Heaven and earth are useless/tidying up
Kant discussed beauty as a symbol of morality
When: Friday, June 4 at 15:30
Venue: Tencent Conference (ID: 795555703)
Speaker: Zhou HuangZhengmi (Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Beijing Normal University)
If there is a certain tension between the two important tasks of the Critique of Judgment—the demonstration of aesthetic self-discipline and the systematic construction of connecting theoretical and practical philosophy—then the proposition of "beauty as a symbol of virtue" is precisely above the node of this tension. On the one hand, the symbolism of beauty must be premised on aesthetic self-discipline; on the other hand, through symbolism, beauty becomes one of the important ways of transition from nature to freedom. This lecture will first clarify the basic meaning of the word "symbol" in Kant's philosophy (perceptual display of ideas) and the way it works (analogy to the rules of reflection); secondly, to determine the philosophical connotation of "beauty is a symbol of virtue"—aesthetic reflection is similar not only to its purity (negative freedom) without perceptual concerns, but also to the inner structure of the subject in moral intentions in terms of its initiative to judge self-legislation (positive freedom). Finally, the role of this proposition in Kant's philosophical system is explained: through formal symbolic relations, beauty and morality not only promote each other in the sense of empirical anthropology, but also, on a priori level, beauty can look forward to what is known, as a transition from nature to freedom.
Homecoming and Leaving Home – Ulysses's Modern Fable
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 18:30-20:30
Venue: Tencent Conference (ID: 5978069090), Bilibili Renaissance and Modern Philosophy
Speaker: Wu Gongqing (Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Chinese Min University)
Dante rewrote the life of Ulysses in the twenty-sixth song of Hell, portraying and foreshadowing the image of a modern man. Ulysses' enthusiasm made him not satisfied with the sense of security of returning home, but longed to leave home and learn, explore and experience the unknown world, even if it was sin and danger. Dante, while admiring Ulysses's impulse to leave home, and worried about the radical modernity that he exudes, arranged a tragic fate for him. This rewriting of Dante not only shows the expectations and fears of medieval people for modern consciousness, but also reflects the general anxiety of Western thought on family issues.
The child's heart is poetry - retain poetry, retain imagination
When: Saturday, June 5 at 19:00
Location: Beijing News APP, Bilibili, Sina Weibo, Kuaishou, Douyin, etc
Guests: Shu Cai (poet, French translator), Lan Lan (poet)
Why do children's poems always touch the hearts of adults? Is every child a natural poet? How can writing poetry inspire children's imaginations? As children grow older, will the imagination of writing poetry diminish? Is there a way to keep the imagination of children alive? How do we enter the inner world of children through children's poetry? On June 5th, poets Shucai, Lanlan and the host Chang Li visited the Beijing News Book Review Weekly Cultural Living Room, and together with us, we went to the hearts of children through children's poems.
Love and Holy Love: The Dual Dimension in the Philosophy of Pico Mirandola
Time: June 6 (Sunday) 18:30-20:30
Speaker: Wu Gongqing (Associate Professor, Chinese Min University)
As a representative philosopher of the Renaissance, Picola's ideas have both the color of classical philosophy and the distinctive characteristics of medieval philosophy. On the theme of love: on the one hand, Pico followed the Platonic tradition and strongly emphasized the stimulation of love on man; on the other hand, he highly affirmed god's grace and advocated the calling and elevation of holy love to man. The two dimensions of love and holy love, in the case of Pico Mirandola, strike a perfect balance and together paint a picture of the era of Christian humanism.
Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: An Interpretation of Ted Ginger's Life Cycle of the Software Body
Time: June 9 (Wednesday) 10:00-11:30
Venue: ZOOM Conference
Speaker: Thomas G Dietterich (Professor of Computer Science, Oregon State University, USA)
Based on Ted Ginger's novel The Life Cycle of the Software Body, this lecture will discuss the philosophical and engineering questions raised in the story. At a philosophical level, we will explore the following question: Can humans create digitally conscious beings? Under what circumstances will they be held accountable for their actions? Can humans love non-human beings? At an engineering level, we'll discuss two perspectives on AI that are covered in the story: superhuman AI and human-level AI, and other visions for AI. Finally, the feasibility of the various AI that appears in the story will be assessed and linked to the latest advances in the field of AI research and development.
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Beijing | as a History of Official Revision as a System, Documentation, and History: A Study Session on the Operation and Evolution of the Medieval Official Revision History System
When: June 5 (Sat) 9:00
Venue: Conference Room 208, Jingyuan Second Courtyard, Peking University, No. 5 Summer Palace Road, Haidian District
Speaker: Nie Qinmeng (Lecturer, School of History, Capital Normal University)
Since the Han and Wei dynasties, historiography has been independent, and the prosperity of the types and number of history books between the Han and Tang dynasties and the development of private historiography have attracted wide attention. However, even privately written history books, if the dynasty is the object of the record, must contain an official element. "The Operation and Evolution of the Medieval Official Revision History System" avoids the perspective of the opposition between official revision and private writing, and notes that the official regular revision system has transformed the general environment for the compilation of dynastic history, and has also changed the genre of chronicle history. The concept of "official revision history system" proposed in the book refers to a set of mechanisms for collecting, sorting, and compiling materials guaranteed by the system and the setting up of relevant officials. During the Han and Wei dynasties, the official revision history system of the central organs gradually institutionalized and habitually institutionalized the relationship between government affairs and documents and history compilation. This book examines this from two perspectives: first, in the cross-section of the history of the chronicle, it explores how the genre template and the historical source are adapted to each other, and discusses the linkage between the biography of the Four Yi States, the biography of Xiaoyi, the biography of the general ministers and related government affairs; the second is to examine the development of the vertical process of processing and compiling historical materials, discuss the revision of history between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Liu Song, the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Wei, and observe the compilation process of the history book with the participation of chronicles and chronicles. In terms of research methods, this book combines history and philology, not only paying attention to the records of historical events and systems in the revision of history throughout the ages, but also attaching importance to the analysis of the structure, style, historical source, and adaptation process of historical texts, which corroborate each other and are unique. This event will focus on the book "The Operation and Evolution of the Medieval Official Revision History System".
Do the children of Beijing | Xueba have to be Xueba? ——"Igniting the Inner Drive of Children" Parenting Sharing Meeting for Peking University Parents
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 15:00-17:00
Venue: SKP RENDEZ-VOUS, 4th Floor, Beijing SKP Shopping Center, No. 87 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District
Guests: Yu Tianhong (MBA, Bachelor of Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University), Huang Senlei (Bachelor of Political Science and Administration, Tsinghua University, EMBA), Cui Jing (MBA of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University), Yang Molin (Graduate of Experimental High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University, Preparatory Student of Sciences Po)
The hit drama "Little Shed" has caused a lot of hot discussion, some people say that this is a "contraceptive drama", and some people say that this is "the truth of the world". Is there no other way for children to grow up healthy and happy? Is it true that every Buddhist parent only has one way to "not talk about learning motherly kindness and filial piety, tutoring homework chicken flying dog jump"? Those parents, how do they educate their children? Is the child of the bully a bully necessarily a bully? On June 5th, Yu Tianhong, Cui Jing, Huang Senlei and other Peking University alumni authors, as well as Peking University second-generation author Yang Molin, shared how to ignite the child's internal drive at SKP in Beijing.
Beijing | the great god of life, Saint-Sang, was always childlike
Location: SKP RENDEZ-VOUS, Beijing SKP-S2nd Floor, No. 86 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District
Speaker: Liu Xuefeng (Music Critic and Cultural Scholar)
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the death of French composer Saint-Saën. Saint-Saën has always been underestimated by the public, and he has been a talented prodigy since childhood. Not only is he a genius, But Saint-Saën is also a childlike old boy, and the animal kingdom and Greek mythology in his score are simply the most beautiful musical feast for children who are born with animals and myths and legends, as well as for children who "don't want to grow up". On June 5th, at the beginning of this sunny and lovely early June, we invite the famous music critic and researcher Mr. Liu Xuefeng to be a guest of SKP-S, and will take you to listen to the Greek myths of Grandpa Saint-Saôn and the Carnival of Animals!
Beijing | time will be old, and warmth will always exist - Zhou Daxin's "Dark Is Slow" English new book sharing meeting
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 17:00-19:00
Location: Chaoyang Joy City 5F one-way space, No. 101 Chaoyang North Road, Chaoyang District
Guests: Zhou Daxin (writer), Hu Ping (critic, writer, researcher), Xue Xinran (writer, host, reporter), James Trapp (translator)
When aging inevitably comes, how should we confront it? Do you hate it, or do you embrace it calmly? When we carry the hopes, glory, and burdens of life all the way from youth to old age, but find that we will face loneliness or even abandonment, how should we live with ourselves? When the health, wealth, and status that were once held in our hands are lost from between our fingers like fine sand, how can we confirm the meaning of life? Zhou Daxin's "Dark Is Slow" is a novel that deeply explores and reflects on the truth of aging in life. In May 2021, British publisher Sinoist Books translated "It's Dark Slow" into English and introduced it to the English-speaking world. On June 5th, let's meet in one-way space, talk to writers Zhou Daxin and Hu Ping, and at the same time connect with Chinese writers in the UK and translator James Trapp to face the truth of an aging society.
Beijing | City Annual Ring Painting: Resurrecting Shanghai in All Eras - Yu Feng's "Hollyhocks 1987" Sharing Session
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 19:00-21:00
Guests: Shi Yifeng (writer), Cong Zhichen (critic), Yu Feng (writer)
The novel "Hollyhocks 1987" is a literary retrospective and reconstruction of Shanghai in the 1980s. Through the emotional entanglement of a boy and a Shanghai woman with different family backgrounds, the novel skillfully weaves a picture of Shanghai full of the flavor of the times. On June 5th, writer Shi Yifeng, critic Cong Zhichen and "Hollyhock 1987" author Yu Feng will visit the Beijing SKP to talk to readers about the Story of Shanghai in our time.
Beijing | people are the details and carriers of history - the readers' meeting of the famous writer Liu Qingbang's "Uncle Tang"
Time: June 6 (Sunday) 14:30-16:00
Location: Lecture Hall on the third floor of the First Library of Dongcheng District, No. 85 East Avenue, Jiaodaokou, Dongcheng District
Speaker: Liu Qingbang (Writer)
The latest novel ,"Uncle Tang" is the famous writer Liu Qingbang's excavation of his own rural memories, telling the life stories of the writer's fourteen cousins in twelve chapters. On the afternoon of June 6, writer Liu Qingbang and writer and editor Han Xiaozheng will visit the First Library in Dongcheng District to talk about the characters and details in the novel...
Beijing | pay tribute to Everest's new heights
Time: June 6 (Sunday) 19:00-21:00
Guests: Zhang Weiying (Professor, Economist, National Institute of Development Studies, Peking University), Yu Minhong (Chairman of New Oriental Education Group), Huang Nubo (Founder of Zhongkun Group), Song Qiang (President of China Publishing, Media And Business)
After ten years of tempering, Huang Nubo presented his new work to the world's highest peak - "Everest Conch", a masterpiece that integrates multiple elements such as polar peak exploration, commercial sea floating and sinking, and emotional entanglement. On June 6th, we invited Zhang Weiying, a famous economist at Peking University, Yu Minhong, chairman of New Oriental Education Group, Huang Nubo, founder of Zhongkun Group, and Song Qiang, president of China Publishing, Media Business and Newspaper and Beijing Gold Medal Reading Promoter, to be guests of Beijing SKP to experience the indomitable spiritual temperament of the protagonist of "Everest Conch" and the thrilling legend of struggle.
Beijing | Liang Qichao returned to China in 1912 and fought with the people.com
Time: June 8 (Tuesday) 19:00-21:00
Location: Room 1106, Wenhua Building East, Central University for Nationalities, No. 27 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District
Speaker: Gao Xiangyu (Lecturer, School of Humanities, China University of Political Science and Law)
On October 8, 1912, Liang Qichao ended his exile overseas for more than ten years, returned from Japan and arrived in Tianjin, and from October 20 to November 1, he visited Beijing at the invitation of Yuan Shikai, which became a sensational major event in the political history of the Early Ming Dynasty, which could provide an entry point for judging the changes in the relations between various factions in the Early Ming Dynasty. Before and after this, the republican party, the unification party, the democratic party, the moderate faction of the Kuomintang, the radical faction of the Kuomintang and other political forces have appeared one after another and launched competitions and games, which not only highlights the changes in the power pattern between the north and the south, the division and dissociation of party factions, but also metaphorically describes the trend of the political situation in the early Minchu.
Shanghai | poetry, riding on the wings of song: a long talk about German and Austrian classical music and literature
Time: June 4 (Friday) 19:00-21:00
Location: Shanghai Pudong Library Rong Study Room, 3rd Floor, No. 150 Pucheng Road, Pudong New Area
Speaker: Jiang Linjing (Associate Professor, Department of German Language and Literature, Fudan University)
The vibrant German language scene of the 18th and 19th centuries provided Romantic musicians with an inexhaustible supply of literary material, and the "kunstlied" (art songs) of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and others made this musical form the pinnacle of poetic and musical combination in the 19th century, radiating the most dazzling brilliance. At the same time, medieval literature, which had re-emerged on the stage of German literature, provided fodder for Wagner's operas. While Romantic literature was in decline, the flame of romance continued to shine in the field of music, even extending into the 20th century. On Friday night, Jiang Linjing, Ph.D. in German Literature at Heidelberg University and Associate Professor of the Department of German Language and Literature at Fudan University, will visit the Lujiazui Book Club to explore how words and musical notes can be used to demonize each other in German-Austrian culture through the cross-section of "combining poetry and music".
Shanghai | when the cuckoo cries summer solstice - "Birdsong Season" reading sharing meeting
Location: Sinan Bookstore, No. 517 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District
Speaker: Wang Ximin (Director of Science Popularization Department of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden)
"Birdsong Season" is a home bird watching guide that scans the code to listen to birdsong. Why did the ancient Greeks call the common kingfisher "wave quiet bird"? Do all the swans in England belong to the Queen? Is the bird in "To Kill a Mockingbird" a "mockingbird"? These questions can be found in "Birdsong Season". On the evening of June 4th, Wang Ximin, director of the Science Popularization Department of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, will visit Sinan Bookstore to take you to open books, listen to summer birdsong in your busy life, and rebuild your connection with nature.
Shanghai | the 5th Graphic Novel Festival
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 13:00-18:15
Venue: Multimedia Room on the first floor of Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, Building 3, Jing'an Xinyefang, No. 210 Wenshui Road, Jing'an District
Guests: Erois Motterrault (Editor), Chang Jin (Comic Producer, Book Publisher), François Le Besskong (Editor-in-Chief of Dagao Press France), Lao Ge (Illustrator, Creator of Graphic Novels and Picture Books), Ricard Ifa (Cartoonist), Li Kunwu (Graphic Novelist), Li Yishan (Cartoonist), Rohen Duvert (Film and Television Copyright Manager of Group), Lu Junjun (Book Editor), Mathieu Bourne (Cartoonist), Apostle (Landscape Architect, Cartoonist), Wang Shuo (Lecturer of Comics at Beijing Film Academy), Yang Zhongwei (Cartoonist)
In France, comics are known as the "Ninth Art". In just a few years, the "Ninth Art" has conquered many Chinese readers. French comics, European comics, or graphic novels, are accomplished at both the level of painting and narrative, and they are not only for entertainment, but also to satisfy the reader's higher aesthetic taste. The fifth image novel festival will be launched nationwide from May 29 to June 13, 2021, on the afternoon of June 5, the first event of Shanghai Station, more than ten heavyweight graphic novel authors and industry guests in the field of Chinese and French comics will gather at minsheng Art Museum to lead the audience to talk about the unique charm of comic art in the form of three theme dialogues, decipher the story behind the image novel, and start a different kind of reading journey!
Shanghai | racing against the virus - "Epidemiological Investigation Bureau" book club
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 13:45-15:40
Venue: Aslan Light Space Bo Pu Library, Building 4, No. 2100 Yanggao High School Road, Pudong New Area
Guests: Wang Xinyu (Executive Director of department of infectious diseases, Pudong Branch of Huashan Hospital), Jian Chen (founder and CEO of Trade Winds Technology)
As long as there is an epidemic, who is the group of people who never leave work? Guys who make trouble from the microscopic world, how much do we know about it? In the face of infectious diseases that can never be shaken off, why can human beings win again and again? What preparations have humanity made to go to war with the virus? Wang Xinyu, deputy chief physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases of Huashan Hospital, and Dr. Chen Jian, founder of Trade Winds Technology, talked with you about the secret of humanity's victory over the virus.
Shanghai | the Spread of Early 20th Century Doctrine in Jiangnan (1902-1925)
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 14:00-16:00
Location: Hongkou District Fair Road No. 18, Building 8 Jiayu Building on the first floor of the 4th floor biography library of the Investment Bookstore
Speaker: Qu Jun (Deputy Director, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Department of History, East China Normal University)
How did the small and medium-sized readers in the Jiangnan region come into contact with doctrine and join the practice of revolutionary action, opening up a new situation in China? On June 5th, the closing lecture of "Jiantou Reading Club • Rising tide in Shanghai" will explore this issue. We invited Qu Jun, deputy director and professor of the Department of History of East China Normal University and doctoral supervisor, to visit The Pujiangdian of Jiantou Bookstore and Shanghai to delve into the spread process of socialism, especially socialism, in the Jiangnan region from 1902 to 1925, and on this basis, to explore the mechanism of the spread of doctrine in the Jiangnan region, analyze the regional characteristics of the Chinese revolution in the past 20 years, and the internal reasons for the "sinicization" of Marxism.
Shanghai | the Secret Hearts of Overseas Chinese: "Mr. Almighty Tan Tan" New Book Launch and Sharing Session
Venue: Sinan Literature House, No. 505 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District
Guests: Zhang Guanren (Novelist Producer), Lu Nei (Writer), Zhou Jianning (Writer), Meng Xiaoshu (Literary Editor), Zhan Yubing (Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chinese, Fudan University)
Young novelist Zhang Guanren's novel "Mr. Almighty Tantan", which can be called a contemporary version of "The Count of Monte Cristo", revolves around the mystery of the identity of Mr. Almighty Mr. Tan, opening up a true representation of the picture of overseas Chinese life: London in a foreign country, two eras of international students; and a mysterious Mr. Ten thousand Mr. Tan to form the AB side of the story. The author uses rigorous and exquisite structure, refined and neat language, and weaves a big web of stories to keep the reader tightly. Who is Mr. Universal? What kind of connection is there between the two generations of international students? Where will the fate of all people end up?
Shanghai | this era, why do we still read the "Naked Ape Trilogy" - "Naked Ape Trilogy" new book sharing session
Venue: Duoyun College, 52nd Floor, Shanghai Tower, 501 Yincheng Middle Road, Pudong New Area
Guests: He Xin (Associate Researcher, Shanghai Museum of Natural History), Tang Cheng (Popular Science Writer, Ph.D., Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
In 2012, New Scientist selected the top ten popular science books that helped change the world, and the sixth book was Naked Ape. The author of such a masterpiece is the famous British zoologist, biological anthropologist, and biological evolution science writer Desmond Morris. In April 2021, the 50th anniversary edition of Naked Ape was published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House, and the other two books of the Naked Ape Trilogy, Human Zoo and Intimate Behavior, were also published at the same time. On the afternoon of June 5th, Dr. He Xin, associate researcher of Shanghai Museum of Natural History, and Dr. Tang Cheng, a popular science writer and the well-known knowledge owner of Station B, will be a guest at the flagship store of Duoyun Academy to interpret this classic for readers, look at human behavior from different perspectives, how to face their biological instincts, and trigger deep thinking about the motivations behind these human behaviors, and then re-examine the status of human beings, the relationship between nature and people, and so on.
Shanghai | Mangzhong Yi Poetry Painting Talk and Laughter Have Yellow Horses - "Idle Clouds and Scattered Moons - Huang Azhong's Modern Poetry Selection" New Bookmark Sale
When: June 5 (Sat) 15:00
Venue: Shanghai Hong Kong Sanlian Bookstore, 624 Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District
Guests: Huang Azhong (Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Shanghai University School of Fine Arts), Ma Shanglong (Writer)
"Idle Clouds and Scattered Moons - Selected Modern Poems of Huang Azhong" is a collection of poems and paintings by Huang Azhong, which is mainly composed of poetry and supplemented by representative paintings. On Saturday afternoon, let's walk into the world of poetry and painting with Huang Azhong and Ma Shanglong.
Shanghai | the first lecture of the "Magic Capital and New City" lecture series: The Journey of Finding Roots Together
Venue: Academic Lecture Hall of Shanghai Museum, No. 201 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District
Guests: Chen Jie (Deputy Director and Research Librarian of Shanghai Museum), Xiong Yuezhi (Researcher of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Research Librarian of Shanghai Museum of Culture and History), Chen Jianxun (Director of District and County Research Center of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences)
The construction of the five new cities is the starting point of Shanghai in 2021, and the Shanghai Museum has cooperated with the surging news to hold a series of theme lectures, inviting well-known scholars in the fields of literature, history and social sciences to tell the past, present and future of the five new cities from the starting point of archaeological discoveries, explore the historical context and vicissitudes of Shanghai, explore Shanghai's inclusive, rich and diverse urban genes, and perceive Shanghai's urban spirit and urban character. In the first lecture, we invited three scholars, Chen Jie, Xiong Yuezhi and Chen Jianxun, to talk about the historical changes of the "five new cities" and Shanghai, the character of the city, as well as the focus and international enlightenment of the construction of the new city from the three aspects of archaeology, culture and new city construction.
Shanghai | sinking years, refusing to lie flat: the inspiration of a generation of young people in 1938
Time: June 6 (Sunday) 14:00-16:00
Location: Tsukiya Bookstore, Building 7, Shangsheng New Institute, No. 1262 West Yan'an Road, Changning District
Guests: Tang Xiaobing (Professor, Department of History, East China Normal University), Yan Wu (Media Person), Yang Xiao (Journalist, Writer)
Back in the historical scene, you will find that the Southwest United University, which is known to future generations, is not inevitable, and the students of that year were also anxious, wandering, and confused, how did they finally bid farewell to confusion and embark on the long road to Kunming? "Re-Walking: Searching for southwestern united universities on roads, rivers and postways" is such a non-fiction work that returns to the historical scene and looks for solutions to ideological dilemmas in the walk. Through this new book sharing, we invited Yang Xiao, the author of this book, to chat with historian Tang Xiaobing and veteran media personality Zhang Yanwu, how to cut the thinking of history into the understanding of the current situation. What does good history writing look like? How does it relate to the intrinsic value of our lives, motivating people to move up rather than down? Is the road to youth getting narrower and narrower? And how to go wider and wider? A generation has a generation's historical mission, what is our mission?
Shanghai | Magic Capital Rediscovered - "Follow the Archives to See Shanghai" Reading sharing session
Venue: Activity Hall, 10th Floor, Changning District Library, No. 356 Tianshan Road, Changning District
Guests: Zhang Xin (Research Librarian of Shanghai Archives), Wang Jijie (Researcher of Shanghai Local History, Deputy Director of the Provincial Yearbook Work Department of the Yearbook Research Association of the Chinese Edition Association)
The archives of a city, which seem to be unable to speak, are actually worth a thousand words. It solidifies the memory of the years and preserves the temperature of history. For those who love the city, they can find the changes around them, but the stories behind them may find more answers in the archives. On the afternoon of June 6, Tongji University Press and Changning District Library will jointly hold a reading and sharing session on the rediscovery of the magic capital - "Looking at Shanghai with the Archives". Welcome to the library and discover the cultural DNA and charm of Shanghai's classic buildings and landmarks from the archives.
Shanghai | to trace the glory of ancient oriental civilization - Shocangyuan Exploration
When: 14:00, Sunday, June 6
Venue: Multi-functional hall on the fourth floor of the main entrance of Shanghai Library, No. 1555 Huaihai Middle Road, Xuhui District
Speaker: Han Sheng (Professor, Department of History, Fudan University, Doctoral Supervisor)
Shosoin is a famous institution for overseas collection of Tang Dynasty cultural relics, in this lecture, Professor Han Sheng will lead the audience to explore The Shocang temple, trace the glory of ancient oriental civilization by telling the story behind the cultural relics, and deeply grasp the context of the flow of Eastern and Western cultures.
| Shanghai alive or dead? ------------------------
Time: June 6 (Sunday) 15:00-16:30
Venue: C3 Space, SHANGHAI CULTURE SQUARE, No. 597 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District
Speaker: Ma Shengnan (Film Critic)
June is the season of cinema, and the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival is about to kick off. This issue of ByStage, invited film critic and member of the Shanghai Film Critics Association Ma Shengnan to bring you a multi-country "life" theme of the film and television list, extract the Yoshimitsu Katayu that tells the "beauty of life", tell you the deeper meaning of life, and feel the common thinking of human beings for life in different cultures.
Shanghai | the survival and development of the Soviet Revolution
When: June 6 (Sunday) 18:30
Venue: 57 Wudong Road, Yangpu District, Fudan University Beiyuan Student Life Park, Asian Youth Exchange Center, Qingshuguan, first floor hall
Guests: Huang Daoxuan (Professor, Department of History, Peking University), Jin Guangyao (Professor, Department of History, Fudan University), Li Lifeng (Professor, School of Government and Management, Nanjing University)
After 1927, in the face of the severe political situation, the Communist Party of China actively carried out armed struggle, agrarian revolution and the building of people's power, carried out comprehensive explorations in the aspects of system, road, ideology and theory, and opened up a new road for the Chinese revolution. At this "Lecture and Reading Conference on Party History in the Qingshuguan", we invited Professor Huang Daoxuan of Peking University, Professor Jin Guangyao of Fudan University, and Professor Li Lifeng of Nanjing University, three famous scholars, to gather together to talk about the survival and development of the Soviet Revolution.
Shanghai | the golden age of Asimov and science fiction
When: Thursday, June 10, 18:30
Venue: Shanghai American Center, Room 540, East Peak, Shanghai Centre, No. 1376 Nanjing West Road, Jing'an District
Speaker: Denis Rajic (Diplomat)
In this issue, we will approach the master of science fiction, Isaac Asimov. Arguably, Asimov truly defined the genre of science fiction, and his influence in popular culture continues to this day, not only in the field of contemporary science fiction, but also in other art forms and other fields. From insights into modern technology to inspiration for countless filmmakers and writers, Asimov was one of the most influential and distinguished interdisciplinary scholars of the 20th century. He explores the relationship between humans and robots, opening up philosophical conversations about the ethical principles of robots, including the creation of robots and their potential threats to humans. Asimov published more than 500 works, laying the foundations of modern science fiction. Come and join diplomat Denis Rajic on one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time.
Tianjin | nine songs: "Li Meizhen" novel soundtrack - "Li Meizhen" new book sharing
Time: June 4 (Friday) 19:00-20:30
Location: Sancho Bookstore, No. 35 Changde Road, Heping District
Speaker: Kong Yalei (Writer)
We often listen to movie soundtracks, so, is there a novel soundtrack? Teacher Kong Yalei will share the story and secret of "Li Meizhen" with us in the original voice of nine novels on the spot, share the anxiety and love of a novel creator, and solve the "mystery of self" with him.
Hangzhou | fictional and non-fiction production - "Re-walking: Finding southwest United University on roads, rivers and postways" new book sharing session
Venue: No. 58 Lishui Road, Gongshu District, Yuanyang Leti Port Cultural Experience Area B201 one-way space 3F literary and artistic scene
Guests: Yi Jianfeng (media person), Yang Ying (editor-in-chief of "Bird Literature"), Yang Xiao (reporter, writer)
On the afternoon of June 5th, through "re-walking", we invited Yi Jianfeng, founder of Curiosity Daily, and Yang Ying, founder and editor-in-chief of "Little Bird Literature", as guests of Hangzhou LetiGang Store, to chat with Yang Xiao, author of "Re-Walking: Looking for Southwest United University on Highways, Rivers and Stagecoaches", about "fictional and non-fiction production", to share how to write an observation and a question into a solid book manuscript with flesh and blood; to discuss the difference between feature articles and book manuscripts, and today when social media takes over our lives. What is the value of long-form non-fiction writing? What kind of work is good for non-fiction?
Hangzhou | miracle disappeared where - Donglai "Year of Miracles" new book sharing meeting
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 19:00-20:30
Guests: Dong Lai (writer), Lin Xiaoxiao (teacher of zhejiang university of media and communication), Hu Sang (poet, translator, scholar)
Donglai, the self-proclaimed "wild" author, is still difficult to define and generalize by style and labels, but in this book we can still glimpse a unique novel will that gradually moves toward unity: that is, to fight against the disappearance of existence, to go against a "world that is accelerating", to get involved in everything in the future too quickly, to see how disappearance is transformed into new creation, to see how fragile and precious feelings are continued. On the evening of June 5, poet and translator Hu Sang, translator and literary critic Lin Xiaoxiao, and writer Donglai visited the one-way space Hangzhou Leti Port Store to interpret "The Year of Miracles" and trace where the "miracle" disappeared.
Hangzhou | Heming New Examination: Chronology And Analysis of Expanding The Book
Venue: Lecture Hall on the first floor of the Museum of Art and Archaeology of Zhejiang University, Jiang Dun Road, West Lake District
Speaker: Wang Jiakui (Professor, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
The lecture will focus on the two issues of the age of the crane and the expansion of the book: 1. Starting from the beginning of the Song Dynasty when the fistula crane ming entered the literati's field of vision, reviewing the various opinions of the authors of the relevant era, overturning the habitual cognition of Tao Hongjing as the author, taking a group of mourning crane poems included in the "Songling Collection" as the main clue, confirming that the fistula crane inscription was committed by the late Tang Dynasty Pi Rixiu and his friends, and introducing the research conclusion that "the fistula crane inscription is actually a 'quasi-Pottery Hongjing funeral crane game' performed by Pi Rixiu and others influenced by the 'proposed' in poetry"; 2. Introduce the situation of the fistula crane inscription passed down from generation to generation , questioning the authenticity of the existing "water precursor".
Hangzhou |Chinese: Looking at the Future from History - Ge Jianxiong's "History of the Development of Chinese"
Time: June 6 (Sunday) 14:30-16:30
Speaker: Ge Jianxiong (Senior Professor, Fudan University)
In the book "History of the Development of Chinese", the famous scholar Ge Jianxiong, with his professional historical skills, not only sorted out and elaborated on the phenomena of population changes in China in the past many years, their characteristics and causes, but also discussed the composition, distribution, migration and survey system of China's historical population. On June 6th, Mr. Ge Jianxiong will be a guest of One Direction Space Hangzhou Leti Port Store, and talk to you about the past and future of Chinese.
Nanjing | The Evolution of Postwar Japan-U.S. Relations and Its Impact on East Asia: A Sharing Session on "Showa Wind, Heisei Rain"
Venue: Pioneer Bookstore, No. 173 Guangzhou Road, Gulou District
Guests: Sha Qingqing (Deputy Director of the Historical Documentation Center of Shanghai Library), Lu Dapeng (Translator), Zheng Shiliang (Executive Editor of The Paper, Shanghai Book Review)
Japan-U.S. relations are a very important bilateral relationship in the Asia-Pacific region and the whole world, and in people's daily lives, they can often see some news related to this and diplomatic interaction between Japan and the United States. However, for such a pivotal relationship, we cannot fully understand the origin and development of it. In 2021, Sha Qingqing's new work "Showa Wind, Heisei Rain" was published. This book attempts to connect important people, events, and things in contemporary Japan through those seemingly trivial historical details, and presents the subtle changes in Japan's style and human feelings in the past hundred years. On June 5, Sha Qingqing, a young historian and deputy director of the Shanghai Library's Historical Documentation Center, will bring his new work "Showa Wind, Heisei Into Rain", together with Lu Dapeng, a well-known English-German translator, and Zheng Shiliang, executive editor of The Paper's Shanghai Book Review, to visit pioneer bookstores, review the starting point and development of japan-US relations after the war, and analyze the impact of Japan-US relations on East Asia. By revealing the essence of Japan-U.S. relations, it helps readers better understand the shaping process of contemporary Japanese political, social, and cultural landscapes.
Nanjing | hope for the sound of the riverhead river - "Forever Separated by a River" new book sharing meeting
When: Sunday, June 6 at 15:00
Guests: Deng Anqing (Writer), Lu Min (Writer)
The new work "Forever Separated by a River" continues Deng Anqing's best hometown writing, still revolving around his hometown of Deng Embankment in Hubei Province on the Yangtze River, depicting real and simple characters and touching and kind stories, and the author's previous works constitute a "collection of Deng An's stories". On the afternoon of June 6, writer Deng Anqing will bring his new work "Forever Separated by a River" to the Wutaishan Main Store of pioneer bookstores, and together with writer Lu Min, he will open from the Yangtze River and gaze at the fresh drift and change of his hometown.
Chengdu | Why We Should Read: Roundtable Communication
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 14:30-16:30
Venue: Luhu Art Exhibition Center, No. 918, South Section of Tianfu Avenue, Tianfu New District· A4 Small Theater
Guests: Longzhi Bu Yanzhi (Historian), Zhang Feng (Media Personality, Columnist, Visiting Researcher of Daito Bunka University, Japan), Chi Xiao (Founder of Key Player), Dai Haoran (Science Fiction Editor), Shi Ji (Initiator of Pan-Cultural Education Project), Wang Ke (Life Explorer)
On the afternoon of June 5th, Xunlu Library invited the tutor of the "Japanese History" Reading Club, the tutor of the "Japanese History" Reading Club, the scholar of East Asian History & Ancient Japanese History, The Tutor of the "Other School" Reading Club and the founder of the Key Player Chi Xiao; the Theme Reading Club: Dai Haoran, initiator of the Starry Sky Reading Club and senior science fiction editor, "Can education change society?" Shi Ji, initiator of the book club and initiator of several pan-cultural education projects, Wang Ke, initiator of the "Courage can meet all difficulties" book club and brave and absurd life explorer; Zhang Feng, a mentor, media person, columnist and visiting researcher of Daito Bunka University in Japan, who is about to open a new book club, gathered in the small theater to discuss a classic topic: Why do we want to read?
Chengdu | Writing, Memory, Nostalgia - "The Sigh of Cape Breton" Sharing Session
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 19:30-21:30
Location: Wenxuan BOOKS first floor ladder activity area, No. 88, Middle Section of Fucheng Avenue, High-tech Zone
Speaker: Peng Lun (Publisher)
On June 5th, around "The Sigh of Cape Breton", we invited peng lun, the curator and famous publisher of the book, to parachute into the Books Jiufang Store to talk to us about McLeod and the charm of his novels under the theme of "Writing, Memory, Nostalgia".
Xi'an | those things for urban renewal
Time: June 5 (Saturday) 14:00-16:30
Location: SKP RENDEZ-VOUS, 9th Floor, Xi'an SKP Shopping Center, No. 261 Chang'an North Road, Beilin District
Guests: Yang Yang (Architect, Curator), Chen Chao (Director of Urban and Rural Planning Teaching Committee, School of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology), Li Dawei (Architect), Yu Quan (Lecturer, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology), Bai Yan (Planner), Liu Kaixi (Postdoctoral Fellow in Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology), Li Shaochong (Lecturer, School of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology)
What are we talking about when we talk about urban renewal? How do urban phenomena affect urban life? What are the thoughts from the perspective of urban renewal and local construction? Where are the boundaries of the city and where will we end up? Can these topics around urban renewal spark your thoughts? Seven young architects in this issue will be guests of SKP Xi'an, who will combine their own practice and achievements in the field of urban renewal and renovation to answer the above questions, and each architect will convey their design concepts through a 15-minute speech.
Xi'an | How Single Reading is Made- "Single Reading 26 Global True Stories Collection" New Book Sharing
Location: Design Force Laboratory, 1st Floor, G PARK Commercial Block, Old Chenggen, No. 22 Xinghuo Road, Lianhu District
Speaker: Wu Qi (Editor-in-Chief of Single Reading)
Speaking of single reading, readers may be more familiar with "Single Reading" MOOK, around which we have gradually expanded into a variety of forms. In 2020, we launched the Single Reading Department again, starting with "Using Ourselves as a Method" and ending with the recently published "Re-Walking". What is the relationship between the Single Reading series and the Single Reading Series? Perhaps, all this can be said back to the original starting point: how did "Single Reading" begin? How did it become what it is today? What has changed or changed over the past decade?
Zhengzhou | Searching for the Old Shadow of Henan Lost in the West - "The Old Shadow of China's Railways in the Early 20th Century"
Location: Songshe Bookstore, No. 2 Wenhua Road, Jinshui District
Guests: Zhao Shengwei (Book Editor), Wu Zhiyuan (Director of China Economic History Society)
The pursuit of history is a natural curiosity of almost everyone. Where did their ancestors come from, the life style of the people who lived in this land in the past, and what kind of glory and tribulations have been experienced in their hometown... These often become the driving force for people to explore the past, to explore the miracle of mankind - history. On the afternoon of June 5th, Zhao Shengwei, editor-in-chief of the series of books "Diorama", "Oriental Mirror" and "Chinese History Lost in the West", and Wu Zhiyuan, director of the China Economic History Society, will be guests of "Songshe I Tell" to tell chinese history from different aspects such as railways, architecture, pottery and other aspects, and look for the old shadows of Henan that are lost in the West.
Editor-in-Charge: Gu Ming
Proofreader: Ding Xiao