Rocío Ortuño (Alicante 1982) joined the Department of Literature of the University of Antwerp in 2017. She holds a Ph.D. on Christian Myths in the Poetry of the Spanish Generation of 1927 awarded by the University of Manchester (UK). She has taught and researched in different universities of the United Kingdom for five years, and at the University of the Philippines for three years. She specializes in cultural and literary relations between the Philippines and Spanish-speaking countries (mainly twentieth century), Philippine literature in Spanish, early 20th century Spanish Poetry, and song-writing in Spain. She has coordinated and participated in several projects related to these topics: she is the director of the portal on Philippine Literature in Spanish of the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, the creator of Filiteratura (a database of Filipiniana in Spanish), one of the coordinators of Dagitab/Philperiodicals project, which is managed by the University of the Philippines and the University of Antwerp, and the coordinator at the University of Antwerp of the Erasmus+ project DigiPhiLit, on Philippine Literature, Digital Humanities, and Distant Learning. She makes part of the projects PoeMAS on poetry and Music, led from UNED, and TACK (Taphomonies of Cross-cultural Knowledge) led from UOC. Furthermore, she has published a book on Spanish Poetry of the early twentieth century, Mitos Cristianos en la Poesía del 27, several articles in books and journals on Philippine literature and culture, and is preparing the publication of two edited volumes on Philippine literature in Spanish and a monographic number in Kritika Kultura on Spanish literature on the Philippines.

Born in Kedah, Malaysia, in 1969, Ahmad Fuad Osman graduated with a BA in Fine Art from MARA Institute of Technology (UITM) in 1991. In the 1990’s, Fuad was involved in the Malaysia film and theatre industry, and this period influenced a shift in his artistic practice from Neo Expressionist painting to conceptual multi-disciplinary works encompassing installation, sculpture, print, and video. Socio-political themes have long been a key concern as he investigates subject matters including identity politics, the abuse of power, and historical amnesia. Using a potent mix of wit and philosophy, Fuad speaks to broad spectrums of society on challenging subjects. 

Recent years have shown a conceptual turn for Fuad with an interest in the veracity of truths, alternate histories, and contesting or reinterpreting of existing histories emerging. This characteristic comes through in Recollections of Long Lost Memories (2007/08), which won Jurors’ Choice Award at the APBF Signature Art Prize (2008) in Singapore, and his more recent work, ‘Enrique de Malacca Memorial Project’, shown in 2016 in Singapore Biennale 14 and shown again in Sharjah Biennale 2019, UAE from March until June this year (2019). Drawing on historical accounts, texts, and archives, Fuad pieces together fragments of evidence and conflicting narratives, finding creative ways to fill in gaps. As such, his recent practice not only reconsiders historical narratives but opens up possibilities of contesting and rewriting established canons. 

Fuad has exhibited internationally, including ‘Blackout’ at Kunsthal Rotterdam 2019, at Sharjah Biennale’s ‘Leaving The Echo Chamber 2019, Singapore Biennale: An Atlas of Mirrors, Singapore, 2016; Multiple Languages, Silverlens Gallery, Makati, Manila, Philippines, 2014; Welcome to the Jungle: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia From the Collection of Singapore Art Museum, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan, 2013, and participated in residencies including the Vermont Studio Centre, USA (2004), Goyang National Art Studio, South Korea (2005–2006) and Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia (2007–2008). His works can be found in the collections of National Visual Art Gallery (Malaysia), Petronas Gallery (Malaysia), and Singapore Art Museum, amongst others.

See Ahmad Fuad Osman's "Henry de Malacca Memorial Project" Virtual Exhibit at https://ahmadfuadosman.com/artworks/enrique-de-malacca-memorial-project/

Pedro Palma was born in Lisbon on 12 October 1970. From an early age, he showed interest in Cinema and Photography, which led him to study Visual Arts in 1986. He earned his degree in cinema (Editing and Script Writing) in 1995. He also studied Script Writing at the Portuguese Public Television (RTP). Today his activity embraces Photography, Directing, Editing, and Screen Writing for fiction movies, documentary, TV, commercials, and music videos. 

See Pedro Palma's "Henry de Malacca: A Malay and Magellan" Trailer at https://vimeo.com/191084128

Since April 2016, Froilan Emil D. Pamintuan has been the Director and Commercial Attaché of the Paris-based Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) with jurisdiction over Portugal, France, Spain, Italy, Monaco, and Turkey. PTIC is the international commercial section of the Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and is attached to the Philippine Embassies within the region. Froilan also served as the country’s Commercial Attaché in Tokyo for the period October 2011-December 2014; and in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam from November 2007 to September 2011. Prior to joining the DTI Philippine Foreign Trade Service Corps, he worked for the fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare and investment industries.

Park's research and teaching interests are Latin American literature/culture and Philippine literature in Spanish and English from the twentieth century. She focuses on exile writers, Orientalism, Asian diasporas, transpacific studies, and sound studies. Her work has been published in Hispanic Review, Hispanófila, Symploke, Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature and Culture, Transmodernity, and UNITAS, among other journals. Park's current book project, Intercolonial Intimacies: Relinking Latin/o America to the Philippines, 1898–1964 (under contract with the University of Pittsburgh), reexamines the geographically bound and politically charged definitions of Latinidad and Hispanidad by analyzing the work of twentieth-century Filipino and Latin American writers, cultural critics, and diplomats.

Elsa Penalva is a researcher for CHAM-Centro de Humanidades of the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Universidade dos Açores. Among her main works are Mulheres em Macau–Donas Honradas, Mulheres Livres e Escravas (winner of the 2012 Academia da História/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation award for History of the Portuguese Presence in the World), «Les Clarisses à Macau au 17e Siécle: Foi, Pouvoir et Liberté», «Mercadores, Jesuítas e Jurubaças (1600-1627)», «Assertividade e Poder em Macau: o caso de Dona Catarina de Noronha (c.1640-1696)». She was the principal researcher for the project “Prosopography of the Resident and Itinerant Portuguese Communities in the Philippines (1582-1654),” which was financed by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

Stefanie Shamila Pillai is a Professor at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya (UM), and currently the Dean of the Social Advancement and Happiness Research Cluster at UM. Her areas of research include phonetics, varieties of English, language use in multilingual contexts, language documentation, language revitalisation, and English language education. She has been working with Melaka Portuguese (MP) community representatives on language documentation and revitalisation efforts. Her initial work on MP is archived at the Endangered Languages Archive at SOAS. More recently, she developed BibePortMal, a mobile dictionary in collaboration with several MP speakers. She has also co-produced a series of videos of a Malaysian folktale (Sang Kancil and the Crocodiles) voiced in several Malaysian indigenous languages. Apart from her research activities, she is involved in the task force for the national higher institutions centres of excellence (HICoE) programme. She is also a member of the training team for the Malaysian Chapter of the International Deans' Course, which is organised in collaboration with the Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT). She was the 2013 Ian Gordon Fellow at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and a recipient of the Newton-Ungku Omar Advanced Research Fellowship (2018–2019). She has been keynote, plenary, and invited speaker at several international conferences held in Germany, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. She is also an external programme assessor for language and linguistics programmes at several public and private universities in the country.

Guadalupe Pinzón-Ríos is Dr. in History from the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM). Currently, she is a researcher at the Institute of Historical Researchers (IIH) and a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (FFyL). She is also a member of the National System of Researchers of México. She studies the maritime activities of New Spain during the Modern Period (especially along the Pacific) as can be seen in her books Actions and Reactions in the Ports of the South Sea: Novo-Hispanic Pacific Port Development from Its Defensive Policies (1713–1789) (2011) or Seamen on the Novo-Hispanic Coasts. Labor, Workers, and Port Life in the Maritime Department of San Blas (18th century) (2014), as well as in her articles and book chapters.

Nuno A. Rocha is the commercial director of Conservas Pinhais & Cia. He has had ten years of experience in top management, sales, and marketing roles in the food industry directly connected with the development of international markets. He has a degree in economics and an MBA from the University of Coimbra.

Florentino Rodao obtained a Ph.D. at Tokyo and Complutense Universities. He is the author of Franco's Spain and the Japanese Empire (2002) and Francoists without Franco. The Spanish Civil War in the Philippines (2012).

Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez is Professor at  Ateneo de Manila University and author of May Laro ang Diskurso ng Katarungan, Repentance and Rebirth at the End of Life as We Know It, and Governing the Other (Ateneo de Manila University Press).

A. M. Leal Rodriguez (she/her) is a researcher, community worker, and Ph.D. student currently affiliated with the University of Auckland as a Faculty of Arts Doctoral Scholar. Here, she undertakes her Ph.D. project on masculinities, gender, and education (universities) in the Philippine context. Her experience as a feminist activist with almost ten years of experience in the development and education sector led her to decolonial and post-structuralist theory. She keeps busy by exploring the world through novels or by finding hidden trails.

Dr. Jean-Noel Sánchez Pons is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures of the University of Toulouse, France. He is member of the Research team CHER, EA 4376, associate member of DynamE, UMR 7367, a member of the editorial board of Source(S), the journal of the Faculty of History of the University of Toulouse, and a regular collaborator of the CSIC, Spain. He is a specialist in the history of the Philippines during the 16th and 17th sixteenth centuries. His research focuses on the following issues: geopolitics of the Spanish presence in Asia, dialectic between center and periphery in the context of the Spanish colonial system, Jesuit missions, Spanish involvement in the Moluccas and in the Southern Philippines Muslim regions, and political and cultural negotiating processes between Spaniards and natives during the colonial period.