Ramon Martin Co
BA, Wesleyan University; M, Ateneo de Manila University
- ramonco2030@u.northwestern.edu
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- Field(s): United States
- Specialization: Colonial, Imperial and Diasporic History; Economic & Labor History; Political & Policy History; War & Empire in History.
- Advisor(s): Michael J. Allen
Biography
Ramon Martin “Rama” Co is a doctoral student studying late-nineteenth and twentieth century U.S. diplomatic history. His research examines the material and ideological intersections of private enterprise and U.S. foreign relations in Asia. He is particularly interested in the way transnational businesspeople, elite and non-elite, have imagined the global political-economic order and their place in it.
He holds a BA in Letters (Great Books) and Philosophy from Wesleyan University and an M in History from Ateneo de Manila University.
Born and raised in Manila, he has been a regular contributor to the Philippine Daily Inquirer since the age of fifteen. His writing has also appeared in Vogue Philippines, The Diarist.Ph, and Adobo Magazine.