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  • In Search of China’s Soul: Why Confucius Matters Today

    China Institute

    China Institute welcomes Confucianism expert Zu-yan Chen, who will introduce Confucius, China’s greatest sage, and the philosophy that has shaped Chinese governance, values, and ideas for thousands of years. Following […]

    Free
  • Science Fiction and the Future of AI in China

    China Institute

    How will artificial intelligence change our world? On September 16, join Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers, and celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan, author […]

    Free
  • Mid-Autumn Family Festival

    China Institute

    Next to Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn festival is the most important Chinese holiday, commemorating the fall harvest with wishes for prosperity and time spent with family. This is an […]

    Free
  • Rite of Summer: Alarm Will Sound

    Governors Island

    Alarm Will Sound will perform the NYC premiere of John Luther Adams’ Ten Thousand Birds, based on the songs of birds that are native to, or migrate through the American […]

    Free
  • A Conversation with Chen Kaige on Yellow Earth

    China Institute

    China Institute is honored to welcome Chen Kaige, one of China’s greatest directors, in conversation with filmmaker Janet Yang and film expert Richard Pena, to discuss Yellow Earth, which revolutionized […]

    Free
  • Chip Dreams: Will China Catch Up with the West?

    China Institute

    Will China achieve its tech dreams? It all depends on whether it can produce advanced semiconductor chips, the tiny piece of metal that are crucial to the functionality of smartphones, […]

    Free
  • Book Launch- Visions: East and West

    China Institute

    Join China Institute to celebrate the publication of Visions: East and West 松風山月, Translations of Selected Tang Poems, a new book created by a group of students studying Tang Dynasty […]

    Free
  • Lu Xun: A Product of Shaoxing

    China Institute

    Considered by many to be the father of modern Chinese literature and widely recognized as one of China’s best and most influential authors, Lu Xun was born on September 25, […]

    Free
  • “Truus’ Children” Screening And Discussion

    Museum of Jewish Heritage

    In December 1938, Dutch social worker Truus Wijsmuller was invited to a meeting with Nazi official Adolf Eichmann regarding the transportation of Jewish children out of Nazi territory. With Eichmann’s […]

    $10
  • An American Family’s Patriotic Service in Time of War

    Fraunces Tavern Museum

    Reception, lecture, optonal dinner. Author and Sons of the Revolution (NY) member Ric Murphy will speak about his family genealogy, and his ancestors who fought in the American Revolution, serving […]

    $15 – $125