【研究活動】Events
■2024年度
Round Table Discussion
Gulf Migration from the Philippines Beyond Labor: Exploring the Nexus between Filipinos and UAE Cities
Time and Date: 1:00-4:00pm, March 12 (Wed), 2025
Venue: Pilar Herrera Hall, CSSP, University of the Philippines Diliman
13:00 – 13:10 Opening Remarks
Ruth A. Lusterio-Rico
Dean, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy and
Professor, Department of Political Science, UP Diliman
13:10 – 15:10 Gulf Migration from the Philippines Beyond Labor (Speakers)
Naomi Hosoda
Associate Professor, Nagasaki University
Gulf Migration from the Philippines Beyond Labor
Jorge V. Tigno
Professor, Department of Political Sciences, UP Diliman
Filipino Labor Migration to the Gulf: A Long-Standing Corridor and Lifeline for the Philippines
Akiko Watanabe
Associate Professor, Bunkyo University
The Roles of Filipino Clubs and Associations on the lives of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the UAE
Masako Ishii
Professor, Rikkyo University
Muslim Filipina Domestic Workers in the UAE: Fluctuations of Muslim Identity
Jessie S. Malibiran Jr.
Assistant Professor, National University Clark, Philippines
Class and Nationalism among ‘Batang OFWs’: Perspectives of Filipino Migrant Children Returnees from the UAE
15:10 – 15:55 Discussion (Discussants)
Henelito A. Sevilla, Jr
Professor, Asian Center, UP Diliman
Maruja M.B. Asis
Director, Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC)
15:55 – 16:00 Closing Remarks
Naomi Hosoda
■2023年度
International Workshop on Filipinos in the UAE
Date and Time: 9 March 2024, 13:30 – 18:00
Venue: Rove Deira City Centre Hotel, Dubai, UAE
13:30 - 14:00 Introduction
14:00 - 15:00
1) Jorge V. Tigno: Filipino Labour Migration to the Gulf: A Critical Policy Review of a Long-Standing Corridor
2) Koji Horinuki: Making UAE as Expats’ Second Home: From Temporary Workers to Cosmopolitan City Dwellers:
3) Froilan Malit Jr.: Migration Interdependence in the Gulf: Tracing Inter-State Coercion, Domestic Work Sector, and Labor Protection Policies in the Philippine-UAE Corridor
15:00 - 16:00
4) Naomi Hosoda: Lives of Filipino Long-term Residents: Multiple Boundaries and Intersections
5) Albert Alba and Akiko Watanabe: The Impact of Filipino Clubs and Associations on the lives of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the UAE
6) Masako Ishii: Muslim Filipina Domestic Workers in the UAE: Fluctuation and Complexities of Muslim Identity
16:20 - 17:40
7) Jojo Dass and Naomi Hosoda: The Rise of Filipino Entrepreneurship in the UAE
8) Akiko Watanabe: Making a Renewed Image of the Filipinos in the UAE: Case Studies of Illustrado Magazine and Dubai Vibes (and Global Filipino)
9) William Gueraiche: OFWs through the COVID Crisis: Between Solidarities and Raison d’état
17:40 - 18:00 Discussion
