Lu Xinyu is the director of the International Communication Research Institute and a Zijiang Chair Professor at East China Normal University as well as the president of the Global South Academic Forum. Professor Lu’s interdisciplinary research spans media studies, visual culture, sociology, and philosophy. Much of her work offers politically grounded readings of history through the lens of media and visual narratives, examining how historical events and social issues are represented and understood in contemporary Chinese culture. She has published in a number of books and academic articles, including ‘Chinese-Style Modernization: Revolution and the Worker-Peasant Alliance’ (Monthly Review, February 2025) and Neoliberalism or Neo-collective Rural China: A Critique and Prospect (Palgrave 2024).