Resident Faculty
Ramon G. Guillermo, PhD
Professor
Education
- University of Hamburg, Germany (Doctor of Philosophy in Southeast Asian Studies)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Master of Arts in Philippine Studies)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Bachelor of Arts in Philippine Studies)
Fields of Specialization
- Southeast Asian Studies (The Malay World)
- German Language and Literature
- Marxism
- Intellectual History
- Translation Studies
- Digital Humanities
- Philippine Palaeography
- Creative Writing
UPCIS Course/s
- Southeast Asia 30: Asian Emporiums: Networks of Culture and Trade in Southeast Asia
- Global Studies 197: Palestinian Justice, Settler-colonialism and State Violence Across the Globe
Featured Publication and/or Creative Work
Guillermo, R.G.(2025). Karampátan ñg Tao : Tracing the Rise of Tagalog Human Rights Discourse Using a Textual Corpus. Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, 245‐280. DOI: 10.20495/seas.25002. https://englishkyoto-seas.org/2025/08/vol-14-no-2-ramon-guillermo/
Guillermo, R. G. (2023). ’Pagsasariling atin’: the project of an autonomous social science tradition (ASST) and the challenge of scientometrics. Third World Quarterly DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2023.2206013
Guillermo, R. G. (2023). Magkunkuno ti Makina: Python Code for the Computer‐Assisted Reading of Hanunuo Mangyan Ambahan. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints, 71(2), 177–210.
Guillermo, R. G. (2022). Ang Kris ni Lapulapu at ang Unang Sirkumnabigasyon ng Daigdig. UNITAS, 95(3), 1‐27. https://digilib.ust.edu.ph/digital/collection/unitas/id/65717
Guillermo, R. G. (2023). ’Pagsasariling atin’: the project of an autonomous social science tradition (ASST) and the challenge of scientometrics. Third World Quarterly DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2023.2206013
Raymond A. Macapagal
Assistant Professor
Education
- Università degli Studi di Torino, Politecnico di Torino & International Training Center of the International Labor Organization, Italy (Master in World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development)
- University of Gastronomic Sciences – Pollenzo, Bra, Italy (Master of Food Culture and Communication)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology)
Fields of Specialization
- Cordillera Cultural Heritage
- Cordillera Cultural Heritage
UPCIS Course/s
- Southeast Asia 30: Asian Emporiums: Networks of Culture and Trade in Southeast Asia
Featured Publication and/or Creative Work
Macapagal, R.A. & Mannod F.D. (2025). It’s Lipog, not Bayah: Resisting dominant orthographies in a field validation of the Batad Ifugao Dictionary. In S.B. Acabado & M.M. Martin (Eds.), More indigenous than we admit: Rethinking encounter, histories, and the politics of indigeneity, pp. 175-187. Quezon City: Vibal Foundation, Inc.
Macapagal, R.A. (2025). Initial Validation of the Attitudes Toward Transgendered Individuals Scale in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Psychology.
Macapagal, R.A. (in press). Sabaw and sharing: Bamboo cooking and the communality of Indigenous foodways. In M. Fenix (Ed.), Savoring sunshine: a celebration of Filipino flavors and traditions. Manila: NCCA.
Sarah Jane S. Raymundo
Assistant Professor
Education
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Master of Arts in Sociology)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Master of Arts in Sociology)
Fields of Specialization
- Bolivarian Studies
- Global Political Economy
- Indigenous Studies
- Southern Epistemologies
UPCIS Course/s
- Southeast Asia 30: Asian Emporiums: Networks of Culture and Trade in Southeast Asia
- Global Studies 197: Palestinian Justice, Settler-colonialism and State Violence Across the Globe
Featured Publication and/or Creative Work
Raymundo, S., “Sa mga guho ng imperyalismo,” “ Timeline ng Pakikibakagn Palestino,” “Lantad Kumplisidad (2025). Pagka’t Kami Man Ay May Sampaga:New Philippine Writing and Translation for a Free Palestine” Barrios et al eds. Gantala Press: Quezon City
Ramiro, R., & Raymundo, S. (2025). How U.S. imperialism blackmails the world with nuclear weapons, from Hiroshima to today. Mondoweiss.
Raymundo, S., (2024). Modalities of the Sacred in the Lumad Struggle for Sustainabilities and Futures. Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, 13(2), 238-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/22779760241252304
Raymundo, S., “International Solidarity against US Counterinsurgency”” (on Venezuela) in Sanctions as War Davis, 2022. S. and Ness, M. eds. Netherlands: Brill
Raymundo, S. “”The Jakarta Method, Then and Now: US Counterinsurgency and the Third World.” Monthly Review Vol. 74. No. 2. 2022.
Amparo Adelina C. Umali, III, PhD
Professor
Education
- Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan (Doctor in Japanese Literature)
- Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan (Master of Arts in Japanese Literature)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts)
Fields of Specialization
- Japanese Traditional Performance Practice
- Japan-Philippine Cultural Relations
UPCIS Course/s
- Southeast Asia 30: Asian Emporiums: Networks of Culture and Trade in Southeast Asia
- Japan Studies 100: Inside and Outside Japan: Culture, Idenity and Society
- Japan Studies 101: Japanese Culture and Society I
- Japan Studies 100: Inside and Outside Japan: Culture, Identity and Society
- Global Studies 197: Greater China: Emergence and Development
- Global Studies 197: Contemporary Greater China: Transitions and Transformations
- Global Studies 197: Japanese Traditional Performance Practice: Noh
- Global Studies 197: Japanese Traditional Performance Practice: Bunraku
Featured Publication and/or Creative Work
“Pilak Tanghal: Ebisu Mai,Noong Unang Panahon, Ugoy ng Duyan: Bunraku Puppet Dances with the UPCIS Bunraku Ensemble Concept and Direction with Choreographers: Lui Seneres and Edith Gordoncillo
August 8, 2025 MC College Building Miriam College, July 31, 2025 and August 31, 2025, UPCIS
“Special Japan Cultural Night” featuring the Masters of Noh, Concept and Artistic Direction with Umewaka Takayuki, Noh Master for Shite of the Kanze School, Narita, Hirohito, Noh Master for Flute of the Isso School, Takahashi Naoko, Noh Master for Shoulder Drum, Okura, Eitaro, Noh Master for Hip Drum of the Okura School, Nakata, Kazuha, Noh Master for Stick Drum and the UPCIS Noh Ensemble with a Lecture: Understanding Noh Theater: An Introduction. 2022.
“Putri Anak, Isang Bagong Komedya” Concept and Direction with The UP Dance Company and UP Tugma,Verne de la Pena, Musical Director, Angel Lawenko-Baguilat and Jeremy de la Cruz, Choreographers and Co-Directors, GT Toyota Auditorium University of the Philippines Diliman August 23-25, 2017; Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theatre) Cultural Center of the Philippines April 9, 2017.
“Cedula sa BGC, Isang Kontemporanyong Noh” Concept. Script and Direction with The UPCIS Noh Ensemble and Yoji Isso, Iemoto, Isso School of Noh (Flutist), Shigeji Omura, Okura School of Noh (Otsuzumi Drummer), Naohiko Umewaka, Kanze School of Noh (Principal Actor), University Theatre Stage, University of the Philippines Diliman, August 26-27, 2016.
Umali, Amparo Adelina C. ; Umewaka, Naohiko ; Casari, Matteo. (2018) Nō Theater and Cultural Diplomacy. With a Glimpse into Philippine Practices. Bologna: University of the Philippines, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, University of Bologna, p. 207. ISBN 9788898010882. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/6034. In: Arti della performance: orizzonti e culture (11). A cura di: Casari, Matteo ; Guccini, Gerardo.
Ramon G. Guillermo, PhD
Professor and Head of Unit
Education
- University of Hamburg, Germany (Doctorate of Philosophy in Southeast Asian Studies (Austronestik))
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Master of Arts in Philippine Studies)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Artium Baccalaureus in Philippine Studies)
Fields of Specialization
- Digital Humanities
- Southeast Asian Studies
- Philippine Studies
Raymond A. Macapagal
Assistant Professor
Education
- Università degli Studi di Torino, Politecnico di Torino & International Training Center of the International Labor Organization, Italy (Master in World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development)
- University of Gastronomic Sciences – Pollenzo, Bra, Italy (Master of Food Culture and Communication)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology)
Fields of Specialization
- Global Gastronomy
- Cordillera Cultural Heritage
Sarah Jane S. Raymundo
Assistant Professor
Education
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Master of Arts in Sociology)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Bachelor of Arts in Sociology)
Fields of Specialization
- Anti-Imperialist Social Movements
- Indigenous Social Movements
Amparo Adelina C. Umali, III, PhD
Professor
Education
- Doshisha University, Japan (Doctor of Philosophy in Literature)
- Doshisha University, Japan (Master of Arts in Literature)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts)
Fields of Specialization
- Traditional Performance Practice
- Japan-Philippin Cultural Relations
- Philippine Theater
- Intangible Cultural Heritage