PUP Master of Arts in Philippine Studies

𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗽𝘂𝗽𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻! 🌟

Sa unang pagkakataon, ang PUP ay ika-11 sa 229 na unibersidad sa Pilipinas ayon sa Edurank 2026 rankings.

Ang Edurank ay isang independent metric-based ranking ng 14,131 unibersidad mula sa 183 bansa. Masusi nitong sinusuri ang mga nagawa sa larangan ng research publications, non-academic prominence, at alumni popularity.

Ito'y posible dahil sa inyong dedikasyon at angking kagalingan. Ito ay para sa inyo, Sinta!

Lagi’t lagi, mula sa’yo para sa bayan! 🎖️✊🏻

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines and the Lomonosov Moscow State University - Institute of Asian and African Countries, together with PUP Graduate School - Master of Arts in Philippine Studies, PUP Department of History, and Samahang Pangkasaysayan ng Tundo (SAKATUNDO) invites everyone to the upcoming session of Ugnayan at Talastasan: An Interdisciplinary Forum featuring:

🎙️ Loob: Cognates and Theorizings of Filipino Interiority, Identity and Body
👤 Inst. Gregorio R. Caliguia III (Faculty, Department of History, Polytechnic University of the Philippines)
🗓️ March 12, 2026
🕑 6:00 PM
📍 Via Zoom (Zoom ID: 690 3738 1199)

Open to students, educators, researchers, and interested participants! Halina’t Matuto!

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines and the Lomonosov Moscow State University - Institute of Asian and African Countries, together with PUP Graduate School - Master of Arts in Philippine Studies, PUP Department of History, and Samahang Pangkasaysayan ng Tundo (SAKATUNDO) invites everyone to the upcoming session of Ugnayan at Talastasan: An Interdisciplinary Forum featuring:

🎙️ Vietnamese Religious Practices in Vietnam and Abroad
👤 Dr. Elena Gordienko (Senior Lecturer, Department of Philology of Southeast Asia, Korea and Mongolia, IAAS of Lomonosov Moscow State University)
🗓️ February 28, 2026
🕑 3:30 PM
📍 Via Zoom (Zoom ID: 682 3755 8428)

Open to students, educators, researchers, and interested participants! Halina’t Matuto!

EDSA@40: Alaala ng Lakas ng Bayan 🇵🇭

Sa araw na ito, ginugunita natin ang ika-40 anibersaryo ng EDSA. Kasaysayang laging nagpapaalala na kapag nagkaisa ang taong bayan ng may kapayapaan, kalayaan ang makakamtan.

Ang diwa ng EDSA ay nananatiling buhay hangga’t pinipili nating manindigan para sa katotohanan, kalayaan, at demokrasya.

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines and the Lomonosov Moscow State University, together with PUP Graduate School - Master of Arts in Philippine Studies, PUP Department of History, and Samahang Pangkasaysayan ng Tundo (SAKATUNDO) invites everyone to the upcoming session of Ugnayan at Talastasan: An Interdisciplinary Forum featuring:

🎙️ Reciprocity (𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘣) and Redistributive Practices (𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘥) of Tagalog Leaders and Spanish Caciquism in the 17th Century: A Cultural Encounter and Conflict

👤 Dr. Edelyndon Enriquez (Faculty, Polytechnic University of the Philippines-Department of History)
🗓️ February 26, 2026
🕑 6:00 PM
📍 Via Zoom (Zoom ID: 698 2528 1746)

Open to students, educators, researchers, and interested participants! Halina’t Matuto!

The MA Philippine Studies Program of the PUP Graduate School, together with the PUP Department of History and Samahang Pangkasaysayan ng Tundo (SAKATUNDO) successfully held the 6th Special Lecture as part of the 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙤: 𝗔𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 on January 29, 2026, via Zoom.

The lecture was given by Dr. Na Li, Associate Professor of History at the National University of Singapore. Her topic explored the practice, debates, and emerging direction in the Public History in Asia.

Scholarly reactions were given by Mr. Gregorio R. Caliguia III, faculty member of PUP Department of History and Master of Arts in Philippine Studies program; Mr. Christopher G. Sida, Public Relations Officer of SAKATUNDO; and Mr. Gerwill Cruz, graduate student of Master of Arts in Philippine Studies.

This special lecture underscores the MA Philippine Studies Program’s commitment to fostering critical and interdisciplinary discussions on Philippine and global issues. Through forums such as this, the program continues to create spaces for intellectual exchange, strengthen engagement with diverse publics, and encourage meaningful dialogue across local and international scholarly communities.

Maligayang Kaarawan Dr. Raul Roland Sebastian!

Pagbati mula sa mga mag-aaral ng Masterado sa Araling Pilipino

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Join us for a TALASTASAN SA ARALING PILIPINO: An Interdisciplinary Forum featuring a timely and engaging topic: Public History in Asia: Practices, Debates, and Emerging Directions with Dr. Na Li, Associate Professor of History at the National University of Singapore.

The PUP’s MA in Philippine Studies (MA PhilS) Program is designed to advance Philippine Studies both as a field and as a discourse, in examining and interpreting the dynamics of Philippine history, culture, social institutions, and governance through inter- and multi-disciplinary thinking and research.

In doing so, the Program shall equip students with these Core Courses, enabling them to produce independent and sound decisions and strategies in addressing globally-inflected problems that affect Philippine societies, cultures, and futures.

Be part of these advancements.

Take MA in Philippine Studies now.

For inquiries, please contact:

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The PUP Master of Arts in Philippine Studies invites everyone to the upcoming session of Talastasan sa Araling Pilipino: An Interdisciplinary Forum featuring:

🎙️ Public History in Asia: Practices, Debates, and Emerging Directions
👤 Dr. Na Li (Associate Professor of History, National University of Singapore)
🗓️ January 29, 2026
🕑 2:00 PM
📍 Via Zoom

Open to students, educators, researchers, and interested participants! Halina’t Matuto!

TINGNAN, Mga gradwadong mag-aaral ng Masterado ng Sining sa Araling Pilipino, tampok sa ISTREL: 2nd ASEAN Multidisciplinary Research Conference 2025 (AMRC2025)

Disyembre 28, 2025 - Isang makabuluhang tagumpay para sa pananaliksik Pilipino ang naitala sa ginanap na 2nd ASEAN Multidisciplinary Research Conference 2025 (AMRC2025) kung saan tampok ang mahuhusay na papel na tumalakay sa kultura, pananampalataya, kapangyarihan, at kontemporanyong ekspresyong kultural ng lipunang Pilipino mula sa humigit apatnapung kalahok mula sa ibat ibang eskwelahan, pamantasan, at mga unibersidad sa Pilipinas.

Sa Parallel Session II – AM, pinarangalan bilang Best Abstract ang pag-aaral ni Shelah Mae P. Emnace na pinamagatang “Spellbound by the State: Genealogical Analysis of Philippine Folk Healers in the Frame of Ideological State Apparatuses,” na masusing sumusuri sa ugnayan ng tradisyunal na paggagamot at istruktura ng kapangyarihan ng estado.

Samantala, kinilala bilang Best Presenter sa Parallel Session II – PM ang papel ni Jennica Rose R. Montiel na “Earthbound Faith: Exploring the Repentance and Resistance of the Magbubulating in Boac, Marinduque,” na nagbibigay-liwanag sa ugnayan ng pananampalataya, pagsisisi, at paglaban sa loob ng isang lokal na komunidad.

Lubos ding ipinagmalaki ang tagumpay ni Jovan Ernest T. Rey sa Parallel Session I – AM, matapos magwagi bilang Best Presenter at Best Abstract para sa kanyang pananaliksik na “Recontextualizing FlipTop: Deconstructing Modern Battle Rap from Balagtasan and the Future of Filipino Hip-Hop,” isang pag-aaral na nag-uugnay sa tradisyong Balagtasan at sa kontemporanyong anyo ng FlipTop bilang salamin ng nagbabagong kamalayang kultural ng kabataang Pilipino.

Patunay ang mga pagkilalang ito na patuloy na buhay, mapanuri, at makabuluhan ang ambag ng mga Pilipinong iskolar sa larangan ng interdisiplinaryong pananaliksik—hindi lamang sa bansa, kundi sa mas malawak na diskurso ng rehiyong ASEAN.

TINGNAN - Nobyembre 20, 2025, patuloy ang pagyabong ng Araling Pilipino sa pagtatampok ng gradwadong mag-aaral na si Princess May A. Gaite ng kaniyang ibahagi ang papel na pinamagatang, "From Papal Teachings to Provincial Policy: Laudato Si's Role in the Palawan Mining Moratorium" na kabilang sa kategorya ng Social Empowerment and Governance. Ang papel na ito ay bahagi ng ng 3rd International Multidisciplinary Research-Based Extension Conference na ginanap sa Tagbilaran City, Bohol at may temang "Rooted in Service, Rising in Impact: Reimagining Extension for Local Solutions to Global Challenges."

Mabuhay ang Masterado ng Sining sa Araling Pilipino!