The Center for Philippine Studies (CPS) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
is the only such center in North America and an internationally recognized source
of broad and specialized expertise on a country and people that have had long historical
links with the US and the Asia-Pacific region. Its faculty is interdisciplinary,
tenure-based in various departments and colleges that offer Philippine courses
in history, languages, literature, linguistics, political science, music, Asian
studies, ethnic studies, education, geography, anthropology, psychology, sociology,
population studies, and economics. CPS has the largest concentration of Philippine
academic specialists in the United States, many with international reputations. It
also has faculty affiliates from the East-West Center.
