Dumaguete Hosts Historic Gathering on Philippine History

via Rappler, 02 October 2023: Silliman University in Dumaguete City will host the National Conference of Local and National History from October 19 to 21, 2023. Organized by the Philippine National Historical Society, this will be the first in-person conference since 2019. The event will feature 21 paper presentations under the theme “Retropolis: Discoveries and Rediscoveries in Philippine History.”

Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, will host this year’s National Conference of Local and National History slated from October 19 to 21.

Organized by the Philippine National Historical Society (PNHS), the oldest historical organization in the country founded in 1941, the three-day event will feature 21 paper presentations.

The theme for this year – the event’s 44th edition and first in-person conference since 2019 – is “Retropolis: Discoveries and Rediscoveries in Philippine History.”

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