This episode explores the rationales and events leading up to the United States' decision to formally colonize the Philippines following the Spanish American War, as well as Filipino forms of resistance. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: ⁠⁠⁠https://gofund.me/04e5824c⁠⁠⁠. Follow on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?

This episode examines the traditional schools of thought surrounding 19th and 20th century imperial impact in China and Chinese response. It critically analyzes various scholarly views and attempts to offer a more nuanced and workable approach to the subject, taking into account Chinese historical agency and autonomy.

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This podcast examines the various historiographical trends that have shaped the intellectual and political integration of Filipino Muslims into a developing national narrative over the past century in the Philippines. This piece highlights the various intersections and points of contention that frame a negotiated exchange between majority and minority populations in the Philippines. Questions of cultural and national authenticity, imperial conquest, and post-colonial economic and bureaucratic modernity create widely differing visions of a sharply contested “Filipino nation.”

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