Programme of the conference

7-9 June 2023 | Philippine studies: Exchanges between Filipino and EU-based scholars

 

 June 7

Venue : Auditoire E12, 1st Floor, Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration, Rempart de la Vierge 8, 5000 NAMUR

4:00

Welcoming and Registration 

4:30

Opening Ceremony 

 

Prof. Jeroen Darquennes, Vice-Rector for International Relations, UNamur

 

Prof. Isabelle Parmentier, UNamur

 

Prof. Asunción Fresnoza-Flot, ULB

 

Prof. Sabine Henry, UNamur

5:15

Expanding community resilience through social media data analysis: a collaborative research experience between the Philippines and Belgium 

 

Dr. Sébastien Dujardin, FSR-FNRS/UNamur

Prof. Elma Laguna, UP Diliman

Anna Vibar, UP Diliman

6:30

Dinner – Brasserie François (Namur)

 

 

June 8

 Venue : Grenier de l'Arsenal, 2nd Floor, Arsenal, Rue Bruno 11, 5000 NAMUR

8:30

Registration 

9:30-09:40

Video Message, Hon. Loren Legarda, Senate President Pro Tempore, Senate of The Republic of the Philippines

9:40-9:50

H.E Jaime Victor B. Ledda, Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines

9:50-10:30

Session 1

From PhD thesis

 

Chair: Prof. Isabelle Parmentier, UNamur

 

Transfer of Knowledge in the Philippines. The value of co-production research with the Ibaloy of Benguet 

 

Antoine Laugrand, UCLouvain

 

Attachments and Entanglements : Life in a Post-Disaster Ayta Mag-antsi Village in Tarlac, Philippines

 

Donna Palaruan, UCLouvain

10:30-10:50

Coffee break

10:50-12:45

Session 2:

Experience in collaborative research in the Philippines and/or Europe

 

Chair: Prof. Asunción Fresnoza-Flot, ULB

 

Philippines-Europe cooperation on migration research: on-the-ground realities and towards better prospects

 

Dr. Maruja Asis, Scalibrini Migration Center, Philippines

 

A dive into Philippine coral biodiversity

 

Prof. Jean-Francois Flot, ULB

 

Groundwater in the Philippines: assessment, use and management

 

Prof. Vincent Hallet, UNamur

12:45-2:00

Lunch

2:00

Panel discussion:

The snowball effect of a research and development project

Prof. Françoise Orban, UNamur

Dr. Andres Ignacio, UPPI

Dr. Grace Cruz, UPPI

Mrs. Rita Rixen, FUCID

Mr. Vincent Henin, LouvainCooperation

Mr. Thierry De Coster, ULB Cooperation

 

Chair: Prof. Sabine Henry, UNamur

4:00

Coffee break

4:30-6:30

Guided Tour on the Citadel of Namur (access by cable car)

 

June 9

 Venue : Grenier de l'Arsenal, 2nd Floor, Arsenal, Rue Bruno 11, 5000 NAMUR

9:00-11:00

Session 3:

Population studies

 

Chair: Prof. Sabine Henry, UNamur

 

Exploring the complexity of migration through the migratory pathway. A case study in Bohol (Philippines) using sequence and graph analysis

 

Prof. François Mialhe, Université Lumière Lyon 2

 

Growing old in the Philippines: Navigating economic and health challenges

 

Prof. Grace Cruz, UP Diliman

 

The separation of marriage and childbearing in the Philippines

 

Prof. Midea Kabamalan, UP Diliman

 

Beneath the surface: Emotional geographies of disaster, dispossession and labor precarities of post-corporate gold mining in Itogon, Philippines

 

Prof. Lou-Ann Ocampo, UP Diliman

11:00-11:20

Coffee break

11:20-12:50

Session 4:

Environment

 

Chair: Prof. Isabelle Parmentier, UNamur

 

Exploring Relationships between Social Vulnerability and Typhoon Frequency in Villages of the Philippines

 

Prof. Andres Ignacio, UP Diliman

 

Multi-disciplinary monitoring of Taal volcano

 

Prof. Corentin Caudron, ULB

 

Making a Case for Earthquakes in Philippine History and

Historiography 

 

Prof. Kerby Alvarez, UP Diliman

12:45-2:00

Lunch

2:00

Workshop: Developing collaborations & poster session

 

Prof. Elma Laguna, UP Diliman

Prof. Kerby Alvarez, UP Diliman

Dr. Florence de Longueville, UNamur

Dr. Nathalie Malengreau, Administration of Research, UNamur

Dr. Christelle Saout, Administration of Research, UNamur

Ms. Isabella Fontana, International Relations Office, UNamur

Ms. Amélie Schnock, International Relations Office, UNamur

4:00

Coffee break

4:30

Documentary movie: “Overseas”, by Sung-A Yoon

 

Prof. Asunción Fresnoza-Flot, ULB

6:00

Closing remarks

 

Prof. Asunción Fresnoza-Flot, ULB