American cartoonist and illustrator Robert Berry is best known for his adaptations of the more difficult works of Irish writer James Joyce. In 2008 he began work on on a digital graphic novel adaptation of Ulysses as Ulysses “Seen,” which restructured the original novel into a unique learning environment centered around visual storytelling. Last year, for the 100th anniversary of Dubliners, Berry illustrated Joyce’s short story “The Dead” for a collectors’ edition that this year is traveling to Shanghai and Hong Kong. (more…)

Event: The China-India Relationship, with Prem Shankar Jha, columnist and former adviser to the prime minister of India
Wednesday, June 17, 7 pm 

The relationship between China and India is evolving. In the last year, heads of state visited each others’ countries. Only two previous presidents of China and two Indian prime ministers had exchanged visits in the previous 65 years. Clearly something is changing. But what, why, in which direction, and how far will it go? (more…)