Tag: talks-readings
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...
Lunch and Learn: A Mandarin Read-Aloud Cultural Series
Learn and practice Mandarin, while engaging with Chinese literature, poetry, history and more with fellow enthusiasts. Participants will enjoy live,...
Behind The Spectacle: Jews, Circuses, And Nazi Germany
Circuses were a popular form of entertainment in Nazi Germany and across Europe in the decades leading up to World War II. Jewish circus artists...
Getting to Zero: Can the U.S. and China Save the Planet?
China and the U.S. are the two greatest emitters of carbon, so their environmental and economic policies have the power to either save or destroy the...
Legacies: Daniel Libeskind
An international figure in architecture and urban design, Daniel Libeskind is renowned for his ability to evoke cultural memory in buildings. His...
