Paola Zamperini, associate professor of Chinese literature and director of Chinese studies at Amherst College, will present “Moving Fashions: Wearing Gender in Late Imperial China.” Zamperini’s book, “Lost Bodies: Prostitution and Masculinity in Late Qing Fiction” (Brill University Press, 2010), addresses the way fictional characters handle passion, sexuality and love. Her talk begins at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in UNC Asheville’s Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.