02-09-2026 China and the Philippines: A Connected History for our Untangling World with Phillip Guingona

Monday, February 9
5 PM – 6:30 PM
121 Bay State Road, Boston MA

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This talk is based on the speaker’s 2024 book, China and the Philippines: A Connected History, c. 1900-1950, which brings to life an array of understudied, but influential characters, such as Filipino jazz musicians, magnetic Chinese swimmers, expert Filipino marksmen, leading Chinese educators, Philippine-Chinese bankers, Filipina Carnival Queens, and many others.

Through archival research in multiple languages, the book and this talk advance a nuanced reading of world history, reframing our understanding of the first half of the twentieth century by bringing interactions between Asian people to the fore.

Phillip B. Guingona is an assistant professor of history and director of the Asian studies program at Nazareth University. His research has thus far explored the entangled histories of Asia in the early twentieth century with a specific focus on China and the Philippines, and new projects examine the histories of communications technologies, data collection, and data subversion. His first book, China and the Philippines, was published with Cambridge University Press in 2024.