1775 Joaquin Rubio de Arecalo of the secular clergy is appointed as the 11th Bishop of Cebu. 1886 Birth of San Nicolas, Cebu, of Arcadio B. Ylaya (1886-1965), lawyer, publisher, and newspaper editor. 1949 Cebu’s Pioneer Press, edited by Angel Anden, closes shop in the face of political pressure and threats of violence. Anden and […]
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Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 October
“Slay That Move: Tourism and Rehabilitation of the Dancing Inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention Rehabilitation Center, Philippines” Mr. Emmanuele Jones Mante ABSTRACT OF THE LECTURE: This research is a descriptive analysis of the dancing inmates in Cebu City, Philippines, particularly at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). The CPDRC gained prominence by […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 September
“Tambag, Tigmo, Tusmod: Reading Cebuano Riddles and Dares in Selected Poems by Michael Obenieta” Dr. Desiree L. Balota ABSTRACT: This paper explores the communication of intentions, intimations, and imperatives in selected poems of Michael U. Obenieta. With attention to the socio-cultural tradition in Robert Craig’s communication theory and Max Weber’s and George Herbert Mead’s symbolic […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 August
“Creative Placemaking and Restorative Urban Narratives In the Comics of Josua Cabrera” Dr. Shane Carreon ABSTRACT: The paper is a preliminary look into the visualization of Cebu City by poet and cartoonist Josua Cabrera as shown in his comic strips, Latagaw og Utok and Jimsky and his forthcoming graphic novel, Si Jimsky ug ang Tanghaga […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 July
“Gugma sa Yutang Natawhan: Recontextualizing Vicente Sotto’s sense of nation in his journalistic fiction amid current challenges to Philippine Sovereignty,” Dr. Crina E. Tañongon ABSTRACT: Following the Philippines’ independence from American colonial rule in 1946, questions persist regarding the nation’s true sovereignty, especially amidst ongoing territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea with China. This […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 June
“A Panorama of Fools in the Plays of Piux Kabahar” Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu ABSTRACT: Studies devoted solely to methods of characterization in Philippine dramatic plays have been relatively few. In addition to language, the playwright Piux Kabahar presents odd characters, those with offbeat thoughts and behaviors. A reading of Kabahar’s comic plays will yield a […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 May
“Tapping AI, Big Data Tools, and Archives to Track Missing Cebuano Heritage” Max T. Limpag ABSTRACT: New technologies such as AI augment the capabilities of journalists and researchers in processing huge amounts of documents and data and extract insights needed for reporting and writing. The recent issue on heritage allegedly stolen from parishes in Cebu […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 April
“The Forgotten Avila Paintings in the Convent of Boljoon: Reexamining the Stylistic and Formal Qualities of the Ceiling Paintings of the Convent of Boljoon and its Re-attribution as a Work by the Prewar Cebuano Painter, Canuto Avila” Jay Nathan T. Jore ABSTRACT: The talk will center around the prewar movement in Cebuano art of decorating […]
Buwan ng Pambansang Wika 2024
Ang Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), sa kooperasyon ng USC Cebuano Studies Center Sentro ng Wika at Kultura (CSC-SWK), ay magsasagawa ng isang tertulyang pangwika na pinamagatang “Sebwano: Wikang Mapagpalaya” para sa selebrasyon ng Buwan ng Pambansang Wika 2024. Layunin ng tertulyang ito na talakayin ang iba’t ibang konsepto ng kalayaan, kabilang na ang […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 March
“Balay sa Dios ug Ganghaan sa Langit: Spanish-era Church Construction in Cebu (1565-1898)” Mr. Trizer Dale Mansueto ABSTRACT The ancient Cebuanos didn’t have churches. They worshiped and built shrines wherever, especially in forests and close to bodies of water. When Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived in 1565, they eventually built the first Christian church made […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 February
“The Empty Root ‘kuan’ in Radio Conversations: Revisiting Its Versatile Functions and Syntactic Slots” Mr. Philip Donald Herrera ABSTRACT This study looked into the pragmatic functions as well as the syntactic slots of the empty root kuan in identified conversations. These pragmatic functions and syntactic slots were based on the frameworks first proposed by […]