Hosted at the NYU King Juan Carlos Center, the Visions/Panawin Film Series aims to introduce New York University and the Filipino American community in NYC to the rich canon of Philippine cinema. The third and final film featured will be Batang West Side, directed by Lav Diaz.

Hosted by Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU, poets Luis H. Fracia, Vina Orden, Patrick Rosal, Renato Rosaldo, and Mary Louise Pratt will share their respective poetry and reflect on themes within the Filipino literary space.

Hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions, Vicente L. Rafael, University of Washington Seattle, will discuss the emergence of neoliberal programs in the Philippines designed to protect state authority and exclude those it regards as social enemies.

Hosted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University, Josen Masangkay Diaz, University of San Diego, will explore the politics of the Philippine Refugee Processing Center in Morong, Bataan, and the role of Filipino English teachers in the U.S. program for refugee rehabilitation.

Hosted by Cornell University’s Southeast Asia Program, Joseph Scalice, UC Berkeley, will discuss how the legacy of the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines is fundamental to understanding the rhetoric, policies, and social significance of the Marcos Jr. government.

Hosted by the Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, Alyssa Paredes, University of Michigan, will discuss how American planters of the early 20th century drew on racial ideologies to project limited personhood onto Mindanawon natives.

Hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University, Juan Fernandez, a historian of modern Southeast Asia, will discuss three foundational ideas in the anthropology of sex and gender in the colonial Philippines: the high status of women; the image of the man of prowess; and the concept and practice of gender pluralism.

Hosted by The East-West Center in Washington, Renato Acosta, Senior Reporter at BusinessMirror, Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, and Dr. Ellen Frost, Senior Advisor at East West Center, will discuss the Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States and its impact on regional security.

Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU will screen Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, an independent film that follows young boy Maximo Oliveros as he discovers his sexuality in the Manilla slums. This event is co-sponsored by Cinemalaya, NYU KJCC, and NYSEAN.

Hosted by Hunter College, Beatriz Lorente, University of Bern, Aileen Salonga, University of the Philippines, Paolo Valdez, De La Salle University, Sonia Das, New York University, and Jennifer Delfino, Borough of Manhattan Community College, will discuss the intersection between postcolonial industries and linguistic modernity in the Philippines.

Hosted by ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, Dr. Aries Arugay, University of the Philippines-Diliman, will discuss the preliminary contours of the Philippines’ foreign policy under the Marcos Jr administration.

Join an online discussion on Cornell University's Gerow D. Brill Collection and University of Michigan’s Dean C. Worcester Photographic Collection. Speakers Claire Cororaton, a PhD Candidate at Cornell University, and Dr. Mary Dorothy Jose, an Associate Professor at University of the Philippines Manila, will discuss how photography was used to document the Philippines during the years of American imperialism.

Leni Robredo, the 14th Vice President of the Philippines, will discuss her program Angat Buhay and its robust education, nutrition, housing, and healthcare initiatives. The event is sponsored by Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative @ NYU, NYU Steinhardt's Department of Teaching and Learning, the King Juan Carlos Center, and 19 Washington Square North.

Hosted by the Harvard University Asia Center, Elsa Clavé, University of Hamburg, will discuss the the social and cultural aspects of the emergence of three Islamized political entities - the sultanates of Sulu, Magindanao-Buayan, and the Muslim confederation Pat a pengampong ko Ranao.

Join Sulo: The Philippines Studies Initiative at New York University for a screening of In the Navel of the Sea followed by a talk with Fiel Zabat, the award-winning production designer of major works by Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya. This event is sponsored by GMA Pictures, the NYU King Juan Carlos Center, and NYSEAN.

E. Tammy Kim, NYU Asian/Pacific/American Institute Writer-in-Residence, Akemi Johnson, a writer in California, and Jonathan de Santos, a journalist in the Philippines, will discuss the US empire in Asia. This event is hosted by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU.

Adrian De Leon, Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, will present his argument that American counterinsurgency did not end after direct colonial rule but informed the perception and behavior of a soon-to-be independent Philippines. This event is hosted by The Center for Southeast Asian Studies at University of Michigan.

Hosted by Cornell University, Meredith Talusan, author of the critically-acclaimed memoir Fairest, will explore how Trans and Filipinx identities exist in liminal spaces, encompassing divergent understandings of gender, sexuality, nationality, race, and origin.

Vina Orden, a writer and social justice advocate, will present a critique of colonial Spanish and Filipino history, utilizing Luis H. Francia’s play, “Black Henry,” as a radical work of imagination and jumping off point. This event is hosted by the Asian American / Asian Research Institute.

Joseph Scalice, author of the forthcoming book The Drama of Dictatorship: Martial law and the Communist Parties of the Philippines, will discuss the politics and legacy of martial law under Ferdinand Marcos with James Robson, Director of the Harvard University Asia Center, which will host the talk.

Join a panel of Filipino authors and book distributors as they discuss how readers, educators, and activists can support the work of Filipinos who are combating historical revisionism and state oppression. This event is hosted by NYU Steinhardt, The Constantine Georgiou Library and Resource Center for Children and Literature, and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative.

Hosted by the Institute for Policy Studies, Vicente Rafael, University of Washington, Cleve Arguelles, De La Salle University, Lian Buan, Reporter at Rappler, and Cristina “Tinay” Palabay, Secretary General of Karapatan, will analyze what led to the election of the Marcos-Duterte administration; what the responses have been on the ground; and what this means for Philippine, regional, and global democracy and human rights.

Hosted by Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU, Xyza Bacani, a Filipina author based in Hong Kong, Edwina Antonia, Executive Director of the Bethune House Migrant Women’s Refuge, and Marites Palma, founder of Social Justice for Migrant Workers, will discuss the experiences faced by Pinay migrants in Hong Kong.

Hosted by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), NIAS Director and NYSEAN co-founder, Duncan McCargo, will discuss his experiences as an election observer in the 2022 Philippine Presidential Election and the implications of Marcos winning the election.

Hosted by Asianettverket and the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Arild Engelsen Ruud, University of Oslo, Cecilie Endresen, University of Oslo, Olle Törnquist, University of Oslo, Bonn Juego, University of Helsinki, and Duncan McCargo, University of Copenhagen and NYSEAN cofounder, will discuss what the return of Marcos means for the future of the Philippines.

Hosted by the Harvard University Asia Center, Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and Professor James Robson, Director of the Harvard University Asia Center, will discuss the future of the Philippines in a post-Duterte era.

Join Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin, an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the De La Salle University-Manila, for a discussion on election administration, corruption studies, and comparative democratization within the 2022 Philippines Election. This event is sponsored by Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU, NYSEAN, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, and the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.