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Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class
How do childhood adversity, social class, and elite institutions shape the trajectory of an individual’s life? Growing up in foster care, enlisting in the U.S. Air Force, and later attending Yale and earning a Ph.D. at…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/troubled-memoir-foster-care-family-and-social-classAfghan Dreamers + Storytelling for Social Change
Award-winning journalist, filmmaker, author, and changemaker Beth Murphy has built her career on the belief that empathy fuels action—and that storytelling is one of the most powerful tools to inspire both. Her document…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/afghan-dreamers-storytelling-social-changeTackling Torture with the United Nations
How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the United Nations appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it? Drawing on his ten plus years of experience as Chair of the U…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/tackling-torture-united-nationsSyria: What Now?
The unexpected fall of the Assad regime at a time that many observers believed it had survived Syria’s long and bloody civil war have raised questions about old assumptions and about both Syrian politics and the distrib…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/syria-what-nowFrom Within a Campaka Flower: Ornamentation, Desire, and Distance at the Festival of Recitation at a South Indian Temple
Every December, many Vishnu temples across the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu celebrate a twenty-day festival of recitation. The festival commemorates the Tamil devotional poetry of a group of twelve poet-saints, the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/within-campaka-flower-ornamentation-desire-and-distance-festival-recitation-south-indianBroken! Why Politics and Government Aren't Working
Americans distrust each other, the government, and most major institutions. For the last 25 years, both parties have managed to over-promise, over-reach and under-deliver. It's not supposed to be this way, and it doesn'…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/broken-why-politics-and-government-arent-workingTechnology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition
Jeffrey Ding, professor of political science at George Washington University, is an expert on great power competition and cooperation in emerging technologies, the political economy of innovation, and China's scientific…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/technology-and-rise-great-powers-how-diffusion-shapes-economic-competitionPresidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
American presidents have often pushed the boundaries established for them by the Constitution; this is the inspirational history of the people who pushed back. In this propulsive and eminently readable history, constitu…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/presidents-and-people-five-leaders-who-threatened-democracy-and-citizens-who-foughtLights, Camera, Leap! Turning Creativity into a Career
In partnership with the award-winning film studio Optimist, founded by CMC alumni Chris Temple '12 and Zach Ingrasci '12—who began their journey in film by making a documentary during the summer of their junior year—thi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/lights-camera-leap-turning-creativity-careerThe Power of Social Impact Storytelling: A Masterclass
Join us to explore the power of social impact storytelling in conflict and post-conflict societies with case studies of Beth Murphy’s media campaigns that move audiences from outrage and inspiration to action. One power…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/power-social-impact-storytelling-masterclass