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The Filipino American National Historical Society Journal is the only journal devoted exclusively to the identification, gathering, preservation, and dissemination of Filipino American history and culture in the U.S. The society was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1982 by Dorothy Laigo Cordova and Fred Cordova, and now hosts 40+ regional chapters nationwide. The society and journal have long served as a primary informational resource for community organizations and educational institutions on Filipino American history. As an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, each issue includes research by community-based and academic historians as well as personal histories.

The FANHS Journal Editorial team invites you to submit to the FANHS Journal (Volume 14), which will focus on the theme of “Mixed Race”, which is expected to be published in Fall 2027. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2027. 

More information on FAHNS can be found here!

In conjunction with the 75th anniversary of Philosophy East and West the University of Hawaii at Mānoa will also celebrate its 90th anniversary! The dual anniversary will be celebrated during their celebratory conference “Cross-Cultural Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Legacies and Future Directions” this October 1-2 on campus. Topics will  Indian philosophy of mind and consciousness, Islamic philosophy, Chinese and comparative philosophy, and the history and future of non-Western philosophy at UH Mānoa. The program is also expected to include a panel featuring alumni reflections on their experiences in the department and in the academic profession.

The Philosophy Department is one of the university’s oldest and was established in 1936 under the leadership of Charles A. Moore and Wing-tsit Chan with the goal of bringing together of Western and Eastern philosophers in a community of critical discourse.

The department offers BA, MA, and PhD degrees in philosophy and is internationally recognized for its strengths in Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Buddhist, Hawaiian, Islamic, and Western philosophy.

Philosophy East and West is edited by Franklin Perkins with the editorial assistance of Jennifer Jackson. The Journal’s editorial policy states that special attention is given to specialized articles that relate philosophy to the arts, literature, science, and social practice of Asian civilizations, and original contributions that have an intercultural basis.

The most recent issue of Philosophy East and West Volume 76, Number 3 is a Special Issue on Filipino Philosophy with Guest Editor Jacklyn A. Cleofas.

Cleofas discusses the issue stating:

It is not easy to articulate what counts as Filipino philosophy. That is probably why many have spent time on writing about what counts as Filipino philosophy, or whether there is even such a thing. The local literature on these concerns can be divided into two broad approaches. The first one takes Chinese philosophy as a standard model for what counts as a distinct philosophical tradition. Because Chinese philosophy is associated with ancient texts and a rich commentarial tradition, this approach leads to a search for an equivalent of Ancient Chinese texts, such as folk aphorisms (Timbreza 1982), or an uneasy ambivalence on the question of whether there can really be such a thing as Filipino philosophy. The second approach is based on the idea that what some people call French or German philosophy emerged after the breakdown of the Medieval world order, when thinkers began to move away from writing in Latin and toward writing in one of the Modern Languages (such as French or German).

Special Articles:

Introduction
Jacklyn A. Cleofas

Philippine Philosophy and the Epistemic Salience of Identity
Kelly Louise Rexzy Agra

Epistemic Responsiveness in the Zhuangzi: A Meta-Philosophical Reflection
Christine Abigail L. Tan

Filipino Hugot Lines: an Analysis of Meaning
Napoleon M. Mabaquiao Jr. and Joseph Martin M. Jose

Relational Egalitarianism and Kapwâ Relationality: Two Concepts for Thinking about Justice in the Workplace
Darlene Demandante

An Account of Justice as a Virtue from Katarúngan
Jacklyn A. Cleofas

The FANHS Journal Editorial team invites you to submit to the FANHS Journal (Volume 14), which will focus on the theme of “Mixed Race”.  Former FANHS Trustee and National Scholar Rudy Guevarra and Alejandro Acierto will be the Guest Editors for Volume 14, which is expected to be published in Fall 2026. 

Call for Submissions

We envision this volume of the FANHS Journal to reflect the theme of “Mixed Race” through both the content itself and the means through which contributors and editors have collaborated to create that content. “Mixed Race” calls forth those who identify and/or create content on what it means to be of mixed race (from multiple racial, ethnic, and/or Indigenous) ancestries. These identities and explorations into one’s multiplicity can be done through historical and/or contemporary experiences. What makes Filipino Americans unique in telling stories of mixed race identity, for example, is the longstanding history of racial mixing in the Philippines, during the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade with Mexico, and within the context of living, working, and building communities in the United States (See Call for Submissions for complete description of theme).

Contributions to this volume may encompass mixed race across:

·      Multiple generations and collaborations of mixed race experiences
·      Histories of colonialism and resistance that have forged mixed race communities and individuals over time
·      Laws and other actions meant to deny Filipino interracial marriages and recognize children of mixed ancestry
·      Academic and community approaches to telling our mixed race histories and stories
·      The diverse experiences of how mixed-race Filipino Americans have navigated their multiplicity
·      The marginalization of mixed race Filipino Americans within their own community through issues such as colorism, discrimination, racism, etc.
·      How mixed race Filipino Americans have embraced their multiplicity and created new terminology to express those mixed race experiences (e.g., Mexipino, Blackapina, Indopino, etc.)
·      Multigenerational mixed race experiences (e.g, descendants of the Louisiana Manila Men)
·      Geographic diversity of mixed race communities
·      Moving beyond the “celebration” and exotification of mixed race Filipino Americans
·      Cultural authenticity surrounding phenotype and language proficiency

We are looking for contributions that address the following Journal sections: Artwork, Collaborating with our Ancestors, Talk Stories, Community Research, Academic Articles, Reviews, and FANHS in Action, but would be particularly excited to see contributions that address histories in the following areas:

·      Book Reviews
·      Artistic contributions
·      Youth-generated work, including the use of social media platforms for storytelling

 Finally, we welcome contributions in multiple formats and modalities, including:

·      Written work (e.g,. essays, poems, articles)
·      Visual work (e.g., photo essays, prints, and other artistic work, video)
·      Mixed modalities (e.g,. pictorial essays, prints, zines)
·      Audio (e.g., recorded monologues, abridged oral histories, and accompanying article)

Please see Call for Submissions and Author Guidelines for theme description and instructions on how to upload your materials, as well as deadlines and the production timetable. Your work will be shared for peer review within our community. 

Deadline for submissions is January 15, 2027.

For more information or questions, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] 

 In community,

FANHS Journal Editorial Team