Victor Seow

Summer School: The Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence | King's College London Labour, Power and Capital Accumulation; 16-19 June 2026

How does AI reshape labour, power and capital accumulation?

Apply to the Summer School “The Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence”

📍 King’s College London | 16–19 June 2026
🎓 PhDs & ECRs welcome | 💷 No fees
⏰ Deadline: 17 March

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/summe...

Reminder 📢

Join us in about an hour for Hyemin Lee's Harvard S&T in Asia talk on multispecies governance in Korean ginseng farming!

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

Here's a first look at official UK poster for UNDERLAND.

Directed by Rob Petit and based on the bestselling book by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, #UnderlandFilm is a cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth.

In UK/IRE cinemas from 27 March.
www.underlandfilm.com

@hannahpeel.bsky.social

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 “𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹” 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀?

Join the Harvard S&T in Asia series for Hyemin Lee's upcoming talk!

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histmed

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 “𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹” 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀?

Join the Harvard S&T in Asia series for Hyemin Lee's upcoming talk!

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histmed

Many thanks to everyone who joined us for Merlyna Lim's Harvard S&T in Asia talk yesterday. I was heartened by her argument that pauses, care, and offline organizing can create real breaks in contemporary politics' relentless scroll-time. 📱

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts

1/ Greetings, Bluesky! My name is Sakura Christmas. I’m a historian of the Japanese empire and aftermath at Bowdoin College in Maine, on the unceded woods and waters of the Wabanaki. I focus on the histories of borderlands, environment, and technology.

CfP: Reframing Tibetan and Mongol Mapmaking Practices (pre-20th century)

CfP: Reframing Tibetan and Mongol Mapmaking Practices, due March 1

Amazing opportunity for 18th and 19th c. historians to study some exquisite 20th c. artifacts at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/zentralas...

Come see me speak on the “Mining Pasts of the Nintendo Game Boy” at Harvard on Monday, February 23rd! Grateful to my hosts @eastasiascitech.bsky.social and @harvardusjapan.bsky.social.

Looking forward to this upcoming talk by the one and only @prof-christmas.bsky.social!! 🎮

Happy new year!! 🐎 May this year of the horse be a good—neigh, a great one!!

Reminder 📢

Join the Harvard S&T in Asia series tomorrow over Zoom for Merlyna Lim's talk on affective politics in algorithmic Southeast Asia!

Registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histtech 🧪

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮?

Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series for this upcoming talk by Merlyna Lim!

🗓️ Tue, Feb 17
🕥 10:30 am ET
📍 Over Zoom

Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histtech

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮?

Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series for this upcoming talk by Merlyna Lim!

🗓️ Tue, Feb 17
🕥 10:30 am ET
📍 Over Zoom

Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histtech

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

It was great to host Yu Wang in Harvard's S&T in Asia series yesterday. Something I will remember is how engineers and operators exploited crosstalk to carry radio signals on existing lines, turning an electromagnetic nuisance into a distribution technique. 📻 Fascinating stuff!

#histstm #histtech

Reminder 📢

Join the Harvard S&T in Asia series over Zoom tomorrow for this talk by Yu Wang on "Sonic Socialism" 📻

Registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #histsci #histtech #sts

Weekly Wanderings: February 8, 2026 I have a new review at The Wall Street Journal, discussing a wonderful and very engaging book by journalist Yi-Ling Liu, The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet. I’ve written a lot over the years about the Chinese Party-state’s imposition of internet controls, so it was a refreshing change to talk about a book that explores the internet as a place of liberation rather than restriction:

Weekly Wanderings: February 8, 2026

I have a new review at The Wall Street Journal, discussing a wonderful and very engaging book by journalist Yi-Ling Liu, The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet. I’ve written a lot over the years about the Chinese…

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺?

Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia series for this upcoming talk by Yu Wang (Cornell)!

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

#histstm #sts #histtech

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺?

Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia series for this upcoming talk by Yu Wang (Cornell)!

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

#histstm #sts #histtech

Launching Reckoning Science We believe in science and its achievements, but also in the need to examine how it is actually made, including its limits and its entanglements with politics, money, and power.

Excited to announce that my post doc, Sasha Kaurov, and I are launching
reckoningscience.org/launching-re...
Please take a look, read, and subscribe! All proceeds will go to supporting the underfed post-doc.

seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum

Last week, we kicked off the spring 2026 season of the Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series with a terrific talk by Denis Simon. He traced China's expanding global S&T footprint and what it means for US-China competition and cooperation, making a case for "smart openness" over blunt decoupling.

Thrilled to invite you to the first talk in our Spring 2026 Science & Technology in Asia online seminar series @ Harvard!

🗓 Tue, Jan 27, 10:30–11:45am ET
📌 “U.S.-China S&T Relations in an Era of Rising Geopolitical Tensions" by Denis Simon

Join us: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm

Thrilled to invite you to the first talk in our Spring 2026 Science & Technology in Asia online seminar series @ Harvard!

🗓 Tue, Jan 27, 10:30–11:45am ET
📌 “U.S.-China S&T Relations in an Era of Rising Geopolitical Tensions" by Denis Simon

Join us: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm

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 🧪

So sad to learn of Chen laoshi's passing. Thanks for sharing, Micah.

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 Future That Was How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

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...