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Katipunan documents in the Spanish Military Archives, Madrid make for very interesting reading. Some of the documents have been ...

Katipunan documents in the Spanish Military Archives, Madrid make for very interesting reading. Some of the documents have been shared with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, many translated and annotated by Jim Richardson who published a selection in his book "Light of Liberty."
Naturally, archivists were able to process the documents in Spanish but might have had difficulty wity those in code or in Tagalog, translations by the archivists were made in 1990. Young Filip...

Show YourShelf, Ambeth Ocampo!

Today seems like Ambeth Ocampo Day!
Delivered a talk, Kasaysayan: Liwanag sa Dilim, for the Fifth Ayala Foundation Digicon this morning. A recording is available and starts from 25.30 followed by a Q&A https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

I also appear in the "SHOW YOURSHELF" series produced by the National Book Development Board.

This short video provides a peek into my work space, and the clutter of books and objects that inspire my research, writing, and lect...

Historical method.Spanish-era churches often have tombstones on the walls or the floor. E. Arsenio Manuel taught me not to just...

Historical method.
Spanish-era churches often have tombstones on the walls or the floor. E. Arsenio Manuel taught me not to just see and pass by these but to notice them. One can read history off tombstones if you see beyond names, dates of birth and death. Tombstones are reflections of the time: are these in Spanish or Tagalog? Do the font of the text and decoration reflect the style of the times? Who are buried inside and outside the church and why? Did people die young or old?
Its not a morbi...

After a brief respite, the trolls are back! I hope I don't lose patience, or worse, my sense of humor.More irritating than the...

After a brief respite, the trolls are back!
I hope I don't lose patience, or worse, my sense of humor.
More irritating than the trolls are spam and scam ads from India and Russia infesting the page, latching onto comments to sell all sorts of merchandise from cryptocurrencies to bust enlargement. People say I should be happy to get such unwanted attention, but frankly I can do without.



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Beside these Historians I am merely a "researcher." Or as trolls and my constipated critics would have it--a "Marites" or "Chism...

Beside these Historians I am merely a "researcher." Or as trolls and my constipated critics would have it--a "Marites" or "Chismoso."
Museums are not places to view dead objects under glass, they can be living spaces where one can update, or better still unlearn, some things we were taught in Araling Panlipunan. Today was spent in the Ayala Museum, first with Ditas Samson doing a curator's walk around the Fernando Zobel landscapes show, and later with a talk on the Katipunan, illustrated wi...

On his way to Balintawak, on August 23, 1896, Andres Bonifacio was challenged at checkpoints for carrying a bladed weapon. He wa...

On his way to Balintawak, on August 23, 1896, Andres Bonifacio was challenged at checkpoints for carrying a bladed weapon. He was waved through when he said he was on the way to Malabon for the feast of San Bartolome (August 24). Even today, at the town perya one can buy a tabak or bolo known as "sangbartolome."
My Inquirer column today concludes by saying that Malabon has contributed more to the country than patis, pancit, and pichi-pichi. It have us "Bonifacio's Bolo" seen here as reproduced i...

Wacky historians.If Rizal is known for the way he parts his hair, Antonio Luna and Marcelo H. del Pilar were known for their ha...

Wacky historians.
If Rizal is known for the way he parts his hair, Antonio Luna and Marcelo H. del Pilar were known for their handlebar moustache. At the MH Del Pilar Shrine in Bulacan I wore his moustache correctly but my companions: Ian Alfonso, Mark Boado and Jonathan Balsamo were too concerned about Covid lurking on the moustache they ended up looking like a cross between Mr. Suave and the Pringle's Man.



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In celebration of #HistoryMonth, join us for the 5th Magiting Digicon: Kasaysayan sa Araw- Araw with Prof. Ambeth R. Ocampo!

📅 Monday, August 29, 2022
🕥10:30AM- 12:00NN
🎟 FREE REGISTRATION

Livestreamed via Zoom and Ayala Foundation, Inc. Facebook Page:
🔗 Zoom Registration (Limited slots): bit.ly/digicon5

This event is presented in partnership with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Chooks-to-Go.

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My Inquirer column today is thinking aloud. Shouldn't we display the founding documents of the Filipino nation? Where should w...

My Inquirer column today is thinking aloud.
Shouldn't we display the founding documents of the Filipino nation?
Where should we display them?
Who should choose what is important?
I have yet to hear what the National Library, the National Archives, the National Museum, the National Historical Commission, or the National Commission for Culture and the Arts think of my proposal.
So far, deadma :)
https://opinion.inquirer.net/156331/f...



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This photograph of Filipinos in Madrid circa 1890 is reproduced in many books and has become so common we see but do not notice ...

This photograph of Filipinos in Madrid circa 1890 is reproduced in many books and has become so common we see but do not notice it. But when blown up life-size as in the Marcelo H. del Pilar Shrine in Bulacan or the National Historical Institute when it was still on the second floor of the National Library one cannot but stand face to face with history. Can you spot Marcelo del Pilar and Jose Rizal? Can you spot the one Vietnamese in the group of Pinoys? Have you noticed anything odd in the phot...