The following is our current list of programming for the 2025 Great Read Series. This list will continue to be updated in the coming months.
Featured Great Read Series Events
Off Campus Great Read Series Events
"Shanghai in the 1920s-1930s: Warlords and Civil War"
COD Continuing Education J. Schreiber History Symposium
Friday, Oct. 3, presentation from 11 to 11:50
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 7 to 8 p.m.
Indian Prairie Library
A small port until the first Opium War, Shanghai soon was bustling with British and European trade as part of the Treaty of Nanjing. The end of the first Sino-Japanese War added Japanese interests. With a minority population of foreigners controlling more than half of the industry, Shanghai offered opportunity for all—both legitimate and illicit. Discover mysterious Shanghai, the dramatic backdrop for Chloe Gong’s novel “Foul Lady Fortune” when Maria Ritzema, professor of history at College of DuPage, guides you from Warlords to Civil War to Japanese occupation.