Please come and join us for a lecture by Glenda M. Gloria, co-founder and executive director of Rappler (digital media organization), on the controversial corruption issues surrounding the government’s flood control program. Using the flood control scandal as a case…
Dancing in the Diaspora (2025) is a multimedia performance film and practice-based research project that explores Filipino migration, cultural memory, and identity through dance, storytelling, and visual media. Created collaboratively with university students, community artists, and high school participants in…
Dr. Aurelio Agcaoili will present a paper entitled “Philippine Languages, Epistemic Violence, and Archipelagic Knowledge System: The Case of Language Justice” in Panel 1 of the conference held at SOAS, University of London in August 2026. This paper argues that…
Join us in this lecture, Mga Himig ng Kapuluan: The Art and Heritage of Filipino Song, by Kaelyn Howard. This is a concert-project that will highlight the diversity of Philippine vocal concert music. The presentation will feature vocal traditions including…
This is an exciting lecture on Kadaugan sa Mactan (The Victorious Battle at Mactan) by Emmanuel Jones Mante, an MFA student in Theatre and Arts (Directing), recipient of the Corky Trinidad Endowment Scholarship, who will give a talk and reenactment…
Hurry, submit your nomination now. The Center for Philippine Studies invites nominations for its annual Undergraduate Student Leadership Award, honoring an outstanding student who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in advancing and uplifting the Filipino community. This rare award recognizes undergraduate…
Please join us in the lecture by Dr. LaVerne David C. de la Peña, Trimillos Visiting Distinguished Professor on Ethnomusicology. The presentation will deal with music, memory, and the reconstruction of a nation in the Philippines’ Historical Data Papers, 1951-1953.…
Join us in this presentation on the Philippine Nikkeijin, Japanese nationals who migrated abroad or their descendants. Haruka Waseda, a graduate student in Asian Studies and recipient of the Corky Trinidad Endowment Scholarship, will report on her fieldwork in Baguio…
Join us in this lecture on Hermenegildo Cruz, a labor leader and a revolutionary. He worked with native politicians in the independence campaign, but was appointed as Director of the Bureau of Labor. This put him in a conflicting position…
Veronica Alporha, PhD Candidate at the UH Department of History, recipient of the Belinda A. Aquino International Philippine Studies Endowment, will present her talk on “Hermenegildo Cruz, the Filipino Workers, and the Ruling Class.” The other speaker is Haruka Kei…