Peter Stern Lecture - From Madmen to Oceans: A Conversation with Simon Winchester, May 2013

For the second annual World Monuments Fund H. Peter Stern Lecture, noted author Simon Winchester presents an engaging and entertaining talk focused on three men and their involvement in a collection of ancient manuscripts discovered in the Dunhuang Caves in Western China. The H. Peter Stern Lecture series extends the legacy and interests of long-time World Monuments Fund Trustee H. Peter Stern, who became a champion of WMF’s work in 1970.