Imagining Independence: The United States and the Decolonization of the Philippines, 1933-1947

我的研究探讨了围绕菲律宾（1933-1947）的美国非殖民化的知识分子辩论。它提出了三个关键问题：美国演员如何影响菲律宾独立辩论，菲律宾人从精英和大众的角度如何反应，以及这些反应如何影响非殖民化世界中民族主义的智力发展？该项目通过一群跨国历史演员，将美国对菲律宾的非殖民化历史化，包括像弗兰克·墨菲这样的美国殖民者，像约瑟夫·海登和拉塞尔·布林斯这样的公共知识分子和记者，像曼努埃尔·罗哈斯和路易斯·塔鲁克这样的精英和受欢迎的菲律宾人，以及英国和全球各地的国际演员。它分析了这些人物是如何构建和反对菲律宾独立的，并探讨了围绕种族、宗教、帝国和例外论的智力假设是如何相互碰撞的，从而为美国的帝国事业提供了信息。这项研究为美国国家建设的历史提供了新的视角，为菲律宾的独立提供了一个跨国的视角，而不是以美国为中心的分析。它利用了这些岛屿作为战后亚洲去殖民化先驱的国际意义，并探讨了当地对美帝国主义政策的抵抗及其在更广泛的世界中的接受程度。我的本科毕业论文关注的是美国媒体对菲律宾独立态度的影响。我在诺丁汉的MRes通过墨菲和保罗·麦克纳特的比较传记，描绘了美国人对独立的态度。在诺丁汉大学，我完成了资助的美国和菲律宾研究之旅，并在几次会议上发表了论文。我的研究是由该大学的亚太研究所提供的，该研究所曾颁发过汤姆林森奖学金等奖学金。我还在该研究所的“对话”博客担任编辑，在那里撰写文章。

My research explores the intellectual debates surrounding America's decolonization of the Philippines (1933-1947). It poses three critical questions: how did American actors influence the Philippine independence debates, what were the Filipino responses from elite and popular perspectives, andhow did these responses influence the intellectual development of nationalism in the decolonizing world?The project historicises America's decolonization of the Philippines through a transnational cast of historical actors, including US colonialists like Frank Murphy, public intellectuals and journalists like Joseph Hayden and Russel Brines, elite and popular Filipino figures like Manuel Roxas and Luis Taruc, as well as international actors in Britain and across the globe. It analyses how these characters constructed and contested Philippine Independence, and probes the ways intellectual assumptions around race, religion, empire and exceptionalism collided to inform America's imperial enterprise. The research sheds new light on the history of US nation-building, offering a transnational account of Philippine independence that moves away from UScentric analyses. It utilises the islands' international significance as a forerunner for post-war Asian decolonization, and examines the underexplored dimensions of local resistance to US imperial policy and its reception in the wider world.My undergraduate thesis focused on the US media's influence over popular attitudes to Philippine independence. My MRes at Nottingham maps US attitudes to independence through a comparative intellectual biography of Murphy and Paul McNutt. At Nottingham, I have completed funded research trips to the US and Philippines, as well as presented papers at several conferences. My research is informed by the university's Institute of Asia & Pacific Studies, who have awarded grants like the Tomlinson scholarship. I also work as an editor at the institute's Dialogue blog, where I contribute articles.