JOHN LEE CANDELARIA

I am an Assistant Professor of History at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hiroshima University and a Research Fellow at the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS). My research areas are international history & politics and media studies, with an emphasis on themes such as memory, memorialization, and heritage; civil conflict, peace processes, and post-conflict reconstruction; historiography and history education; and the intersection between peace and sustainability. I am methodologically inclined towards archival sources, visual texts, and digital media, focusing geographically on the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

I obtained my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in History from the University of the Philippines Diliman, and my Ph.D. from Hiroshima University. My scholarly contributions have been published in journals such as Asian Politics & Policy, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, and World Development Perspectives, as well as in edited volumes and various platforms. Additionally, I co-host and produce PODKAS, a podcast on Philippine history, politics, and society.