Science and Technology in Asia @ Harvard – Spring 2026 Schedule2.1.2026 {de}
The convenors are pleased to share the spring 2026 schedule for the Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series @ Harvard.
This coming term, we will be featuring presentations by Denis Simon (Institute for China-America Studies), Yu Wang (Cornell University),Merlyna Lim (Carlton University), Hyemin Lee (Yale University), Taomo Zhou (National University of Singapore), Ran Zwigenberg (Pennsylvania State University), Michitake Aso (University at Albany), Gonçalo Santos (University of Coimbra), Hiromi Mizuno (University of Minnesota), and Gita Chadha (Azim Premji University).
These talks will take place over Zoom on the Tuesdays below, 10:30–11:45 am EST, and are open to all.
January 27, 2026 | Denis Simon | „Evolving U.S.-China S&T Relations in an Era of Rising Geopolitical Tensions“ | Register
February 10, 2026 | Yu Wang | „Sonic Socialism: Radio and the Technopolitics of Listening in Maoist China“ | Register
February 17, 2026 | Merlyna Lim | „Fandom, Fear, and Feeds: Affective Politics in Algorithmic Southeast Asia“ | Register
March 3, 2026 | Hyemin Lee | „Bureaucratic Roots: Certificate Governmentality and Multispecies Governance in Korean Ginseng“ | Register
March 17, 2026 | Taomo Zhou | „Soldiers and Cellphones: The Cold War Roots of the Consumer Electronics Industry in Shenzhen, China“ | Register
March 31, 2026 | Ran Zwigenberg | „Cognitive Fallout: Psychology and Early Radiation Research in Hiroshima“ | Register
April 14, 2026 | Michitake Aso | „After Agent Orange: How Dioxin Shaped Postwar Reconciliation Between the United States and Vietnam“ | Register
April 21, 2026 | Gonçalo Santos | „Revisiting the Wasteocene: Shifting Circular Economies of Night-soil in Early 20th-Century China“ | Register
April 28, 2026 | Hiromi Mizuno | TBD | Register
May 5, 2026 | Gita Chadha | „Repurposing an Idea: Scientific Temper in India“ | Register
We very much hope you will be able to join us for one or more of these sessions.
Further information: https://seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia.
Source: Science and Technology in Asia @ Harvard – Spring 2026 Schedule, H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.
