MARCH 18: PROGRAM

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09:00 am • Opening Program

9:00 am–9:15 am
OPENING PROGRAM

National Anthem of the Philippines

Welcome Remarks
          Fidel Nemenzo, DSc, Chancellor, University of the Philippines Diliman

Cecilia de la Paz, PhD, Director, Office for the Initiatives of Culture and the Arts, University of the Philippines Diliman

Joefe B. Santarita, PhD, Dean and Professor, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman

House Rules and Conference Guidelines

09:15 am • Keynote 1: Southeast Asia and the Quincentennial Commemoration of the First Circumnavigation of the World

9:15 am–9:45 am
KEYNOTE LECTURE

Southeast Asia and the Quincentennial Commemoration of the First Circumnavigation of the World

Dr. Rene R. Escalante, Chair, National Historical Commission of the Philippines

09:45 am • Panel 1: Indigenous and Colonial Medicine

09:45 am–11:15 am
PANEL 1: INDIGENOUS and COLONIAL MEDICINE

Traditional Medicine in the Philippines and Early Southeast Asian-European Encounters
     Michael L. Tan, University of the Philippines Diliman • Watch on YouTube

The Hilot of the Philippines and the Dukun Bayi of Indonesia Compared
     Ma. Luisa T. Camagay, Department of History, University of the Philippines Diliman • Watch on YouTube

MSS 2996: Curiosity to A Medicinal Chest?
     Mohd Affendi B. Mohd Shafri, International Islamic University Malaysia • Watch on YouTube

12:15 pm • Panel 2: Trade and Diplomacy

12:15 pm–1:45 pm
PANEL 2: TRADE AND DIPLOMACY

Addressing Southeast Asian Leadership: Diplomatic Narratives and the Ordering of Colonial Knowledge
     Stephen L. Keck, Emirates Diplomatic Academy, UAE • Watch on YouTube

Friendship and Unity Among Us: The Dutch-Asian Elephant Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century
     Pichayapat Naisupap, Leiden University • Watch on YouTube

Danes in the Manila Trade, XVII-XIX Centuries
     Andrés del Castillo Sánchez, El Colegio de México AC • Watch on YouTube

02:00 pm • Panel 3: Colonial Knowledge and Intermediaries

02:00 pm – 3:30 pm
PANEL 3: COLONIAL KNOWLEDGE AND INTERMEDIARIES

Re-reading 'Sucesos:' Revisiting Morga in Some Books, Texts, and Places
     Rolando Talampas, University of the Philippines Diliman

Tensions of Hybridity: Native Officers as Intermediaries in Scripting Colonial Order in British Burma
     Alexey Kirichenko, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University • Watch on YouTube

Spanish Manila’s Media Anata: Groundwork for Quantitative Global Histories from Below, 1654–1687
     Nicholas C. Sy, University of the Philippines Diliman

 

 

03:45 pm • Roundtable 1: History, Theories, and Prospects of Philippine Studies as a Discipline

3:45 pm–5:00 pm
ROUNDTABLE 1: History, Theories, and Prospects of Philippine Studies as a Discipline

Discussion Questions

1. 1. 1. What do you think is the relevance of Philippine Studies in the age of globalization, and how can we situate this relevance within the context of the ongoing global health emergency?

      2. In this age of globalization, should we jettison theories, approaches, and paradigms which, rightly or wrongly, purportedly border on the essentialist and nativist problematizing of Philippine culture and society?  How about foreign theories?  Should they be abandoned in the name of indigeneity and nationalism?

      3. What are the prospects for Philippine Studies in the digital era?  What are the challenges?

      4. Considering that Filipinos have become, by some accounts, a diasporic people, what is the importance of Philippine Studies with respect to Filipino migrant communities?  What is the role of these migrant communities in promoting Philippine Studies?

      5. How can Philippine Studies help promote inclusivity?  Has it really helped address some of the social ills that have beset the country?  How? 

Participants

Filomeno Aguilar, Jr. PhD
Professor, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Noel Christian Moratilla, PhD
Assistant Professor, Asian Center, University of the Philippines

Cristina Martinez-Juan, PhD
Executive Officer, Philippine Studies @ School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)