'Evolving Threads': ESEA Scholars' journeys across generations

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From doctoral study to professorship, academic careers
are rarely linear. This intergenerational conversation explores the evolving
threads that shape ESEA scholars’ journeys: heritage and migration, identity
and belonging, mentorship and mutual aid, barriers and breakthroughs. Together
The panel will consider how we can honour what we inherit, challenge what
Constrains us, and weave more equitable futures in higher education.
They will share their insights and experiences, exploring
the barriers, breakthroughs, achievements, and everything in between. From
Visibility and representation to leadership and belonging, this is a space for
Open dialogue and genuine reflection.
The panel will be
chaired by Professor Cindy Chew.
Cindy Chew is a Consultant
Radiologist, Honorary Professor and Director of Imaging and Anatomy at the
University of Glasgow. She is Immediate Past President of the Scottish
Radiological Society and President-Elect of the Radiology Section of the Royal
Society of Medicine.
She is a Fellow of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal
Radiology and her national work spans radiology workforce planning
Postgraduate and undergraduate education, clinical standards and health policy.
She serves on Scotland’s Diagnostic Specialty Training Board and has held
national roles with the Royal College of Radiologists and NICE. She has a
Particular interest in developing sustainable diagnostic capacity through
Workforce development, education, quality improvement and better use of
existing NHS infrastructure.
Panellists
Dr Kevin Leomo (he/him)
is a Scottish-Filipino sound artist, researcher, curator, and activist. He is
the Co-Director of Creatives of Colour. Kevin sits on the Strategic Advisory
Board for the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland and the Black Workers’
Committee for the Scottish Trades Union Congress. He leads the sound art
collective Sound Thought, is a board member for the Scottish Music Centre, and
is on the Musicians’ Union Regional Committee for Scotland & Northern
Ireland. Kevin works as the Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement Specialist
for the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Glasgow.
Yidan Hu is currently a PhD candidate in theatre
studies at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include theatre
history, theatre translation, and cross-border theatre. She holds a MA in
translation studies and has provided translation services for IOHA (The
Institute of Human Anatomy) and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare).
In parallel with her academic research, she is also an active practitioner and
organiser in the field of intercultural performance. As a founding member and
current organiser of the UofG Peking Opera Society, she has curated exhibitions
at the university’s Advanced Research Centre and directed public performances
at Websters Theatre in Glasgow, aiming to foster critical dialogue between
Chinese operatic forms and contemporary global audiences.
Whether you're navigating your own path in HE or committed
To making it more inclusive, this is a conversation you won't want to Miss.
There will be a networking opportunity with refreshments following the panel
discussion. We look forward to welcoming you there.
Soroño is a Philippine-born community and cultural engagement curator and
producer based in Glasgow, working at the intersection of research, arts and
Underrepresented communities through Cross-disciplinary programming, inclusive
Community outreach and collaborative partnerships.
is the founder of FeministAI.org, which led to her invitation onto the artist
commissions reviewing panel for BRAID UK, deciding grant recipients for the
Tipping Point exhibition as part of Edinburgh Festivals 2025. She is also
co-director and co-founder of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) Creatives
Scotland, and producer of Scotland's first festival dedicated to ESEA
Creatives.
currently serves as Gifford Committee Clerk in the School of Critical Studies
at the University of Glasgow, and has recently worked as Festival Officer at
Glasgow International. She helped deliver Creatives of Colour Festival in 2025
And her research and practice continue to draw on lived experience to serve
Displaced diasporic communities in pursuit of social justice.
Dr Nai Rui Chng
I am interested in how we can create equitable and
Sustainable solutions for the flourishing of people, animals and the
environment in our planet. I approach this work via three intersecting areas:
1) One Health; 2) Complex Interventions; and 3) Co-production.
My research brings the methodology of complex
interventions to bear on the challenges of One Health, working from the premise
That problems spanning human, animal and environmental health are complex
They emerge from many interacting parts and depend on the behaviour and buy-in
of a wide range of interest-holders. Rather than asking only whether an
intervention works, I ask for whom it works, under what conditions, and how.
Central to this is co-production: I design and evaluate programmes in partnership
With the communities living with a problem, treating them as partners in
understanding it rather than as subjects to be studied. Through participatory
and developmental methods, I try to ensure that One Health interventions are
Not only effective but reach the people and places too often left behind.
Professor Jen Ang
This is a Ferguson Bequest funded event hosted by the Global
Majority Network and the Equality and Diversity Unit