US Religious Historian with focus on MBC (migration, borders, citizenship), Asian America, US Imperialism | PhD Candidate @Harvard Religion & Fellow @Weatherhead | Every Thu.@BOS.Symphony | Reading Now:📚 How Our Days Became Numbered 🔗 seokweonjeon.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3mbhfkj7yzk2sGrateful to @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social for sharing this, and for the community that made all this work possible. It’s been an honor to be part of this community. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jan 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbhfkj7yzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3maoden6egc2rSouth Korea’s Ministry of Culture just released (12/23) its 2025 public values survey. For the first time since the survey began 30 years ago, the maturity of democracy (32%) ranked higher than economic prosperity (28%) as the most desired vision for the country’s future—a historic turning point. https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/culture/culture_general/1236184.html23 Dec 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3maoden6egc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3m5wlakk6ls2cIf you’ll be in Boston for #AARSBL25, please join us on Sat, Nov 22 at 9am for a Religion and Eugenics roundtable I’m organizing. We’ll be in conversation with Jamie Marsella, Melissa Wilde, Beth Stroud, Charles McCrary, and Terence Keel—would love to have this urgently needed conversation together.18 Nov 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wlakk6ls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3m5wlakk6ls2cIf you’ll be in Boston for #AARSBL25, please join us on Sat, Nov 22 at 9am for a Religion and Eugenics roundtable I’m organizing. We’ll be in conversation with Jamie Marsella, Melissa Wilde, Beth Stroud, Charles McCrary, and Terence Keel—would love to have this urgently needed conversation together.18 Nov 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wlakk6ls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3lwfbe5i6ss2gSo excited for my colleague @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social — who just started her new role as Lecturer on American Religious History at Harvard Divinity School — and her fall course, Celebrity and Charisma in American Christianity! It’s going to be such a fantastic class. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2025 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwfbe5i6ss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3luqfjn45v223Garamond is the font that gently places the syllabus in your hands and whispers, “You won’t understand me now. But one day, you will.” Garamond doesn’t care if you miss the deadline. Garamond is the deadline. It’s not illegible—it’s just emotionally unavailable. (written in Garamond, obviously) [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3luqfjn45v223https://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3lsylzfldlk22On July 4, 1917, Henry Ford’s English School held its graduation. Immigrant workers in native dress descended from a mock steamship into a giant cauldron marked “Melting Pot” and emerged in suits, waving US flags. Assimilation staged as public ritual. Credit: The Henry Ford Collection, THF10648102 Jul 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsylzfldlk22https://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3lq6vbu7la22qThis has been the hardest week I've had since coming to Harvard. But then these books arrived, one by one, like gifts. They reminded me why I study, why I’m here, and what still calls me forward. Grateful for the scholarship and spirit of @tomtweed.bsky.social, @judithweisenfeld.com,& Gordon Chang.27 May 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6vbu7la22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3lnbczsdsnc2eCongrats Chanhee Heo on receiving a postdoctoral fellowship from the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis!! So excited to see the vital scholarship Chanhee will continue to bring to conversations on race, religion, and migration across the Pacific. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2025 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnbczsdsnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3lldadoksk22gPlease join the opening event of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s new exhibition “Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives.” Erika Lee, Eunsong Kim, and Shaina Lu will be talking with the curator Victor Betts. April 22, 2025 (Tuesday), 4PM ET RSVP here 👇 https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-illuminate-exhibition-opening-event-virtual?utm_source=hri_pardot_newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=illuminate_outreach&utm_term=illuminate_MonthlyEventsNewsletter27 Mar 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lldadoksk22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3llzem6cksk2xSo thrilled to host 2025 Spring Harvard Study of Religion Book Talk with Melissa Borja (U. Michigan) for her multi-awarding-winning book, Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change. 📅 Wednesday, April 16 🕔 5:00–6:30 PM 📍 Thomson Room at Barker Center04 Apr 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzem6cksk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3llzem6cksk2xSo thrilled to host 2025 Spring Harvard Study of Religion Book Talk with Melissa Borja (U. Michigan) for her multi-awarding-winning book, Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change. 📅 Wednesday, April 16 🕔 5:00–6:30 PM 📍 Thomson Room at Barker Center04 Apr 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzem6cksk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3llxeincrhs2iBreaking: The Constitutional Court of South Korea has unanimously confirmed the impeachment and removal of President Yoon Suk-yeol of the Republic of Korea.04 Apr 2025 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxeincrhs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/seokweonjeon.bsky.social/post/3lldadoksk22gPlease join the opening event of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s new exhibition “Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives.” Erika Lee, Eunsong Kim, and Shaina Lu will be talking with the curator Victor Betts. April 22, 2025 (Tuesday), 4PM ET RSVP here 👇 https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-illuminate-exhibition-opening-event-virtual?utm_source=hri_pardot_newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=illuminate_outreach&utm_term=illuminate_MonthlyEventsNewsletter27 Mar 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:l3c3jnedpbppkposcsixsr7x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lldadoksk22g