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
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 🧪
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
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 🧪
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 🧪
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 🧪
Stay tuned for this forthcoming work on "scientific capital!"
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 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 🧪
Stay tuned for this forthcoming work on "scientific capital!"
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci 🧪
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 🧪
🗓️ 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 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 🧪
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
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 🧪
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
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 🧪
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 🧪
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
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
Thanks, Silvia!
#histstm
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 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
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
Thanks, Silvia!
#histstm
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 🧪
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
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 🧪
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 🧪
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
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histtech
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histtech
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
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 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
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
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 🧪
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
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 🧪
John DiMoia @ Harvard #STinAsia, Tue Oct 14, 10:30 ET
Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histtech 🧪
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 🧪
seow.scholar.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #sts #envhum 🧪
October 4, 2025 at 7:05 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 🧪
seow.scholar.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #sts #envhum 🧪
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 🧪
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
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 🧪
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 🧪
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
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
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 🧪
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
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 🧪
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 🧪
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 🧪
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
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 🧪
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 🧪
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.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:54 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-...
events.seattleu.edu/event/peter-...
Excited to be at Rutgers for a talk today!
With thanks to Xingming Wang for the kind invitation 🙏
With thanks to Xingming Wang for the kind invitation 🙏
May 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Excited to be at Rutgers for a talk today!
With thanks to Xingming Wang for the kind invitation 🙏
With thanks to Xingming Wang for the kind invitation 🙏
Mark your calendars! 📅
I'm thrilled to share the line-up for the fall 2025 Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series.
Hope you'll be able to join us for one or more of these sessions!
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #sts #envhist #envhum 🧪
I'm thrilled to share the line-up for the fall 2025 Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series.
Hope you'll be able to join us for one or more of these sessions!
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #sts #envhist #envhum 🧪
May 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am excited to be hosting the wonderful 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗲𝗿 for a talk here at Harvard this coming Thursday. If you are around and available, please do come and join us.
📅 Thursday, May 1, 2025
🕓 4:00–5:15 pm EST
📍 CGIS South (1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA), Room 153
#histstm #histtech 🧪
📅 Thursday, May 1, 2025
🕓 4:00–5:15 pm EST
📍 CGIS South (1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA), Room 153
#histstm #histtech 🧪
April 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It was great to host Li Zhang (UC Davis) in the S&T in Asia seminar series @ Harvard yesterday. Her talk used the case of new psychotherapies in China to offer a way to think about such interventions beyond purely somatic or narrative forms.
scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #sts 🧪
scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #sts 🧪
April 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It was great to host Li Zhang (UC Davis) in the S&T in Asia seminar series @ Harvard yesterday. Her talk used the case of new psychotherapies in China to offer a way to think about such interventions beyond purely somatic or narrative forms.
scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #sts 🧪
scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #sts 🧪
The 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 seminar series @ Harvard is pleased to co-sponsor this upcoming event, in which the wonderful and brilliant Lan A. Li will be presenting on her new book, 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙥𝙨: 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚.
#histstm #histmed #sts 🧪
#histstm #histmed #sts 🧪
April 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How have Chinese therapists transformed Western therapeutic models as they take them on to address concerns of psychological well-being?
Join us next week for Li Zhang's S&T in Asia @ Harvard talk, our last for the semester!
Zoom ✍️: scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histmed #sts 🧪
Join us next week for Li Zhang's S&T in Asia @ Harvard talk, our last for the semester!
Zoom ✍️: scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histmed #sts 🧪
April 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How have Chinese therapists transformed Western therapeutic models as they take them on to address concerns of psychological well-being?
Join us next week for Li Zhang's S&T in Asia @ Harvard talk, our last for the semester!
Zoom ✍️: scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histmed #sts 🧪
Join us next week for Li Zhang's S&T in Asia @ Harvard talk, our last for the semester!
Zoom ✍️: scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histmed #sts 🧪
Yuriko Furuhata (McGill) delivered a fascinating S&T in Asia @ Harvard talk challenging the Latourian concept of "immutable mobiles" through a paired analysis of celluloid film and ice core samples in Japanese polar science. 🧊
scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts #envhum 🧪
scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts #envhum 🧪
April 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yuriko Furuhata (McGill) delivered a fascinating S&T in Asia @ Harvard talk challenging the Latourian concept of "immutable mobiles" through a paired analysis of celluloid film and ice core samples in Japanese polar science. 🧊
scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts #envhum 🧪
scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts #envhum 🧪
Reminder 📢
Come join the Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series @ Harvard next Tuesday (April 15) for this talk by Yuriko Furuhata (McGill University) on "Refrigerated Time Capsules." 🧊
Zoom registration: scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist #envhum #sts
Come join the Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series @ Harvard next Tuesday (April 15) for this talk by Yuriko Furuhata (McGill University) on "Refrigerated Time Capsules." 🧊
Zoom registration: scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #envhist #envhum #sts
April 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM