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