To mark its 70th founding anniversary, the Philippine National Historical Society (PNHS) will hold its 32nd national conference on Oct. 20-22.
The conference will be held at Holy Angel University (HAU) in Angeles City, Pampanga, and is cosponsored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Committee on Historical Research, HAU’s Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies, Philippine Social Science Council, and National Historical Commission of the Philippines.
The theme of the conference is “Celebrating 70 Years of the PNHS: Looking Back and Looking Forward: Historical Antecedents and Future Prospects in National and Local History.”
The oldest historical society in the country, PNHS has blazed the trail of historical research on the Philippines. Its conferences and publications have presented researches on mainstream national history, on local/regional histories that have enriched understanding of the cultural diversity in Philippine society, and on studies in related social sciences and the humanities.
Historiography
The papers to be presented at this conference are: “Philippine Historiography: Looking Back and Looking Forward” by PNHS president Bernardita R. Churchill, Ma. Nela B. Florendo and Earl Jude Paul L. Cleope; “The Parangkang—Sama Oral Literature,” Samuel K. Tan; “Zoo and Carnival: The Philippine Expositions in Madrid and St. Louis,” Erlinda K. Alburo; “The Literary History of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi,” Calbi A. Asain;
“Possibilities of the Past in Samar: Explorations in Folk Medicine,” George Emmanuel R. Borrinaga and Rolando O. Borrinaga; “American Guerilla Way of Life in Central Luzon,” Violeta S. Ignacio; “The Christianization of the Filipino: 18th-Century (1700-1750) Religious Conditions of the Filipino as Seen from the Ministry of Baptism,” Fr. Nestor Cachuela Impelido, SDB;
Beginnings of SVD
“The Philippine SVD Schools: An Historical Inquiry into the Beginnings and Evolution of the Engagement of the Society of the Divine Word in Education,” Michael G. Layugan, SVD; “From Meaningful Change to Pointless Chaos: The Reinvention of Cebuano-Filipino Historical Memory of the Katipunan Revolution in the Early 20th Century,” Florencio Segundo A. Moreño; “Meeting Rizal in Selected Letters,” Fr. Jose S. Arcilla, SJ; “Ang Pagbabasa ng mga Heroglipiko nina Tasyo at Sisa: Panimulang Balangkas ng Karunungan sa Diwa ni Rizal,” Luna Sicat Cleto; “Rizal and Blumentritt: Brothers in Philippinism,” Fr. Rolando S. DelaGoza, CM;
Noli Me Tangere
“Noli Me Tángere and the Construction of the Native ‘Filipino’ Identity,” Regan P. Jomao-as; “Con la Sangre de mi Corazón: Repainting the World of Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere,” Victorino “Ino” Manalo; “The Socialist Influence on Rizal,” Elmer Ordoñez; “Pepe and the Mequenis: José Rizal’s Points of Contact with Pampanga,” Fray Lord Francis D. Musni; The Kapampangan: Views from Research on Paleo-environment and Archaeology of their Coastal Lowlands,” Vito Hernandez;
“Agricultural and Urban Land as Property and Resource in 19th-Century Pampanga,” Marco Stefan B. Lagman; “Not All the ‘Spanish’ Churches in Pampanga Were Built by the Spaniards: Two Cases for the Reexamination of Records,” Regalado Trota Jose; “The Fighting 10th: The 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War,” Dennis Edward Flake.
Oct. 22 will be an optional Lakbay-Aral to historical and cultural sites in Pampanga. The registration fee is P3,500.
For inquiries, contact Bernardita R. Churchill at (02) 921-4575, (02) 926-1347, 0919-4905371, or nitachurchill@hotmail.com. Or visit https://pnhsi.tripod.com.
For details on accommodations in Angeles City, contact Myra Paz Lopez at (045) 888-8691 loc. 1312 or 1369, (045) 888-2514, 888-1754, 0920-425.871, or kapampangancenter@gmail.com. The local convener at HAU is Robby P. Tantingco.