UH Press Publishes Filipino American History Journal, Led by UH Faculty Member

Filipino American National Historical Society Journal, Volume 11

This October, during Filipino American History Month, the University of Hawai‘i Press launches the publication of the Filipino American National Historical Society Journal, the only journal devoted exclusively to the identification, gathering, preservation, and dissemination of Filipino American history and culture in the US.

The interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed annual is led by Drs. Patricia Espiritu Halagao (College of Education, University of Hawai‘i—Mānoa) and Terese Guinsatao Monberg (Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, Michigan State University).

The journal is sponsored by the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), the oldest, existing national Filipino American organization in the United States with 43 regional chapters nationwide. The society hosted the first official Filipino American History Month in October 1992, long before the US Congress recognized the commemorative month in 2009.

Redesigned and under new leadership, the journal will publish Volume 11 in November 2023, alongside the journal’s 10-volume archive widely available for the first time via Project MUSE (https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/870). Each issue includes research by community-based and academic historians as well as personal histories. A new section, “Collaborating with Our Ancestors,” features intergenerational conversations between today’s Pinoy academic and activist leaders and the National Pinoy Archives (NPA).

"We are so excited to publish the FANHS Journal with the University of Hawai‘i Press. Working together, we can ensure that Filipino American history can be better documented and made more accessible to the masses,” said Dr. Kevin Nadal, president of the national society. “And because there are so many Filipino American historical narratives waiting to be told, we are looking forward to a long-lasting partnership with such a prestigious publishing company to help us tell these stories."

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