Interrogating the Ferdinand Marcos diaries

Prefessor Ambeth Ocampo

HONOLULU — Ferdinand Marcos and his family left behind handwritten diaries, spanning the years 1969-1984, when they fled the presidential palace in February 1986.

Since then, these papers have been in the custody of the Presidential Commission on Good Government.

Professor Ambeth Ocampo is preparing the diaries for publication, collating from different manuscript sources and annotating from newspapers and the Official Gazette. He will present an assessment of Marcos’ own view of events during years chronicled by the diaries.

Ambeth Ocampo is a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines. He is the Philippines’ top scholar on national hero José Rizal about whom he has written several books. He writes a column on Philippine history for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Free and open to the public. Seating is limited

RSVP:

944-7111 or [email protected]

Paid parking is available on the UHM campus.

This seminar is co-sponsored by: Filipino Association of University Women, Knights of Rizal, School of Pacific and Asian Studies (UHM), Center for Philippine Studies (UHM) and Philippine Airlines

When: Sept. 1 at 12:00 p.m. to 1:00pm

Where: John A. Burns Hall, Room 4111 (Fourth Floor), 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii

Directions:

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