Pursuing a PhD degree

Research Areas: Humanitarianism; Comparative Colonialism; Philippines; Critical Refugees Studies

Supervisor: Geraldine Pratt

Research Statement: My research traces historical geographies of postcolonial asylum and relational humanitarianism through the Philippines at two critical junctures. Focusing on the Philippines’ decolonization before World War II, I consider how Filipino elites collaborated with Jewish humanitarians to host refugees in Mindanao. Reconsidering the closure of Cold War refugee aid in Southeast Asia, my ongoing research details how practices of “Global South” refugee care formed transnational connections and comparative grounds for diasporic contestation through aid linkages between the Philippines and post-Katrina New Orleans.