China’s Literary Giants: The Legacy of Yu Hua
Literature experts discuss the work of Yu Hua, one of China’s most revered writers, and the state of Chinese literature today. Spanning four...
Risky Decisions: How Mathematical Paradoxes and Other Conundrums Have Shaped Economic Science
Online discussion. At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted...
Stories Survive: Martin Karplus
Nobel Laureate Martin Karplus was eight years old when his family fled Nazi-occupied Austria, shortly after the arrival of German forces in 1938....
A New Perspective On The Rescue Of Denmark’s Jews
More than 7,000 Danish Jews were evacuated to Sweden in October 1943. After crossing the Øresund by boat and landing on Swedish shores,...
Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution
In this lecture, Donald Johnson will discuss his book Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution. In the midst of...
Pieces of China: Derek Sandhaus on Baijiu (白酒), China’s Fiery Alcohol
For thousands of years, Chinese emperors, literati scholars, and great men of letters have waxed poetic about the pleasures of getting drunk. The...
The Invention of Public Space: Designing for Inclusion in Lindsay’s New York
Skyscraper Museum webinar. In The Invention of Public Space: Designing for Inclusion in Lindsay’s New York, Mariana Mogilevich details a watershed...
Pen Parentis March Salon
This Pen Parentis Literary Salon features readings & roundtable with the outstanding writers Angela Himsel, Dylan Landis, and Bryan VanDyke....
Justice, Truth, And Memory In Jewish Argentina
After World War II, Argentina became home to one of the world’s largest communities of Holocaust survivors at the same time as the country provided...
Supertall/Megatall: How High Can We Go?
Skyscraper Museum webinar. Adrian Smith is the architect of more than 4,500 meters – nearly 2.8 vertical miles – of skyscrapers. He has been...
