The exhibition, which opened on December 4, is also an opportunity to highlight 12 original pictorial works by Filipino artists around the person of Rizal. This is the BeLikha project, produced by the Filipino diaspora in Belgium.

In conjunction with the exhibition, a film-debate evening will be held in the first week of February. The students have selected the documentary "Overseas" (2019), whose director Sung-A Yoon is an INSAS graduate; the film is produced by a Belgian company (Iota Production). It focuses on a domestic training school in the Philippines. The debate scheduled after the film will focus on modern slavery, in the presence of the director and experts in the history of slavery.

Guided tours by appointment: expo-philippines@unamur.be.

Context of the exhibition

Given the desire and support of Senator Loren LAGARDA (in the Philippines) wishing to promote research on the Philippines, the University of Namur has signed several agreements (the latest in November 2024) with the Philippine Embassy in Belgium undertaking to promote the study of the Philippines, particularly in Geography and History. The program is called Philippine Studies.

The University of Namur has a long tradition of exchanges with universities and various associations in the Philippines (Geography, Philosophy of Science, FUCID, History...)

The date chosen to hold this exhibition corresponds to the launch of the year commemorating the death of Philippine revolutionary hero José Rizal (†1896), who stayed in Belgium and wrote his main work El Filibusterismo, and to the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Belgium and the Philippines (1946). A commemorative work on Rizal will also close the year in December 2026 (the precise date of the commemoration of his death).