First ASEAN Biennale to be Held in University of the Philippines Diliman

The ASEANnale 2018 with the theme “Capturing the Spirit of ASEAN in the Digital Times,” brings together three (3) events under one roof: the 1st Film and Multimedia Competition and Exhibition, the 2nd International Symposium on ASEAN Studies, and the Distinguished ASEAN Award for Higher Education on 28 February to 02 March 2018 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

The three-day conference will showcase select creative and research works of Higher Education Students and Faculty from the 10 ASEAN countries to promote the community of scholars on ASEAN through Film and Multimedia, Poster Exhibition, Paper Presentation, and International Symposium on three sub-themes shared and addressed by numerous parties in the region: Diaspora, Disasters, and Democracy.

“The ASEANnale is the first biennale in Asia that is not country-specific because it encompasses and represents the entire ASEAN region,” declares Dr. Grace J. Alfonso, ASEANnale 2018 Organizing Committee Chair. The large-scale event will bring together ASEAN academics, experts, filmmakers, multimedia artists, and scholars, who will engage in a public discourse on ASEANology with interpretations of art, culture, literature, humanities, and events from the unique ASEAN perspectives and narratives.

To accommodate numerous requests due to increased interest, the deadline for submission of entries for the 1st Film and Multimedia Competition and Exhibition and abstracts to the 2nd International Symposium on ASEAN Studies was extended last 09 February 2018.

#ASEANnale2018 is a project of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the University of the Philippines Open University, U.P. Diliman Asian Center, the College of Mass Communication U.P. Diliman, TVUP, University of the Philippines System in collaboration with the U.P. Open University Foundation Inc., and the Philippines Communication Society (PCS).