It’s an honor to be featured once more at 4Culture’s Poetry in Public. This year’s theme was “Places of Landing.” I wrote a poem in Tagalog called “Sa Laot” (At Sea). READ HERE
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New Essay Published in Wasafiri special issue
My essay, “Passionate Engagements, Intimate Entrapments: Love, War, and Those Caught Between EMPIRE and Nation” has been published in Wasafiri Magazine as part of a special issue on Southeast Asia and the Littoral. Earlier, a version of this article was also conferred the 2023 Biography Prize by the Center for Biographical Research (CBR) at theContinue reading “New Essay Published in Wasafiri special issue”
Kung Saan Man Tayo Screening at the University of the Philippines Film Center!
I’m very excited to screen my film, Kung Saan Man Tayo, at the University of the Philippines Film Center this November 29, 2023 at 4pm. This is going to be a sort of homecoming for me and this film; many years ago, I conceptualized of this film as a way for myself to reflect onContinue reading “Kung Saan Man Tayo Screening at the University of the Philippines Film Center!”
Coming to America Stories
I am excited to participate in the Filipino American National Historical Society – Seattle Chapter‘s upcoming event, Coming to America. Alongside other speakers, I will be speaking about my own migration story vis-a-vis my family’s story and the bigger story of Spanish and American Colonialism. Admission is free tomorrow, October 28, 2023, 6-8pm, at theContinue reading “Coming to America Stories”
Featured at CBS News Bay Area
When I moved to Seattle from the Philippines in 2010, I was still a bright-eyed and optimistic film school graduate excited to launch a filmmaking career. Alas, as fate would have it, I was needed in some other capacity. Seattle really wasn’t (and I’m afraid still isn’t) the most hospitable place for emerging filmmakers. Admittedly,Continue reading “Featured at CBS News Bay Area”
FANHS 2022 Conference
I am so excited and honored that Kung Saan Man Tayo – Wherever We May Be will be screening on Saturday, August 13 next week as part of this year’s Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Conference! A bunch of other films are screening too! Please register to attend here.
UH CSEAS virtual Screening of Kung Saan Man Tayo (Wherever We May Be)
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies is hosting a virtual screening of Kung Saan Man Tayo (Wherever We May Be) next month. It will be screening online for free from February 4 to 9, following by a panel discussion with me, my co-filmmaker Kenneth Cardenas, and Maria Karaan on February 9,Continue reading “UH CSEAS virtual Screening of Kung Saan Man Tayo (Wherever We May Be)”
Article out now in the latest issue of Pelikula Journal!
Pelikula: A Journal of Philippine Cinema is published annually by the University of the Philippines Film Institute. It broadly covers national and regional perspectives on Philippine cinema and publishes academic articles, opinion pieces, reviews, interviews, and visual essays. I am so excited to be part of the latest issue that just came out. My essayContinue reading “Article out now in the latest issue of Pelikula Journal!”
The International Conference on Geographical Studies
I have been working on mapping out the routes of a few of the women whose lives I have been researching on for my dissertation. I will be presenting at the International Conference on Geographical Studies 2021 later this week, in Panel Session 3C: “Place-Based & Emotion-based Care and Care-Giving.” The conference is open toContinue reading “The International Conference on Geographical Studies”
AAS Conference 2021
This week is the Association for Asian Studies 2021 Virtual Annual Conference. Yesterday’s Presidential Address by Christine Yano was very interesting and inspiring. She talked about the traditional Japanese musical performance form “Chindon-ya,” wherein the troupe performs while walking down the streets and alleyways, bringing music and happiness wherever they went and promoting local shopsContinue reading “AAS Conference 2021”
Adrian Alarilla 