As a transdisciplinary conference focused on the Sulu archipelago, this international gathering brings together a diverse group of scholars to engage the following questions with the hope of opening new pathways for scholarship.
Registration
This conference will be convened in-person at MSU Tawi-Tawi, Bongao, Tawi Tawi, Philippines or online via zoom
About the Conference
As the evolving narrative of the Filipino nation assumes its contemporary shape with the Bangsamoro experiment, the Sulu Archipelago emerges as a zone of deep and diverse possibilities. The historical evolution of the Philippine state within a dynamic Southeast Asian region invites scholars’ attention not only to the various forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, the Sulu Archipelago but also to the historical and contemporary roles that this constellation of islands, communities, trade networks, and ecologies plays in the regional stage and beyond.
As a transdisciplinary conference focused on the Sulu archipelago, this international gathering brings together a diverse group of scholars to engage the following questions with the hope of opening new pathways for scholarship:
- What intricacies define the relationship of the Sulu Archipelago with the Filipino nation-state and its neighbors in Maritime Southeast Asia?
- In what ways has the Sulu Archipelago complicated the dynamics of state-building in the region?
- What cultural, ecological, and socio-economic currents flow through this maritime border zone today, and with what consequences?
- And how can scholars critically engage existing knowledges about the archipelago in order to shape its immediate future?
All the conference presentations will be done in plenary sessions.
Plenary Panels
01 Opium, Cigarettes, and Fisheries: Commodities and Governance in Sulu
02 Sulu and Seaweed: Gender, Conservation and Livelihood
03 Beyond the Archipelago: The Regional Connections of Sulu
04 Sulu, BARMM and the Philippine State: Historical and Legal Perspectives
05 Biodiversity and Marine Conservation in Sulu
Program and Schedule
Please visit the Conference site here for a detailed conference schedule and program.
Questions
If you have any questions about the conference, please email events.cids@up.edu.ph
This conference is convened by The University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP-CIDS) and the Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography (MSU-TCTO) and co-convened by the Philippines Studies Association (PSA Inc.) & the ANU Philippines Institute.