Expressing Modernities/Closing Ceremonies: Day 4 Part II of “Contacts and Continuities II: 125 Years of Philippine-American Encounters”

The public is cordially invited to the fourth day, in two parts, of Contacts and Continuities II: 125 Years of Philippine-American Encounters, a conference series at Ateneo de Manila University.

Part II of Day 4: Expressing Modernities will take place on Friday, 4 October 2024, at Leong Hall Auditorium and will feature three panels. The conference will then close at the Tanghalang Onofre Pagsanghan (Dulaang Sibol) with a devised reading of Pilipinas circa 1907 by Nicanor G. Tiongson.

The panel Songs and Sounds of the Commonwealth and Beyond features Michael M. Coroza, Nikki B. Carsi Cruz, and Antonio Cayabyab of Ateneo de Manila University. The discussions will explore the kundiman’s evolution as a distinct Filipino musical form, the evolution of Moro-Moro theater during the American colonial period, and misconceptions about jazz among Filipino youth, its evolution, and defining characteristics.

The Visual Arts includes presentations by Jovino de Guzman Miroy (Ateneo de Manila University), Midori Yamamura (CUNY Graduate Center), and Victoria T. Herrera (Ateneo Art Gallery). This panel will focus on links between “racial feudalism” and the American Occupation of the Philippines and on environmental art projects in Japan and the Philippines that aimed to preserve indigenous cultures and promote eco-friendly communities in the late 20th century.

Finally, Literary Traditions and Identity will feature presentations by Christoffer Mitch C. Cerda (Ateneo de Manila University), Beatriz Alvarez-Tardio (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), Luis H. Francia (New York University), and Oscar V. Campomanes (Ateneo de Manila University). The discussions will focus on time, space, and social class in select historical novels in Tagalog, Enrique K. Laygo’s insights on Philippine literature in the 1920s, how Filipino writers have Filipinized the English language to critique the American Empire and assert their identity, and the evolving identities of the Filipino-American community since the 1960s.

Interested parties may register through this link. Entrance to the conference and the panel presentations is FREE. Certificates of attendance may also be issued to onsite participants; kindly request these via the registration link.

These events will also be live-streamed on the main University YouTube channel. Visit 
https://sites.google.com/ateneo.edu/contacts-continuities-2/youtube-live-stream

We hope you can join us in reflecting on 125 years of Philippine-American encounters. If you have questions, please write an email to jvreyes@ateneo.edu. This event is organized by the School of Humanities and School of Social Sciences and made possible through the generosity of the Kwan Laurel donation to the School of Humanities.