Literary and Cultural Studies Program
Rooted in Filipino Anglophone poetry, fiction, and drama from the American colonial period to the postcolonial present, the Literary and Cultural Studies Program embraces the vast diversity of world literatures in English spanning various histories and cultures.
LCSP promotes the study of Philippine literature in English at home and in the global diaspora, the production of new knowledge relevant to literature and culture, and the advancement of the university’s mission.
Latest at the Program
LCSP Director Dr Charlie Samuya Veric recognized as 2025 NRCP Achievement Awardee for Division XI - Humanities
Ateneo de Manila University congratulates Dr Charlie Samuya Veric, Director of the Literary and Cultural Studies Program, for being recognized as the 2025 NRCP Achievement...
Ateneo's Literary and Cultural Studies Program hosts conversation and book launch with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Ateneo de Manila's Literary and Cultural Studies Program (LCSP) hosted Cecilia Manguerra Brainard on the evening of 19 Feb 2026, at the Natividad Galang Fajardo...
Kritika Kultura hosts lecture by Vicente L Rafael on Frantz Fanon
Kritika Kultura, in collaboration with the Literary and Cultural Studies Program and Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP), recently hosted a lecture by...
Kritika Kultura explores the beginnings of Singaporean anglophone writing
On 18 November 2025, Kritika Kultura, in collaboration with Ateneo's Literary and Cultural Studies Program and PLUME, hosted a lecture titled “From Illegible to Illicit...
Kritika Kultura lecture explores Carlos Bulosan as a writer of the Filipino diaspora and class struggle
Ateneo's Kritika Kultura, in collaboration with the Literary and Cultural Studies Program (LCSP) and PLUME, hosted a lecture on Carlos Bulosan by Jeffrey Arellano Cabusao...
Ateneo hosts roundtable remembering Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo and Academic Freedom during the Martial Law years
Ateneo de Manila University’s Kritika Kultura, Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints, and Ateneo Martial Law Museum and Library (AMLML) hosted a roundtable discussing academic...
Events at the Program
Academic Conference
5th Edel Garcellano Conference: Committed Writing Now
Sat, 29 Nov 2025
Faber Hall 101
5th Edel Garcellano Conference: Committed Writing Now Date: November 29...
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Kritika Kultura Lecture Series: The Meaning of Decolonised Knowledge: Critique and Construction
Mon, 03 Nov 2025
CTC 413
The public is invited to The Meaning of Decolonised Knowledge...
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
COP30 2025 at the Amazon: Climate Change Between Emergency and Obstruction
Mon, 16 Jun 2025
Natividad Galang Fajardo Conference Room, Dela Costa Hall
The Literary and Cultural Studies Program in cooperation with Department...
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
The LCSP Lecture Series: States of the Filipino Novel - Lecture 1 - José Rizal and the Philippine National Epic
Mon, 20 Jan 2025
Natividad Galang Fajardo Conference Room, Dela Costa Hall, Ateneo de Manila University
Exploring the States of the Filipino Novel: A Series of...
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Between the Lines: Battling Disinformation by Becoming Better Storytellers
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Escaler Hall
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Exploring language learning: Unpacking investment and identity assertion with Ron Darvin
Sat, 18 Nov 2023
Ateneo de Manila University