Tag: talks-readings

Science Fiction and the Future of AI in China

Science Fiction and the Future of AI in China

How will artificial intelligence change our world? On September 16, join Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI...

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

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

China Institute welcomes Confucianism expert Zu-yan Chen, who will introduce Confucius, China’s greatest sage, and the philosophy that has shaped...

Pen Parentis

Pen Parentis

Authors Jennifer J. Chow, Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan, Jennie Englund, and Peter Lerangis discuss their incredible successes writing for middle-grade...

Stories Survive: Dr. Rene David Alkalay

Stories Survive: Dr. Rene David Alkalay

Dr. Rene David Alkalay was born in March 1941 in Zagreb, the capital of the former Yugoslavia (now Croatia). When Dr. Alkalay was just a few weeks...

“Into The Forest” Book Launch

“Into The Forest” Book Launch

From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, Rebecca Frankel’s Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love (which will...

“We Share The Same Sky” Book Launch

“We Share The Same Sky” Book Launch

We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration documents Rachael Cerrotti’s decade-long journey to retrace her grandmother’s Holocaust...

Person Place Thing

Person Place Thing

Online lecture. Join China Institute’s SVP of Programs, Dinda Elliott, for an online program on September 8 at 12:00 PM, as she shares a meaningful...

Ben Wang on The Story of the Stone

Ben Wang on The Story of the Stone

The 18th-century novel The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin is a bildungsroman, a tale of a battle between the flesh and the spirit, a mixture of...

10 Years Of Recipes Remembered

10 Years Of Recipes Remembered

Recipes Remembered: A Celebration of Survival, written by June Hersh in association with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, is a historical and culinary...

Legacies: Moderna Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks

Legacies: Moderna Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks

As Chief Medical Officer at Moderna, Israeli scientist Dr. Tal Zaks has helped lead the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Zaks’...

The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware

The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware

Zoom lecture. On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The...

When Families Disappeared: Camp Shvesters

When Families Disappeared: Camp Shvesters

When they lost family members during the Holocaust, many Jewish women and girls formed substitute “families” with other women. These sisterhoods...