Czarina Aya-ay Saloma-Akpedonu is a Filipino sociologist who is a professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at Ateneo de Manila University. [1]
Saloma-Akpedonu has a bachelor's degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman, a master's degree from Peking University in China, and a doctorate (Dr. rer. soc.) from Bielefeld University in Germany. [1]
Saloma-Akpedonu is the author of books including:
The National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines named Saloma-Akpedonu an outstanding young scientist in 2007. She has also served as president of the Philippine Sociological Society and the Women's Studies Association of the Philippines. [1]
Tondo is a district located in Manila, Philippines. It is the largest in terms of area and population of Manila's sixteen districts, with a Census-estimated 631,313 people in 2015 and consists of two congressional districts. It is also the second most densely populated district in the city.
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is an author and editor of 20 books. She co-founded PAWWA or Philippine American Women Writers and Artists; and also founded Philippine American Literary House. Brainard's works include the World War II novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, and Woman With Horns and Other Stories. She edited several anthologies including Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and two volumes of Growing Up Filipino I and II, books used by educators.
Paz Márquez-Benítez was a Filipina beauty queen, short-story writer, educator and editor. Her career as a woman educator as well as her contributions as a writer are seen as an important step within the advancement of woman in professional careers as well as in the development of Philippine literature.
Angela Manalang Gloria (1907–1995) was a Filipina poet who wrote in English.
Gémino Henson Abad is a literary critic from Cebu, Philippines. He is a National Artist for Literature of the Philippines. His family moved to Manila when his father, Antonio Abad, was offered professorships at Far Eastern University and the University of the Philippines. He earned his A.B. English from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1964 "magna cum laude". His MA with honors and Ph.D. in English literature degrees were obtained from the University of Chicago in 1966 and 1970, respectively. He served the University of the Philippines in various capacities: as Secretary of the University, Secretary of the Board of Regents, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing. For many years, he also taught English, comparative literature and creative writing at U.P. Diliman.
Resil Buagas Mojares is a Filipino historian and critic of Philippine literature best known as for his books on Philippine history. He is acclaimed by various writers and critics as the Visayan Titan of Letters, due to his immense contribution to Visayan literature. He was recognized in 2018 as a National Artist of the Philippines for Literature - a conferment which represents the Philippine state's highest recognition for artists.
Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido was a Filipina linguist, writer, and poet who wrote of the Filipino woman’s experience using the English language during and after the American colonial period in the Philippines. She wrote under many names, sometimes using her full name of Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido, Tarrosa Subido, Trinidad L. Tarrosa, T.L. Tarrosa, and even used the name Eloisa.
The Ateneo de Manila University Press is a university press and the official publishing house of Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.
In general, Filipinology or Philippineology or more formally known as Philippine studies refers to:
The study of the Philippines and its people.
The President Carlos P. Garcia Heritage House is the residence of former Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. It was declared as a heritage house by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 2009.
The Clarin Ancestral House is the residence of the Clarin family, a prominent family of politicians from Loay, Bohol, Philippines. It is arguably the most visited of all ancestral houses in Bohol, along with the President Carlos P. Garcia Heritage House in Tagbilaran.
Valentin de los Santos was a Filipino religious leader and political activist. Santos founded and led the Lapiang Malaya, a political movement that opposed the government of Ferdinand Marcos.
Graciano T. Nepomuceno was a Filipino sculptor and woodcarver known for santo figures and genre sculptures.
Mary Racelis-Hollsteiner is a Filipino sociologist, anthropologist, and development worker. She has been a faculty member at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines since 1960, becoming the first female professor at the university.
Fernando Nakpil Zialcita is a Filipino anthropologist and cultural historian. His areas of specialization are in heritage and identity; art and its cultural context; and interfaces between the foreign and the indigenous.
John N. Schumacher was a Filipino Jesuit historian and educator known for his work exploring the Catholic clergy's role in the 1896 Philippine revolution in Revolutionary Clergy: The Filipino Clergy and the Nationalist Movement, 1850–1903, first published in 1981.
The 1863 Manila earthquake struck the Philippines on June 3, 1863.