Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand 
why the old poets of China went so far
and high 
into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Sabang: Day 2

3:45 pm–5:00 pm
ROUNDTABLE 2: Locating Early Modern Southeast Asia

Discussion Questions
    1. Can you describe the regional and global connections made or unmade during the early modern period (c.1400-1800) in Southeast Asia?  What do you think were the impact of European arrival to various states and societies in Southeast Asia during this period?
    2. Conversely, what do you think were the impact of early Southeast Asian-European interaction in the politics and societies in Europe, if at all?
    3. How important was the early period of Southeast Asian-European interaction to the later political trajectory of colonial and postcolonial states in the region? 
    4. In your view, what are the themes, sources, approaches, geographic regions that remain frontiers for research on early modern Southeast Asia?
Participants
Joefe B. Santarita, PhD
     Dean and Professor, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman
Ariel C. Lopez, PhD
     Assistant Professor, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman
David Henley, PhD
     Professor, Leiden University, Netherlands
Stefan Amirell, PhD
     Professor, Linnaeus University, Sweden

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
PANEL 6: COLONIAL IDENTITIES

To Reward Her for This Devotion - Catholic Manipulation of the Conversion of Early-Modern Philippine Women
          Steven J. Fluckiger, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Melchor de Avalos and the Political Status of Tagalog Muslims
          Isaac Donoso, University of Alicante, Spain • Watch on YouTube
The Imposition of the Sorbonne Method in the Formation of an Indigenous Clergy in South-East Asia: the Example of Siam in 1685
          Maëlle Pennéguès, University Lumière Lyon II, France

12:15 pm–1:45 pm
Panel 5: Language and Communication  

The Meaning Behind the Action: Study on Teungku Syik Kuta Karang Hand Writing Living in Colonial Era
          Dr. Fakhriati, Center for Research and Development on Religious Literature and Heritage (WITHDREW)
Zamboanga Chavacano from "Hawker Spanish" to "Slightly Spanish": The Trajectory of a Creole's Social Prestige
          Jillian Loise Melchor and Dr. Miguel Blázquez, Erasmus Mundus MA Crossways in Cultural Narratives, Department of European Languages (UP Diliman)
In the (re/un)ma(r)king: Batuk (Philippine Traditional Tattoos) in the Diaspora
          Lovey Ann F. Marquez, KU Leuven • Watch on YouTube