Center of the Study of Ethnicity and Race Event Join us for a discussion organized by Red Canary Song: KK de la Vida Chanelle Gallant Elene Lam Elena Shih Kate Zen Moderated by Yin Q Introduced by Mae Ngai How might treating migrant sex work as labor rather than as a problem change policies, transform communities and create new futures? This … [Read more...]
Statebuilding by Imposition: Resistance and Control in Colonial Taiwan and the Philippines
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Reo Matsuzaki (Cornell University Press, 2019) For information from the publisher, please click here. How do modern states emerge from the turmoil of undergoverned spaces? This is the question Reo Matsuzaki ponders in Statebuilding by Imposition. Comparing Taiwan and the Philippines under the colonial rule of Japan and the United … [Read more...]
“Watching the Philippines, Reporting Duterte”
Conference "Watching the Philippines, Reporting Duterte" Sheila Coronel, Columbia University Neferti Tadiar, Barnard College Duncan McCargo, University of Leeds/Columbia University Vicente Rafael, University of Washington Eduardo Moncada, Barnard College John Gershman, New York University Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University Maria Ortuoste, California … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo writes in Nikkei Asian Review about the Rebranding of the Marcos Legacy in the Philippines
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, wrote a July 4, 2017 article in the Nikkei Asian Review titled "Rebranding the Marcos Legacy," about the recent nostalgia in the Philippines for the once-discredited Ferdinand Marcos regime. "...in recent years, the post-1986 … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo talks about Populism in Global Politics on the Philippines’ ABS-CBN TV
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, was interviewed on ABS-CBN TV in the Philippines about the role of Populism in Global Politics on June 26, 2017. Watch the video here: Prof. Duncan McCargo talks about the changes in the behavior of politicians who are likely to win … [Read more...]
