The COVID-19 pandemic was a stressful time to be a parent, and every family reacted differently to the huge changes in their everyday lives. With this in mind, Dr. Stacey Doan and colleagues were interested in investiga…
Join Institute for Citizens & Scholars President Rajiv Vinnakota, President Hiram Chodosh, and Kravis Lab Executive Director Vernon Grigg in a discussion about current U.S. levels of civic preparedness and leadership an…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/civic-leadership-how-are-we-doingJames Kreines is the Edward S. Gould Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. His research focuses on the history of European philosophy, especially metaphysics. He is the author of Reason in the World: Heg…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mission-intellectual-vitality-teaching-and-research-and-crossroads-kants-contradictionMemo Akten–a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and researcher, and Assistant Professor of Computational Art at the University of California San Diego–will discuss the conceptual motivations behind some of his recent…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/distributed-consciousness-creativity-and-art-age-artificial-intelligenceJoin renowned poets Robert Hass (United States Poet Laureate, 1995-1997) and Brenda Hillman (Winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship, among many other awards) as they read their works and share their personal reflections.Ph…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/poetry-reading-reflections-and-conversation-evening-robert-hass-and-brenda-hillmanIn today’s world, civil discourse is the exception rather than the rule. That's precisely why the Dreier Roundtable recognizes public servants who engage in a vigorous clash of ideas while recognizing that their politic…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/future-american-politics-2024-dreier-roundtable-civility-awardThe Official 2024 California General Election Voter Information Guide recently landed in mailboxes across the state, with more than 100 pages devoted to the 10 propositions on the statewide November ballot.For voters st…
Autocrats rise in times of high anxiety. They promise to assuage the anxieties in exchange for people handing over their political agency. Contemporary autocrats specifically promise to return people to an imaginary pas…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/politics-past-and-politics-futureMichael Shear ’90, a New York Times’ White House correspondent and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, has covered three presidents, often traveling the world on Air Force One and getting a front-row seat as he re…
Michelle Dowd grew up on a mountain, preparing for the Apocalypse. Raised on a 16-acre plot in the Angeles National Forest, very close to Claremont, Dowd learned to forage daily for edible plants. Knowledge of the outsi…
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