1840 Governor General Francisco Alcala approves the plan to construct the Magellan Monument in Punta Engaño, Mactan. 1903 Act. No. 1020 of the Philippine Commission appropriates $20, 000 for the construction of a timber wharf in Cebu City. 1916 Birth in Cebu City of Sergio Osmeña Jr., Senator and long-time Cebu political leader.
Past Events
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 […]
1st Cebuano Lost Cinema Conference
The USC Fine Arts Graduate School of Cinema Studies in cooperation with the Cebuano Studies Center held the 1st Cebuano Lost Cinema Conference at the CAFA lecture theater on November 10, 2012. Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, CSC director, gave the keynote address for the activity. Manila-based director and film scholar Nick Deocampo discussed the history of […]
28th Faigao Workshop
The 28th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop was held at Elsalvador Beach Resort at Sabang, Danao, Cebu, from November 2 to 4, 2012. The workshop panelists were Dr. Erlinda Kintanar-Alburo, Ms. Merlie Alunan, Dr. Ralph Semino Galan, and Mr. John Iremil Teodoro. Here is the list of the 28th Faigao Wokshop Fellows. From Cebu, […]
28th Cornelio Faigao Workshop Fellows Announced
The USC Cebuano Studies Center is pleased to announce the fifteen (15) fellows to the 28th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop 2012. From Cebu, the fellows are Abigail Therese Cubillan (short story in English); Daryl Niño Jabil and Ranulfo Visaya, Jr. (short story in Cebuano); Manuel Avenido, Jr., Ushabelle Bongo, Alsteine Joi Diapana, Maeren […]
Activating USC as Catholic cultural center
The CBCP Episcopal Commission on Culture (ECC), composed of Most Rev. Elenito Galido, D.D., Most Rev. Julito Cortes, D.D., and Sr. Mary Anthony Basa, PDDM, visited the university to present the role, objectives and responsibilities of the envisioned Catholic cultural centers all over the country. The presentation of the CBCP team was held […]
Opening of 28th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Fellowship Competition
The Cebuano Studies Center is pleased to announce the opening of its 2012 Fellowship competition. The Center awards approximately 15 creative writing fellowships to the Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop every November. Apply now The Faigao Workshop is open for submissions from August 15 to September 30, 2012. Regular mail submissions must be postmarked […]
Fellows to the X ≠ Y Translation Workshop 2012
The USC Cebuano Studies Center in cooperation with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. under the sponsorship of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts will conduct the X ≠ Y Translation Workshop 2012 at the USC Integrated Review Center on August 20-21, 2012. The fellows from Cebu are Hannah Marie Aranas, Manuel […]
The 36th Southeast Asia Seminar Call for Applications “Cities and Cultures in Southeast Asia”
Sponsors: Cebuano Studies Center, University of San Carlos Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University (“Southeast Asian Studies for Sustainable Humanosphere” Research Program and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Asian Core Program) Date: 20-23 November 2012 Venue: Cebu City, Philippines The Southeast Asia Seminar has been held annually by the Center for Southeast […]
July book launches
The USC Cebuano Studies Center in cooperation with USC Press and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts launched two books of translated Cebuano works last July 5, 2012 at the Buttenbruch Hall in the USC Downtown Campus. Launched under the Bunga: Cebuano Writers Series program were Hunger in Nayawak and Other […]