Category: Arts and Humanities
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UP Tacloban College congratulates Professor Emeritus Merlie M. Alunan on being one of the 12 Royal Society of Literature International Writers for 2025
This international recognition celebrates Alunan’s extensive literary career distinguished by major works that preserve regional history and champion literature in the mother tongue. Her most renowned collections include the award-winning “Running with Ghosts and Other Poems,” which chronicles regional trauma, and the critical, foundational anthologies.
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International Human Rights Day
Today, the 10th of December, is International Human Rights Day. It is the anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948.
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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”
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
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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UP Tacloban promotes EV languages in RTD series
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.