TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Lunch with Filipino Historian Ambeth Ocampo

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Lunch with Filipino Historian Ambeth Ocampo

The noted Filipino Historian Ambeth Ocampo invited a small group to his wonderful home. Seated l-r: Publisher Karina Bolasco and Cecilia Brainard; standing l-r: Ambeth Ocampo and Gwenn Galvez

Following are random shots that I took at Ambeth Ocampo's home, with his permission. He has a wide collection that includes Juan Luna's bed, more Luna artifacts, Mabini's hair, originals by Hidalgo, and much more.

Tags: history, Philippines, Filipino, academic

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.