Conferences

The Center for Philippine Studies has sponsored a number of conferences – local and international – and is planning to host in 2025 the 50th Anniversary of the founding of CPS. Stay tuned for this event!

1981

Theme: “Second International Philippine Studies Conference”
June 27-30, 1981, Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
Reported here by Resil Mojares- https://www.jstor.org/stable/42633529

1996

Theme: 90th Anniversary Commemoration of Filipinos in Hawaii
April 14-16, 1996, held at Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
Details are found in this link – http://hdl.handle.net/10125/15383

2001

Theme: “Spring Conference on Mindanao
May 14, 2001, Imin International Conference Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i.

2006

Theme: “International Filipino Centennial Conference
December 13-17, 2006, Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
Report on the conference is shown in this page Filipinos in Hawaii Centennial Conference.

2015

Theme: “Forty Years of Philippine and Filipino Studies: Dialogue and Celebration
April 8-11, 2015.  Imin International Center, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
See details at this link – https://cps40thanniversary.wordpress.com.

2017

Theme: “Mini-Conference and Conversation in Mindanao: Islam, Terrorism and the Siege in Marawi
April 18, 2018, Korean Studies Conference Auditorium, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Details are shown in Lectures on Mindanao Islam and Terrorism.

2019

Theme: “ Emerging Voices in Filipino and Philippine Studies
November 5-6, 2019, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Honolulu, Hawai’i. Hosted by the UH Center for Philippine Studies in cooperation with other units.
Please click Emerging Voices for details. Group photo posted above.