Peer-Reviewed Articles (Sole and Lead-authored)
Historical Ambiguity as Political Resource: Duterte’s Appropriation of Lapulapu in Post-Colonial Memory Politics. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2025.
Distinct Aesthetics of Democratic Memory: Thailand’s 14th of October 1973 Memorial and the Philippines’ Bantayog ng mga Bayani. International Journal of Heritage Studies 31(8), 1157–1179, 2025. With G. Turingan.
Memorial choreography and the politics of war commemoration in Thailand. International Journal of Heritage Studies 31(6), 814–834, 2025.
The Filipino comfort women on YouTube: Emotions, advocacy, and war memories in a transnational digital space. Memory Studies 18(4), 859–875, 2024. With Joselito M. Ebro Jr.
Duterte’s transactionalist foreign policy and the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines. Asian Politics & Policy 16 (1), 113–129, 2024. With Fernan L. Talamayan.
The politics of Asia-Pacific War memorialization in Thailand’s Victory Monument and the Philippines’ Shrine of Valor. The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 21 (10), 2023.
A critical analysis of selected global sustainability assessment frameworks: Toward integrated approaches to peace and sustainability. World Development Perspectives 32, 1005439, 2023. With Ayyoob Sharifi, Dahlia Simangan, and Rebeca Ramos Tabosa.
The credible commitment problem in the mediation of the Mindanao peace processes, 1975–2014. Philippine Political Science Journal 42 (3), 181–207. 2021.
Images of militarism and modernity in Japanese wartime propaganda in the Tribune. Southeast Asian Media Studies Journal 3 (2), 51–76. 2021.
“Dainty hands do useful work:” Depicting Filipino women in Japanese wartime propaganda. Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society 18 (1), 111–145. 2021.
Mediating civil conflicts in Southeast Asia: Lessons from Aceh and Mindanao. Journal of ASEAN Studies 8 (2), 111–127. 2020.
Pagkakakilanlan, pagdurusa, at pagbangon: Bagyong Reming (2006) sa alaala ng Anislag Resettlement Community ng Daraga, Albay. Saliksik E-Journal 5 (1), 226–248. 2016.
Peer-Reviewed Articles (Co-authored)
Twelve research agendas for advancing the peace-sustainability nexus.
Peace and Sustainability, 2025. With D. Simangan, J. Fisher, T. Ide, V. Koubi, A. Sharifi, K. Alfredo, S. Dalby, C. Hendrix, A. Kharrazi, Ú. Oswald-Spring, and J. Roy.
Populist desires, nostalgic narratives: the Marcos golden age myth and manipulation of collective memories on YouTube. Asian Journal of Political Science, 2024. With F.L. Talamayan
Local Dynamics of Positive Peace and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence from Afghanistan and Nepal. Environment and Security 1 (3-4), 142–162. 2023. Led by Dahlia Simangan, with Srinjoy Bose, Florian Krampe, and Shinji Kaneko.
A global analysis of interactions between peace and environmental sustainability. Earth System Governance 14. 2022. Led by Dahlia Simangan, with Chui Ying Lee, Ayyoob Sharifi, and Shinji Kaneko.
Textbooks
A Course Module on Readings in Philippine History. Quezon City: Rex Education. 2021. With Veronica Alporha and Ayshia Kunting.
Readings in Philippine History. Quezon City: Rex Bookstore, Inc. 2018. With Veronica Alporha.
Edited Book
Kaalaman at Pamamaraan sa Pagtuturo ng Kasaysayan. Quezon City: UP Lipunang Pangkasaysayan. 2008. Led by Atoy Navarro, with Alvin Campomanes.
Book Chapters
Visualizing war and peace through World War II memorials and monuments in the Philippines. In V. Gregorio (ed.), Visual Culture in the Philippines. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2025, pp. 101–122.
Civil-military relations and the securitisation of the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines and Malaysia, with Fernan Talamayan. In Shukri S. (ed.), Pandemic, politics, and a fairer society in Southeast Asia: A Malaysian perspective. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 55–67. 2023.
150 Questions on Jose Rizal. In Mata, R.C. (ed.), Seskisentenaryo: Mga Akda tungkol kay Rizal. Los Baños: ADHIKA UPLB, 2015.
Pagbabasa at Pagsusuri ng Pangkasaysayang Komiks bilang Pantulong sa Pagtuturo. In Navarro, A.M, Campomanes, A.C., and Candelaria, J.L., (eds.) Kaalaman at Pamamaraan sa Pagtuturo ng Kasaysayan. Quezon City: UP Lipunang Pangkasaysayan, 126–132.
Other Works
Forgetting the Battle of Manila. New Mandala. 2024.
Disjunctures in Philippine History Education since the K to 12 Reform. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. 2023.
Promoting local business for Marawi’s rehabilitation and peace. Fulcrum: Analysis on Southeast Asia. Led by Mari Katayanagi. 2023.
1521, Duterte, and the Politics of Commemoration in the Philippines. Conflict, Justice, Decolonization: Critical Studies of Inter-Asian Society. International Center for Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Taiwan. 2021.
Duterte und die Politik des Gedenkens. Südostasien 3.
Monuments, memory, and movements: How should the world reckon with a controversial past? Conflict, Justice, Decolonization: Critical Studies of Inter-Asian Society. International Center for Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. 2020.
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