1901 Juan Climaco, head of the revolutionary council in Cebu, issues a manifesto saying, “The capture of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the supreme head of the revolution, should not discourage us, should the report be confirmed.” He adds: “The King is dead, long live the King.” 1944 In one of the more mysterious episodes of World […]
Tag: 2022 November
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2022 November
“WRITING ‘ARKIPELAGO’: A novel’s claim at complexity” Januar Yap ABSTRACT: Philippine literary canon had for the most part insufficiently if not misrepresented a highly archipelagic nation of over 7,100 islands by its “landlocked” and centripetal imaginaries. The islands and their complex connectivities should have been the rule rather than the exception. Deeply embedded in Philippine […]