Dr. Julian Go

Biography

Julian Go’s research explores social logics and the forms of impact of empires and colonialism, alongside questions of postcolonial and decolonial thought related to social theory, epistemology, and knowledge. His work has focused on the American colonial state in the Philippines, resulting in publications like 'American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives' (co-edited with Anne Foster, Duke University Press, 2003) and 'American Empire: Politics and Meaning' (Duke University Press, 2008). His scholarly output includes 'Patterns of Empire: British and American Empires, 1688-Present' (Cambridge University Press, 2011), while his more recent work culminated in 'Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory' (Oxford, 2016). Go's contributions also extend to global historical sociology and transnational field theory, with notable works such as 'Fielding Transnationalism' (co-edited with Monika Krause, Wiley & Sons, 2016) and 'Global Historical Sociology' (co-edited with George Lawson, Cambridge, 2016).

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