Lecture: Songs from the Ruins, by Dr. LaVerne David C. de la Peña

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. Dr. de la Peña is a Professor from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He earned his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa as a distinguished degree fellow of the East-West Center. Dr. de la Peña has conducted extensive field research in the Northern Philippines and the southern part of Luzon Island. In 2024, he gave a lecture at UH and conducted workshops on Indigenous musical instruments.

Date and Venue: April 24, 2026, Friday, 2:00 – 3:20 pm, UH Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

The Talk (and Q&A) will be followed by a reception.