The Center has announced the release of the second issue of Alaya: Kapampangan Research Journal, with the theme Filipinos and Kapampangans During Nascent Colonial Contacts and Evangelization (1571-1715).

Edited by Prof. Lino L. Dizon, the issue is refereed by an international panel composed of John Larkin (State University of New York at Buffalo), Buichiro Watanabe (Nihon University at Mishima), Joseph P. McCallus (Columbus State University), Emmanuel F. Calairo (De La Salle University at Dasmariñas) and Lydia Yu Jose (Ateneo de Manila University).

Articles include: Pampanga, 1571, Compared with Sumatra and Java, 1511 by Edilberto V. Santos; Doubting a Hero’s Name by Jose Victor Z. Torres; Metallurgy in Early Kapampangan Society by Joel P. Mallari; Philippine Religious Missions to Japan and Philippine-Japan Relations in the 17th Century (1582-1715) by Lino Dizon; Felipe Sonson: 17th Century Filipino Jesuit Missionary to Marianas by Fr. John N. Schumacher, SJ; The Philippine Revolution in Pampanga: A Letter of Rufino Santos, OSA (1899) by Policarpo Hernandez, OSA; Balagtas Property Site, San Jose, Guagua, Pampanga: Preliminary Archaeological Report by Leee Anthony M. Neri.

The issue also contains reviews and commentaries, e.g., A Thomasite in Pampanga: The Experience of Will M. Carruth by John Larkin; Ghosts of the Past: A Review of Lino L. Dizon’s Mr. White: A Thomasite History of Tarlac Province, 1901-1913 by Jose Victor Z. Torres; By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them: A Review of Erlita Mendoza’s A Cofradia of Two; Re: The Fiscal Crisis For You, Me and GMA, Too: A Review of A Cofradia of Two by B.S. Medina, Jr.