1622 A battle between a Spanish expeditionary force and 1, 500 rebels in Bohol takes place. The Spanish force consists of 50 Spanish and 1, 000 Cebuano troops under Juan de Alcarazo, alcalde mayor of Cebu. The Bohol rebellion is quelled after two weeks. 1961 Toledo is formally inaugurated as a chartered city under Republic […]
Events
The Second Cebuano Cinema Conference
The USC Graduate School in Cinema Studies with the Cebuano Studies Center will conduct The Second Cebuano Cinema Conference : Developments in Cebuano Film Research, a two-day event that will take place on February 28 and March 1, 2014, at Casa Gorordo and the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center, Lopez Jaena Street. This year’s conference […]
The roadmap for the K-12 learning with Dr. Isagani Cruz
About a hundred teachers, school owners, principals, administrators and other school personnel, coming from thirty private schools in Cebu City, attended the teacher training on the K-12 curriculum, last Friday, January 10, at the Josef Baumgartner Learning Center of the University of San Carlos Talamban campus with Dr. Isagani Cruz and facilitators from the University of […]
Brown Child: The Best of the Faigao Poetry and Fiction
Brown Child: The Best of the Faigao Poetry and Fiction Edited by Erlinda Alburo and Hope Sabanpan-Yu University of San Carlos Press and the Cebuano Studies Center, in cooperation with Ayala Center – Cebu, launched the book anthology Brown Child: The Best of the Faigao Poetry and Fiction last January 25, 2014 at the Activity […]
Call for Submissions to the 30th Cornelio Faigao Annual Writers Workshop
PLEASE NOTE: The Faigao Workshop Call for Submissions is now closed. The Drama and Performance Workshop call is extended The Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop is committed to promoting a community of committed writers and creative expression in the literary arts. The CFMAWW offers workshops to writers of different genres. NEW! The Drama and […]
29th Faigao Workshop Update
The 29th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop organized by the USC Cebuano Studies Center was held at Hale Manna Beach Resort, Moalboal, Cebu last October 25-27, 2013. This year’s workshop panelists were Dr. Ralph Semino Galan, Dr. Victorio Sugbo, Mr. Harold Mercurio and Ms. Charmaine Carreon. The fellows […]
29th Cornelio Faigao Workshop Fellows Announced
The USC Cebuano Studies Center is pleased to announce the thirteen (13) fellows to the 29th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop 2013 at Hale Manna Resort, Moalboal, Cebu from October 25-27, 2013. From Cebu, the fellows are Vitalino Aton Jr., Trizer Dale Mansueto, Lorenzo Niñal, Liean Jane Rama, […]
7th Carcar Lecture
The Carcar lecture series was capped with the 7th lecture last September 21, 2013. Frances Mae Serenio presented “Orality in Print: The Oral Art Forms in Jose Galicano’s Flash Fiction.” Then, Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu presented her presentation on “Filomena’s Feminism: The Boringog in Ang Kaadlawan ni Ginang Cortijeras.” After the presentation was the awarding of St. Catherine’s […]
6th Carcar Lecture
The 6th Carcar Lecture was held on August 17, 2013 at St. Catherine’s College, Carcar City, Cebu. Trizer Dale Mansueto presented his lecture entitled “Ang Bisayistang Nagsutana: The secular and religious works of Fr. Diosdado Camomot.” This was followed by the presentation “The Epideictic Rhetoric of Vicente D. Florido” by Genesis Bedio. Photos: [Show slideshow] […]
Call for Submissions to the 29th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop
The USC Cebuano Studies Center is pleased to announce the opening of its 2013 Fellowship competition. The Center awards approximately 15 creative writing fellowships to the Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop every October. Apply now The Faigao Workshop is open for submissions from August 20 to September 30, 2013. Regular mail submissions must be […]