1866 Birth in Pangil, Sta. Cruz, Laguna, of Anastacio Oclarino, one of the founders of the Katipunan in Cebu. 1896 Execution by Spanish musketery of Dr. Jose Rizal in Bagumbayan, Manila. 1941 The presidential inauguration of the Second Commonwealth takes place inside a Corregidor tunnel. Manuel Quezon and Sergio Osmeña take their oath as president […]
Events
Celebrating the National Arts Month with the Vicente Sotto Lecture Series
The University of San Carlos Cebuano Studies Center invites you to the Vicente Sotto Lecture Series which will be held on February 22, 2020 (Saturday), 2 p.m., at the Theodore Buttenbruch Hall at the USC Downtown Campus. The Vicente Sotto Lecture Series is a monthly event that aims to raise the community’s awareness and appreciation […]
Storms of Language in Novel Writing: A Joint Book Launch at Casa Gorordo
The Cebuano Studies Center, in cooperation with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), invites you to “Storms of Language in Novel Writing: A Joint Book Launch at Casa Gorordo.” This launch brings together for the first time in Cebu two novels published in 2019 exploring the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda: Broken Islands by Criselda Yabes […]

Cebu Reads Lazaro Francisco
Still in line with the NLM celebration was the event dubbed as CEBU READS LAZARO FRANCISCO, held in the Fr. Albert Van Gansewinkel Hall in the University of San Carlos-Downtown Campus last 11 April 2019 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. Under the sponsorship of the NCCA, KWF, and the USC Cebuano Studies Center, in […]

National Literature Month Celebration 2019
In accordance with Proclamation No. 968, signed in 2015, the National Literature Month (NLM) is celebrated every April, under the auspices of the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA), Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and the National Book Development Board-Philippines. This year’s theme was BUKLUGAN PANITIKAN, a phrase adapted from buklog, the Subanen ritual for […]

NRCP Announces a New Division Chair for the Humanities
Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, director of the University of San Carlos Cebuano Studies Center, has been named the new chair of the Division of the Humanities of the National Research Council of the Philippines. When she begins her two-year term this April, she will be replacing current division chair Dr. Adelaida F. Lucero, professor of comparative […]

The 10th Taboan Writers Festival to take place in Tagbilaran City, Bohol
A flagship project of the National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Taboan Writers Festival is an annual gathering of writers from all over the country. The festival sets up shop in a different region every year where writers, readers, scholars, researchers, and lovers of Philippine literature trade diverse ideas about culture, history […]
The 10th Taboan Writers Festival to take place in Tagbilaran City, Bohol
A flagship project of the National Commission of Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Taboan Writers Festival is an annual gathering of writers from all over the country. The festival sets up shop in a different region every year where writers, readers, scholars, researchers, and lovers of Philippine literature trade diverse ideas about culture, history […]

Teaching Cebuano Literature: A Seminar for Educators
The Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos (USC) held the “Teaching Cebuano Literature: A Seminar for Educators last July 16-18, 2018 at the Rigney Hall of USC Talamban campus. The seminar (re)introduced Cebuano literature to teachers and offer them innovative ways and approaches of teaching Cebuano literature. “The center aims to […]
MAARTEXT 2018: National Arts Month Cebu
Two days of the arts on February 26 and 27 (Monday and Tuesday) at Robinsons Galleria Cebu! How-tos, moderated conversations, stage plays, spoken word poetry and music performances, book launches and short film screenings! Admission is free! Maartext Schedule: February 26, 2017 1000am – Welcome Remarks – Joanna Fajardo-Salazar 1015am – Opening Remarks – Hope Sabanpan-Yu […]
Last big literary event of the year
Creative writers, literature teachers and students, and literature enthusiasts of Cebu are invited to the Taboan 2016 Cebu at 1-5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec.8 at the Robinson’s Galleria Cebu. Entrance is free. Taboan 2016 Cebu will pay tribute to Dr. Erlinda K. Alburo for her contribution to Cebuano arts, letters and culture. A conversation on […]