Boston University

Faculty Member, Sociology

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Julian Go is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University. Previously he was an Academy Scholar at the Academy for International and Area Studies of Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois. At BU, he is also a Faculty Affiliate in Asian Studies and the American Studies/New England Studies program. He is the winner of the 2007 Wisneski Teaching Award for the College of Arts and Sciences; former elected member of the Council and Chair (2012-13) of the Comparative-Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association; and is on the editorial board of the journal Sociological Theory. Julian is also editor of Political Power and Social Theory, an award-winning annual interdisciplinary journal of politics, power, and social relations. Julian received his B.A. in Sociology & Political Science from the University of Michigan (1992), his M.A. in sociology from the University of Chicago (1995) and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago (2000). He joined the faculty of Boston University’s sociology department in 2004.

Much of Julian’s work has focused upon the United States empire and American colonialism, examining them from the perspective of cultural sociology, political sociology, and comparative-historical sociology. This research has resulted in various articles and various book projects: The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives (co-edited with Anne Foster, Duke University Press, 2003),  American Empire and the Politics of Meaning (Duke University Press, 2008) (co-winner of the Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book from the Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association and Finalist for the Philippines National Book Award), and Patterns of Empire: the British and American Empires, 1688 to Present (Cambridge University Press, 2011). He is also editor of the book, to be published by the Vibal Foundation in the Philippines, More American Than We Admit.

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