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Do you know that one of our significant cultural treasures is nestled in a golf course?

Do you know that one of our significant cultural treasures is nestled in a golf course? My Inquirer column today is on the Angono Petroglyphs, believed to be the oldest rock art in the Philippines.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/174786/t...



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True bragging rights

True bragging rights.
Walked aimlessly in the Manila Cathedral yesterday.
When I looked up the chancel, I saw two red hats hanging on the ceiling. These are cardinal’s hats or “galeros” of two archbishops of Manila buried in the crypt below: Rufino Card. Santos and Jaime Card. Sin.
Most visitors will miss these, but as they say "God is in the details."



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People are surprised I actually knew Bienvenido N

People are surprised I actually knew Bienvenido N. Santos whose book Memory’s Fictions is the prompt for a lecture on my practice of public or should I say applied history
Lecture open to the public.


The Department of Literature and the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center 

present

Looking Back: History and Memory’s Fiction

A Talk and Book Signing with Dr. Ambeth Ocampo

July 17, 2024, Wednesday
10:00 AM - 12:00 NN
Jose T. Pardo ASFC Hall
5th Floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
De La Salle U...

Another Full House

Another Full House. In conversation with National Artist BenCab last Sunday at the Peninsula. People asking for a re-run or Part 2. Thanks to the fairy godmothers of Abitare Internazionale for making this possible.



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No rest for the wicked

No rest for the wicked.
Back to the lecture circuit a day after arrival from the U.S. Thanks to the Lopez Museum for organizing my annual lectures at Rockwell cinema.



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It should not surprise me anymore to find Rizal while researching abroad

It should not surprise me anymore to find Rizal while researching abroad. He never fails to make me feel at home away from home.
Alexis Antracoli, Director of the BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY, University of Michigan, (Left) made me smile when I was deep at work in the Manuel Quezon Papers by retrieving from storage a portrait of Rizal donated many years ago to the Library.
Then there is Rizal in the NEWBERRY LIBRARY Chicago (Right) located in the Reference Room. Bust was donated by ...

Thanks to Spot Ph for the feature on the Kabintaang Baliwag flag preserved in the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology

Thanks to Spot Ph for the feature on the Kabintaang Baliwag flag preserved in the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology. It is a way for us to initiate nuanced and meaningful discussion regarding our complicated historical connections with the U.S. If you are interested in the UM Recollect/Reconnect initiative directed by Dr. Ricky Punzalan and Dr. Deirdre dela Cruz check out this link.
https://www.reconnect-recollect.com/?......

When I was last in the Newberry Library, the 1734 Murillo-Bagay-Suarez Map, the so-called "Mother of Philippine Maps," was under...

When I was last in the Newberry Library, the 1734 Murillo-Bagay-Suarez Map, the so-called "Mother of Philippine Maps," was undergoing conservation and was not accessible for research. Before handling this copy (Left), I have physically examined: three in private collections in Manila, the British Library in London and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.. Unlike the others that are framed or mounted on cloth into one, this one comes in four separate sheets that I put together guided by t...

One of the curious items preserved in the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology is a flag collected by Owen Tomlinson, ...

One of the curious items preserved in the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology is a flag collected by Owen Tomlinson, an American constabulary officer, in the early 1900’s. Tomlinson served in the Cordilleras but the flag was from lowland Christian Bulacan based on the text on the top of the triangle that reads “Kabinataang Baliwag” [Young Men of Baliwag]. No sun and stars on this flag but the words “Magbangon Ka Bayan” [Rise Motherland]. It is a significant relic from a time described...

Emilio Aguinaldo's Kawit home is a house of memory

Emilio Aguinaldo's Kawit home is a house of memory. It has history, literally, from floor to ceiling. One of the marvelous works of art is a representation of Filipinas carrying the flag, that hangs on the ceiling of the great hall. Visitors strain their necks to admire it. Lying on the floor was the best way to document it, and someone was crazy enough to document me doing field research.



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