PUP Research Institute for Culture and Language

The Institute fosters research and/or research-based and workshop-led outputs and activities across divisional and disciplinary boundaries. Virgilio A.

HISTORY

The Research Institute for Culture and Language formerly known as the Institute of Social History (ISH) was originally established in 1986 by PUP President Emeritus Dr. Nemesio E. Prudente who also served as its founding director. In 1989, the directorship of the Institute was transferred to Prof. Domingo Castro De Guzman, a Palanca laureate and a faculty member teaching philosophy and li

terature in the now defunct College of Arts and Sciences. De Guzman’s directorship ended with the retirement of Dr. Prudente. After Dr. Prudente’s term, the Institute was put on hold. It was revived three years after when Dr. Dante G. Guevarra assumed the presidency of the University in 2005. ISH was then merged with the Research Institute for Politics and Economics or RIPE. The combined Institutes ended operation in 2012, paving the way for a new Institute with a much broader but well defined scope, the Institute for Cultural Studies. From 2012 to October 2016, the Institute was supervised and headed by Prof. Rivas of the College of Arts and Letters. Associate Prof. Joseph Reylan Viray, also a faculty member of the College of Arts and Letters, serves as Director of the Institute. it was renamed into Institute for Culture and Language Studies (ICLS) during the latter period of the administration of the University President Dr. Emanuel C. de Guzman. When Dr. Manuel M. Muhi became president of the University, the Institute was again renamed as the Research Institute for Culture and Language (RICL). RICL is the current name of the Institute and Associate Prof. Viray remains its director. Under the RICL wings are five research centers: the Center for Humanities and Philosophy, Center for Philippine Studies, Center for Creative Writing, the Center for Language and Literature, and Center for Translation

The Institute fosters research and/or research-based and workshop-led outputs and activities across divisional and disciplinary boundaries. The Institute promotes and engages with interpretative (or hermeneutic), historical, social and political researches as well as theoretical works in the Arts and allied disciplines. The RICL produces the following journals and publications: Mabini Review and the Entrada Journal.

14/06/2026

13/06/2026

𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗯𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗱𝗮𝗮𝗻, 𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗽𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗸𝗮𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻?

Sa paggunita sa nalalapit na ika-165 na kaarawan ng ating pambansang bayani na si Dr. Jose P. Rizal, ikinararangal nating ipakilala ang magsisilbing sulo at gabay sa ating intelektwal na paglalakbay. Isang natatanging haligi ng kasaysayan at akademya na kasalukuyang naglilingkod bilang Supreme Commander ng Order of the Knights of Rizal, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗼. Siya rin ang dating tagapangulo ng National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), pangulo ng Philippine Historical Association (PHA) mula taong 2014 hanggang 2018, at dating commissioner ng National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

Siya ang magbubukas ng pinto ng kaalaman upang pagnilayan ang temang: “𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗯𝗮𝘆-𝗗𝗶𝘄𝗮 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗶 𝗥𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗮𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗯𝘂𝗯𝘂𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗱 𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗸𝗮-𝟭𝟵 𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗸𝗮-𝟮𝟭 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗼𝗻.” Sama-sama nating tahakin ang hiwaga ng kaalaman na magtutulak sa atin upang kumilos tungo sa pandaigdigang kahusayan. Gayundin, layunin ng makasaysayang pagtitipon na ito na gisingin ang ating mapanuring kaisipan, at kung paanong ang mga pilosopiya at mithiing iniwan sa atin noong ika-19 siglo ay naging mitsa sa pag-usbong ng kasalukuyang henerasyon.

𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗮-𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝘀𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗸𝗮-𝗙𝗟!

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10/06/2026

Bilang paggunita sa araw ng kapanganakan ng Pambansang Bayaning si Jose Rizal, ang PUP Research Institute for Culture and Language , Las Damas de Rizal Philippines, PUP College of Education, at Departamento ng Kasaysayan, CSSD ay naghahandog ng isang makabuluhang programa---ang Lakbay Diwa.

May temang: Pagtingin ni Rizal sa pandaigdigang Kahusayan, Pagbubuklod ng Ika-19 siglong Karunungan at Ika-20 siglong Inobasyon.

Ang tampok na tagapagsalita ay si Dr. Emmanuel Franco Calairo, KGCR, ang kasalukuyang Supreme Commander nf Order of the Knights of Rizal. Si Dr. Calairo ay dati ring naging Tagapangulo ng National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

Gaganapin ang programa sa Hunyo 16, 2026 sa Silid Lakandayang, NALLRC sa Mabini Campus ng PUP sa ganap na ika-9 ng umaga.

26/05/2026

ATM : Sudlanan ng Kasaysayan

Sa ating paggunita sa ika-100 anibersaryo ng kapanganakan ni Dr. Nemesio E. Prudente—edukador, manunulat, at matapang na lingkod-bayan—iniimbitahan ang lahat na makiisa at tunghayan ang eksibit na pinamagatang “Sudlanan ng Kasaysayan: An Exhibit of PUP’s Literary and Cultural Narratives” bilang pagbibigay-pugay sa mga pamana ng panulat, kultura, at pakikibaka sa loob ng Sinta.

Handog ng ABLCS 4-1, 4-2, at 4-3, kasama ang Research Institute for Culture and Language (RICL), Center for Philippine Studies (CPS), at University Center for Culture and the Arts (UCCA), tampok sa eksibit na ito ang mga akdang pampanitikan, sining, arkibo, at legasiya ng mga dakilang manunulat ng PUP na nangahas gamitin ang kanilang panulat bilang sandata upang labanan ang panunupil at opresyon ng estado mula noon hanggang ngayon.

Sa pamamagitan ng mga arkibo, akdang pampanitikan, dokumentong historikal, at malikhaing instalasyon, muling bubuuin ang kolektibong alaala ng mga manunulat at alagad ng sining na nagsilbing tinig ng mamamayan sa iba’t ibang yugto ng kasaysayan.

Gaganapin ang eksibit mula ika-26 hanggang ika-30 ng Mayo 2026 sa South Wing, 4th Floor Bridge, PUP Main Campus.

Halina’t sama-sama nating paliyabin ang diwa ng mapagpalayang edukasyon at ipagpatuloy ang apoy ng paglilingkod at paglaban. ✊🏻🔥

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23/05/2026

Publication Alert | Ogatis and Canilao's Article Published by Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy

[New article | Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy (Scopus, Web of Science, The Philosopher's Index) | Open access]

“Expanding Social Reproduction, Criticalizing Care: Two Models of Philosophical Under-Labouring in the Global Crisis of Care,” is now published in Asian Communication Research (Vol. 20, No. 1).

Authors: Assoc. Prof. Gerlie C. Ogatis (PUP Manila) and Dr. Narcisa Paredes-Canilao (UP Baguio)

This article is an output from a research project funded by the Research Institute for Culture and Language, Polytechnic University of Philippines.

📖 The article is open access and available here:
https://www.kritike.org/volume-20-1.html