Laszlo Montgomery
Laszlo is the researcher, producer and host of the popular China History Podcast, alongside The Chinese Sayings Podcast and the China Vintage Hour. Alongside this, he is the founder of Teacup Media. Laszlo has worked in the China market for over 30 years and from this has developed deep appreciation and understanding of its unique culture, history, and stories.
Chinese Community Centre (Leicester Square)
The CCC is dedicated to empowering, meeting the needs and preserving the culture, arts and heritage of the Chinese Community. They facilitate one-to-one support, outreach visits, talks, workshops and events. The Centre is directed by Beverley Lin, who we are working closely with to develop the Communicating Time and Culture events.
Dr Daniela de Angeli
Daniela is a researcher, designer and event organiser with over a decade of experience creating interactive experiences and playful workshops for museums. She is currently a Lecturer at the University of Bath and a Co-Director of Echo Games CIC, a company making ’seriously fun games’ that educate and stimulate critical reflection.
Christy Ku
Christy is a poet, actor and workshop facilitator. She’s worked with the BBC, Sky Arts, Apples & Snakes and the Barbican on projects such as poetry films, spoken word tracks and theatre shows. She is the founder of BESEA Poets, a platform for British based East and South-East Asian poets.
Dan Simpson
Dan is a writer, facilitator, and coach. With over a decade of experience as a professional poet and spoken word artist, he is passionate about supporting others in their expression of creativity, authenticity, and communication. He's previously been poet-in-residence at Glastonbury Festival, Imperial College, and the National Memorial Arboretum.
Constella Music, directed by Leo Geyer
Constella Music is the creative powerhouse behind the award-winning composer and conductor, Leo Geyer. It publishes and performs Geyer’s music which has been described by The Times as “imaginative and beautifully shaped”. Constella Music has produced a wide selection of critically acclaimed performances, community collaborations and education projects.
Qinhua Wu: Junior Research Associate
Qinhua Wu is a Junior Research Associate for Communicating Time and Culture: Championing a Global Perspective in Science and Technology through Public Engagement (CTC).
She holds a bachelor's degree in Cultural Industry Management and is pursuing a postgraduate degree in Cultural Heritage Studies at University College London.
Outside research, Qinhua enjoys drumming, video games, and experimenting with recipes.
Wenjie Su: Junior Research Associate
Trained in art history, Wenjie Su’s research investigates the intersections of visual cultures, knowledge formations, and belief systems in the connected early modern world. Currently a PhD candidate at Princeton University, Su holds an M.A. from Utrecht University and a B.A. from the University of Hong Kong. Her doctoral dissertation traces the intertwined transmissions of clockwork designs, horological technologies, and cosmological ideas between early modern Europe and China. This research has been supported by fellowships and travel grants from the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, the Courtauld Institute of Art, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the Getty Foundation.
Hongqui Su: Junior Research Associate
Hongqiu Su graduated from the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics with a Master's degree.
Her research interest focuses on the notion of time shaped by technological assemblages and the modern economy.
As a museum enthusiast, she also serves as a museum ambassador volunteer at the Science Museum in London.
Ying Luo: Research and Public History Volunteer
Ying Luo holds a Master's Degree in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester and has two years of experience in exhibition organisation and collection digitisation.
As a museum practitioner, she has received training in Chinese and Western art history and hopes to provide more interesting perspectives on cross-cultural art exchanges between China and the UK.
Mikayla Hu: Research and Public History Volunteer
I'm Mikayla, an amateur science communicator and a museum enthusiast. My experience ranges from leading a one-object curatorial project to crafting large-scale exhibition proposals. You may also find me volunteering around the galleries of Science Museum, communicating the past, present and future of science to our audience across the world.
As part of the Global Majority, I aspire to contribute my perspective in shaping cross-cultural narratives within the museum landscape.
