Category: Arts and Humanities
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UPTC Leyte Samar Heritage Center conducts Digital Storytelling Workshop for SPA students
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The Leyte Samar Heritage Center (LSHC) of UP Tacloban College conducted “Aton Mga Susumaton/Our Stories: Digital Storytelling Workshop” at the Cirilo Roy Montejo National High School on 30 January 2026.
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The BA Media Arts (BAMA) faculty conducted “Fake News Bantayan, Pagkalingla Likayan: A Community-based Media Literacy Training on Spotting Disinformation and Fact-Checking”
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The BA Media Arts (BAMA) faculty of UP Tacloban’s Division of Humanities conducted “Fake News Bantayan, Pagkalingla Likayan: A Community-based Media Literacy Training on Spotting Disinformation and Fact-Checking” on 25 October 2025 at the Tawid Gymnasium in Brgy. Tawid, Maasin City, Southern Leyte.
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UP Tacloban promotes EV languages in RTD series
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UP Tacloban’s Leyte Samar Heritage Center (LSHC) organized a three-part “Pagpakusog han Aton Pinulungan” roundtable discussion (RTD) series from September to November 2025
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Sarswela forum caps off UP Tacloban’s National Arts Month celebration
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On 28 February 2025 UP Tacloban’s Division of Humanities, in partnership with Silhag Cultural Association in the Philippines, Inc., hosted a forum on the Filipino sarswela with UP Artist awardees Dr. Alegria O. Ferrer and Prof. Joycie Dorado Alegre.
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UP Tacloban Hosts Tagay Sangkay 2025 in Celebration of National Arts Month
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On 27 February 2025 Tagay Sangkay International Food and Wine Festival 2025 was held at the Multipurpose Building of UP Tacloban as part of its National Arts Month celebration.
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UP Tacloban’s Karit Anyag 2025 brings Photography, Visual Arts, and Siday Writing to Basey
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On 26 February 2025, UP Tacloban’s Division of Humanities, in collaboration with UP Ideopraxist and the UP Tacloban Ugnayan ng Pahinungod, held the Karit Anyag Art Workshop 2025 at Basey National High School.
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Symposium on art and ecology opens UP Tacloban’s 2025 (GE)n Z Ideas Festival
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On 19 February 2025 UP Tacloban’s Division of Humanities hosted a symposium on “Art and Ecology” by Prof. Flaudette May V. Datuin of the Department of Art Studies of UP Diliman. The symposium, which was held at the AS Conference Hall, was the first in the (GE)n Z: The General Education Experience for Generation Z…
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UP Tacloban opens National Arts Month celebration with poetry translation symposium
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On 12 February 2025 the Division of Humanities, in collaboration with the Leyte Samar Heritage Center (LSHC), hosted a symposium on translation featuring a book talk on “Húbad: Ester Tapia” by Professor Emeritus Merlie Alunan. The symposium, which was held at the LSHC main gallery, is the first in the Division of Humanities’ Panuratan Series.
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Boogsh! UP Tacloban’s COMM 10 students attend a symposium on Digital Literacy
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UP Tacloban’s COMM 10 (Critical Perspectives in Communication) students attended Boogsh! Bawal ang Shiminet: A Symposium on Digital Literacy hosted by the Division of HUmanities on 13 November 2024 at the AS Conference Hall. Part of the GE(n) Z Ideas Festival, a series intended to enrich students experience of and engagement with the General Education…
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UP Tacloban Professor Emeritus awarded Best Translated Book in English in the 42nd National Book Awards
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UP Tacloban salutes Professor Emeritus Merlie M. Alunan for “Hubad: Ester Tapia,” Best Translated Book in English in the 42nd National Book Awards. Through her translations of Cebuano writer Ester Tapia’s poems, Alunan continues her advocacy to promote regional writing in the national arena. “Hubad: Ester Tapia” is a joint publication of UP Press and…
