PIQC Session 3: Formative Years of Spanish Philippines, 1565 -1665 (Panel A)

Panel A: Focus on the Visayas

The Department of Foreign Affairs invites everyone to participate in the Philippine International Quincentennial
Conference (PIQC) on the Victory at Mactan, the Introduction of Christianity in the Philippines, and the
Philippine Part of the First Circumnavigation of the World with the theme “Situating the Filipino
and the Philippines in 1521” form October-December 2021.

PIQC is a collaborative project of the National Quincentennial Committee and 15 other agencies, universities, and professional national historical societies. Around 100 Filipino and foreign scholars, diplomats, officials, artists, and scientists will deliver lectures encapsulating the theme of the conference.