1950 President Elpidio Quirino writes to Rep. Miguel Cuenco justifying the government’s investment in De la Rama Steamship Co.’s acquisition of three vessels as proper and in conformity with the government’s program to encourage overseas shipping by the Philippine merchant marine. The De la Rama deal is a major issue in the Osmeña-Cuenco political feud. […]
Events
Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Wika at Panitikang Sebwano
Itatampok ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) at University of San Carlos Cebuano Studies Center ang wika at panitikang Sebwano sa 25-27 Abril 2016 sa Gansewinkel Hall, University of San Carlos, Lungsod Cebu. Layon ng kumperensiya na matalakay ang mga isyu at pagbabago na kinakaharap ng wika at panitikang Sebwano na mahalagang sandigan sa pagpapaunlad […]
Subaybaktas Literary History Writing Training Worskhop
The USC Cebuano Studies Center with the sponsorship of the National Commission for Culture and Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of the fifteen (15) fellowships for the Subaybaktas Literary History Writing Training Workshop on June 18-20, 2015 at the Dingman Conference Room, University of San Carlos (Downtown Campus), Cebu City. The fellows […]
Call for Applications: Subaybaktas Literary History Training Workshop 2015
For some decades now, there has been a rise in interest in regional writers and regional writing. Some writers have found a new reading audience after a period of cultural and historiographical neglect. However, knowledge of the works of regional writers varies greatly with the resources that are available to assess their historical significance. Because […]
NCCA and USC Cebuano Studies Center launch The Other(ed) Woman
The USC Cebuano Studies Center under the sponsorship of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts will launch the Hope Sabanpan-Yu’s The Other(ed) Woman, an anthology of critical essays on Friday, 27 June, at the Ayala Activity Center Cebu at six-thirty in the evening. The essays in this collection offer the reader diverse portrayals […]
30th Cornelio Faigao Annual Writers Workshop
The USC Cebuano Studies Center with the support of the National Commission for Culture and Arts held the 30th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop last June 6-8, 2014 at the Hale Manna Resort, Moalboal, Cebu. The workshop was graced with fifteen (15) fellows. Coming from Manila are Stefanie Lim and Francis Luis Torres (short story […]
Cebu Literary Festival 2014
Cebu Literary Festival 2014 #cebuLitFest Friday, June 27, Ayala Activity Center, Ayala Center Cebu Presented by Cebuano Studies Center and Little Boy Productions In cooperation with the Arts Council of Cebu, Ayala Center Cebu, 22 Tango Records, Happy Garaje, East West Café, Pepper Lunch, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and Shakey’s. 10:30am – Opening Remarks […]
Nasudnong Kongreso sa Pinulongang Sugbuanon
From May 23- 24, 2014, the USC Cebuano Studies Center in cooperation with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DEP-Ed) will host the much-awaited Nasudnong Kongreso sa Pinulongang Sugbuanon: Mga Hagit ug Kaugmaon. The activity will bring together stakeholders, scholars, experts and educators from diverse backgrounds in facing the challenges […]
30th Cornelio Faigao Workshop Fellows Announced
The USC Cebuano Studies Center with the support of the National Commission for Culture and Arts is pleased to announce the fifteen (15) fellows to the 30th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop on June 6-8, 2014. Coming from Manila are Stefanie Lim and Francis Luis Torres (short story in English and Cebuano, respectively). Fellows […]
Pagdakop sa Bulalakaw Launch
The USC Cebuano Studies Center will host the launch of Merlie M. Alunan’s latest poetry collection, Pagdakop sa Bulalakaw published by Ateneo de Manila University Press on March 15, 2014 at the Cebu Cathedral Museum at 3:00 p.m. The collection contains poems that Alunan wrote within ten years of finding her way back to Cebuano, […]