UST Research Center features French Cultural Studies scholar

PROFESSOR Dr. Emmanuelle Sinardet of the

Paris, France was the main discussant in a public lecture held at the Benavides Library Conference Hall at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, presenting her topic “Cultural Studies as a Research Field: The Example of Ecuadorian Studies.”

Sinardetis, a full professor of Latin- American Studies at the

and director of the

( Ecuadorian Studies Center), has published over 60 articles and chapters in books on various interrelated topics such as Latin- American and Philippine political and economic history, cultural studies, and 19th century literature.

UST Graduate School professor and Instituto Cervantes fellow Jorge Mojarro Romero, Ph. D. served as reactor for the lecture.

Sinardet was invited to do the Lecture after she expressed her interest on what the UST Research Center for Culture, Arts and Humanities (RCCAH) is doing in a Prof. Emmanuelle Sinardet (seventh from left) with faculty members of the University of Santo Tomas

number of areas including 19th Century studies, nation-building studies and Cultural Studies. Her lecture illustrates how institutions like the Ecuadorian Studies

memory and history.”

Prior to the lecture, Sinardet was

of the Brown Bag Series conducted by RCCAH, headed by Prof. Joyce L. Arriola, Ph.D., in coordination

for Research and Innovation. Participants to the Brown Bag discussion were Dr. Maria Alexandra Chua, Arch’t Demetrio Alcaraz, Jr., Dr. John Jack Wigley, Dr. Archie Resos, Dr. Oscar Diamante and Dr. Cynthia Loza.