Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints is an internationally refereed journal (double-blind peer review) that publishes scholarly articles and other materials on the history of the Philippines and its people, both in the homeland and overseas.
It believes the past is illuminated by historians as well as scholars from other disciplines; at the same time, it prefers ethnographic approaches to the history of the present. It welcomes works that are theoretically informed but not encumbered by jargon. It promotes a comparative and transnational sensibility and seeks to engage scholars who may not be specialists in the Philippines. Founded in 1953 as Philippine Studies, the journal is published quarterly by the Ateneo de Manila University, where the journal is indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate), ASEAN Citation Index, Historical Abstracts (EBSCO), Bibliography of Asian Studies (EBSCO), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (ProQuest), a host of other international indexing services, the latest being the ASEAN Citation Index.
All submitted works must be written in English. The journal also accepts translations of previously published works in non-English languages, although such works must also pass blind peer review. The journal accepts research articles (8,000 to 10,000 words), research notes (essays less than 8,000 words long that present preliminary findings and/or insights of a research work), and documentary sources (reproduction/translation/transcription of primary sources that will be useful to other Philippinists). The journal does not accept unsolicited book reviews, review essays, professorial addresses, and obituaries.
The average time between acceptance and publishing is forty to sixty days.
See the Aims and Scope for complete coverage of the journal.
To view the current and previous issues and to submit manuscripts, please visit our old website, https://philippinestudies.net
To request for access to articles, please email philstudies.soss@ateneo.edu
Current Issue: Volume 73, Number 2 (2025) Bulul and Healing
Editor's Introduction
Editor’s Introduction
Michael D. Pante
Articles
Beyond the Mythical God Label: Healing and Multifunctionality in the Bulul
Armand Nicod-am Camhol
State Misdiagnosis of Poverty: The Conditional Cash Transfer Experience of the Palaw’an People
Marie Bembie A. Girado
Book Reviews
Mark Dizon's Reciprocal Mobilities: Indigeneity and Imperialism in an Eighteenth-Century Philippine Borderland
Andrea Malaya M. Ragragio
Francisco J. Lara Jr. and Nikki Philline C. de la Rosa, eds. Conflict’s Long Game: A Decade of Violence in the Bangsamoro
Jose Mikhail Perez
Christina H. Lee's Saints of Resistance: Devotions in the Philippines Under Early Spanish Rule
Paul A. Dumol
Resil B. Mojares's Enigmatic Objects: Notes Towards a History of the Museum in the Philippines
Sheldon Ives Go Agaton
Mendiola Teng-Calleja, Ma. Regina M. Hechanova, Edna P. Franco, and Emerald Jay D. Ilac, eds. Filipino Leadership: Stories and Science
Nerisa N. Paladan
James Francis Warren's Typhoons: Climate, Society, and History in the Philippines
Ma. Luisa de Leon-Bolinao
