Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 251

My Inquirer column today on objects destroyed or missing from the National Libra...

My Inquirer column today on objects destroyed or missing from the National Library after the Battle for Manila in 1945.


Bandits and curios
opinion.inquirer.net
Last Monday, the first working day of the year, I visited the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), the National Library and the National Museum, and I found out that all these agencies, often neglected when the national budget is being prepared, face a busy and promising 2012. T...

My holidays were spent going through old files and found a video of a lecture o...

My holidays were spent going through old files and found a video of a lecture on Nicanor Abelardo I gave 25 years ago in CCP. With me were National Artists Atang de la Rama (left) and Antonino Buenaventura (right). Behind us a stark mural by future National Artist Arturo Luz.

[image error]
Near Famous

Use chalk to write the following charm on the top of your main door:20+C+M+B+12...

Use chalk to write the following charm on the top of your main door:
20+C+M+B+12
The numbers represent the current year 2012; the letters mean Caspar Melchior Baltazar, the three wise men (or magi); these letters can also mean "Christus Mansionem Benedicat" (Christ bless our home).
An ancient tradition brought to the Philippines by the Benedictines of Tuzing aka St Scholastica's Manila.

Sorry for this late Rizal day link, just got back from Palawan.

Sorry for this late Rizal day link, just got back from Palawan.


Jose Rizal Day: The hero and the human that is Jose Rizal | KAPUSO ONLINE | All About GMA Kapuso In.
gmaseven.blogspot.com

I have yet to see the essay I wrote on Rizal as Writer in the catalogue that acc...

I have yet to see the essay I wrote on Rizal as Writer in the catalogue that accompanies an ongoing exhibit on his life and works in the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana in Madrid. I have been invited to participate in a cycle of lectures in Madrid in early February 2012.

[image error]
My BOOKS

My Inquirer column today, Rizal Day, is NOT on Rizal :)

My Inquirer column today, Rizal Day, is NOT on Rizal :)


GMA's gifts to the Obamas
opinion.inquirer.net
Transparency in government and government records is something we need to learn in the Philippines, but a system must be in place to preserve records for posterity. All government agencies consume a lot of paper during the year, the equivalent of many denuded forests, and that fact should make us ra...

A feature in the Ateneo campus paper, Guidon, was reprinted in a website on othe...

A feature in the Ateneo campus paper, Guidon, was reprinted in a website on other student publications giving readers a sense of my eccentric classes in the Ateneo (and also in UP Diliman).


- Philippines Campus Paper | School News and Events | Student Publication | Stories of Students | St
www.campuspaper.net
If you were lucky enough to be in the first batch of student enlistment upon picking your History 165 class, chances are you might have heard this instruction straight from Dr. Ambeth Ocampo himself, the renowned historian whose teaching methods go beyond the textbook.

My Inquirer column today on State Gifts to Obama.

My Inquirer column today on State Gifts to Obama.


Gifts for the man who has everything
opinion.inquirer.net
Not many people know that US government officials and employees are not allowed to receive gifts or decorations from foreign governments without the approval of Congress. Gifts received or presented to the US president, for example, are registered for the approval of Congress and turned over to th...

Just discovered this summary and kind review of the "Mukhang Pera" lecture I hav...

Just discovered this summary and kind review of the "Mukhang Pera" lecture I have at various venues in 2011. If things go as planned I will give one last re-run at the National Museum in 2012.


ambeth ocampo | Paperweights and Puzzles
paperweightsandpuzzles.wordpress.com
History Comes Alive 2 follows the huge success of History Comes Alive 1. Huge success means, in movie's definition, a BLOCKBUSTER HIT that when I arrived on the venue, a large group gathered near the entrance and more overwhelming crowd in the lobby. Fortunately, I bought ticket earlier and saved me...

Merry Christmas! Thank you to all who bought these mini-books for themselves or...

Merry Christmas! Thank you to all who bought these mini-books for themselves or others. Am working on the 2012 series.

[image error]
My BOOKS