This panel explores Spanish influence across the U.S. imperial archipelago and is moderated by Carlos Madrid, Director of Micronesia Area Research Center at the University of Guam. M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Boone, Professor of the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture at the University of Alberta presents “Marginalizing Spanish Influence at the 1893 Columbian Exposition.” Luis Sazatornil Ruiz, Professor of History at the Universidad de Cantabria presents “Los Atlantes. Arte y mecenazgo indiano antes y después del 98” (this presentation is delivered in Spanish). Florentino Rodao, Professor of International Relations and Global History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid presents “The De-hispanicization of the Philippines.”