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Mobility Humanities Colloquium #38

Infrastructure Humanities and Critical Island Studies


Lecture Information

  • SpeakerProfessor Maria Luisa Torres Reyes (University of Santo Tomas)
  • DateJuly 31, 2025 (Thursday) 14:00-16:00
  • LocationRoom 1106, New Millennium Hall

Professor Maria Luisa Torres Reyes, founding editor and honorary editor of Kritika Kultura, a renowned online academic journal based in the Department of English at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, delivered a presentation titled “Critical Island Studies, Infrastructure, and the Humanities.” In her talk, she explained how critical island studies offer an alternative to conventional continent-centered geographical research, and what significance this holds for the humanities and mobility studies.