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 1

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

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

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