Fiesta of Mandaue City 1565 Miguel Lopez de Legazpi establishes the Spanish settlement of Cebu as “Villa de San Miguel.” Ground is broken for a triangular fort and sites marked off for Spanish quarters and a church. 1878 Birth in Dumanjug, Cebu, of Dionisio Jakosalem (1878-1931), lawyer, journalist, Cebu governor, and Secretary of Commerce and […]
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 […]
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 […]
5th Carcar Lecture
Last July 6, Chester Miparanum in his presentation entitled “Ang Bahandi ni Inting” talked about the works of Vicente Alcover; while Bejay Villaflores discussed “Mga Bikil ug Paghusay: Examination of Conscience in Vicente Alcoseba’s Zarzuela.” Photos: [Show slideshow]