Public history summit on

By Michael Charleston Chua

The Philippine Historical Association (PHA) will gather historians, researchers and social science educators at the GSIS Museo ng Sining in Pasay City and the Na-tional Museum of Natural History for a na-tional conference on the theme “Bridging the Gap: The Role of Academic and Public History in Shaping Nation” from 20-22 September 2018.

The PHA Board declares that history is a field of continuing importance. In recent years, an increased interest in the past has been observed due in large part to social media and historians’ engagements in the public sphere.

The role of academic historians in gen-erating cutting edge research remains of vital significance but such research must be disseminated in ways suitable for the appreciation of the mass audience, as pub-lic historians do. On the other hand, while public history conveys the lessons of the

past, it must balance the rigor of the aca-demic discipline and the needs of the au-dience. The public historians’ direct link with the general public should also inform academic historians on the topics that re-quire immediate scholarly attention. Aca-demic and public history must therefore feed on each other. Such synergy will play a powerful role in creating an informed citizenry.

Furthermore, with the recent passing of the “Grand Old Lady of Public History,” Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, the commemora-tion of the 100th death anniversary of pio-neer public historian Mariano Ponce last May, and the recent debates on historical revisionism and negation, this is the ap-propriate time to look at the relevance of public history.

For technology has birthed new forms of telling history and thus, presents us with new challenges as well. A collaboration between stakeholders of public history and the academe may enhance the effective and

credible telling of our past. The conference aims to:1. Determine the state of “Public His-

tory” in the Philippines.2. Identify trends in the development of

public history. 3. Recognize historians and other schol-

ars doing research on public history.4. Serve as an outlet of cutting edge his-

torical research. 5. Provide a venue for collaboration

and networking between the academe and various industries.

Dr. Maria Serena I. Diokno, Professor of History at the University of the Philip-pines and former Chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines will keynote the event.

Prof. Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua of the De La Salle University Manila and Public Relations Officer of the Association will speak about “Kasaysayang Pangmad-la: Towards Telling the History of Public

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Ni Xiao Chua

TINATALUNTON ni Lamberto “Am-beth” Ocampo ang kanyang tatlong deka-dang karerang tinatawag na kasaysayang pangmadla.

Sumusulat kadalasan ang mga akade-miko ng kasaysayang may mga temang hindi gaanong naaabot ng mga karani-wang tao.

Ngunit sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas, may iba’t ibang taong dumarating upang ipaabot ang kasaysayan sa mas maraming tao: Si Jose Rizal na muling naglimbag ng Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas ni Mor-ga, si Mariano Ponce at Jaime de Veyra na naglathala ng kolum na pinamagatang Efemerides Filipinas, Epifanio de los Santos at anak na si Jose P. Santos na nag-sulat ukol sa ating mga bayani, Heneral Santiago Alvarez na nag-ipon ng mga sa-laysay ng mga kapwa rebolusyunaryo at inilathala ito sa mga pahayagan, at iba pa na tulad nina Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil, Nick Joaquin, Doreen Fernandez, Sylvia Mayuga at Jaime Veneracion.

Hindi naman talaga kasaysayan ang ginagawa ni Ambeth, subalit nakakuwen-tuhan niya ng ilang beses ang dakilang historyador na si Teodoro Agoncillo. Ito ang nagpabago ng takbo ng kanyang bu-hay.

Nagsimulang maglathala ukol sa mga temang pangkasaysayan noong 1987 sa kanyang kolum na “Looking Back” na dati ay sa Philippine Daily Globe at hindi naglaon sa Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Malatsismis at may kilig ang istilo nito pero laging may primaryang batis.

Si Ambeth Ocampo at ang kasaysayang pangmadla

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National conference

Nagkaroon ng panahong pumasok siya sa Benedictine Abbey bilang si Dom Ignacio Maria. Malaon ay nagturo ng kursong Rizal sa Unibersidad ng Pilipi-nas at naging bahagi ng Departamento ng Kasaysayan ng Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila.

Siya rin ang nag-annotate para sa telebisyon ng Philippine Centennial Pa-rade noong 1998. Naging tagapangulo ng National Historical Institute, at nagpa-gal upang maging ganap itong komisyon noong 2010.

Hanggang ngayon, kahit kailan siya magsalita sa Ayala Museum, laging napu-puno ang mga venue. Iilang akademiko lamang ang kayang makagawa ng ganito katinding interes. Naipon ang marami sa kanyang mga kolum sa ilang aklat, pinakasikat na rito ang Rizal Without the Overcoat na nakailang edisyon na at nabe-benta pa rin matapos ang 25 taon. Natamo niya ang 2016 Fukuoka Academic Prize, isang presithiyosong taunang gawad na pinararangalan ang mga natatanging mga taong nagpapanatiling buhay o lumilikha ng kultura sa rehiyong Asya-Pasipiko sa larangan ng akademiya.

“As an outstanding historian and in-tellectual, Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo has made a great contribution to academic, cultural and social progress in the Philip-pines through his university teaching, his writing for newspapers and magazines and his service in historic and cultural administration….” anang Fukuoka Aca-demic Prize committee.

Ambeth Ocampo

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EditorProf. Gloria E. Melencio

ContributorsProf. Jonathan Balsamo

Prof. Michael Charleston ChuaProf. Fernando Santiago

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History in the Philippines.” Prof. Ambeth R. Ocampo of the Ate-

neo de Manila University, also former Chairman of the NHCP and bestselling author and lecturer, will talk about “The Future of History: Reflections on a Public Life.”

Celebrity and TV presentor Lourd Ernest de Veyra will give his experienc-es in presenting history in the media in “Telebisyon, Tambay, Talá: Kung Paano Tumatalakay ng Kasaysayan ang History with Lourd.”

The afternoon of the first day and the rest of the second day will be devoted to paper presentations in parallel sessions from various stakeholders such as aca-demics, educators, local historians, heri-

tage advocates and many others. The end of the second day will be the

General Assembly and business meeting of PHA members, while the morning of the last day, 22 September 2018, will be devoted to a flower offering at the Rizal Monument, a walking lecture at the Rizal Park, and a tour of the new National Mu-seum of Natural History.

The Commission on Higher Educa-tion endorsed the event and the Depart-ment of Education has issued an advisory related to it.

For queries and other informa-tion, please visit http://2018conference.pha1955.com or contact Dr. Fernando Santiago, Vice President of the Asso-ciation and Conference Convenor, at 2018phaconference@gmail.com or Prof. Jonathan C. Balsamo, Secretary of the Association, at (+632) 587-5354, 0905-5762181. The public is invited to join.

THE year 2014 marked the beginning of a new stage of development at the Philippine Historical Association.

The newly elected members of the PHA Board met and decided that the next PHA conference will be elevated into an international level. Although the decision was rather abrupt and un-planned, all members were optimistic that it could be mounted by the Board for the year 2015.

Series of meetings followed along this line, the first of which was held at the University of Santos Tomas at the conference room of then Vice Chan-cellor for Student Affairs Dr. Evelyn Songco.

Dr. De Viana, chair of the History Department, gave us the initial contacts

in the Malaysian Historical Society whom he met at the IAHA conference. This opportunity was taken seriously by the PHA president and arrangements were made to engage the Malaysian his-torians.

This resulted in my visit at the head-quarters of the Malaysian Historical Society in Kuala Lumpur where subse-quent meetings were held. The Malay-sian delegates were headed by their ex-ecutive Chairman Tan Sri Omar Mohd Hashim.

The meeting was fruitful; they agreed to come to Manila for the inter-national conference in 2015 and they even invited the Society of Indonesian Historians to participate in the said event. The 2015 International Confer-

President’s Message

ence started a new era in PHA. A consortium was organized and its

members pledged to host international conferences to serve as venue for mu-tual academic discussions in the region, highlighting the Malay role in world civilizations, and the continuous explo-ration of possibilities to ensure the aca-demic link of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Last year, the fourth international conference themed Malay World was held at the Manila Hotel and De La Salle University-Manila. It was partici-pated in by various scholars in the re-gion, a testament of mutual cooperation among the member organizations in the consortium.

Although PHA has already em-barked on regional cooperation in Southeast Asia, it still maintained its commitment in the national level by continuously spearheading its regular national conferences.

This year, the PHA Board, seeing the emerging role of public historians as key figures in the research and writing of Philippine local histories, decided to focus on public historiography. The theme hopes to accommodate people who have started writing histories and have played a role in promoting history but who may lack the knowledge in the rigors of research.

To end, let me conclude that all these initiatives of PHA in the local, na-tional and international levels manifest the commitment of the Board to provide a venue for would be historians and also for seasoned historians who still want to contribute in piecing together our cher-ished past.

I thank everyone who participated in various capacities in all the projects of PHA during my stint as president. Let us continue to forge partnerships in the local, national and international arena. All these initiatives will make possible a brighter future in academic scholar-ship.

Emmanuel F. Calairo, PhDPHA President (2014-2018)

Emerging role of public historians

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By Fernando Santiago Jr., PhD

THE Philippine Historical Association (PHA), in partnership with the Persatuan Sejarah Lisan Malaysia (Oral History So-ciety of Malaysia) and the Department of History, De La Salle University, held the international seminar “Bridging Nations Through Oral History: A Seminar on Oral History Research in Malaysia and the Philippines” on 23-24 July 2018.

It aimed to share best practices in oral history, establish linkages for future col-laboration among oral historians and pro-mote the use of oral history in the region.

The two-day event was composed of a series of lectures on the first day and on

the second, a tour, and a courtesy call to Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines Dato’ Raszlan Abdul Rashid.

The series of lectures was held at the Verdure, Henry Sy Sr. Hall at De La Salle University.

The first session was themed “Sharing Experiences, Oral History in Malaysia and the Philippines.”

The presentations were: Captur-ing Reminiscences, Preserving the Past: The Legacy of Dr. Marcelino Foronda to Philippine Oral History by Jose Victor Jimenez of De La Salle University; Oral History Association of Malaysia and Oral History Programmes in Malaysia: Issues and Challenges by Dr. Zahidi Dato’ Zain-

Seminar on oral history research in Malaysia, Philippines held

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PHILIPPINE Historical Association President Emmanuel Franco Calairo claimed that Emilio Aguinaldo may not be satisfied with the proclamation of in-dependence made in his house in Kawit, Cavite on 12 June 1898.

He pointed out that Aguinaldo’s sig-nature was absent among the many signa-tures in the Independence Day Proclama-tion. It was Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista who read the said Proclamation.

Calairo made the claim in a ceremony at the old Bacoor Municipal Plaza be-side the Church where the unveiling of National Historical Commission of the Philippines Marker took place recently. Subsequently, a book and a documentary on the Bacoor Assembly were launched.

He farther explained that Aguinaldo had called for another meeting in Bacoor on 1 August 1898 and signed an Act that Apolinario Mabini drafted which explic-itly proclaimed the Philippine Indepen-dence, not just a mere ratification or reit-eration of 12 June.

Furthermore, Calairo pointed out that the Malolos Congress ratified that 1 Au-gust 1898 Proclamation and not the 12 June 1898 document, based on records.

But, why did we forget 1 August and have been celebrating 12 June instead? It was Aguinaldo himself who can be at fault. Calairo speculated that it has to do with his later rift with his former trusted adviser Apolinario Mabini. Read Calai-ro’s book for more expose.

Although it is now clear that the proc-lamation was actually 1 August based on historiographic documents, would we choose another less dramatic signing to a more symbolic displaying and playing of our national symbols and a mass celebra-tion as our Independence Day?

PHA and founder past president Ga-briel Fabella had pushed for June 12 as Independence Day instead of 4 July 1946.

If we choose a symbolic Independence celebration, would it not be better to just declare the Bonifacio proclamation of the revolutionary government in Balintawak in 24 August 1896 instead?

Surely, Calairo’s book will raise fur-

ther interesting debate that will enrich our understanding of the past and the pro-

cesses of writing and unwriting history. — Xiao Chua

Cavite historian claims real Independence Day could be Aug. 1

From left, Jose Victor Jimenez, Dr. Zahidi Rashid Zainol, Prof. Dr. Dato Raja Abdullah Yaacob and Dr. Fernando Santiago Jr.

ol Rashid of the Oral History Association of Malaysia; Growing Importance of Oral History in Malaysia with Few Case Stud-ies by Professor Dato’ Dr. Raja Abdullah Yaacob of the Oral History Association of Malaysia; and Oral History and Memory: Some Considerations for Historians by Dr. Fernando A. Santiago Jr. of the PHA.

The second session was themed “Oral History and Southeast Asian Heritage.”

The papers presented were: Gene-alogy as Narrative and Heritage: Re-searching the Malay Family in Peninsu-lar Malaysia by Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican of the Universiti Sains Malaysia; Oral History Research as a Study Discipline in Enriching Malaysian Cultural Heritage Resources by Profes-sor Dr. Sohaimi Zakaria of the Universiti Teknologi Mara; and Stories Captured by Word of Mouth: Cultural Heritage Build-ing through Oral History by Christine M. Abrigo, Director of the De La Salle Uni-versity Library.

On the second day, the Malaysian del-egation with representatives of the PHA and the DLSU Department of History vis-ited the Marcelino Foronda Oral History Collection at the De La Salle University Library. They then proceeded to a guided tour of the Malacañang Museum.

FORMER Philippine Historical Association (PHA) President Cesar Pobre launched his book entitled History of the Armed Forces of the Filipino People Volume 2, at the National Historical Commission of the Philippines office in Manila on 30 July 2018.

National Historical Commission of the Philippines Chair Rene Escalante, World War II veteran Retired General Arnulfo Bañez, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Philippine Veterans Association Office Administrator Retired General Ernesto Carolina and former President Fidel Ramos attended the launching of the new book.

Members of the PHA Board who also graced the occasion were Treasurer Evelyn Songco, Board Member Estrellita Muhi and Press Relations Officer Xiao Chua.

Pobre launches book on Armed Forces history

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By Roy Mabasa

HOW General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippines, agreed to an

exile in Hong Kong on December 27, 1897 in exchange for 400,000 Mexican pesos from the Spanish government and how he organized a revolutionary government, lat-

Dr. Emmanuel F. Calairo, President of the Philippine Historical Association and history professor at the De La Salle University Dasmariñas, is given a certificate of recognition by Sir Pieter Nootenboom, Knight Grand Order of Rizal, for his commemorative lecture at the Philip-pine Consulate General in Hong Kong on 3 June 2018. The other participants are (from left) Prof. Jonathan Balsamo; Dr. Arlene Abella, Vice President of the Cavite Historical Society; Lady Zeny Navarro; Sir KH Chan, KCR; Lady Lilibeth Cruz; Dr. Nagar Lai, KCR; Sir Fidel Manuel, KCR; Sir Thomas Chan, KCR; and Sir Ricky Sadiosa, KCR, Area Commander for the Order of the Knights of Rizal in China, Hong Kong and Macau. (Knights of Rizal Hong Kong)

Public lecture tackles Aguinaldo’s Hong Kong exileer known as the ‘Hong Kong junta’ were the subjects of a recent public lecture.

Organized by the Hong Kong Chap-ter of the Order of the Knights of Rizal, the lecture was part of the commemora-tion of the nearly five-month exile of Aguinaldo and 25 other leaders of the Philippine revolution against Spain, at the former Crown Colony recently.

Philippine Deputy Consul General Roderico Atienza welcomed all the par-ticipants to the lecture that included Phil-ippine Historical Association Secretary Jonathan Balsamo, Cavite Historical So-ciety Vice President Arlene Abella, and Dr. Emmanuel Calairo, history professor of De La Salle University-Dasmariñas.

(Reprinted from https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/06/28/public-lecture-tackles-aguinaldos-hong-kong-exile/)

The Philippine Historical Association (PHA) held a national conference on teaching the Rizal course at the Nation-al Historical Commission of the Philip-pines office in T.M. Kalaw Street, Ma-nila from 15-16 December 2017.

This 2nd National Conference on Teaching the Rizal Course was held in line with the celebration of Rizal Month

by virtue of Proclamation No. 126, s. 2001. With the theme “Rizal for the 21st Century Learner,” the conference gathered historians, history and social science educators and enthusiasts to share ideas, researches and strategies that will enhance the teaching of the Rizal Course.

Dr. Raul Sebastian of the Polytech-

nic University of the Philippines- Ma-nila, Van Ybiernas, Dr. Lisandro Elias Claudio, Dr. Fernando A. Santiago, Jr. and Michael Charleston “Xiao” Chua - all from the De La Salle University, Wensley Reyes of the Philippine Nor-man University, and Dr. Evelyn Songco of the University of Santo Tomas shared their expertise as conference speakers.

Ang ‘Misis’ ng KasaysayanANG ating salita para sa empleyado ng pamahalaan ay kawani, na pinaniniwa-laang nagmula sa salitang “wani” mula sa salitang Austronesyano. Ang ibig sabihin, tumutulong at nagmamalasakit. Ito rin ang sinasabing pinagmulan ng salitang bayani.

Sa komunidad ng mga cultural work-er, isang kawani ang nakilala sa bansag na ‘Misis’ — si Mrs. Emelita Verano Almosara. Mula sa pagsali niya sa dat-ing National Historical Institute (NHI) noong 1975, 40 taon siyang naglingkod sa ating pmahalaan at unangat ‘from the ranks.’ Kahit hindi siya historyador, ma-halaga ang ginawa niya sa amin bilang isang ‘cultural manager’ na nagtaguyod ng pagpapalaganap ng kasaysayan sa sa pamamagitan ng mga museo at iba pa. 16 na taon siyang Deputy Executive Director ng NHI.

Ayon kay Alvin Alcid, pinuno ngayon ng Research and Publications Division ng ngayon ay NHCP, nakilala siya bilang natatanging ‘misis’ at wala nang iba pa dahil ang mga sumunod na mga naging boss sa NHI halos ay walang mga asawa. Lagi raw siyang binibigyan ng mga challenging task ni Ma’am Mely at sinasabing “Paano mo malalaman na marunong kang lumangoy kung hindi ka ihahagis sa tubig?” Wala raw dapat pinalalampas na oportunidad o hamon. Ang kanyang motto, ‘carpe diem’ — seize the day.

Nakilala siya sa pagiging mahigpit at istrikta. Ayon nga kay Dr. Maris Diokno,

SOME 300 historians, educators and researchers attended the Fourth Interna-tional Conference of the International Council for Historical and Cultural Co-operation-Southeast Asia (ICHCC-SEA) at the Manila Hotel on 14 September and Dela Salle Universityon 15 September 2017. Spearheading the theme The Malay World: Connecting the Past to the Pres-ent, the Philippine Historical Association (PHA), together with the Malaysian His-torical Society (PSM)and the of Indone-sian Historians (MSI), joined hands in holding said international conference.

ICHCC-SEA conferences have been held in Manila, Philippines; Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PHA President Emmanuel Calairo said that the conference “promoted the historical and cultural heritage of South East Asia. It was an outlet for the latest historical studies on the Philippines and the region.”

Research papers with strong histori-

cal context on South EastAsian Studies, Archeology, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Education, Humanities, Interna-tional Studies, Literature,

Sociology, Political Science, and re-lated areas were presented during said international conference last year.

Malaysian Historical Society Profes-sorEmeritus Dr. Muhammad HajiSalleh talked about the “Literary Recreations of History: New Narratives and Interpreta-tions of the Sulalat Al-Salatin: The Ma-lay Annals. Doctor Zaid Bin Ahmad of the University Putra Malaysia discussed the “Inquest for Indigenous Epistemol-ogy: The Post- Discourse of Historiog-raphy in the Malay World.”

The plenary speakers from the Soci-ety of Indonesian Historians were Oman Fathurahman of the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta for the topic “A New Insight on the Intellectual Islamic Networks between Mindanao and the Malay World in the 19th Centu-ry: Sheikh Muhammad Said Manuscript Collection,” and Professor Andi Achdian

of the University National, Jakarta on “Becoming an urban citizen: The politics of urban governance and Indonesian Na-tionalism.”

For the PHA, Reynaldo Ileto of Nan-yang Technological University in Singa-pore and author of the influential history book Pasyon and Revolution discussed “The Southeast Asian Context of the Fil-ipino Struggle for History and the Rise of the PHA.”

Dr. Rommel Curaming of the Univer-sity of Brunei Darussalam tackled “To Historicize or Historicalize? The Ana-lytical is Political in the Comparative Approach to the Malay World.”

Dr. Rene Escalante, Chairman of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines delivered the keynote for the event.

A board resolution of the PHA was presented to Dr. Zeus A. Salazar, rec-ognizing his important role in Southeast Asian Studies, and to the region as well, as the academic prime mover of the Pan-Malayan Identity.

300 historians, educators, researchers attend 2017 PHA Southeast Asian conference

dating tagapangulo ng NHCP, lagi siyang sumusunod kay Mely sa mga reglamen-tong “by the book.” Ngunit dagdag niya, kailangang makita na mula siya sa isang panahong mas pormal ang training ng mga lingkod-bayan. Laging pre-sentable ang kanyang ka-suotan at pino sa kanyang pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga tao.

Bago siya magretiro, nagkaroon siya ng pagkakataon na matamo ang isang napakataas na posisyon, ang pagiging Executive Director ng National Commis-sion for Culture and the Arts.

Matapos nito, ang istriktang ad-minsistrador ay nagpokus sa kanyang paaralan, ang Concepcion Kids Learning Center, kung saan nakilala siya bilang si ‘Teacher Mely.’ Pero di siya nawalan ng pinagkakaabalahan, kasama na ang President Elpidio Quirino Foundation at naging aktibo sa amin sa Philippine Historical Association. Nagpakita siya ng matinding pagtitiwala sa kakayahan naming mas nakababata.

Kaya malungkot ang balita na binigay sa akin ng kasamang Jonathan

Balsamo noong Agosto 11, 2018 na iniwan na tayo ni ‘Misis’ dahil sa cardiac arrest at breast cancer. Iniwan niya sa atin ang isang mabuting halimbawa ng propesyonalismo at kabutihang loob sa pamamahalaang pangkultura. Ayon sa kanya, “Culture and the arts serve as the moving spirit in nation building. They are important components required for any country to progress. As a catalyst, the role of arts and culture is to provide a means to uplift values and social trans-formation in our osociety.”

Paalam, Ma’am Mely, ang natatangi at minamahal naming ‘Misis’, isang tunay na kawani ng bayan.

(Mula sa column ni Xiao Chua na Xiao Time sa Abante)

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By Gloria Esguerra Melencio

“THE Grand Old Lady of Public History,” as historian Xiao Chua endearingly describes her, had written 30 last 30 July 2018. Carmen Maria Aurora Vicenta Guerrero y Francisco vda. de Cruz y vda. de Nakpil died peacefully at 96 leaving behind a body of work as a his-torian, journalist, editor, literary writer, col-umnist and a legacy of responsive and honest government work that she had trailblazed.

Coming from a family of renowned doc-tors, scientists, playwrights, painters and nov-elists, Chitang as she was fondly called had made an indelible mark as a staff member, editor and columnist at the Evening News, Philippines Herald, Manila Chronicle, Manila Times, Asia magazine, and Malaya, in addi-tion to contributing lectures, essays, short stories to other publications in the Philippines and around the world for 60 years. She had 10 books to boot: Woman Enough; A Question of Identity; History Today; The Philippines and the Filipinos; The Rice Conspiracy (a novel;, the Centennial Reader and Whatever; an au-tobiographical trilogy Myself, Elsewhere; Legends and Adventures; and Exeunt.

Foremost of her government stint was at the Philippine National Historical Commis-sion where she served as its Chairperson in the 1960s, also at the helm of the Manila His-torical Commission in the 1990s, and director-general of the Technology Resource Center from 1975 to 1985. She was also elected to the Executive Board of the UNESCO in Paris in 1983 by popular vote of the international assembly. Looking for more information on how she lived her life, Xiao Chua’s column in Abante newspaper said: “…dinoneyt niya ang kanyang suweldo para may dagdag-pon-do sa paglalathala ng mga publikasyon ukol sa buhay ng mga bayani, habambuhay niyang pinakalat ang kasaysa¬yan at sariling kultura sa madla sa mga artikulo at kolum na kanyang inipon sa ilang mga aklat.”

Her daughter Gemma Cruz-Araneta, 1964 Miss International, inherits from her this generous and nationalistic spirit when she also donated her much coveted USD 10,000 beauty queen prize to the Manila Boys Town and Girls Home in Marikina.

Taking a glimpse of how she thought, this author lifted a portion of her writing from the Malacanang website that says: (The following

Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil

The Grand Old Lady of Public History

Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil

is an excerpt taken from “Legends and Adven-tures,” part of Carmen Guerrero Nakpil’s au-tobiographical trilogy. This is published with the permission of the author and with the as-sistance of her daughter Lisa G. Nakpil.)

“I am sure EDSA began the day Ninoy was killed. The Marcos’ empire crumbled, not in February 1986 when, disfigured and be-draggled, he fled in that American helicopter out of Malacañang. It happened almost three years earlier when Ninoy Aquino fell dead on the tarmac.

The body in that open coffin beneath the catafalque at the church of Sto. Domingo and, later, on the bed of white and yellow flowers on the truck that moved slowly through the mass of mourners was Ninoy’s. But Ninoy did not die on that sunny Sunday afternoon in Au-gust 1983 at the Manila International Airport, for that was when he began to live forever in the hearts of his countrymen. It was Ferdinand Marcos who died that day, and he knew it. The yellow-clad street demonstrations that fol-lowed, the gruesome campaign for the Snap Election and the joyous, invincible wave of people on the city’s circumferential highway called EDSA in February 1986, were only the post-mortem.”

Indeed, Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil had lived a full life. Salute to the Grand Old Lady of Public History.

IN an international conference held at the Manila Hotel on 14 Septem-ber 2017, the Philippine Historical Association recognized historian Zeus Salazar as the academic prime mover of the Pan-Malayan identity as he has been making researches and lectures about the multi-ethnic-ity and multi-culturality of the Aus-tronesian or Malayan identity for several decades.

The historian is described in the citation as the one “who has done most in developing Pan-Malayan identity through scholarly efforts.”

Speaking in Filipino interspersed with Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa In-donesia and English languages, Dr. Salazar accepted the recognition given to him by fellow historians, academicians, researchers and other professionals.

Among the historians and acade-micians writing about the Austrone-sian civilization, Prof. Zeus Salazar, PhD, has been recognized as hav-ing a body of work, which include among others journal articles, schol-arly essays and his books Malayan Connection: Ang Pilipinas sa Dunia Melayu (1998) and Ang Pilipinong “Banua”/“Banwa” sa Mundong Melano-Polynesiano (2006).

This last scholarly work is rec-ognized as “the most developed articulation thus far of a version of Pan-Malayanism as a consciously political-cultural-academic project,” according to the PHA citation.

PHA likewise emphasized the conceptual and cultural concepts that Salazar espoused on the study of the Malayo-Polynesian world. His studies also contributed to the strengthening of the Filipino nation-al identity and have been connecting the Filipinos, seemingly a Western-ized people, to their deeper identity as part of the Malayan world, the PHA stated in its resolution.

Salazar cited as prime mover of Pan-Malayan identity