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Victor Seow
@eastasiascitech.bsky.social
Historian of technology, science, and industry @ Harvard. Author of CARBON TECHNOCRACY. Currently writing a history of industrial psychology in China. More about my work here: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow
Pleased to share the Spring 2026 schedule for the SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ASIA online seminar series @ Harvard!

Talks are over Zoom on Tuesdays, 10:30–11:45 am EST.

REGISTRATION: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #sts 🧪
December 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
That's a wrap for the fall 2025 season of the Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series.

Thanks again to our speakers, the Harvard University Asia Center for sponsorship, and everyone who joined us.

Stay tuned for the spring 2026 schedule!

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm 🧪
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thrilled to have hosted Yitang Lin in the Harvard S&T in Asia series earlier this month. Her talk traced agricultural techniques across East Asia and West Africa, showing how Temne, Taiwanese, and PRC rice farming repertoire were entangled in practice.

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#histstm 🧪
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆? 🌾

Join us for this 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 talk by Yitang Lin!

Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I enjoyed learning about the beginnings of institutonalized dentistry training in colonial India through Sahara Ahmed's Harvard Science and Technology in Asia talk yesterday 🦷

Many thanks again to Sahara and to all who joined the session!

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histmed 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲? 🦷

Find out in this Harvard S&T in Asia talk by Sahara Ahmed this coming week!

Zoom ✍️: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histmed
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This past Tuesday, the Harvard S&T series hosted Jenna Grant for a terrific talk on how malaria drug resistance in the Greater Mekong reveals how parasite itineraries, provider biographies, and postcolonial materialities shape "region." Thanks again, Jenna!

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hello, NOLA!!

#hss2025
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀?

Please join the 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 for this upcoming talk by Jenna Grant (UW) next week!

𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histmed #anthro #sts 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Yang Li delivered an impressive Harvard S&T in Asia talk yesterday in which she offered a highly original framework for understanding the development of science in Mao-era China.

Stay tuned for this forthcoming work on "scientific capital!"

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histsci 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
How did socialist projects of making antibiotics and building atom bombs amount to the primitive accumulation of "scientific capital" in the People's Republic?

🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom

Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How did U.S.-led aid transform Taiwan's forests from a site of natural riches to a problem to be solved? 🌳

Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia seminar series for this upcoming talk by historian and geographer Kuang-chi Hung!

Zoom: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histsci #envhist 🧪
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of hearing @yunnia.bsky.social's terrific Harvard S&T in Asia talk on how AI-inflected emotions circulate as instruments of power through which both Chinese and American states shape subjects. 🇨🇳 🇺🇸

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

Thanks, Silvia!

#histstm
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Reminder 📢

Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia seminar series tomorrow for this online talk by Silvia Lindtner on affect and AI between China and the US!

Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histtech #sts 🧪
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So glad to have hosted @jdimoia.bsky.social in the Harvard S&T in Asia seminar series yesterday! His account of Korean containerization into and through the Vietnam War offered a compelling preview of his ongoing research on KODCO 🚢

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histtech
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
How might rethinking AI as an “emotional technology” transform our understanding of control, resistance, and the politics of feeling? 🤖 ❤️

Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia series for this talk by the remarkable Silvia Lindtner @yunnia.bsky.social!

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts
October 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How did Korean firms like Hanjin carry containerization from Vietnam’s Cam Ranh & Qui Nhon to Busan, transforming ports & unsettling U.S. contractors like Lusteveco? 🚢

John DiMoia @ Harvard #STinAsia, Tue Oct 14, 10:30 ET

Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histtech 🧪
October 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
From wartime packaging to microbial foodways, Aya Kimura's Harvard S&T in Asia talk on tsukemono earlier this week was a delight. Don't miss her forthcoming book, "Fermenting for the Future" (UC Press, spring 2026)!

seow.scholar.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #envhum 🧪
October 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
How might Japanese pickles help us critically reflect on modern antibiotic relations?

Please join the Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series for this talk by Aya Kimura!

📅 Tue, Sep 30
🕥 10:30–11:45 am EST

Registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histsci #envhum 🧪
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Kicked off our fall 2025 Harvard #STinAsia online seminar series yesterday w/ Jiraporn Laochaoroenwong. Learned lots about the ways that animal value is reworked at the Myanmar–Thailand border. 🐄 Thanks, Jiraporn!

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #envhum #envhist
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Reminder 📢

Please join the Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series in a few hours (10:30 am ET) for Jiraporn Laochaoroenwong's talk on making "square oxen" across the Myanmar–Thailand border.

Zoom registration here: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #envhum #envhist #histsci
September 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
How might border bureaucracies, animal care, and chemical interventions transform worn-out drought cattle into export-ready "square oxen"?

Find out at this upcoming Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series talk

📅 Tue, Sep 23
🕥 10:30–11:45 EST
📌 Zoom

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm 🧪
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series is back!

This fall features talks from affect and control in Chinese AI to American forestry in Cold War Taiwan.

We meet on Zoom on the Tuesdays listed, 10:30–11:45 am ET.

Registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #envhist #sts 🧪
September 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Excited to the at Seattle University to be giving this talk. With thanks to Yitan Li for the invitation and to Peter Lee for sponsoring this lecture.

events.seattleu.edu/event/peter-...
May 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Excited to be at Rutgers for a talk today!

With thanks to Xingming Wang for the kind invitation 🙏
May 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM