Upcoming Events

Past Events


Thursday, February 19, 2009

12 noon talk and booksigning
"Siren or Stateswoman: Reconsidering the Ambiguous Legacy of Madame Chiang Kai-shek"
University Club
Hosted by the US-China Institute
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Contact: 213-821-4382 or uschina@​usc.edu


Wednesday, November 19, 2008

12:30 pm talk & booksigning
Asia Society and
Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact: YuChin Peng, tel 202-833-2742


Friday, November 14, 2008

3 pm talk and booksigning
Ben Cherrington Hall, Room 201
Center for China-US Cooperation
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
University of Denver
2201 S. Gaylord St.
Denver, Colorado
www.du.edu/​korbel/​china
Contact: Yvette Peterson, tel 303-871-4474
or email ccusc@​du.edu


Thursday, November 13, 2008

6 pm talk and booksigning
Boston University
Hosted by the World Affairs Forum
College of General Studies
871 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
Contact: Prof. Shelley Drake Hawks
Tel 617-353-5868


Thursday, November 13, 2008

12:15 Luncheon Seminar
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Harvard College
CGIS Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S153
Cambridge, MA
Contact: Merle Goldman, tel 617-495-4570


Thursday, November 6, 2008

7 pm talk and booksigning
The General George C. Marshall International Center at Dodona Manor
217 Edwards Ferry Road
Leesburg, Virginia
Tel 703-777-1880
www.georgecmarshall.org


Thursday, April 17, 2008

6:15 talk and booksigning
American Association of University Women
111 East 37th Street (between Lexington and Park Avenues)
New York
Contact: Julie Harrison Kleszczewski, 212-677-3666


Thursday, March 27, 2008

4 pm talk and booksigning
Shuang Wen School
327 Cherry Street
New York, New York


Tuesday, March 25, 2008

5 pm talk and booksigning
George C. Marshall Foundation
Lexington, Virginia
Contact: Joanne Hartog, tel (540) 463-7103 ext 130
Hartogjd@​marshallfoundation.org


Thursday, March 20, 2008

12:30 pm talk and booksigning
Baruch College
Room 7-150
Hosted by the History and Women's Studies Departments
Contact Katherine_Pence@​baruch.cuny.edu or tel 646-312-4332


March 3-15, 2008

The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival
The Shanghai International Literary Festival

Thursday, March 6, 2008

4 pm "A Revealed Life" - workshop
The Fringe Theatre
Hong Kong

Friday, March 7, 2008

6 pm Book talk and signing
"Madame Chiang Kai-shek: Dragon Lady or China's Joan of Arc?"
Presented by the Royal Asiatic Society
The Helena May, Garden Room, Hong Kong
Contact: Geoff Emerson, Tel 852 2550 4374 or email emerson@​netvigator.com

Saturday, March 8, 2008

3 pm "Chinese History: From the Terracotta Army to the Dragon Lady"
Talk, with author John Man
Crown Wine Cellars
www.crownwinecellars.com
Hong Kong

Thursday, March 13, 2008

12:30 pm talk and booksigning
The Glamour Bar
20 Guangdong Road
Shanghai


Sunday, October 7, 2007

12 noon luncheon & book talk
Mei Hua Society
Players Club
16 Gramercy Park South (at Irving Place)
New York
Contact: 212-475-6116


August 7-24, 2007

Asia Book Tour
Various book events in Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Beijing.


Thursday, August 23, 2007

7:30 pm talk & booksigning
The Bookworm
Yard 4, Sanlitun South Road,
Chaoyang District, Beijing
www.chinabookworm.com
Contact: Jenny Niven, bookwormjenny@​gmail.com or tel: 65869507


Tuesday, August 21, 2007

10:45 am talk & booksigning luncheon
Shanghai Expatriate Association
Laris Restaurant
3 on the Bund, Shanghai
Contact: seashanghai@​yahoo.com
www.seashanghai.org


Sunday, August 19, 2007

4 pm talk & booksigning
Glamour Bar
6/​F, No. 5 The Bund (corner 20 Guangdong Road)
Shanghai
Tel: 6350 9988 or info@​m-theglamourbar.com
www.m-restaurantgroup.com
Contact: Tina Kanagaratnam, AsiaMedia Limited
Tel: 3368 0055 or tmk@​asiamedia.net


Friday, August 17, 2007

6:30 pm talk & booksigning
Kinokuniya Bookstores
Singapore


Friday, August 17, 2007

2:30 pm talk & booksigning
National University of Singapore
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences


Tuesday, August 14, 2007

12:30 pm luncheon followed by talk
Foreign Correspondents' Club
2 Lower Albert Road
Central, Hong Kong
Contact: Tel 852 2521 1511 email banquet@​fcc.hk.org


Monday, August 13, 2007

6:30 pm talk & booksigning/​reception
Asia Society Hong Kong
The Helena May, Green Room, 35 Garden Road
Central, Hong Kong
Contact: Winsome Tam, tel (852) 2103-9504 or wtam@​asiasoc.org


Friday, August 10, 2007

12 noon Luncheon talk & booksigning
American Chamber of Commerce
Howard Plaza Hotel, Banquet Room (B2)
No. 160 Ren Ai Rd., Sec. 3
Taipei


Thursday, August 9, 2007

6:30 pm Dinner talk & booksigning
Rotary Club of Taipei
Caesar Park Hotel (formerly Taipei Hilton)
Dynasty Ballroom 3rd Floor
Contact: Doris Liu, rotary.taipei@​msa.hinet.net


Friday, August 3, 2007

6 pm Booksigning
Hotchkiss Library
On the Green
Sharon, Connecticut
860-364-5041
www.hotchkisslibrary.org


Saturday, May 12, 2007

2 pm talk & booksigning
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, New York
Contact: Jianglin Li
Jianglin.LI@​QueensLibrary.org


Saturday, May 5, 2007

6 pm talk & booksigning
Hunt Memorial Library
63 Main St
Falls Village, Connecticut
Contact: Erica Joncyk 860-824-7424


Monday, April 30, 2007

6 pm talk and booksigning
World Affairs Council
San Francisco
www.itsyourworld.org


Sunday, April 29, 2007

10:30 am Sunday April 29, panel discussion on biography
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
www.latimes.com/​extras/​festivalofbooks/​


Saturday, April 28, 2007

2 pm talk and booksigning
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
411 Bernard St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.chssc.org
Contact: George Yin 323-333-5534


Thursday, April 26, 2007

11 am-2 pm Luncheon talk & booksigning
American Association of University Women (New Canaan)
Woodway Country Club
Darien, Connecticut
Contact: Pam Molenaar 203-966-7372


Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Luncheon talk and booksigning
East Hill Woods
611 East Hill Road
Southbury, Connecticut
Contact: Beverly Zarin, tel 203-262-1679 or bevzar@​yahoo.com


Saturday, April 21, 2006

4 pm talk & booksigning
Cornwall Free Library
30 Pine Street
Cornwall, Connecticut
www.biblio.org/​cornwall
Tel 860-672-6874


Friday, April 20, 2007

2 pm talk and booksigning
Simmons College
Asian Students Association
Boston, Massachusetts
http:/​/​web.simmons.edu/​~asa/​
Contact: Wei Wong, wei.wong@​simmons.edu


Wednesday, April 18, 2007

6:30-8 pm Panel Discussion: "Power, Desire, and Woman in the Asian Diaspora: Madame Chiang Kai-shek Reconsidered"
Hosted by the India China Institute at The New School
66 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
www.indiachina.newschool.edu


Wednesday, March 21, 2007

6:30 pm talk and booksigning
Wesleyan College
Candler Alumnae Building
Macon, Georgia
Contact: Susan Welsh tel 478-757-5137


Thursday, March 15, 2007

7 pm talk & booksigning
Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South Street
Litchfield, Connecticut
Tel 860-567-8030
www.owlibrary.org


Thursday, December 14, 2006

12 pm Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC
FM 93.9 /​ AM 820
Listen to podcast at
www.wnyc.org/​shows/​lopate/​episodes/​2006/​12/​14


Tuesday, October 17, 2006

7 pm Reading & Booksigning
Wellesley Booksmith
Wellesley, Massachusetts
http:/​/​www.brooklinebooksmith.com/​events/​wellesleyevents.htm


Monday, October 16, 2006

1:15 pm talk & booksigning
Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut
http:/​/​aspen.conncoll.edu/​news/​2750.cfm


Saturday, October 14, 2006

2-3:30 pm Booksigning
Hickory Stick Bookshop
Washington Depot, Connecticut
www.hickorystickbookshop.com
Tel: 860-868-0525


Thursday, October 12, 2006

6-8 pm Book Launch Party -- open to the public
Book sales & signing
The Puffin Room (www.puffinroom.org)
435 Broome Street
New York City
(in Soho between Broadway and Crosby Street)


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