Emmanuel Jayson V. Bolata
Assistant Professor of History
University of the Philippines Diliman
About
Emmanuel Jayson V. Bolata is an Assistant Professor at the Department of History, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman, where he also obtained his BA (2018) and MA (2024) degrees in history. His thesis, Filipino Reception and Appropriation of Modern Astronomical Knowledge, 1859–1958, won the first prize in the 4th Loretta Makasiar Sicat Prize for the Social Sciences. His research interests include cultural history of science (astronomy and cosmology), literary studies (particularly on Philippine folk epics, poetry, and children’s literature), folklore studies, and the local history of Marinduque, Philippines.
Academic Background
Master of Arts in History
University of the Philippines Diliman
University of the Philippines Diliman
Bachelor of Arts in History (magna cum laude)
University of the Philippines Diliman
University of the Philippines Diliman
Research Interests
- Cultural history of science (astronomy and cosmology)
- Literary studies (particularly on Philippine folk epics, poetry, and children’s literature)
- Folklore studies
- Local history of Marinduque, Philippines
Undegraduate Courses Taught
- KAS 1: Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas (History of the Philippines)
- Kas 114: Cultural History of the Philippines
Book Chapters
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V., Hernandez, Jesus Federico C., Vincent Christopher A. Santiago, and Noreen H. Sapalo. “Memoria: An Afterword.” In Ferdinand Blumentritt, Dictionary of Philippine Mythology [Diccionario mitológico de Filipinas], Third edition, translated by Jaime Marcó y Marquez and edited by Leslie Anne S. Gil. Quezon City: Vibal Foundation, Inc., 2024.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Si Rene O. Villanueva sa Panimulang Yugto ng Pag-akda para sa Bata, 1977-1986. In Eugene Y. Evasco and Cheeno Marlo M. Sayuno (eds.), Bata, Hiwaga, Bansa: Pamana ni Rene O. Villanueva sa Panitikang Pambata, 3-44. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2023.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Ang Lunas ng Taong-Labas sa Kontemporanyong Panahon: Ang Tawak at Tandok ng Marinduque.” In Jeffrey James C. Ligero, Edna M. Manginsay, and Joel S. Regala (eds.), Taong-Labas: Ang Tulisan, Remontado, at Vagamundo sa Kasaysayan at Kalinangang Pilipino, 409 – 454. Manila: ADHIKA ng Pilipinas, Inc. and National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2022.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Disease, Death, and Destruction: Dante and Boccaccio’s Second Coming and Interstices of Filipino Reception.” In Joyce L. Arriola (ed.), Himaya: Panitikan ng Pagbabanyuhay, 47 – 71. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2022.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. (contributor). Select chapters/entries in Maria Bernadette L. Abrera and Neil Martial R. Santillan (eds.), Identity and Independence: Filipino Women in Times of War and Peace. Quezon City: UP History Department and Philippine Veterans Affairs Office, 2022.
Journal Articles/Conference Proceedings
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Proto-Modern Astronomy in the Philippines: A History of Words, 10 th – 19 th Century.” The Archive, vol. 5, no. 2 (2024): 33–144.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Stars of Portent: Comets and Disasters in the Philippine Past, 1566 – 1910.” Banwaan: The Philippine Journal of Folklore, vol. 3, no. 2 (2023): 23–55.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Teksto at Talastasan: Pagmumuni at Pagbabalangkas sa Kasaysayan-bilang-Komunikasyon.” Talas: Interdisiplinaryong Journal sa Edukasyong Pangkultura, vol. 6 (2023): 25-63.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Walking in UP Diliman as Ethnographic and Countermapping Practice.” Banwaan: The Philippine Journal of Folklore, vol. 2, no. 2 (2022): 227-263.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Ang Noumenal at ang Nominal sa Panulaan ni Allan Popa.” Daluyan: Journal ng Wikang Filipino, vol. 28, no. 2 (2022): 27–45.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Marinduque Silencescapes: History and Stories of Local Silence.” Banwaan: The Philippine Journal of Folklore, vol. 2, no. 1 (2022): 49-78.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Ang Pagsusunong ng Pupuwa ng Kababaihang Gaseña.” Daluyan: Journal ng Wikang Filipino, vol. 26, no. 1-2 (2020): 75-101.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Ceres S. C. Alabado and the Formative Years of Modern Philippine Children’s Literature.” Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature, vol. 12 (2018): 361-383.
- Bolata, Emmanuel Jayson V. “Sabungerong Indio, Dayuhang Manonood: Mga Panlipunang Pananaw at Kaisipan sa Pagsasabong at Sabungan mula sa mga Tala ng ika-19 na Dantaon.” Talas: Isang Interdisiplinaryong Journal sa Edukasyong Pangkultura vol. 2 (2018): 91-107.
Ongoing Projects
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Banwaan: The Philippine Journal of Folklore, Special Issue on Isabelo's Folklore (Co-editor & Contributor)
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