1888 “La Esperanza,” an economic association aimed at developing agriculture and commerce in Cebu, calls its first general meeting. Members are of Cebu’s economic elite: Buenaventura Veloso, Victoriano Osmeña, Pedro Cui, Francisco Llorente, Valeriano Climaco, Florentino Rallos, and others. 1930 The first issue of Babaye (1930-40), a Cebu magazine edited by Napoleon Dejoras, comes out. […]
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Professor Emeritus Mojares receives Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award
USC Professor Emeritus Resil B. Mojares will be conferred the prestigious Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award from the Ateneo de Manila University on July 16, 2013 at the Rev. Henry Lee Irwin Theatre. Ateneo de Manila University created the Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award in 1970 to single out those who have dedicated their life’s […]
Yu receives research grant from the Sumitomo Foundation
Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, director of the USC Cebuano Studies Center, and a professor of the Department of Languages and Literature, was awarded a research grant by the Sumitomo Foundation. The grant is for the comparative study of maternal representations in both Japanese and Philippine literature. Out of the 305 applications received by the Foundation, only […]
Dr. Erlinda Kintanar-Alburo honored in the 79th NRCP Achievement Awards
Dr. Erlinda Kintanar-Alburo, former director of the USC Cebuano Studies Center, was honored in the 79th National Research Council of the Philippines Achievement Awards held at Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza, PICC Complex last March 7, 2012. Dr. Alburo was recognized for her significant contributions to the field of cultural research, specifically on Philippine literature and […]
Collection of Cebuano Materials (Ongoing Project)
The library accepts any donations from homes and places where Cebuano materials are merely neglected. In giving these valuable cultural materials to the library, the donors contribute to the development and preservation of Cebuano culture. The library also collects Cebuano materials and processes them where they could be very useful for students and other researchers’ […]