Behind the Screen: Hamnet

HAMNET is a historical drama directed by the Academy Award winning writer/director Chloé Zhao and based on the novel by Maggie O'Farrell. The film follows the arc in the relationship between William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes in the wake of the death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet. It tells a powerful story of love and loss, and one that is believed to have inspired the creation of Shakespeare's masterpiece, Hamlet. POST SCREENING DISCUSSION Our distinguished panelists will explore the film’s cultural and historical context and discuss more broadly the influence of Shakespeare on the arts, having inspired countless works across different mediums and periods. Artists have continually drawn on Shakespeare’s work for inspiration, an enduring legacy that has shaped modern art and culture. FEATURING: STEPHEN GREENBLATT, Ph.D. John Cogan University Professor of Humanities, Harvard University Greenblatt is the author of fifteen books, including Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics; The Swerve: How the World Became Modern; Shakespeare's Freedom; Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare; Hamlet in Purgatory; and most recently Dark Renaissance. He is General Editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature and of The Norton Shakespeare. His honors include the 2016 Holberg Prize from the Norwegian Parliament, the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and the 2011 National Book Award for The Swerve, and two Guggenheim Fellowships. He has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Philosophical Society, the Italian literary academy Accademia degli Arcadi, and is a fellow of the British Academy. IN CONVERSATION WITH: MICHELLE EPHRAIM, Ph.D. Professor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Ephraim, a Shakespeare scholar, is the author of Green World: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love &amp; Shakespeare, which was awarded the 2023 Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction; Reading the Jewish Woman on the Elizabethan Stage; and the co-author of the literary humor book Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas. Her latest venture is the award-winning podcast, Everyday Shakespeare, which explores ways that Shakespeare sheds light on our modern problems.

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Director's Spotlight: Drink and Be Merry

ABOUT THE FILM Set at a struggling New York dive bar in the days approaching Christmas, 2019, Chet (Jefferson White), a beleaguered bartender in a state of extended arrested development, must balance taking care of his difficult regulars, who have nowhere else to go, and rely on him for far more than pouring drinks, with his naive desire to muster some Christmas Spirit. Q&amp;A FOLLOWS THE SCREENING ADAM VOLERICH Filmmaker and Podcast Producer The set is his natural habitat and the crew his family. His films have screened and been awarded at festivals worldwide. His latest short film, MISPRINT, premiered on Omeleto, and his feature directing debut, DRINK AND BE MERRY, is available to rent or buy. Adam is also the co-creator of the hit film podcast EYE OF THE DUCK on the Morbid Podcast Network for SiriusXM. He also produced and developed the Signal Award Winning and Ambie and Webby Nominated narrative fiction podcasts AMERICAN HOSTAGE (Amazon Originals), starring Jon Hamm (soon to be a TV Show from Shawn Ryan and MGM+), and THE FOXES OF HYDESVILLE (QCODE), starring Carey Mulligan, for Criminal Content. ETHAN WARREN Author Ethan Warren is the author of The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha, and the forthcoming When I Paint My Masterpiece: The Cinematic Dylan.

Producers Circle: "Nine"

Join us for a special evening with filmmakers Jeremy S. Levine and Rachael DeCruz as they share a rough cut and discuss the making of their documentary, "Nine". In this contemplative, immersive documentary, we see two men’s parallel lives unfold, separated by generations and bound together by experience. In Act I, Nine interweaves the lives of Gerald and Henry. They are both stuck. Henry’s life in prison is on loop; he works as a janitor, calls his wife Juanita—who stayed with him during his decades of incarceration—and mentors the younger men while playing dominos before starting it all over again the next day. Gerald frantically juggles his day job, his activism, and at night, he digs into the archives of Henry’s case, looking for something—anything—that will help bring his Pops home. Act II centers on Gerald’s campaign to free Henry. Gerald and his team of formerly incarcerated activists strategize on ways to bring Henry home. They work to pass a bill Gerald wrote while still in prison that would radically transform the clemency board. Gerald records emotional video testimonies from men whose lives Henry transformed. He’s worried it’s not enough and that he’s failing Henry. Things come to a head in Act III, leading to Henry’s clemency hearing and his unexpected freedom after 45 years of incarceration. With quiet attention to details, Nine feels like a cinematic poem. In moments small and large, the film builds a beautiful, lyrical world that explores the resilience and joy that can be found in our most cherished relationships. Jeremy S. Levine, Director/Producer Levine's work explores race, class, and the power of parental bonds through cinematic, formally rigorous films. Rachael DeCruz, Director/Producer DeCruz’s work centers on how familial and community bonds fortify people to push back against racist systems. Producer’s Circle is an opportunity to: Experience excerpts of a filmmaker’s past work to understand their vision and craftsmanship. -Engage directly with in-progress productions that need your support. -Participate in shaping the final stages of a film’s journey, through discussion and financial contributions. -Foster a Vibrant Film Community. Beyond supporting a single documentary, your participation helps strengthen Boston’s larger documentary scene. By investing in these works-in-progress, you become part of a community pushing the boundaries of independent storytelling, inspiring future filmmakers, and expanding the city’s creative horizons.

Behind the Screen: It Was Just an Accident

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT marks another remarkable act of defiance by Jafar Panahi, one of the most courageous filmmakers of our time. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, the film is a tense, darkly humorous thriller about Vahid, a mechanic who believes he has reencountered Eghbal, the intelligence officer who once tortured him. As Vahid gathers others whose lives were also scarred by Eghbal, a dangerous plan for revenge takes shape. Panahi crafts a powerful meditation on justice, morality, and resistance under repression. A NEON release and a NYFF63 Main Slate selection. POST SCREENING PANEL DISCUSSION Our distinguished panel will discuss IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT in the context of Iranian cinema, political expression, and the role of art as resistance under authoritarian rule. ALI BANUAZIZI, Ph.D. Research Professor of Political Science at Boston College and Faculty Affiliate at the Center for International Studies at M.I.T. Ali Banuazizi’s research focuses on the political cultures of the Middle East and the comparative study of religion, civil society, and politics. His work includes Iran’s social history and its contemporary domestic and foreign relations. A past president of both the Middle East Studies Association and the International Society for Iranian Studies, he has held visiting appointments at Princeton, Harvard, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, MIT, and Oxford University. RASHIN FAHANDEJ Multimedia Artist and Filmmaker; Research Fellow, MIT Open Documentary Lab Rashin Fahandej’s multimedia projects center on marginalized voices and the use of media and technology for social change. Her multi-platform project A Father’s Lullaby explores the role of men in raising children and the impact of racial disparities in the criminal justice system. A 2019 James and Audrey Foster Prize recipient, she has been a Boston Artist-in-Residence and a visiting faculty member at MassArt. She is also a recipient of the Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Grant. KAMRAN RASTEGAR, Ph.D. Professor of Comparative Literature, Tufts University Kamran Rastegar’s scholarship focuses on modern Middle Eastern literature and film, with attention to representation, cultural memory, and transnational identity. He is a founding faculty member of the Department for Studies in Race, Colonialism and Diaspora and an affiliate of the Film and Media Studies Program. He served as Director of the Center for the Humanities at Tufts from 2018 to 2022. His work bridges cultural studies and the political dimensions of art in the Middle East.

Ty Burr's Movie Club: Children of Men

TY BURR’S MOVIE CLUB is hosted by the nationally recognized film critic Ty Burr. Each month Ty presents and discusses one of his favorite films with the audience. His selections span the spectrum from classics that have stood the test of time to contemporary films that merit a second viewing. ABOUT THE FILM In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Behind the Screen: Nouvelle Vague

NOUVELLE VAGUE is Richard Linklater’s love letter to the magic of French New Wave cinema, as he reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960), the film that established Godard’s signature place in the history of cinema. The film is about a young and impulsive criminal in Paris and his American girlfriend. In Nouvelle Vague we are transported back to the streets of 1959 Paris for a delightful and vibrant recreation of one of cinema's most groundbreaking productions. It is an ode to the transformative power of cinema. POST SCREENING PANEL DISCUSSION Our distinguished panel will delve into how this film pays tribute to one of the world’s most beloved and influential example of French New Wave cinema. We will go deeper into why this film brought international attention to new ways of French film-making and the impact of French New Wave on how movies are made. PANELISTS: TY BURR Ty Burr, nationally renowned film critic, who reviews films for The Washington Post and writes the film and popular culture newsletter, "Ty Burr's Watchlist". Burr worked as a film critic at The Boston Globe from 2002 until 2021. JULIE LEVINSON, Ph.D. William R. Dill Governance Professor, Film Studies, Babson College. Levinson’s scholarship has focused on a wide range of topics including genre and gender, documentary film, narrative theory, and metafiction. MALCOLM TURVEY, Ph.D. Sol Gittleman Professor, Film and Media Studies, Tufts University. Turvey’s research is in the areas of film theory, the philosophy and aesthetics of film, avant-garde film, and film and modernism. MODERATOR: ERICKA KNUDSON, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, French Studies, Northeastern University.

Jack Lemmon: A Centennial Tribute!

Our hottest event of the season, West Newton Cinema will present the Jack Lemmon 100th Anniversary Celebration from October 24–26, 2025, marking the centenary of the birth of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated actors and Newton’s own native son. One of the most beloved actors in movie history, Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) was born John Uhler Lemmon III, in Newton, Massachusetts. He grew up in Newton Center and attended Ward Elementary, the Rivers School, and Andover. After Harvard University, where he was president of the Hasty Pudding Club, and a brief stint in the Navy, Lemmon moved to New York City and made his start in radio and early television before transitioning to film roles. Over five decades and more than sixty films, Lemmon built a career as one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors, known for his witty, relatable “everyman” persona. The three-day program will feature screenings of Jack Lemmon’s most acclaimed films, a commemorative reception, and a special conversation with members of the Lemmon family. Courtney Lemmon, Chris Lemmon, and Sydney Lemmon will take part in the event, celebrating their father and grandfather’s enduring legacy.

Best of Fests: Remaining Native

Best of Fests: REMAINING NATIVE Co-Presented by Salem Film Fest ABOUT THE FILM REMAINING NATIVE is a coming-of-age documentary told from the perspective of Kutoven (Ku) Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggling to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great-grandfather's escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future. Learn more about the Salem Film Fest: www.salemfilmfest.com ABOUT BEST OF FESTS Best of Fests is a new curated series showcasing standout films from national and international festivals, spanning experimental nonfiction and documentary to fiction cinema and animation. The series aims to connect Newton’s audiences with the most exciting work on the global festival circuit and bring those conversations home. Curated by Homa Sarabi, in partnership with the West Newton Cinema Foundation, Best of Fests connects our community-run nonprofit cinema—saved and purchased for the community in 2024— to the best of contemporary films around the world. Rooted in the Foundation’s mission to “foster joy and deepen community connections through innovative, engaging film and arts programming,” the series invites viewers to discover new voices, connect with global stories, and experience the power of cinema together in a historic neighborhood theater. Curator’s Note: “It is simple. I believe in the power of cinema to bring us together. I’ve seen how films ignite revolutions, energize movements, resist authorities, grow empathy, spread love, and remind us that life is expansive, multidimensional, and luminous. This world is made of collective struggles, and we are in it together—inside and outside the theater.” — Homa Sarabi

West Newton Cinema Reads: The Bostonians

In Boston, in the aftermath of the Civil War, Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter), a gifted young orator, has attracted the attention of Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave), who wishes to nurture Verena as an inspirational force for the Women’s Movement. Ranged against her is Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), a handsome male chauvinist, who wants Verena as his wife. Against a backdrop of luminous New England landscapes, battle is joined, and for Olive, the struggle will prove an odyssey that forces her to acknowledge her true nature. Merchant Ivory Productions’ acclaimed screen adaptation of Henry James’s The Bostonians (1886), set in Cambridge and Boston, charts the struggle between two charismatic forces to gain control over the destiny of a spirited young woman. Join us for a special screening of The Bostonians, now in stunning 4K restoration, with an opening discussion of both the film and the novel led by Sierra Eckert and David Kurnick and moderated by John Plotz. This screening opens the Brandeis Novel Symposium set for Friday, October 17, a free event drawing scholars from across the country that audience members are encouraged to attend. THE BRANDEIS NOVEL SYMPOSIUM is a one-day conference that chooses a single novel as a point of focus for salient theoretical, historical, political, and narratological questions about the novel as a genre. This year’s symposium on Henry James’s The Bostonians will be held on Friday, October 17, in Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research Center, and speakers will include Louis Menand (Harvard University) and Holly Jackson (University of Massachusetts, Boston). SIERRA ECKERT is Assistant Professor of English at Wesleyan University. She specializes in nineteenth-century British and Anglophone literature, disciplinary history, critical and social theory, and the digital humanities. Her work has appeared in Victorian Studies and Studies in the Novel. DAVID KURNICK is Professor of English at Rutgers University at New Brunswick. He is the author of The Savage Detectives Reread and Empty Houses: Theatrical Failure and the Novel, and his writing has appeared in Bookforum, Public Books, and Chronicle of Higher Education. JOHN PLOTZ is Mandel Professor of Humanities at Brandeis University. He co-hosts two podcasts: Novel Dialogue and Recall This Book, and oversees the annual Brandeis Novel Symposium. Registered attendees of the Brandeis Novel Symposium are entitled to a ticket discount. To receive the discount, tickets must be purchased ONLINE with code. To receive your code, register for the Brandeis Novel Symposium for free at the following link: www.brandeis.edu/english/events/brandeis-novel-symposium/

Ty Burr's Movie Club: I Know Where I've Going!

TY BURR’S MOVIE CLUB is hosted by the nationally recognized film critic Ty Burr. Each month Ty presents and discusses one of his favorite films with the audience. His selections span the spectrum from classics that have stood the test of time to contemporary films that merit a second viewing. ABOUT THE FILM I’m always a little surprised when someone says they haven’t heard of I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!, the 1945 Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger romance set in the rugged, mystical Scottish Hebrides. It was my mother’s all-time favorite movie, so, for me, it’s always been around — she would have been 22 when it came out, and for her generation I think it held some of the same eldritch appeal as a show like “Outlander” does today (albeit with rather less bodice-ripping). More to the point, I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! has within it the genetic material of so many romantic comedies and dramas that have followed, then and now and the day after tomorrow: The Proud Heroine, all set to marry the wrong man; the Right Man right there by her side, annoying her while she annoys him until they just say the hell with it and kiss; a Forest of Arden setting whose magic bends the laws of attraction; a wry best friend or two and a gallery of eccentrics to remind the Proud Heroine she’s part of the human race. Plenty of movies before I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! had some or all of those ingredients, but few filmmakers have been able to suggest the wildness of life bursting through repressed British decorum like Powell, here and in films like “The Red Shoes,” “Black Narcissus,” and many others. –Ty Burr

Behind the Screen: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

Agathe (Camille Rutherford) works in the legendary Shakespeare &amp; Co. bookshop in Paris, where she dreams of becoming a successful writer and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel. Instead, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend (Pablo Pauly) helps secure her a spot at the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, Agathe finally has her Jane Austen moment . . . and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. In the end, Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams. POST SCREENING PANEL DISCUSSION Jane Austen’s novels have inspired countless adaptations in film, literature, television, and theater. Our distinguished panel will dive deep into the author’s unparalleled influence on the arts and her enduring appeal, tracing themes of class, gender, and marriage in her work and their resonance in today’s world. SONIA HOFKOSH, Ph.D. Associate Professor &amp; Chair of English at Tufts University Sonia Hofkosh is the author of Sexual Politics and the Romantic Author and coeditor of Romanticism, Race, and Imperial Culture, 1780–1834. She has published essays on Jane Austen and among her favorite courses to teach is one that considers Austen’s marriage plots in relation to Mary Shelley’s speculative fiction. DEIDRE LYNCH, Ph.D. Ernest Bernbaum Professor of English Literature at Harvard University Deidre Lynch is the editor of Janeites: Austen’s Disciples and Devotees and has prepared editions of Austen’s Persuasion for Oxford University Press and Mansfield Park for Harvard University Press. She is also the author of Loving Literature: A Cultural History and has written for the Los Angeles Review of Books and Public Books. TARA MENON, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English at Harvard University Tara Menon’s debut novel, Under Water, will be published by Riverhead Books in March, and her first monograph, Speaking Parts: Conversation, Character, and Social Worlds, is forthcoming from Princeton University Press in the fall of 2026. Moderator: MARY COTTON Mary has owned and operated Newtonville Books with her husband, the writer and editor Jaime Clarke, for nearly twenty years.

One Battle After Another: Film Discussion and "Recall This Book" podcast recording

Film Discussion and "Recall This Book" podcast recording. When their evil nemesis resurfaces after sixteen years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own. Join us for a special, opening-weekend screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s big-budget, shrouded-in-mystery, action-adventure-indie-dystopian-satire One Battle After Another, based largely, or loosely, on Thomas Pynchon’s love-it-or-hate-it 1990 novel Vineland, followed by a free-form, focused, off-the-cuff, expertly improvised (recorded) conversation and Q&amp;A about the film, Pynchon, Paul Thomas Anderson, Reaganism, radicalism, postmodernism, rebellion, ninjas, narcs, American cinema, American apocrypha, Rushdie v. Kermode, and the People’s Republic of Rock and Roll, among other tropics of concern. This conversation will be moderated by John Plotz, co-host of the popular Recall This Book podcast, distributed by New Books Network, and will kindly feature appearances by Peter Coviello and Ethan Warren. Recall This Book is a free-ranging, warm but involved and sometimes spicy discussion of books from the past that cast a sideways light on today’s world. PETER COVIELLO is the author of six books, including Make Yourselves Gods, a finalist for the 2020 John Whitmer Historical Association Best Book Prize; Long Players, a memoir selected as one of ARTFORUM’s Best Books of 2018; and Is There God After Prince?: Dispatches from an Age of Last Things, chosen by The Millions, the Lambda Literary Review, and the Chicago Tribune as a notable book from 2023. He writes as well for venues such as N+1, the Boston Review, Public Books, Frieze, and The Believer, and his book about Thomas Pynchon, Vineland Reread, was listed among the New York Times’s “New and Noteworthy” titles for January of 2021. He taught for many years at Bowdoin College and since 2014 has been at University of Illinois Chicago, where he is Professor and Head of English. ETHAN WARREN is the author of The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha, published in 2023 by Columbia University Press. He is a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics and editor-in-chief of the online journal of arts and culture Broad Sound, with bylines at Bright Wall/Dark Room, LitHub, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. His next book for Columbia University Press will be titled When I Paint My Masterpiece: The Cinematic Dylan. He lives in Norwell with his wife and children. JOHN PLOTZ is Mandel Professor of Humanities at Brandeis University and editor of the B-Sides feature in Public Books, as well as B-Side Books, published by Columbia University Press. He co-hosts two podcasts: Novel Dialogue and Recall This Book, and oversees the annual Brandeis Novel Symposium. His books include Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea, The Crowd: British Literature and Public Politics, Portable Property: Victorian Culture on the Move, and Semi-Detached: Aesthetic Experience from Dickens to Keaton, and he is among the co-founders of the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative.

Ty Burr's Movie Club: Michael Clayton

TY BURR’S MOVIE CLUB is hosted by the nationally recognized film critic Ty Burr. Each month Ty presents and discusses one of his favorite films with the audience. His selections span the spectrum from classics that have stood the test of time to contemporary films that merit a second viewing. ABOUT THE FILM In Tony Gilroy's 2007 dramatic thriller of corporate corruption and personal redemption, a law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit. MICHAEL CLAYTON is a no-frills, high-wire throwback to the 1970s moral thrillers of Sidney Lumet and Sydney Pollack (the latter of whom has a juicy part here as Clooney’s boss.)

Hank Phillippi Ryan: "All This Could Be Yours" Author Event

WEST NEWTON CINEMA READS: A Night of Mystery at the West Newton Cinema Come celebrate the launch of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest “nail-biting” thriller, ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, with Newtonville Books at the historic West Newton Cinema with special guest Lisa Gardner. Browse books &amp; mingle in the lobby with mystery-themed activities &amp; snacks starting at 6:30PM for early arrivers. At 7PM, Hank will be joined on stage in theatre 2 for a conversation about her new book, with fellow best-selling mystery author Lisa Gardner, followed by a Q&amp;A in the theatre, and then a book signing in the lobby. ABOUT THE AUTHOR USA Today best-selling author HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN has won five Agatha Awards, five Anthony Awards, the Daphne, the Macavity, and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. As on-air investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV, she won thirty-seven Emmy Awards and many more journalism honors. A past president of national Sisters in Crime, a founder of Mystery Writers of America University, and a board member of International Thriller Writers, Ryan lives in West Newton. LISA GARDNER is the acclaimed #1 New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty suspense novels, published in more than thirty countries. This free event includes: Admittance to the Hank Phillippi Ryan launch &amp; talk Free popcorn and soda! Copies of Hank’s books, as well as Lisa Gardner’s books, including her latest novel, KISS HER GOODBYE, will be available for purchase at the Newtonville Books table in the Cinema lobby.

Behind the Screen: Caught by the Tides

CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (风流一代) is an ambitious, genre-blending film from acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke. Spanning over two decades, the film interlaces newly shot scenes with archival footage, fragments from Jia’s earlier films, and documentary-style material to create a haunting portrait of love, memory, and transformation in modern China. The story follows Qiaoqiao (Zhao Tao), a dancer and club performer in early-2000s Datong, whose lover, Guo Bin, abruptly leaves to seek fortune elsewhere. Her quiet, persistent search for him unfolds against the sweeping changes of the nation—from mass displacement during the Three Gorges Dam project, to rapid urbanization, to the isolating years of the COVID-19 pandemic. POST SCREENING PANEL DISCUSSION Our distinguished panel will delve into the film’s themes and its broader cultural, historical, and cinematic contexts. The discussion will consider how CAUGHT BY THE TIDES reflects on China’s transformation, the interplay between personal stories and national history, and the ways cinema can blur the lines between fiction and documentary. SHUJEN WANG, Ph.D Professor of Media Studies, Emerson College; Research Associate, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Shujen Wang is the author of Framing Piracy: Globalization and Film Distribution in Greater China (2003), and her research spans media globalization, platformization, film distribution, piracy, and global copyright governance. She has contributed to multiple anthologies and published in leading journals including Cinema Journal, Film Quarterly, and International Journal of Cultural Studies. Former president of the Chinese Communication Association, Dr. Wang has served as a research associate at Harvard’s Fairbank Center since 2002 and sits on the editorial advisory boards of several peer-reviewed journals. Her work has been translated into Portuguese and Chinese, reflecting her global scholarly influence. CATHERINE YEH, Ph.D. Professor of Chinese &amp; Comparative Literature, Boston University Catherine Yeh’s scholarship examines 19th- and 20th-century Chinese literary, media, and visual culture, with particular attention to the role of entertainment, literature, and “marginal” figures in driving modernity. Her books include Shanghai Love: Courtesans, Intellectuals, and Entertainment Culture, 1850–1910 and Performing the ‘Nation’ (co-edited, 2008). She has written extensively on Shanghai courtesan culture, the political novel, the entertainment press, and the rise of modern Chinese star culture. A recipient of numerous fellowships and research grants, Professor Yeh’s work illuminates the intersections of art, politics, gender, and urban modernity in China’s cultural transformation. Moderator:&nbsp; XUEPING ZHONG, Ph.D Professor of Modern Chinese Literature, Chinese Culture, Film, Tufts University. Xueping Zhong is the author of the Masculinity Besieged?: Issues of Modernity and Male Subjectivity in Chinese Literature of the Late Twentieth Century.

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