2 Faculty Members of PUP Dept. of History Attend Confab

Prof. Mc Donald M. Pascual and Prof. Raul R. Sebastian

Two of the faculty members of the PUP Department of History have attended the conference organized by the Manila Studies Association (MSA) at the Far Eastern University (FEU) in Manila on July 18 and 19, 2012.

Prof. Raul R. Sebastian, chair of the Department, and Prof. Mc Donald M. Pascual attended the 2-day national conference on official time and with the financial support of PUP.

The conference included interesting lectures from the different aspects of Manila's local and oral history.  The lectures were given by different academicians and scholars from different universities and institutions in Metro Manila.

Two of the lecturers were Fr. Jose Arcilla, S.J. of the Ateneo de Manila University and Prof. Gil Gotiangco, Jr. of the University of the Philippines.  Fr. Arcilla talked about Manila as a frontier city during the colonial regime while Prof. Gotiangco discussed about gays and lesbians on the community of Tundo.

The conference was likewise attended by different academicians, graduate students, foreign scholars, and local government employees.