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Library · Bangsamoro
The publishers
113 presses, from the university presses of Manila, Singapore and the United States to the region’s own institutes and the authors who printed their own.
university press
- Ateneo de Manila University Press
Quezon City · since 1972 · 11 books
The Jesuit university’s press, the Philippines’ largest publisher of history and social science, with the deepest list on Mindanao and Sulu.
University of the Philippines PressQuezon City · since 1965 · 7 books
The press of the national university, and the Philippines’ main academic publisher.
NUS PressSingapore · since 1971 · 2 books
The press of the National University of Singapore, formerly Singapore University Press, and the publisher of James Warren’s Sulu books.
Oxford University PressOxford · 2 books
The world’s largest university press; its Singapore and Kuala Lumpur offices published much of the Southeast Asian scholarship of the 1980s.
Cornell University PressIthaca, New York · since 1869 · 1 book
The oldest university press in the United States, and since 2020 the home of the Northern Illinois University Press list.
- Far Eastern University Publications
Manila · 1 book
The publishing office of Far Eastern University, which published Mindanao Harvest 4.
- Northern Illinois University Press
DeKalb, Illinois · since 1965 · 1 book
A university press with a strong Southeast Asia list, now an imprint of Cornell University Press.
University of California PressOakland, California · since 1893 · 1 book
The University of California’s press, which has put hundreds of its older titles online free.
University of Hawaiʻi PressHonolulu · since 1947 · 1 book
The press of the University of Hawaiʻi, a major publisher on Asia and the Pacific.
University of Queensland PressBrisbane · since 1948 · 1 book
The Australian university press whose Asian and Pacific writing series published Surveyors of the Liguasan Marsh.
University of Washington PressSeattle · since 1909 · 1 book
The press of the University of Washington.
University Press of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky · since 1943 · 1 book
The press of Kentucky’s universities, with a large military history list.
institute
- Institute for Autonomy and Governance
Cotabato City · since 2001 · 9 books
A non-profit policy centre at Notre Dame University, Cotabato City, that does research and training on autonomy, governance and human security in the southern Philippines.
Centre for Peace and Conflict StudiesSiem Reap, Cambodia · since 2008 · 8 books
A peace research and training centre in Cambodia that has worked in Mindanao since the 2000s and publishes its research free, much of it with the Institute of Bangsamoro Studies.
International AlertLondon · since 1986 · 7 books
A peacebuilding organisation with a programme in Mindanao since the 2000s.
- Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao
Davao City · since 1980 · 5 books
A Davao research institute on Mindanao development and peace, which published Rudy Rodil and Soliman Santos.
- Institute of Bangsamoro Studies
Cotabato City · 4 books
A Cotabato City research institute on the Bangsamoro question, long led by Abhoud Syed M. Lingga.
- Initiatives for International Dialogue
Davao City · since 1987 · 3 books
A Davao-based NGO for peace and human rights in Mindanao and Southeast Asia.
Philippine Council for Islam and DemocracyManila · since 2002 · 3 books
A Muslim-led policy institute on Islam, democracy and the Bangsamoro.
The Asia FoundationSan Francisco · since 1954 · 3 books
An American development organisation with a long programme in Mindanao.
- Ateneo Human Rights Center
Makati · since 1986 · 2 books
The human rights institute of the Ateneo Law School.
Center for People Empowerment in GovernanceQuezon City · since 2004 · 2 books
A policy institute at the University of the Philippines Diliman, which published The Moro Reader.
- Conciliation Resources
London · since 1994 · 2 books
A London peacebuilding charity, a member of the International Contact Group in the government–MILF talks, which publishes the Accord series on peace processes.
East-West CenterHonolulu and Washington · since 1960 · 2 books
The United States’ research centre on Asia and the Pacific, whose Washington office publishes policy studies free online.
- Filipinas Foundation
Makati · since 1961 · 2 books
The Ayala group’s foundation, now Ayala Foundation, which published studies of Philippine culture in the 1970s and 1980s.
- forumZFD
Cologne and Davao City · since 1996 · 2 books
A German civil peace service organisation, now Pro Peace, with a programme in Mindanao since 2007.
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak InstituteSingapore · since 1968 · 2 books
Singapore’s research institute on Southeast Asia, with its own publishing arm.
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines
Makati · since 1964 · 2 books
The Philippine office of a German political foundation, which has funded much of the research and publishing on autonomy and governance in Muslim Mindanao.
- Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Camp Darapanan, Maguindanao · since 1984 · 2 books
The Moro revolutionary front that negotiated the Bangsamoro with the government; its peace panel and Agency for Youth Affairs published its own histories and writings.
- Research and Education for Peace, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang · 2 books
The peace research programme of Universiti Sains Malaysia, which hosted the Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network and published Moro writers in the 2000s.
- Silsilah Dialogue Movement
Zamboanga City · since 1984 · 2 books
The Muslim–Christian dialogue movement founded in Zamboanga by Sebastiano D’Ambra.
UP Center for Integrative and Development StudiesQuezon City · since 1985 · 2 books
The University of the Philippines’ policy research centre, whose Mindanao studies programme published much of Samuel K. Tan’s work.
Asian Institute of ManagementMakati · since 1968 · 1 book
The Manila business school, whose policy centre published Amina Rasul’s study.
- Asian Network for Free Elections
Bangkok · since 1997 · 1 book
A network of Asian election-monitoring groups that sends observers to the region’s elections and reports on them.
- Ateneo Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs
Quezon City · 1 book
A policy centre of the Ateneo de Manila University, which published Under the Crescent Moon with the Institute for Popular Democracy.
- Bangsamoro Development Agency
Cotabato City · since 2002 · 1 book
The development arm set up under the government–MILF talks to plan and run relief and development in conflict-affected Bangsamoro communities.
- Bishops-Ulama Forum
Mindanao · since 1996 · 1 book
A dialogue of Catholic bishops, Muslim ulama and Protestant church leaders begun in 1996, later the Bishops-Ulama Conference.
Cornell Southeast Asia Program PublicationsIthaca, New York · 1 book
The publishing arm of Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program, which issued Ileto’s study of Datu Uto as a data paper.
- Galing Pook Foundation
Pasig · since 1993 · 1 book
A foundation that recognises good practice in Philippine local government.
- Historical Conservation Society
Manila · 1 book
A Manila society that published monographs on Philippine history.
- Human Development Network
Quezon City · since 1990 · 1 book
The Philippine network of economists and social scientists that writes the national human development reports with the UN Development Programme.
Institute for Policy Analysis of ConflictJakarta · since 2013 · 1 book
A research institute on conflict in Southeast Asia, which publishes its reports free.
- Institute for Popular Democracy
Quezon City · since 1986 · 1 book
A Manila policy institute founded in 1986, whose researchers wrote on Mindanao’s clans and rebel fronts.
Institute of Asian Cultures, Sophia UniversityTokyo · 1 book
The Jesuit university’s institute of Asian cultures, which has a programme on Islamic manuscripts in the Philippines.
- Journalism for Nation Building Foundation
Manila · 1 book
A foundation supporting Philippine journalism, which published Marawi Siege.
- Kadtuntaya Foundation
Cotabato City · 1 book
A Cotabato NGO for Moro communities’ education and peace work.
- Lowy Institute
Sydney · since 2003 · 1 book
An independent Australian think tank on international policy.
- Magbassa Kita Foundation
Manila · 1 book
A foundation founded by Senator Santanina Rasul for literacy and peace in Muslim communities, a partner of the Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy.
- Mindanao Coalition of Development NGO Networks
Davao City · 1 book
A coalition of Mindanao development organisations.
- Mindanao Migrants Center for Empowering Actions
Mindanao · 1 book
A Mindanao NGO for migrant workers and their families.
Minority Rights GroupLondon · since 1969 · 1 book
An international organisation for minority rights, which publishes country reports.
- National Ulama Conference of the Philippines
Manila · since 2008 · 1 book
A national body of Muslim religious scholars in the Philippines.
Peace Research Institute FrankfurtFrankfurt · since 1970 · 1 book
Germany’s largest peace research institute, which publishes its reports free.
- Philippine Center for Advanced Studies, University of the Philippines
Quezon City · since 1973 · 1 book
A short-lived research centre of the University of the Philippines in the 1970s, which published Gowing’s Mandate in Moroland.
- Research Institute for Mindanao Culture
Cagayan de Oro · since 1957 · 1 book
The social research institute of Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan.
- Save the Children UK, Philippines Programme
Manila · 1 book
The Philippine programme of the children’s rights charity.
Small Arms SurveyGeneva · since 1999 · 1 book
The research project on small arms at the Graduate Institute in Geneva.
- Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network
Penang · 1 book
A network of conflict researchers based at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Summer Institute of Linguistics, PhilippinesManila · since 1953 · 1 book
The Philippine branch of SIL, which has published dictionaries and texts of the country’s languages since 1953.
UP Asian CenterQuezon City · 1 book
The University of the Philippines’ graduate school of Asian studies, which published Majul’s history and other work on the Muslim South.
UP National College of Public Administration and GovernanceQuezon City · 1 book
The University of the Philippines’ college of public administration.
university
Mindanao State UniversityMarawi City · since 1961 · 9 books
The state university founded in 1961 to bring Muslim Mindanao into the national system; its University Research Center, Folklore Division and Mamitua Saber Research Center published the Darangen and much of the first scholarship by Maranao and Tausug writers.
Notre Dame UniversityCotabato City · since 1948 · 2 books
The Oblate university in Cotabato City, which published the Maguindanaon dictionary and Casiño’s Mindanao Statecraft.
Centro Escolar UniversityManila · since 1907 · 1 book
A private university in Manila whose research centre published a study of Tausug food.
MSU–Iligan Institute of TechnologyIligan City · since 1968 · 1 book
The Iligan campus of Mindanao State University, whose Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao publishes on the Bangsamoro.
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology
Pittsburgh · 1 book
The anthropology department’s monograph series.
trade
- New Day Publishers
Quezon City · since 1974 · 6 books
A Philippine publisher founded by the Christian Literature Society, with a long list of Mindanao and Moro history.
- Dunwoody Press
Hyattsville, Maryland · 5 books
An American publisher of courses and readers in less-taught languages.
- Anvil Publishing
Mandaluyong · since 1990 · 4 books
The publishing arm of National Book Store, the Philippines’ largest trade publisher.
MindaNewsDavao City · since 2001 · 3 books
The Mindanao news cooperative, which publishes books by its writers.
- Giraffe Books
Quezon City · 2 books
A Philippine literary publisher that kept Antonio Enriquez’s Mindanao fiction in print.
- Alemar-Phoenix Publishing House
Quezon City · 1 book
A Manila publisher of textbooks and Philippine studies.
- Divine Word Publications
Manila · 1 book
The publishing house of the Society of the Divine Word in the Philippines.
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
New York · 1 book
An American publisher whose anthropology series of the 1960s and 1970s included The Tausug; the book is kept in print by Waveland Press.
- Mizan Press
Berkeley, California · 1 book
An American publisher of books on Islam and the Muslim world in the 1980s.
- Solidaridad Publishing House
Manila · since 1965 · 1 book
The publishing house and bookshop of the novelist F. Sionil José.
- Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
Petaling Jaya · 1 book
A Malaysian publisher of books on Southeast Asian politics, associated with the Gerakbudaya bookshop.
- Tyndale House Publishers
Carol Stream, Illinois · since 1962 · 1 book
An American Christian publisher.
self
- Independently published
Print on demand · 3 books
Books the author printed through Amazon’s CreateSpace or Kindle Direct Publishing.
government
- World Bank
Washington, DC · since 1944 · 6 books
The international development bank, which has written a long run of studies on Mindanao and the Bangsamoro and administered the Mindanao Trust Fund.
- Bureau of Public Printing, Manila
Manila · 2 books
The American colonial government’s press, which printed the Ethnological Survey’s publications.
- GoP-UN ACT for Peace Programme
Davao City · since 2005 · 1 book
A peace and development programme of the Philippine government and the United Nations in Mindanao’s conflict-affected areas, 2005 to 2010.
- Ministry of Muslim Affairs
Manila · since 1981 · 1 book
The Marcos-era ministry for Muslim Filipinos, which published studies in the 1980s.
National Commission for Culture and the ArtsManila · since 1992 · 1 book
The national cultural agency.
- National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Manila · since 1972 · 1 book
The national historical agency, the National Historical Institute until 2010.
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and UnityPasig · since 1993 · 1 book
The government’s peace office, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process until 2021.
- Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
Manila · since 1902 · 1 book
The official journal of the Philippine government, which publishes every law.
- United States Government Printing Office
Washington · since 1861 · 1 book
The United States government’s printer.