22/07/2026
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24 Aug 2026, 5:30 โ 7pm
ZOOM
This seminar examines how competing memories of the Marcos dictatorship shaped contemporary Philippine politics and what the Marcos families resurgence reveals about authoritarian nostalgia.
Four decades after the People Power Revolution ousted a dictatorship, the Philippines returned a Marcos to the presidency, a reversal that documented atrocities failed to prevent. This seminar presents Marcos, Martial Law, and the Complexities of Memory in the Philippines (Routledge, 2026), an edited volume that treats memory as the terrain on which this political rehabilitation was fought and won. Contributors trace the sites where memories of dictatorship are constructed and contested, from war memorials embedding fabricated heroism and museums preserving counter-narratives to textbooks sanitizing authoritarian violence and social media circulating nostalgic mythologies. Written entirely by scholars of the post-EDSA generation, including historians, heritage practitioners, sociologists, political scientists, and media scholars, the collection offers analytical tools for understanding authoritarian nostalgia at a moment when democracies worldwide confront the electoral afterlives of authoritarian pasts.
This webinar is based on the newly published edited volume Marcos, Martial Law, and the Complexities of Memory in the Philippines (Routledge, 2026), and will explore the key themes and findings presented in the book.
The ANU Philippines Institute Research Seminar Series is a recurring seminar series that showcases the work of scholars working on political, social and cultural issues in the Philippines and the wider region, with the goal of encouraging greater exchange, collaboration and networking amongst the research community.
If you require accessibility accommodations, please contact the event organiser.
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/marcos-martial-law-and-the-complexities-of-memory-in-the-philippines
Read more:
https://philippinesinstitute.anu.edu.au/event/marcos-martial-law-and-complexities-memory-philippines?fbclid=IwY2xjawTNPEdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80Mzc2MjYzMTY5NzM3ODgAAR4XINgb8I10NRHXp095ZKKSd3M-eIemSycN2aSlvwX01wEy9FOlXIMWwfARAg_aem_J1-T8HvX7n_1DrKGqV5q7A
This seminar discusses insights from the new book 'Marcos, Martial Law, and the Complexities of Memory in the Philippines'
