Ateneo Department of English

25/09/2026

Ateneo de Manila - Department of English hosts ENLIT12 Masterclass with Dr. Jose "Butch" Dalisay Jr.

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Why do we need fiction?

21/09/2026

📢 CALLING ALL EDUCATORS & OTHER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS!

Fr. Joseph Galdon, SJ Fund: SUBSIDY for DepEd/CHED Teachers and Other School Administrators is NOW AVAILABLE for the Online Certificate Course, SEED 2.0 “SEED for a Change: Focus on Assessment”

kindly email your applications at [email protected]

16/09/2026

As AI continues to reshape how we teach, learn, and write, how might we rethink our assessment practices to keep critical thinking at the center?

We invite you to a public lecture on “Critical Thinking in the Age of AI: Rethinking Rubrics in a Content Integrated Writing Course,” with Dr. Gene Segarra Navera.

📅 24 October 2026
🕙 10:00 a.m. | via Zoom

The lecture is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Please see the poster for registration details.

Join us in this public lecture!

14/09/2026

In 2009, two distinguished Atenean writers—Gregorio C. Brillantes and Dr. Nicanor G. Tiongson—were honored by the Ateneo de Manila University with the Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi, recognizing artists whose work is dedicated to the pursuit of Filipinism and the Filipino identity through culture, and whose contributions help shape, develop, and enrich our understanding of what it means to be Filipino.

Gregorio C. Brillantes♱ earned his BLitt from Ateneo de Manila in 1952 and later taught at the Ateneo High School before joining the Philippines Free Press. Renowned for his mastery of the short story, his prizewinning works such as “Faith, Love, Time, and Dr. Lazaro” and “The Distance to Andromeda” earned him the distinction of being called the “James Joyce of the Philippines.” His later fiction explored pressing social concerns while continuing to push the boundaries of literary form. Among his notable contributions is “The Apollo Centennial,” regarded as a seminal work of Philippine science fiction. His final book, The Collected Stories of Gregorio C. Brillantes, edited by Jonathan Chua, was published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press in 2023. Brillantes passed away on September 26, 2025.

Dr. Nicanor G. Tiongson earned his AB in Humanities from Ateneo de Manila in 1965 and became a member of the university’s Department of English faculty. As a pioneering scholar of Philippine Studies, he explored theater and cinema through critical and creative approaches that moved beyond traditional Western frameworks. His contributions extended beyond scholarship, as he also wrote influential plays and musicals, including Labaw Donggon: Ang Banog ng Sanlibutan and Mabining Mandirigma. The former was staged by Ateneo ENTABLADO in 2013.

His literary and scholarly legacy continues through the Ateneo de Manila University Press, which published two volumes of his collected plays in 2024, as well as three volumes of his collected essays on Philippine theater. In the 2010s, he returned to teaching at Ateneo, this time with the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. In 2024, the School of Humanities staged a devised reading of his play Pilipinas circa 1907, culminating the international conference Contacts and Continuities II: 125 Years of Philippine American Relations.

The conferment of the title National Artist upon these two distinguished Atenean writers, alongside eight other Filipino artists, is a recognition of their monumental contributions to Philippine arts and letters. More importantly, it celebrates the enduring power of the Filipino creative spirit—and the profound ways in which their works continue to shape our understanding of ourselves, our history, and our identity as a nation.

Congratulations and deepest appreciation to two remarkable Ateneans whose words, scholarship, and creative vision have become part of the enduring cultural legacy of the Philippines. AMDG!

11/09/2026

08/09/2026

Dr. Resil B. Mojares leaves an enduring legacy as a National Artist for Literature, whose decades of scholarship, writing, and cultural research advanced Cebuano studies and deepened the understanding of Philippine literature, history, and identity.

As we mourn his passing, the Department of English extends its deepest condolences to his family and joins the nation in honoring his remarkable contributions to Philippine letters and culture.

31/08/2026

Thank you to all ESEA 2026 presenters who have completed their registration and confirmed their participation!

If your proposal has been accepted but you have not yet completed your registration, you may still do so through the ESEA 2026 conference website.

We look forward to three days of conversations, presentations, and shared learning on English language teaching, diversity, and equity in resource-challenged contexts.

ESEA 2026 will be held from December 3 to 5, 2026, at Ateneo de Manila University.

Conference information and registration:
https://esea2026.ateneo.edu/

Thank you to all ESEA 2026 presenters who have completed their registration and confirmed their participation!

If your proposal has been accepted but you have not yet completed your registration, you may still do so through the ESEA 2026 conference website.

We look forward to three days of conversations, presentations, and shared learning on English language teaching, diversity, and equity in resource-challenged contexts.

ESEA 2026 will be held from December 3 to 5, 2026, at Ateneo de Manila University.

Conference information and registration:
https://esea2026.ateneo.edu/

28/08/2026

LOOK: Ateneo De Manila - Department of English holds its Graduate Students Orientation and Kumustahan

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The Ateneo de Manila Department of English gathered its graduate students for “Graduate Students Orientation and Kumustahan” on August 22, 2026, creating a welcoming space for connection, reflection, recognition, and renewed commitment to graduate study.

20/08/2026

Applications are now open for Ateneo's Master in English Language and Literature Teaching (M EngLLT).

Come and be part of the Ateneo culture!

Deadline of Applications are as follows:
FILIPINO APPLICANTS
Intersession Term - April 5
First Semester - May 5
Second Semester - September 15

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS (Non-Philippine Passport Holder)
Intersession Term - February 15
First Semester - March 15
Second Semester - August 30

Scan the QR code in the images to view the admissions process and our financial aid and scholarship offers!

20/08/2026

WHY PRESENT AT ESEA 2026?
Because ELT does not happen under ideal conditions.

It happens in multilingual classrooms.
Across unequal access to resources.
Within different histories of English.
Under institutional and policy constraints.
And through teachers and learners who constantly adapt.

ESEA 2026 is a space to put our theories, practices, and assumptions about English language teaching in conversation with these realities.

Accepted presenter? Complete your registration by August 31, 2026.

Presenter registration: https://esea2026.ateneo.edu/registration



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