Category: Arts and Humanities
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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
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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.
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UP Tacloban commemorates Eastern Visayan Martial Law martyrs
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UP Tacloban faculty and students honored the memory of those from/in Eastern Visayas who fought against Martial Law in “An Pulong Diri Napapugong: A Protest Poetry Performance” held on 24 September 2024 at the Multi-purpose Building. The event was part of the UP community’s Day of Remembrance 2024.
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UP Tacloban Media Students Launch Heat Stroke Awareness Campaign for Senior Citizens in Sta. Fe, Leyte
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Students of the Media 197 (Special Topics: Health Communication) class of the BA Communication Arts program of UP Tacloban’s Division of Humanities conducted a health communication campaign titled “Heat Stroke Perdiha, Kapaso Andaman ‘Ta!” for senior citizens of Brgy. Zone 1 Poblacion, Sta. Fe, Leyte on 25 May 2024.
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Arts 1 and PhilArts 1 students present their art installation proposals
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In a symposium and workshop on installation art curation with Asst. Prof. Jay Nathan Jore, curator of UP Cebu’s Jose T. Joya Gallery, ARTS 1 and PHILARTS 1 students of UP Tacloban talked about how art can alter the spectator’s perception of space and encourage deep reflection on broad global or societal issues. The symposium…