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 🧪

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 🧪

The Introduction, “What is the Future We Yearn For?,” to my book, *The Future That Was*, is now live and freely available to all on the book’s @princetonupress.bsky.social website press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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 🧪

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. seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm 🧪

It's a good one, as mentioned here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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 🧪

Looking for a holiday gift for that special someone? 🎁 @uchicagopress.bsky.social is having a 30% off sitewide sale, and my book, CARBON TECHNOCRACY, is now available for $19.25 with the promo code HOLIDAY25. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #histstm #histsci #histtech #envhist 🧪

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 🧪

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 🧪

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

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

Hello, NOLA!! #hss2025

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 🧪

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 🧪

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 🧪

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 🧪

Why did Western firms move manufacturing to East Asia? Who are the workers behind the region's industrial rise, and what are the social costs? For our podcast, @yangyangcheng.bsky.social spoke with Anru Lee and Ya-Wen Lei on gender, labour, and (de)industrialisation in China and Taiwan.

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 🧪

So very looking forward to teaching this virtual workshop on writing across and beyond borders! Ticket sales go towards supporting @nuvoices.bsky.social, of which I'm a longtime reader and listener, and big fan😍 Details and sign-up: nuvoices.com/2025/10/27/v...

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 🧪

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

In an hour 🕙 Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

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 🧪

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

Reminder 📢 Come join the Harvard Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series tomorrow for this talk by John DiMoia of Seoul National University! 🚢 Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

Reminder 📢 Come join the Harvard Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series tomorrow for this talk by John DiMoia of Seoul National University! 🚢 Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

Who becomes a scientist, what kind of work does she do, and why? Generations of women in China have explored these questions. For @madeinchinajournal.com, I trace their stories and the different answers their struggles and achievements reveal—on the purpose of science and the meaning of womanhood.

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

We have a fantastic new essay on China’s new climate pledge by @jeremywallace.bsky.social at @heatmap.news this morning. He argues the country’s indecision about its green future is more than just an environmental disappointment — it is a serious governing mistake. heatmap.news/ideas/china-...

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 🧪

So much gold to be mined from the diary of Harada Ryōji 原田良次, a maintenance tech in a Chiba-based aerial interception unit tasked with defending Tokyo's skies His entries are scribbled in the margins of a book 👇 - in part due to paper shortages, in part to keep record on the sly A few stand-outs:

For @npr.org, I review Lou Ye's acclaimed Covid movie "An Unfinished Film," its courage in venturing into the forbidden, and limitations in what it seems unable or unwilling to confront. The Chinese people deserve better, more honest stories. The work remains unfinished. www.npr.org/2025/10/04/g...

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 🧪

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 🧪

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 🧪

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

🚨Don't miss our workshop "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World" @univie.ac.at organised by @eclaaire.bsky.social and @gbba.bsky.social. 📅 25–26 September 2025 !Please register! 📃 Program & info: bit.ly/4pslQfs #Scarce #histsci #histeco #mining

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

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 🧪

Talk tomorrow on history, power, & ironies & paradoxes of rhetorical & infrastructural appropriations of AI. #histsci

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 🧪

Exciting news from my colleagues @sciencehistory.org! This archive documents the early history of #MolecularBiology & efforts to determine the structure of #DNA. @matthewcobb.bsky.social provides an overview of its contents & significance in the thread below. #histSTM #histsci #histbio #Molbio 🗃️📜🧬

There is a new essay on the 1800 Histories website: Mariia Koskina’s micro-history of Novotroitsk, a Soviet steel town in the Urals. A ‘monotown’ where fixation on heavy industry & outdated tech left the region polluted and residents facing uncertain futures. histecon.fas.harvard.edu/1800_histori...

Welcome to Bluesky, @ishpssb.bsky.social! (Boosting the signal for #histSTM friends, especially those interested in the history & philosophy of #biology...) #histbio #histmed #philsci #philbio 🗃️🧬

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 🧪

With a great outline of her work on women scientists in America #histSTM

Just Code, just published!!! Open Access of full book is now freely available, see link below, made possible by @sloanfoundation.bsky.social grant to CBI! Am so honored to partner w Con & work alongside 19 stellar, fellow interdisciplinary authors on this book! #histtech cse.umn.edu/cbi/just-cod...

So grateful to do this Q&A with @williamthomas.bsky.social @aip.bsky.social on being a Chinese scientist in the US and the importance of history to my work, esp. in this moment. Read the full interview, also ft. @mcnees.bsky.social, in AIP's History Newsletter: aip.brightspotcdn.com/89/11/30815e...

A new #OpenAccess resource for teaching world/global history is almost ready. The module "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta," is in final editing & should be "live" by the beginning of September. A preview here: www.arc-humanities.org/blog/2025/07...