IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ANCESTORS: A boot-level journey across the world.

Event Details

WHAT: An RASBJ in-person talk by Paul Salopek, introducing his 10-year walk out of Africa in the footsteps of humankind.

WHEN: Wednesday August 9, 7.00-8.00PM , Beijing time; doors open at 6.30 PM

WHERE: JINSHANG YUAN 金尚源 at JINSHANG SQUARE Blg 20, Chaoyang District, Beijing 北京市朝阳区新源里西20号

FOR DIDI: XINYUAN LIXI Building No.20

MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: Paul Salopek walked out of Africa 10 years ago and has produced a half million words of stories trekking east towards the Americas — to his finish line in Tierra del Fuego. His project, the 'Out of Eden Walk,' is chronicling current events through the prism of deep history, along the pathways of the first humans who migrated out of the mother continent in the Stone Age. He is currently 6000 km into his project's 7500 km foot traverse of China, en route to the Heilongjiang bordering Russia. Paul is a National Geographic Explorer

www.outofedenwalk.org

www.outofedenwalknonprofit.org

TikTok: @outofedenwalk

An article about the project: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1295032.shtml

HOW MUCH: Admission is RMB 200 for members of RASBJ and partner RAS branches; RMB 300 for non-members. The price includes one welcome drink plus light nibbles.

HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: Please click "Register" or "I Will Attend" and follow the instructions. If you experience difficulty paying via Wechat please try Alipay instead. After successful registration you will receive a confirmation email. If you seem not to have received it, please check your spam folder. Please register no later than the deadline of noon, Monday August 7.

REFUND POLICY: Attendees will be refunded in full if RASBJ cancels this event. Registrations for those who have not paid by August 7 at noon will be cancelled. After noon on August 7, registrants who cannot attend for personal reasons will not be refunded

Speakers

Paul Salopek
Speaker
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Paul Salopek was born in California, USA, and raised in Mexico. As a foreign correspondent, he has worked in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Latin America. His stories have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker and other publications.
His work has won many honours and most of the national journalism awards in the United States, including two Pulitzer Prizes: the first in 1998, for Explanatory Reporting for two articles he wrote about the Human Genome Diversity Project: the second in 2001 for his reporting on Africa. In addition, he has appeared as a commentator on the PBS NewsHour, NPR's Fresh Air, and other national news programs.
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Jeremiah Jenne
Moderator
Jeremiah Jenne is a writer and historian based in Beijing since 2002. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, and taught Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History for over 15 years while also leading educational and research trips to every part of China. His essays and articles have appeared in The Economist, South China Morning Post, and numerous other publications. Jeremiah is the proprietor of Beijing by Foot, a division of The Hutong, which organizes historic walking tours of Beijing's most famous sites and less-traveled byways and leads workshops on history, culture, and cultural adaptation for students, embassies, companies, and community groups. Along with David Moser, Jeremiah is also the co-host of the podcast Barbarians at the Gate.
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