upcoming events

If you are interested in Adam Brookes giving a presentation at your institution, college or school, coming to your bookshop, or joining your book club by Zoom, just let us know via the contact form.


May 2024

May 6 | Details to Follow

Event at Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada


January 2024

January 10, 6:30PM EST | In Person

The China Institute in New York hosts “Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China’s Forbidden City”
Details: https://chinainstitute.org/events/fragile-cargo-the-world-war-ii-race-to-save-the-treasures-of-chinas-forbidden-city/


february 2023

february 22, 7pm EST | virtual

Atlanta History Center virtual event.
Details: https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/adam-brookes/

February 16, 7pm US EST | virtual

“An Evening with Journalist Adam Brookes, Author of Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City”, hosted by the Hudson Library and Historical Society
Details: https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=3850&EventID=482963&PK=

February 15, 7pm US EST | In Person

Politics and Prose event “Adam Brookes — Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City, Washington, DC”, moderated by Mei Fong, Chief Communications Officer at Human Rights Watch
Details: https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/adam-brookes-fragile-cargo-world-war-ii-race-to-save-treasures-of-chinas-forbidden-city

february 10-22 | in person

University of California, Irvine

february 7 | in person and virtual

University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies


january 2023

january 21 | In person and virtual

Event at University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies


December 2022

December 2 | POdcast

New Books Network podcast series “New Books in East Asian Studies” with host Ed Pulford, an anthropologist and lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester.


OCTOBER 2022

october 14 | virtual event

University of Connecticut remote event.


SEPTEMBER 2022

SEPTEMBER 22 | VIRTUAL EVENT

Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai remote event.

SEptember 7 | VIRTUAL EVENT

"Fragile Cargo", featuring author Adam Brookes and moderator Paul French for the Royal Asiatic Society Beijing


August 2022 

August 22, 5pm | Oxford, UK & Streaming

"The Forbidden City at War: The WWII Voyage of the Imperial Collections and the Origins of Taiwan's National Palace Museum."
Streaming online and in person at The Oxford Centre for Asian Archeology, Art and Culture, Maplethorpe Hall, St. Hugh's College, St Margaret's Road, Oxford OX2 6LE, UK
To register, email anke.hein at arch.ox.ac.uk