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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CSC Celebrates Cebu Arts Month
THE University of San Carlos’ Cebuano Studies Center (CSC) will celebrate Cebu Arts Month with an event titled “Dalit CSC” on Saturday, August 12, 2023. The event will start at 1:30 p.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. It will be held at University of the Philippines-Cebu Cinematheque in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City. “Dalit CSC” will […]
Cebuano Studies Center holds talk on new book of Cecilia Brainard
THE University of San Carlos (USC)-Cebuano Studies Center hosted the Cecilia Manguerra-Brainard Book Talk on Feb. 7, 2023 at the Fr. Anthony Buchcik Hall of the USC South Campus. The activity, which was done in cooperation with the University’s Department of Communications, Linguistics and Literature (DCLL), showcased the latest book of the author titled, Growing […]
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 […]