Yomi Braester

Yomi Braester (he/him) is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Washington the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Chinese Cinemas. He studies visual culture in East Asia, especially in China. Among his books are Witness Against History: Literature, Film, and Public Discourse in Twentieth-Century China and Painting the City Red: Chinese Cinema and the Urban Contract. He currently research media art in urban spaces and the history of cinephilia in China. He is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.