{"title": "[In Chinese] 725 Salon: Xu Jilin", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Asia Society", "address": "Park Avenue 725, 10021 New York", "price": "$20 members / $30 nonmembers", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://join.asiasociety.org/orders/513/tickets?cdEventIds=6ad11a6213e5a134f0e71f6a&date=2026-11-09T18:30:00-05:00&eventId=6ad11a6213e5a134f0e71f6a", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "An in-person salon in Chinese, with AI-translated English subtitles, in which historian Xu Jilin traces the intellectual transformations and historical experiences of Chinese intellectuals from the late Qing dynasty and the May Fourth Movement to the present day. Drawing on his own liberal perspective, Professor Xu revisits a century of Enlightenment ideals, intellectual debates, and historical choices, and explores intellectuals' place and responsibilities today. Xu Jilin is a Zijiang Scholar and Professor of History at East China Normal University and Deputy Director of its Institute of Modern Chinese Thought and Culture. The salon is moderated by Ouyang Bin, Associate Director for China Programs at the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, and is presented by the Asia Society.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/in-chinese-725-salon-xu-jilin-51120/", "official_url": "https://asiasociety.org/center-us-china-relations/events/chinese-725-salon-xu-jilin", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0af24d5dab9fbd5c02fc665a6419acef5d2ce8f07f08c27bf130eb8a2696f05a-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Asia Society", "address": "Park Avenue 725, 10021 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Carved in Stone, Carried Across Deserts: Migration, Cultural Exchange, and the Art of the Silk Road", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Asia Society", "address": "Park Avenue 725, 10021 New York", "price": "$20 Members, $30 Nonmembers", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://join.asiasociety.org/orders/513/tickets?cdEventIds=6a7a14f5b991545cc04f4acd&date=2026-11-05T18:30:00-05:00&eventId=6a7a14f5b991545cc04f4acd", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/art-history", "history/middle-ages"], "description": "A book conversation on migration, cultural exchange, and visual art along the Silk Road, part of Asia Society's Museum Salon Series. 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Drawing on stone sarcophagi excavated in recent decades, the book reconstructs the lives of elite Sogdian immigrants in sixth-century China, whose merchant communities dominated the Silk Road trade from the third to the ninth century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/carved-in-stone-carried-across-deserts-migration-cultural-ex-51117/", "official_url": "https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/carved-stone-carried-across-deserts-migration-cultural-exchange-and-art-silk-road", "image": "https://noky.io/images/84c2d72f0bbbb9533791805915f9f6d6229a067878707936ca6f9659d897ec1d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Colloquy", "start": "2026-11-08T09:45:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T10:45:00-05:00", "place": "New York Society for Ethical Culture Hall", "address": "West 64th Street 2, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/spirituality"], "description": "Colloquy is a contemplative gathering at which participants share their individual reflections on a chosen topic presented through parables, quotes and poems. It is led and moderated by Dr. Richard Koral. There are no right or wrong answers and no debate, only personal responses shared in a contemplative atmosphere.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/colloquy-54362/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d167fecd7aa181c4243f8ed147d9c2c645b411d51a79e9f1cfd941ce2f771856-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Adrift in the South: China's Migrant Literature", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T20:00:00-04:00", "place": "Asia Society", "address": "Park Avenue 725, 10021 New York", "price": "$30 nonmember / $20 member", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://join.asiasociety.org/orders/513/tickets?cdEventIds=6a7b72b70558251e70535d86&date=2026-10-30T18:30:00-04:00&eventId=6a7b72b70558251e70535d86", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/migration", "literature"], "description": "A book talk on the rise of China's migrant worker literature, in conversation. It features Xiao Hai, author of \"Adrift in the South\" (Granta, 2026), an autobiographical account of his 23 years as a migrant laborer in 17 jobs across seven Chinese cities, alongside its translator Tony Hao, with discussion moderated by Alec Ash, Editor of China Books Review, which presents the event. Copies of the book will be on sale, with the author available to sign them.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/adrift-in-the-south-chinas-migrant-literature-51112/", "official_url": "https://asiasociety.org/center-us-china-relations/events/adrift-south-chinas-migrant-literature", "image": "https://noky.io/images/afb5c814dbd2293e52a7eaacda07ea7703ebfbbb97f970eb057376a966433c00-600.webp"}]}