Makiling Review (ISSN 2980-4922) is an international bilingual refereed journal for the humanities published by the Department of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los BaƱos. Published twice a year, the journal seeks to promote critical and interdisciplinary scholarship in engagement with contemporary discourses and issues in the arts and humanities in the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and more broadly, the Global South. Submissions to the journal undergo double-blind peer review. 

The journal welcomes contributions from researchers, creative writers and artists in the areas of communication, media and film studies, linguistics and language education, literature and literary criticism, cultural studies, theatre arts and performance studies, philosophy, visual arts, and other related disciplines. It aims to publish scholarly articles, reviews, and creative works that appeal to interested readers within and beyond academic spheres. The following contributions are welcome:

  • Original research articles (5,000-8,000 words with 200-300 word abstract) in communication, media and film studies, linguistics and language education, literature and literary criticism, cultural studies, theater arts and performance studies, philosophy, visual arts and other related disciplines
  • Reviews (1,500 - 2,500 words) of books, exhibitions, articles, foras, and other relevant events and texts
  • Creative works (short story, excerpt from a novel, long poems or a suite of seven poems, work of translation into English or Filipino, plays, komiks/excerpts from a graphic novel)

For submissions and other queries, please send an e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief at makilingreview.uplb@up.edu.ph.