Victor Seow

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Historian of technology, science, and industry, specializing in China and Japan and in histories of energy and work.

Author of CARBON TECHNOCRACY: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow/carbon_technocracy

Currently writing a book on industrial psychology in China as a science of work and a technology of production.

Father of two; master of none.

#histstm #histtech #histsci #econhist #envhist #histodons

Websitehttps://scholar.harvard.edu/seow

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

Please join the ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ online seminar series @ Harvard next ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—˜๐—ง for ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฅ. ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜†'s talk, "๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜€: ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ."

https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia

#histodons #envhist #envhum #histstm #sts

Science and Technology in Asia

The Science and Technology in Asia seminar series features talks on critical historical and contemporary issues in science, technology, medicine, and the environment in East, South, and Southeast Asia. It showcases some of the most exciting recent work in the humanities and social sciences that interrogates the place of the scientific and the technological in Asia and the place of Asia in our ideas and practices of science and technology.

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

Please join the ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ online seminar series @ Harvard next ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—˜๐—ง for ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฅ. ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜†'s talk, "๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜€: ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ."

https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia

#histodons #envhist #envhum #histstm #sts

Science and Technology in Asia

The Science and Technology in Asia seminar series features talks on critical historical and contemporary issues in science, technology, medicine, and the environment in East, South, and Southeast Asia. It showcases some of the most exciting recent work in the humanities and social sciences that interrogates the place of the scientific and the technological in Asia and the place of Asia in our ideas and practices of science and technology.

Today, weโ€™re renewing our commitment to feature the environmental-related work and expertise by graduate students and early career scholars who identify as women, trans and/or nonbinary people *in any language* ๐ŸŒ

Read more here ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://envhistnow.com/2023/01/30/call-for-non-english-content-2/

#EnvHist #EnvHum #Histodons

Call for Non-English Content

In November 2020, we aimed to refute the assumption that all pieces submitted and posted to EHN must be in English and that, in fact, we like to feature content in multiple languages. The EHN commuโ€ฆ

Environmental History Now.

๐Ÿ“ข And the Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series @ Harvard is back for the spring!

Please join us on Jan 31 (Tue), 10:30โ€“11:45 am ET, for Nurfadzilah Yahaya's talk, "The Baseless History of the Foreshore."

This talk, like all events in our series, is free, virtual, and open to all.

Details and registration: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia

#histodons #asianists #envhist #envhum #histstm #environment #empire #engineering #water

Science and Technology in Asia

The Science and Technology in Asia seminar series features talks on critical historical and contemporary issues in science, technology, medicine, and the environment in East, South, and Southeast Asia. It showcases some of the most exciting recent work in the humanities and social sciences that interrogates the place of the scientific and the technological in Asia and the place of Asia in our ideas and practices of science and technology.

How to sell a #broadside in early modern Germany?

Have a look at this single-sheet print of 1675 and discover a story of mice in battle formation including a religious comment. A thread for #bookhistory, #mediahistory and #animalhistory. #histodons #history

Access the print here: https://t1p.de/pjk1

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'Wahre eigentliche Abbildung der wunderbahren und denckwรผrdigen Begebenheit von Mรคusen so sich den 1. Septembr. dieses 1675. Jahrs bey Brochdorp unweit Hanover zugetragen' - Digitalisat | MDZ

๐Ÿ“ข And the Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series @ Harvard is back for the spring!

Please join us on Jan 31 (Tue), 10:30โ€“11:45 am ET, for Nurfadzilah Yahaya's talk, "The Baseless History of the Foreshore."

This talk, like all events in our series, is free, virtual, and open to all.

Details and registration: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia

#histodons #asianists #envhist #envhum #histstm #environment #empire #engineering #water

Science and Technology in Asia

The Science and Technology in Asia seminar series features talks on critical historical and contemporary issues in science, technology, medicine, and the environment in East, South, and Southeast Asia. It showcases some of the most exciting recent work in the humanities and social sciences that interrogates the place of the scientific and the technological in Asia and the place of Asia in our ideas and practices of science and technology.

A colleague and I just wrote โ€œAdvice Concerning the Increase in AI-Assisted Writingโ€ for other instructors at MIT. Personal thoughts & suggestions, not official policy, but perhaps interesting

https://nickm.com/schiappa_montfort/ai_advice_2023-01-10.pdf

Grateful to the Chinese Historians in the United States for this book award! ่ฌ่ฌๅ„ไฝ่€ๅธซ!

#carbontechnocracy #histodons #asianists #writers #aha23
Headed to the #AHA tomorrow. #histodons join myself, @seow, Trish Kahle, Fredrik Albritton Johnson, and Liz Chatterjee bright and early (8:30 am Friday!) for a roundtable discussion of everything #energy, #envhist #ClimateHistory #laborhistory #energyhist #energytransition

Freshly minted!

"Psychology as Technology: Industrial Psychology for an Industrializing China"

With thanks to everyone who helped me with it. This piece is part of a History and Technology special issue on technologies of production and the estate of knowledge in East Asia I am editing with Dagmar Schรคfer. Stay tuned for more.

#histodons #histstm