Special IAO Lunar New Year “Meet The Author” event: 🧧🌸🐎
Time Inheritance Mapping Workshop —How time shapes your decision-making and what you can do about it
Hosted by Imperial As One (IAO), sponsored by the Departments of Brain Sciences, and Immunology & Inflammation, supported by Library Services
Our next Meet The Author event will be on 28th Jan at South Kensington campus. Please join us at this special in-person lunch & workshop by Dr Cora Lingling Xu, Associate Professor, Durham University, exploring the idea of ‘time inheritance’ from her new book, The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China (SUNY Press 2025). In the workshop we will celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year and also explore the novel concept called ‘time inheritance’ to further understand social mobility.
IAO Lunar New Year “Meet The Author” with Dr Cora Lingling Xu
Date: Wednesday 28/01/2026
Time: 12:30-2pm (lunch provided)
Venue: 4.408, Abdus Salam Library, Campus, South Kensington Campus
Open to all Imperial students & staff, info & registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iao-special-lunar-new-year-meet-the-author-with-dr-cora-lingling-xu-tickets-1978159061002
We will explore the concept ‘time inheritance’, which reveals how individuals inherit different amounts and qualities of time at familial, national and international levels. It will explore how issues such as first-generation status, class, race/ethnicity and gender shape how we use time and our relationship with time. Lunch and some Lunar New Year snacks will be provided! Please register to attend.