A Reading: "Our Present Concern: Historicism, Teleology, and Contingent Histories of a More Democratic Past"

American Imperialism in the Philippines, Pt. 1

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 [https://gofund.me/04e5824c]. Follow on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php? [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439]

A Reading: Rethinking Imperial Impact and Autonomous History in Modern China: A Historiographical Survey

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. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: ⁠⁠⁠https://gofund.me/04e5824c⁠⁠⁠ [https://gofund.me/04e5824c]. Follow on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php? [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439]

A Reading: Muslim Integration in the Philippines: A Historiographical Survey

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.” We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: ⁠⁠⁠https://gofund.me/04e5824c⁠⁠⁠ [https://gofund.me/04e5824c]. Follow on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php? [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439]

A Reading: "Our Present Concern: Historicism, Teleology, and Contingent Histories of a More Democratic Past"

As scholars have attempted to move away from Eurocentric views over the past few decades and integrate disparate parts of the world into a more democratic narrative of world history, they have increasingly relied on the present as an empirical guidepost. The motives and rationales for this primary concern with the present as a source of historical knowledge are complex and deeply embedded in epistemolo- gical traditions and chronotypes that demand particular views of transitional history and time. This article attempts to explore these views from two critical angles. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: ⁠⁠⁠https://gofund.me/04e5824c⁠⁠⁠. Follow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/people/Asian-World-Podcast-with-Dr-Hawkins/61557270533439/

Asian World Podcast - The Rise of Colonial Consciousness in Southeast Asia

This episode explores the rise and nature of colonial consciousness in Southeast Asia among the colonized. It looks at the various modern developments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that not only created an awareness of colonial oppression but systematically demythologized colonial regimes. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: ⁠⁠https://gofund.me/04e5824c⁠⁠ [https://gofund.me/04e5824c]. Follow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/people/Asian-World-Podcast-with-Dr-Hawkins/61557270533439/ [https://www.facebook.com/people/Asian-World-Podcast-with-Dr-Hawkins/61557270533439/]