International scholars to tackle rewriting history in public forum
The South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS) will be holding a public forum entitled, "Rewriting National Histories" on February 2 at 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Theodore Buttenbruch Hall, USC Main Campus.
Dr. Asvi Warman Adam of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences; Dr. Ethelia Ruiz Medrano of the Direccion de Estudios Historicas of the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia in Mexico; and Dr. Resil Mojares, author, historian and former director of the USC Cebuano Studies Center will present their views on the topic which with Ambeth Ocampo, Inquirer columnist and director of the National Historical Instiute, as moderator.
The forum will also be highlighted with the launching of the book entitled, "Brains of the Nation: Pedro Paterno, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, Isabelo de los Reyes and the Production of Knowledge" a magnum opus of renowned historian and essayist Dr. Mojares.
The forum, which is co-hosted by the Department of History and the Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP) Foundation, also comes in the wake of the SEPHIS International Workshop entitled, "The Master Narrative Challenged: Dominant Histories and Emergine Narratives" which will be held in Cebu this week.
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