ALVAREZ, Ma. Ailil B.

ALVAREZ, Ma. Ailil B

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MA. AILIL B. ALVAREZ has been serving as Director of the UST Publishing House since 2017. She is also an Assistant Professor in the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters-Department of Literature, a Resident Fellow of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies, and a Researcher at the UST Research Center for Culture, Arts and the Humanities.聽 Her book of critical essays,聽Slivers of the Sky: Catholic Literary Readings and Other Essays听(2016), was named a finalist in the 36th National Book Awards for the category Literary Criticism/Literary History in English.

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Asst. Prof. Ma. Ailil B. Alvarez, MA

Department of Literature | Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities

mbalvarez@ust.edu.ph

Academic Qualifications

Research Highlights

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Degrees

Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language, Manuel L. Quezon University 鈥� Manila, Philippines
Bachelor of Arts in Literature听(Magna cum Laude), 探花精选鈥� Manila, Philippines

Research Highlights

2016 Philippine Studies Association, Inc.: 10th International Conference on Philippine Studies (ICOPhil)
鈥淐adence of the Soul: The lyrical articulation of spirituality by three female poets鈥�
2014 Research Colloquium of the UST Department of Literature
鈥淏eyond Religious Schism and War: Piece of Literature, Literature of Peace鈥�
2013 Research Colloquium of the UST Department of Literature
鈥淩eclaiming the Voice, Re-Imagining the Self: Towards a Revision of Filipino Post-Colonial Aesthetics鈥�
2012 CDCE-CETA Conference on Language and Literature
鈥淚mproving Accounting Word Problem Comprehension of Sophomores of The UST-AMV College of Accountancy in 2012鈥�

Research Interests

Catholic literature
spirituality
Philippine literature (poetry) in English
women’s studies
cultural studies (manga/anime, television and fashion)
mythopoeisis
film theory and narratology
identity theory

Courses Handled

Major Recognitions

Professional Activities

Courses Handled

Catholic Literature
Literary Criticism聽
Literary Theory
Philippine Literatures
World Literature
Art Appreciation聽/ Art, Man, and Society
Cultural Anthropology and Business Cultures聽
Technical Writing
Academic Writing聽
Academic Reading聽
College Freshman English

Major Recognitions

Finalist, 36^th聽National Book Awards in the Best Literary Criticism/Literary History in English Category (for聽Slivers of the Sky: Catholic Literary Readings and Other Essays聽[UST Publishing House, 2016])
Publisher of the Year Awardee听(as Deputy Director of the UST Publishing House), given by the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics鈥� Circle in 2012

Professional Activities

Director, UST Publishing House (2017-present)
Resident Fellow, UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (2015-present)
Member, Asia-Pacific Writers and Translators (2016-present)
Deputy Director, UST Publishing House (2012-2017)
Member, Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets and Playwrights, Essayists, and Novelists) (2020-present)
Honorary Board Member, Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines (2017-2018)
Member, Council for Department Chairpersons of English (2007-2012)
Member, College English Teachers Association (2007-2012)
Member, Linguistic Society of the Philippines (2007-2008)

Selected Publications

Books and journals

Author, Slivers of the Sky: Catholic Literary Readings and Other Essays (Manila: UST Publishing House, 2016)鈥擣inalist, National Book Award for Best Literary Criticism in English
Managing Editor, TOMAS Vol. 2, Issue 10: The Anniversary Issue on Criticism (2017)

Research and feature articles

鈥淭he Poetics of Profound Perception: Paul Alcoseba Castillo’s Walang Iisang Salita,鈥� in TOM脕S Vol. 3, Issue 1 (2019)
鈥淢iracle of Manaoag in pageantry of history, image and faith,鈥� Philippine Daily Inquirer鈥擜rts and Books section (January 9, 2017)
鈥淯ST Pays Tribute to National Artist Cirilo F. Bautista,鈥� Philippine Daily Inquirer鈥擜rts and Books section (October 26, 2015)
鈥淪peculations of the Soul: Shades of the Catholic Imagination in Carlomar A. Daoana鈥檚 Clairvoyance,鈥� in TOM脕S Vol. 2, No. 5 (2015)
鈥淟yric Poetry in Pixel: Toward a Postcolonial and Postmodern Poetics of Digital Texts,鈥� in KRITIK/CRITIQUE: Essays from the J. Elizalde Navarro National Workshop in the Criticism of the Arts and Humanities, 2009-2012 (Manila: UST Publishing House, 2014)

Creative works

鈥淎gape鈥� (p. 7) and 鈥淎bundance鈥� (p. 154), two poems in Sustaining the Archipelago: An Anthology of Philippine Ecopoetry, ed. Rina Garcia Chua (Manila: UST Publishing House, 2017)
Author, 鈥淐amera-Shy鈥� and 鈥淟une de Miel 1 (Genesis),鈥� two poems in Dapitan: Narratives of the City (Manila: The Flame, 2014)

Latest Conferences, Workshops, Symposia, and Contests

Panelist, UST National Writers Workshop, 2015-2019
Panelist, UST CCWLS TIGERS Undergraduate Workshop, 2016-2019
Resource Speaker (w/ Asst. Prof. D. L. Marfil), UST RCCAH Thesis Policy Workshop, Mar. 21, 2019
Resource Speaker, Panel on Writing Literature, 2017 National Conference on Literature Education (PNU), Oct. 6, 2017
Rapporteur for Parallel Session 1: Ethics, Theory and Method, International Conference on Ethical Literary Criticism, April 27, 2019
Paper Presenter (w/ Asst. Prof. D. L. Marfil), 鈥淩esearch Primer for Literature Majors,鈥� UST RCCAH Research Fortnight, Feb. 29, 2019
Paper presenter, 2018 UST RCCAH Research Fortnight, 鈥淭he sacrality of silence in three female poets,鈥� Feb. 20, 2018
Paper presenter, 10th International Conference on Philippine Studies (ICOPhil), 鈥淐adence of the Soul: The lyrical articulation of spirituality by three female poets,鈥� July 6-8, 2016
Moderator and Event Manager, 鈥淢ultiplicities of Space: A Conversation about Sustaining the Archipelago with Ms. Rina Garcia Chua,鈥� June 7, 2019
Event Director, the USTPH Panel for the Philippine Readers and Writers Festival, 2017-2019
Event Director, Huntahan Panitikan: A Forum on Contemporary Literature, Mar. 5-7, 2018
Event Director, USTPH Case Book Writing Seminar (with Prof. Florenz C. Tugas), Sept. 18, 2019
Co-Organizer/Event Manager, UST Literary Caravan, April 10, 2019
Co-Organizer/Event Manager, PEN Launch of Pascual鈥檚, de los Reyes鈥�, and Galan’s newest books by the USTPH, Feb. 23, 2019
Participant, Philippine International Literary Festival: 鈥淕unita: A Pursuit of Memory,鈥� June聽14-15, 2019

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