Tag: talks-readings

A Conversation with Peter Cohen and Bob Pisani

A Conversation with Peter Cohen and Bob Pisani

Online lunchtime program with Wall Street legend Peter Cohen, in an interview with CNBC Senior Markets Correspondent Bob Pisani. From leading a...

Pieces of China:  Aurelia Campbell on What the Yongle Emperor Built

Pieces of China: Aurelia Campbell on What the Yongle Emperor Built

One of the most famous rulers in Chinese history, the Yongle emperor (r. 1402–24) gained renown for constructing Beijing’s Forbidden City,...

China’s Financial Opening: The New Horizon for Global Companies

China’s Financial Opening: The New Horizon for Global Companies

A year since China opened up its financial markets on paper, have foreign firms been able to grab a bigger slice of its $48 trillion financial sector...

New Beginnings: Jewish Refugees After The Holocaust

New Beginnings: Jewish Refugees After The Holocaust

At the conclusion of World War II, there were millions of refugees in Europe, including many Holocaust survivors who refused to go home or had no...

The Primacy of Petronas Towers: Supertalls Go Global

The Primacy of Petronas Towers: Supertalls Go Global

Skyscraper Museum webinar. In 1998 the twin Petronas Towers in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur took the title of "world's tallest building"...

STEM Supremes: In Conversation with Rebecca Oppenheimer

STEM Supremes: In Conversation with Rebecca Oppenheimer

STEM Supremes is a series of conversations with leading women in science and tech exploring their careers, discoveries, insights, and what they see...

This is Not a Small Voice: An Evening of Poetry as Celebration

This is Not a Small Voice: An Evening of Poetry as Celebration

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting hosts a reading with poets Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Sonia Sanchez, and Aracelis Girmay, among others. RSVP to...

“The Ravine” Book Talk With Wendy Lower And Paul Salmons

“The Ravine” Book Talk With Wendy Lower And Paul Salmons

In 2009, Dr. Wendy Lower, the acclaimed author of Hitler’s Furies and chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Academic Council,...

Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen: Featuring Guest Sculptor Vinnie Bagwell

Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen: Featuring Guest Sculptor Vinnie Bagwell

Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves but about...

Exploring Neuroscience And The Legacy Of The Holocaust

Exploring Neuroscience And The Legacy Of The Holocaust

Neuroscientist Dr. Daniela Schiller, who leads the Affective Neuroscience Lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has spent years exploring...

Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty

Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty

During the summer of 1776, patriots worked frantically to head off a British invasion from Canada. Their effort culminated in a wild three-day naval...

Stories Survive: Manfred Ohrenstein

Stories Survive: Manfred Ohrenstein

Manfred Ohrenstein was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1925. He grew up under increasingly restrictive Nazi rules, holding his Bar Mitzvah at age 13 on...