I was invited to be a resource speaker and trainer to the students, faculty, and research staff of the Tarlac State University (TSU) in their plans to do a folklore and cultural mapping of the Municipality of Pura, Province of Tarlac.
Last 25 November 2024, I served as discussant to Assistant Professor Edward G. Estrera's lecture titled The Verbal Morphology of Tëduray. The lecture was part of the Emmanuel Nabayra Lecture Series organized by the Department of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Mindanao.
Pinalad akong maging kalahok sa Ika-4 na Saling Panitik Seminar-Palihan Bienvenido Lumbera na may temang Pagsasalin ng literatura at pilosopiya ng Germany patungo sa wikang Filipino mula 14-16 Agosto 2024 sa Privato Hotel, Lungsod ng Quezon. Ayon sa opisyal na Facebook page ng Likhaan: University of the Philippines Institute of Creative Writing (Likhaan-ICW), ipinangalan ang aktibdad kay Bienvenido Lumbera,...Read more about Ika-4 na Saling Panitik Seminar-Palihan Bienvenido Lumbera
Francisco C. Rosario, Jr., Divine Angeli P. Endriga, and I gave a workshop on decolonizing Philippine linguistics in the recently concluded 16th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (16-ICAL) held at De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. Here is the workshop description:
In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in decolonizing the field of linguistics; from letting minoritized languages inform grand linguistic theorizing to more community based approaches to language work. This workshop aims to give its participants the chance to join...
I presented my paper titled "What Can Historical Linguists Learn from Archaeologists: Some Reflections from Teaching Lingg 150" at the 2024 installment of the Binalot Talks. More details at https://archaeology.upd.edu.ph/event/binalot-talks-what-can-historical-linguists-learn-archaeologists-some-reflections-teaching?fbclid=IwAR2jlSwD_j3zPxl_vSycpyevH2TT1VeRq4NqaNJ1mGXyidzLBlHuBFylii0. A recording of the session may be accessed through the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWgtZOgiVE0. Read more about Binalot Talk 2024
VERA Files is a nonstock, nonprofit media organization that takes a more in-depth look into contemporary Philippine issues. I was interviewed by their correspondent Nica Rhiana Hanopol on President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.'s doublespeak in the video feature "VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Pangako o Pangarap? Marcos Jr.'s doublespeak". You may watch the feature in their official website (https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-yearender-pangako-o-pangarap-marcos-jr-s-doublespeak) and Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQ1sklRhlY). Read more about VERA Files Fact Check Yearender
I was invited to give a talk last November 10 2023 on Artificial Intelligence and its relations to human language at a seminar talk-show at the De Paul House, St. Vincent School of Theology, Tandang Sora, Quezon City. The talk was attended by seminarians in their 1st to 4th years of theology study and the academic coordinator Manuel Victor J. Sapitula, PhD.
Tuko Chronicles is the official podcast of the UP CSSP Folklore Studies Program. The latest episode titled "Hop-On Hop-Off Linguistics Caravan: Snippets of Life as Told Through Various Philippine Languages" was produced in collaboration with the UP Department of Linguistics. It features narratives told by individual speakers of the languages Ibatan, Itneg Inlaud, Kapampangan Mabatang, Porohanon, Bagobo-Klata, and graduate students and faculty members of the department providing introductory remarks to each recording. I served as the host of the episode.
I attended the Third Critical Island Studies Conference with the theme "Islands and Commodities" last 2 October 2023 at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. More information on the conference may be found in their official website: https://cis.fib.ugm.ac.id/ugmcon/.
It was held back to back with the 11th Literary Studies Conference with the theme "Geopolitics & Literature: Reimagining The Past, Present, & Future" from 3-4 October 2023 at Universitas Sanata Dharma in the same city. In this conference, I presented my paper...
The 15th Philippine Linguistics Congress (15PLC) was held from 23-25 August 2023 at the NISMED Auditorium, University of the Philippines Diliman. Maria Kristina S. Gallego, Honeylet Dumoran, and myself gave a plenary lecture titled Philippine historical and comparative linguistics from below on the first day of the conference. More details on the conference can be found in the official website https://15plc.webflow.io/.
