Formative Years of Spanish Philippines, 1565-1665

Formative Years of Spanish Philippines, 1565-1665

Convened by the Philippine National Historical Society
4-5 November 2021

The historical process of becoming the nation Filipinas dates back to half a millennium ago when Imperial Spain established its presence in the Indies, the area stretching from the Pacific, including Island Southeast Asia and Mainland East Asia. Spain would eventually establish its presence in the “nation of islands” where Magellan arrived in 1521, transforming it into the colony of Filipinas where Christianity was introduced, accompanied by imperial expansion on land and people. The arrival of Christianity and colonial rule on the indigenous populations transformed land and people, the foundations of which were set down between 1565-1665, through the instrumentalities of church and state applied to the indigenous communities in the archipelago. It was a two-way process of political and cultural challenges, assimilation and appropriation, at times outright resistances, in the process of “becoming” Filipinas and the Filipinos.

Session Schedule

Panel A: Visayan Society in the 16th Century
4 November 2021 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Moderated by: Edgar Allan M. Sembrano, Philippine National Historical Society
Philippine National Anthem
Invocation (Ecumenical)
Introduction of Speakers
Dr. Bernardita R. Churchill President Philippine National Historical Society
On the Parity and the Act of Recognition between Magellan and Humabon in 1521
Jose Buenconsejo, Ph.D. University of the Philippines Diliman
Liwán: Investigating the Colonial Curtailing of the Tattooing Practice of the Visayans in the Early Spanish Period
Kinna Mae G. Kwan Philippine National Historical Society
Hayahay: The Plunder and Breakdown of Bisayan Economy and Society at the Spanish Contact
Rolando O. Borrinaga, Ph.D. University of the Philippine Manila
Open Forum
Panel B: Hispanic Way of Life and Muslim Mindanao
5 November 2021 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Moderated by: Dr. Marcelino M, Macapinlac Jr., De La Salle University Manila
Introduction of Speakers
Dr. Bernardita R. Churchill President Philippine National Historical Society
Examining the Foundations of a School Culture in Early Spanish Philippines, 1565-1715
Ma. Eloisa P. de Castro, Ph.D. University of Santo Tomas
Tracking Down Architecture and Artifacts from the Dominicans’ First Century in the Philippines (1587-ca. 1700)
Regalado Trota Jose Archivo de la Universidad de Santo Tomás
Indigenous Land Owners in the 17th-Century Philippines
Grace Liza Y. Concepcion, Ph.D. University of Asia & the Pacific
Islamic Mission in the Philippines in the Early Modern Era
Isaac Donoso, Ph.D. University of Alicante
Open Forum
National Technical Working Group
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