Showing results for "The Digital Scholar" in World

The state-directed opening of the Chinese economy in 1979 led to a number of radical transformations within Chinese society, but Western understanding of these changes is often limited by erroneous assumptions. Offering a clear picture of the vast economic and social forces of modern-day China, Professor Robert J. Shepherd addresses U.S. investment in China, China's startling economic growth, state vs. society issues in the vast republic, and the effect of social and cultural change on the Chinese people.

In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted 49 Nobel Prize winners - along with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writers - at a famed White House dinner. Held at the height of the Cold War, the dinner symbolizes a time when intellectuals were esteemed, divergent viewpoints could be respectfully discussed at the highest level, and the great minds of an age might all dine together in the rarefied glamour of "the people's house."

"Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say" is from the June 03, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Liptak and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Taliban's New Leader, More Scholar Than Fighter, Remains a Mystery" is from the July 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mujib Mashal and Taimoor Shah and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Geoffrey H. Hartman, Scholar Who Saw Literary Criticism as Art, Dies at 86" is from the March 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Margalit Fox and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Rousseff Was Not Impeached, Legal Scholars Say" is from the May 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rick Gladstone and Vinod Sreeharsha and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.