Nicole Tabora RPH

1-BSA TTH, 3:00-4:30

● What is historiography?
○ Historiography is the study and methodology of history. In other words, it
is the history of history. Studying historiography is about understanding
the different interpretations of the past by various historians.
● Biography of the Four HIstorians
○ Teodoro Agoncillo
■ Teodoro Andal Agonicollo was born on November 9, 1912 in
Lemery, Batangas to Pedro and Feliza Agoncillo. He studied in the
University of the Philippines and graduated in 1934 with a
bachelor’s degree in philosophy. The following year he obtained a
master’s degree in the arts from the same university. He published
his first work entitled “Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio
and the Katipunan” in the year 1956. 2 years later he joined the
faculty in the University of the Philippines and became chairperson
of the Department of History. Agoncillo is considered to be one of
the most prominent historians of our time. He branched out from
the conventional writing of Philippine history and introduced a more
Filipino-centric style of writing which is through the perspectives of
Filipinos.
○ William Henry Scott
■ William Henry Scott, born as Henry King Ahrens, was born on July
10 1921 in Detroit, Michigan. Scott comes from a Dutch-Lutheran
descent and spent most of his childhood in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. He studied in schools such as Yale University, and
Yale University. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1946. After
this, he taught in various places around the world and eventually
moved to the Philippines and taught in the St. Mary’s School in
 Sagada. During martial law in 1972, he was accused of being a
communist and was arrested for a while but eventually was
exonerated. He observed the Igorot tribe from the Cordillera region
and preserved some of their pre-colonial artifacts. In addition to
this, he debunked the Kalantiaw legend and criticised fellow
historian Henry Otley. Some of his famous works include: The
Discovery of the Igorots, and Cracks in the Parchment Curtain and
Other Essays in Philippine History.
○ Reynaldo Ileto
■ Reynaldo Clemena Ileto was born on October 3, 1946. He received
his academic degrees from Ateneo de Manila University and
Cornell Universities. After which, he taught in different schools such
as the University of the Philippines, De la Salle University, National
University Singapore, and James Cook University. He then joined
the faculty of the Austrailian National University as a reader in
Asian studies. He is the leading scholar of the Philippine revolution.
His work in history is considered to be interdisciplinary because he
involves literature, religion and cultural studies. Ileto’s work mainly
focuses on the Revolution of the Philippines from the 19th century
to the early 20th century. He has provided a newer and fresher
perspective to the revolution by focusing his work on the ordinary
people rather than the elites. Some of his most notable works are
the following: Knowledge and Pacification: On the U.S. Conquest
and the Writing of Philippine History and Historians and Unfinished
Revolution: Trajectories of Philippine Historical Writing from the
U.S. Conquest to the Present.
○ Zeus Salazar
■ Zeus Atayza Salazar was born on April 29, 1934 in Tiwi, Albay. He
is the eldest son of Luz and Ireneo Salazar. He took up his higher
 education in the University of the Philippines Diliman and received
a bachelor’s degree in history in the year 1955. He graduated as
U.P.’s very first summa cum laude in the history program. Salazar
became assistant instructor in the Department of History in U.P.
and eventually continued his studies in Paris, France. There, he
was able to attain various academic credentials. He is said to be
one of the most illustrious historians, following the footsteps of
Teodoro Agoncillo. In addition he refreshed the nationalistic
perspective after it was lost during the Marcos years. Some of his
famous works include: Pantayong Pananaw and Kasaysayan ng
Pilipinas: Isang Balangkas.
● The Philippines Under Japan: About the Authors
○ Ikehata Setsuho
■ Ikehata Setsuho is a professor in the Tokyo University of Foreign
Studies, specializing in Southeast Asian history. She holds degrees
from the University of Tokyo and the University of the Philippines.
In addition to this, she is chairman of the Joint Research Forum for
Philippine-Japan Relations and is president of the Japan Society for
Southeast Asian History. Her work mainly focuses on the
social-history of the Philippines in the nineteenth-century, the
Philippine Revolution, and the Japanese occupation in the
Philippines.
○ Ricardo Jose
■ Ricardo Trota Jose is a professor from the Department of History,
and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the
University of the Philippines. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Tokyo
University of Foreign Studies. He was also the former director of
the Third World Studies Center. When it comes to research, he
 mainly focuses on the Japanese occupation in the Philippines, the
Philippine military, and diplomatic history.
● Sources
https://www.nmu.edu/writingcenter/historiography
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http://www.pilipino-express.com/history-a-culture/in-other-words.html
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The Philippines Under Japan