The International Association of Filipinologists (Spanish: Asociación internacional de las filipinistas; French: Association Internationale des Philippinistes; German: Internationale Vereinigung der Filipinologen) is a defunct international organization of Filipino and foreign intellectuals established in Paris, 1889 by the Bohemian scientist Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt and Philippine national hero Dr. José Rizal.
This was due to the incoming International Exposition of 1889 in Paris, France that many people will observe the beauty of Philippine culture.
That is how deep I want to be with you, to think and feel with you, to dream, to crave, to think decision, so that whoever may replace us[3] will have no right to slap our faces, so that we may offer anything for our Motherland that gives everything she had even though she has nothing to give!In his June 22, 1889 letter to Marcelo H. del Pilar written in Paris, Dr. Rizal also said that the grace of God and Fate is betrothed upon them and to their fellow Filipinos, too, and they should have the right to be free because "they have the just cause and justice for the country".
[4] Rizal proposed the idea of having an established International Association of Filipinologists and have its inaugural convention on Paris.
In a letter dated January 14, 1889, Rizal broached the idea to his friend, Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt who gladly supported him.