Monograph
War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia. Routledge, 2025.
Peer-Reviewed Articles (Sole and Lead-authored)
Remaking Rizal: Propaganda, agency, and national identity in wartime Philippines. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints 74(1), 41–68, 2026.
Historical Ambiguity as Political Resource: Duterte’s Appropriation of Lapulapu in Post-Colonial Memory Politics. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2025.
Health as Propaganda in Wartime Philippines. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints 73(4), 447–480, 2025. With J.M. Ebro.
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 J.M. Ebro.
Duterte’s transactionalist foreign policy and the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines. Asian Politics & Policy 16(1), 113–129, 2024. With F.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 A. Sharifi, D. Simangan, and R.M.R. 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. (In Filipino)
Peer-Reviewed Articles (Co-authored)
Duterte’s International Criminal Court Arrest and the Moral Economy of Reciprocity in the Philippines. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 2026. With F. Talamayan.
Twelve research agendas for advancing the peace-sustainability nexus. Peace and Sustainability 1(1), 100008, 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 33(1), 55–73, 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 D. Simangan, with S. Bose, F. Krampe, and S. Kaneko.
A global analysis of interactions between peace and environmental sustainability. Earth System Governance 14, 2022. Led by D. Simangan, with C.Y. Lee, A. Sharifi, and S. Kaneko.
Edited Volumes
Marcos, Martial Law, and the Complexities of Memory in the Philippines. Routledge, 2026. Co-edited with K.C. Alvarez and J.E. Pring. Forthcoming.
Frameworks and Practices Towards a Sustainable and Peaceful Future. Springer, 2026. Co-edited with A. Sharifi, D.C. Simangan, and S. Kaneko.
Navigating Peace and Sustainability in an Increasingly Complex World. Springer, 2024. Co-edited with A. Sharifi, D.C. Simangan, and S. Kaneko.
Kaalaman at Pamamaraan sa Pagtuturo ng Kasaysayan. Quezon City: UP Lipunang Pangkasaysayan, 2008. Co-edited with A.M. Navarro and A.C. Campomanes. (In Filipino)
Book Chapters
Introduction. In A. Sharifi, J.L. Candelaria, D.C. Simangan, and S. Kaneko (eds.), Frameworks and Practices Towards a Sustainable and Peaceful Future. Springer, 2026, pp. 1–11. With A. Sharifi, D.C. Simangan, and S. Kaneko.
Physically absent but virtually present: Filipino temporary migrants in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. In J.O. Zulueta (ed.), Disrupted Mobilities: Filipinos in Japan and Japanese in the Philippines. Palgrave Macmillan and De La Salle University Press, 2025, pp. 37–55.
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, 2025, pp. 101–122.
Introduction. In A. Sharifi, J.L. Candelaria, D.C. Simangan, and S. Kaneko (eds.), Navigating Peace and Sustainability in an Increasingly Complex World. Springer, 2024, pp. 1–13. With A. Sharifi, D.C. Simangan, and S. Kaneko.
Civil-military relations and the securitisation of the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines and Malaysia. In S. Shukri (ed.), Pandemic, politics, and a fairer society in Southeast Asia: A Malaysian perspective. Emerald, 2023, pp. 55–67. With F. Talamayan.
150 Questions on Jose Rizal. In R.C. Mata (ed.), Seskisentenaryo: Mga Akda tungkol kay Rizal. Los Baños: ADHIKA UPLB, 2015. (In Filipino)
Pagbabasa at Pagsusuri ng Pangkasaysayang Komiks bilang Pantulong sa Pagtuturo. In A.M. Navarro, A.C. Campomanes, and J.L. Candelaria (eds.), Kaalaman at Pamamaraan sa Pagtuturo ng Kasaysayan. Quezon City: UP Lipunang Pangkasaysayan, 2008, pp. 126–132. (In Filipino)
Textbooks
A Course Module on Readings in Philippine History. Quezon City: Rex Education, 2021. With V.C. Alporha and A.F. Kunting. Second edition forthcoming 2026.
Readings in Philippine History. Quezon City: Rex Bookstore, 2018. With V.C. Alporha.
Other Works
Moral economy and the Dutertes’ political durability. New Mandala, 2026.
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, 2023. With M. Katayanagi.
Could Marawi rebuild as a center of commerce? Rappler, 2023. With M. Katayanagi.
Why is the DENR building a cannon replica in Manila Bay? Rappler, 2022.
Money without heroes, and history under siege. Rappler, 2021.
A memorial for fallen frontliners is not a bad thing. The timing is. Rappler, 2021.
The dangers of a World War II-centered Philippine History subject. Rappler, 2021.
1521, Duterte, and the Politics of Commemoration in the Philippines. Conflict, Justice, Decolonization. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 2021.
1521, Duterte und die Politik des Gedenkens. Südostasien 3, 2021. (In German)
Monuments, memory, and movements: How should the world reckon with a controversial past? Conflict, Justice, Decolonization. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 2020.
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