Join Young China Watchers Shanghai and Lena Scheen, Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow at NYU Shanghai, for an evening lecture, Q&A and mixer/dinner to discuss her research on the evolution of Chinese urban spaces as reflected through literature.

Scheen’s book Shanghai Literary Imaginings explores the literary imaginings of the city, its past, present and future, in order to understand the effects of fast urban transformation on both the psychological state of Shanghai’s citizens and their perception of the spaces they inhabit. How do contemporary local writers respond to Shanghai’s dazzling urban transformation?

Lena Scheen’s research explores the social and cultural impact of China’s fast urbanization, focusing on Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, she taught at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam. Her recent publications include Shanghai Literary Imaginings: A City in Transformation (Amsterdam University Press, 2015) and the co-edited volume (with Jeroen de Kloet) Spectacle and the City: Chinese Urbanities in Popular Culture and Art (AUP, 2013).

Event Location: Cafe Sambal
259 Jiashan Lu, Jiashan Market, Block A, No 37, near Jianguo Xi Lu
嘉善路 259弄 37号嘉善老市 A栋, 近建国西路 , 地铁九号线嘉善路站

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