Mina Roces: The Filipino Migration Experience

As part of History Week 2023 we have one more History @ the Pub event on 2nd September at Gardners Inn in Blackheath.

Mina Roces will be speaking to her book The Filipino Migration Experience which introduces a new dimension to the usual depiction of migrants as disenfranchised workers or marginal ethnic groups. She tells the story of the Filipino migration experience from the perspective of the migrants themselves, tapping into hitherto underused primary sources from the “migrant archives” and more than 70 interviews. Bringing the fields of Filipino migration studies and Filipina/o/x American studies together, this book analyzes some of the areas where Filipino migrants have forever changed the status quo.

Mina Roces is Professor of History at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She is author of Women’s Movements and the Filipina, 1986-2008, Kinship Politics in Postwar Philippines, and Women, Power, and Kinship Politics

The History Week theme for 2023, Voices from the Past, is an opportunity to engage with the histories of those who were often voiceless in the past such as women, migrants, workers, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Sometimes these voices were once heard but now sit forgotten in archives. At other times they have been ignored or all but erased.

Enjoy interesting conversation along with good food and drink at Gardners Inn, Blackheath, the oldest continuously licensed hotel still trading in the Blue Mountains. After the talk stay for a meal at one of the best Pub Food locations in the area, their Beef & Guinness Pot Pie is a signature treat.

Pub talks – $15 (includes one drink), 4 pm Saturday, 2nd September. Book through Humanitix or pay at the door. Eftpos and cash are accepted