Problematizing Phillipine Citizenship

Fall 2008 Speaker Series

International Cultural Studies Certificate Program

Cosponsored With Center for Philippine Studies, School of Pacific and Asian Studies

Problematizing Philippine Citizenship: The Bangsamoro (Moro Nation) Challenge

Dr. Belinda A. Aquino and Dr. Federico V. Magdalena

Center for Philippine Studies
University of Hawai'i at Manoa

This presentation will explore the meanings of cultural citizenship in Filipino Muslim history in the context of the continuing tension between the Republic of the Philippines (RP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which have recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement to expand the current Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). This Agreement has met with violent objections from various Muslim, Christian, indigenous, military and other groups particularly in North Cotabato and the Lanao provinces in Mindanao where the fighting has resumed. The speakers will analyze four basic issues connected with this continuing problem: the colonial complexity of Philippine history, the concept of ancestral domain, the proposed Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE), and the series of peace talks that have been going on since the 1970s.

Date: Wednesday, December 3rd
Time: 12 pm – 1:20pm
Place: Burns Hall Room 2118

Sponsored by:
The UHM/EWC International Cultural Studies Program
Telephone: 808-944-7593 Fax: 808-944-7070
Office: Burns Hall #2069
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International Cultural Studies, Manoa Campus

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