On 25 November 2024, Kritika Kultura hosted two guest lecturers from the Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The lecturers were Dr. Patricia Espiritu Halagao and Dr. J. Lorenzo Perillo, the current Co-Directors of the…
Students Connect to Heritage as Filipino Studies Begin By Pat Gee UH MĀNOA: ”There’s a need to bridge the experiences between our immigrant and our local-born students where they seek strength from each other’s backgrounds.” Patricia Espiritu Halagao Co-director, Center for Philippine…
Positively Filipino recently honored two manong and manang (Filipino for big brother and big sister) from Hawaii, Dr. Belinda A. Aquino, and former Hawaiʻi Governor Ben Cayetano in a ceremony called “Building Communities.” Dr. Aquino is the former founding director…
LISTEN: Book Talk on Friday, October 25, 2024, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at SAUNDERS 704. This event, organized by the Asia Working Group of the College of Social Sciences will feature Dr. Sharon Quinsaat, Associate Professor of Sociology at Grinnell…
Please come to the long-awaited film screening of 11,103, a movie about the survivors of Martial Law in the Philippines. This is a documentary film directed by Jeannette Ifurung and Miguel Alcazaren. It is hosted by the UH Center for Southeast…
Please come to another lecture, “Home in an Urban Jungle”: Cruel Sentimentality Through Popular Music in Manila. Date: October 18, 2024, 11:45 am-1:30 pm, Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room). Here, Paul Gabriel L. Cosme will share the outcome of his…
GOING ON: Today, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 12:00-1:15 PM (HST). A lecture brought to you by UH Filipino Language & Culture Program (UHMFIL Sinag Brown Bag, Fall 2024). Title of Lecture: “Weaving Stories from the Peripheries: Issues of Representation, Authenticity,…
Abstract: In the last decade, several senior “nationalist” historians in the Philippines shifted notably towards the Right. One of the latest instances was the wholesale support by Reynaldo Ileto of Rodrigo Duterte. Another significant development is the attempts to rewrite…
Please come to the long-awaited film screening of 11,103, an in-person movie about the survivors of Martial Law in the Philippines. This is a documentary film directed by Jeannette Ifurung and Miguel Alcazaren. It is hosted by the UH Center…