Silliman University in Dumaguete City
Illegal gambling in 19th-century Manila and anticolonial movements in Southeast Asia are only two of the issues to be discussed at the 33rd national conference of the Philippine National Historical Society (PNHS) on Oct. 18-20 at Silliman University in Dumaguete City.
The PNHS, the oldest historical organization in the country, is convening the conference with the assistance of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts鈥� Committee on Historical Research, Philippine Social Science Council, and National Historical Commission of the Philippines.
It will be Silliman鈥檚 third time to host the annual PNHS conference. The university president, Ben S. Malayang III, will be the keynote speaker.
The papers to be presented are: 鈥淓arly Settlements in San Juan, Batangas: Some Hypotheses鈥� by Grace Barretto-Tesoro, University of the Philippines Diliman; 鈥淭he Complexity of Anticolonial Movements in Southeast Asia: Beyond the Confines of the Nation,鈥� Maureen Cristin S. Justiniano, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fulbright fellow at Ateneo de Manila University; 鈥淣oli Me Tangere and Identity Construction: A Look at the Emergence of the Native Filipino,鈥� Regan P. Jomao-as, Silliman; 鈥淩econstructing the 鈥楨nvironment鈥� of Illegal Gambling Activity in 19th Century Manila through the 鈥楯uegos Prohibidos,鈥欌�� Marco Stephan B. Lagman, UP Diliman;
鈥淭he Philippine Plaza Complex: Reconciling Preservation of Historical Sites with Demands of Urban Growth,鈥� Meliton B. Juanico, UP Diliman; 鈥淯seful History: Local History and Ecotourism Development in Aloguinsan, Cebu, Philippines,鈥� Delilah R. Labajo, University of San Carlos; 鈥淣otes on the History of Eastern Negros up to the End of the Spanish Regime,鈥� T. Valentino S. Sitoy Jr., Silliman Divinity School; 鈥淧ublic History and the Philippines: The Case of Western Visayas,鈥� Matthew J. Riley; 鈥淭he Rise and Fall of Leyte Pueblos (1840-1914),鈥� Rolando Borrinaga, UP Manila in Palo, Leyte; 鈥淭he Fairer of the Fair Sex: The Espa帽ola as Model for the Filipina,鈥� Erlinda K. Alburo, Cebuano Studies Center, USC;
鈥淔raming the Land of the Heathen: Zamboanga Mission in the Photographs of Alliance Missionaries, Servando D. Halili Jr., Ateneo de Zamboanga;
鈥淐ultural and Historical Sites and Landmarks in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi,鈥� Calbi A. Asain, Mindanao State University-Sulu; 鈥淔ire and the Changing Cityscape of Dumaguete City,鈥� Earl Jude Paul L. Cleope, Silliman; and 鈥淭he Historical Geography of Los Ba帽os during the Japanese Occupation,鈥� Marcelino M. Macapinlac Jr., St. Scholastica鈥檚 College Manila.
For inquiries, contact conveners Bernardita R. Churchill at (02) 926-1347 or 0919-4905371; Earl Jude Paul L. Cleope, (35) 422-6002 local 361, (35) 422-6002 local 360, or 0917-3212516; Carlos Magtolis Jr., (035) 422-6002 local 330, (035) 422-6002 local 330, 0917-3143124; or log on to https://pnhsi.tripod.com.