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

我的研究探讨了围绕美国的菲律宾（1933-1947）的非殖民化的智力辩论。它提出了三个关键问题：美国演员如何影响菲律宾的独立辩论，什么是菲律宾的反应从精英和流行的观点，以及这些反应如何影响民族主义在非殖民化世界的智力发展？该项目通过历史演员的跨国演员，包括美国殖民主义者如弗兰克·墨菲，公共知识分子和记者如约瑟夫·海登和罗素·布林，精英和流行的菲律宾人物如曼努埃尔·罗哈斯和路易斯·塔鲁克，以及英国和地球仪的国际演员，将美国对菲律宾的非殖民化历史化。它分析了这些人物如何构建和质疑菲律宾独立，并探讨了围绕种族，宗教，帝国和例外论的知识假设如何碰撞，以告知美国的帝国企业。这项研究为美国国家建设的历史提供了新的视角，为菲律宾独立提供了一个超越美国中心分析的跨国账户。它利用这些岛屿作为战后亚洲非殖民化的先驱的国际意义，并考察了当地对美国帝国主义政策的抵抗及其在更广泛的世界中的接受程度。我的本科论文集中在美国媒体对菲律宾独立的流行态度的影响上。我在诺丁汉的MRES通过墨菲和保罗·麦克纳特的比较知识分子传记描绘了美国对独立的态度。在诺丁汉，我完成了美国和菲律宾的资助研究之旅，并在几个会议上发表论文。我的研究是由大学的亚洲及太平洋研究所提供的，他们提供了汤姆林森奖学金等赠款。我还在该研究所的对话博客上担任编辑，在那里我发表文章。

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.