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Baillie Gifford Presents: Jonathan Kaufman | Rival Dynasties
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer, Jonathan Kaufman, as he talks about The Last Kings of Shanghai with Dr. Jason Petrulis
By Hong Kong International Literary Festival Ltd
When and where
Date and time
Starts on Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:00 HKT
Location
Jewish Community Centre 70 Robinson Road Hong Kong, HKI Hong Kong
Refund Policy
No Refunds
About this event
Under his leadership, Jonathan Kaufman’s team at Bloomberg won numerous awards including a 2015 Pulitzer Prize, several George Polk Awards, the Overseas Press Club Award, a Gerald Loeb Award, the Osborn Elliott Prize of the Asia Society, and the Education Writers Association Grand Prize.
The Last Kings of Shanghai tells the epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties - the Sassoons and the Kadoories - that flourished in post-WW2 Shanghai and Hong Kong and as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era.
The talk, moderated by Dr. Jason Petrulis, Assistant Professor of History at the Education University of Hong Kong, will conclude with a Q&A, book signing and a rare 30-minute guided tour by award-winning children’s book writer, Erica Lyons, of the historic Ohel Leah Synagogue (built by Jacob Sassoon in 1902).
The Festival is grateful to Baillie Gifford for their title sponsorship of the Festival's closing marquee event with Jonathan Kaufman.
The Festival also wishes to thank:
The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong and Macau for kindly supporting Jonathan Kaufman's visit.
The Jewish Community Centre for the generous use of their beautiful space and rare tour of the historic Ohel Leah Synagogue.
Jonathan Kaufman, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, editor, and author, joined Northeastern University in 2015 as Professor and Director in the School of Journalism. He has led an accomplished team of faculty and has provided oversight for the School’s undergraduate program, as well as its growing graduate programs in Journalism, Media Innovation and Media Advocacy. He has also held senior positions at Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe. As Bloomberg’s Executive Editor for Company News, based in New York, Kaufman oversaw more than 300 reporters and editors worldwide covering business, health, science, education, and international news. Under his leadership, Kaufman’s team at Bloomberg won numerous awards including a 2015 Pulitzer Prize. Kaufman is the author of The Last Kings of Shanghai (Viking), a history of two families – the Sassoons and the Kadoories – who have shaped the rise of modern China. He is also the author of A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe and Broken Alliance: The Turbulent Times Between Blacks and Jews in America, which won the National Jewish Book Award.
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Organised by
Hong Kong International Literary Festival LtdHong Kong International Literary Festival Ltd.
The Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF), founded in 2000, is an annual event held over ten days in autumn, featuring established and emerging writers from around the world in a programme that includes discussions, literary lunches and dinners, workshops, lectures, debates, book signings, and readings.
The stellar list of past HKILF authors includes literary luminaries such as Seamus Heaney, Louis de Bernières, Colm Tóibín, Jung Chang, and Yann Martel.
HKILF is organized and coordinated by Hong Kong International Literary Festival Limited, a non-profit, charitable literary arts organization which also manages the annual Young Readers Festival.
HKILF brings writers and book lovers together at events that allow them to share ideas.
Hong Kong is uniquely positioned to attract not just the best authors and thinkers in Asia, but globally. The city that built itself on the exchange of goods, is now also the region’s focal point for the exchange of ideas.
Literature makes us think, it gives us new perspectives. HKILF starts conversations that build a better society.