14/10/2026
The UP Department of History is pleased to announce the release of the print edition of the book "The Filipino worldview through art, images, and objects (From indigenous culture to the 19th century)," a collaboration with Universidad Pablo de Olavide's EnredARS. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) published the print edition.
The book will be officially presented at the 24th Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day International Conference, happening on October 13–14, 2026, at the Universidad de Zamboanga, Zamboanga City, Philippines.
The Launch and Book Talk will be held on October 14 at Teatro Estrella and will feature contributors Shaunnah Ysabel V. Cledera (University of the Philippines Los Baños), Dr. Marjorie Almario-Magdadaro (MSU–Iligan Institute of Technology), and Caroline Tacata-Tardibone (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa). Co-editor Assoc. Prof. Kristyl N. Obispado will moderate.
Ruel Pagunsan and Kristyl Obispado of the UP Departamento ng Kasaysayan co-edit the volume. Two of the contributors, Ian Christopher Alfonso and Emmanuel Jayson Bolata, are also members of the Department's faculty. Other book contributors are Rizalino Noble Malabed (University of the Philippines Los Baños), Mary Josefti Nito (University of Asia and the Pacific), Jimmy Dillo Jr. (De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde), Jay Rome De los Santos (MSU–Iligan Institute of Technology), Francisco del Rosario (University of California, Berkeley), Fernando Quiles (Universidad Pablo de Olavide), Phillip Lacson Medina (De La Salle University–Dasmariñas), Cheek Fadriquela (University of Santo Tomas), and Ricardo Pinzón de la Cruz (Universidad Nacional Rosario Castellanos).
The editors wish to extend their gratitude to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), led by Chair Regalado Trota Jose Jr.; the EnRedArs group at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, led by Dr. Fernando Quiles García; UP Diliman Chancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan II; UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) Dean Dr. Ruth Lusterio-Rico and former CSSP Dean Dr. Maria Bernadette Abrera; and Drs. Neil Martial Santillan and Rhodalyn Wani-Obias of the UP Departamento ng Kasaysayan, for their invaluable support in making this book project possible.