior economist at RAND, will discuss the evolving challenges in insuring properties against wildfire r…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/implications-2025-la-wildfires-californias-residential-insurance-marketBuilding a Supportive Community for Art and Artists
As a former dancer, now choreographer and teacher, Theodore “Ted” Thomas believes that artists are a mirror of the human condition and, in many cases, recorders of time and history. Though artists feel that their art is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/building-supportive-community-art-and-artistsThe Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed
In her latest book, The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed, Wendy Lower, the John K. Roth Professor of History at Claremont McKenna College and director of the Mgrublian Center for Human Right…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/ravine-family-photograph-holocaust-massacre-revealedWriting Heavyweight History: America and the First Black Champion
How do we catalogue history when competing accounts tell radically different stories? 116 years ago, Jack Johnson became the first black heavyweight champion in the world. In the century since, newspapers, films, and so…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/writing-heavyweight-history-america-and-first-black-championAcross Frontlines, War Zones, and Boardrooms: The Real Demands of Responsible Leadership
What does it mean to lead responsibly in today’s complex and uncertain world? Drawing from over 25 years of experience in conflict prevention, human rights, and leadership development, Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt P’25 ex…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/across-frontlines-war-zones-and-boardrooms-real-demands-responsible-leadershipAthenaeum Concert Series: Control and Composition
This lecture-recital will center around Lili Boulanger’s monumental song cycle, Clairières dans le ciel, featuring a soprano and a pianist. Clairières dans le ciel, is composed by Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), an enigmati…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/athenaeum-concert-series-control-and-compositionA Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, “…shows how one family’s disaster illuminates the complex tragedy of Israel and…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/day-life-abed-salama-anatomy-jerusalem-tragedyWhy AI is (Probably) Creative, and Why That’s OK
Contemporary AI tools generate works and accomplish tasks in ways that, to many, suggest genuine creativity. In this talk, Peter Langland-Hassan, professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, considers some c…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/why-ai-probably-creative-and-why-thats-okThe End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
In a moderated conversation, Coleman Hughes, an author, podcaster, and opinion columnist who specializes in issues related to race, public policy, and applied ethics, will discuss the end of race politics and argue that…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/end-race-politics-arguments-colorblind-america