Join the Gould Center and the Open Academy for a Saturday Salon discussion with Alex Madva, Professor of Philosophy at Cal Poly Pomona and co-author of the new book Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change. The topic of the discussion is: Social Movements and Political Change. Professor Madva will guide participants through the main ideas of his book before opening up for a discussion on coalition building, compromise, intersectionality, identity politics, and the most effective pathways to lasting change. After the discussion, we will have a student dinner with food from Chipotle!

Questions? Contact Violet Ramanathan (vramanathan87@cmc.edu).

Interested? Sign-up here!

Join us for our annual Humanities Halloween on Thursday, October 30th from 12:15-1:15pm at the Gould Center in Kravis Lower Court. There will be music and activities, including our humanities-themed costume contest. A prize will be awarded to the best costume. We encourage you to come dressed up as your favorite artist, musician, philosophical concept, or maybe even a moment in history - the possibilities are endless! Raising Cane’s and Mac & Cheese will be provided - first come, first served.

We hope to see you there 👻

During the last fraught months of the Civil War, the fate of the United States was far from secure. Tens of thousands of Rebel troops were still in the field, the Lincoln presidency was collapsing, and a peace movement was gaining traction in the North. Using long-forgotten evidence, best-selling author and historian Scott Ellsworth P’24 unveils a startling new interpretation of the Lincoln assassination, and pays tribute to the remarkable coalition of loyal Americans—men and women, Black and white, native-born and immigrant—who defeated the Confederacy, destroyed slavery, and gave the nation a new burst of freedom.

Join the Gould Center for a film screening of A Little Family Drama with writer, producer, and actor Ramón Torres ’08. In this film, “a Mexican American family, whose lives revolve around their legendary restaurant, prepares for their annual family reunion dinner oblivious to the fact that a shattered taco truck dream is about to change everything (IMDB).” Q&A to follow the film screening. Open to all 5Cs. RSVP below by Thursday, October 16.

RSVP here!

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025.

Joshua Cohen, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Netanyahus, will speak about fiction and its complicated relationship to history.

Joshua Cohen is the author of six novels, one collection of short fiction, and one collection of nonfiction. Called "a major American writer" by the New York Times, and "an extraordinary prose stylist, surely one of the most prodigious at work in American fiction today" by the New Yorker, Cohen was awarded Israel’s 2013 Matanel Prize, and in 2017 was named one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. The Netanyahus won the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Mr. Cohen’s Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies and the Salvatori Center, both at CMC

Register for this Ath talk here!

Stop by the Gould Center in Kravis Lower Court for our Open House to learn about the many research and creative programming opportunities that are available to students throughout the academic year. From our Humanities Labs, Gould Center Fellows program, Editorial Board, Faculty RAships, Filmmaker’s Lab, Passion Projects, Creative Works Fellowships, and more - there is so much you can do in the humanities at CMC!

Chipotle provided. First come, first served!

Join us at the Campus Engagement Fair on Friday, August 29th from 11AM-1PM at Roberts Pavilion to learn more about the Gould Center’s opportunities, initiatives, and everything we have to offer. Don’t forget to grab some swag and a sweet treat!