Jose Wendell P. Capili

BA Journalism ,
MA Comparative Literature,
Diploma (Japanese Language, Culture and Affairs),
MPhil Social Anthropology,
PhD Literature, Screen and Theater Studies

Jose Wendell Capili

Biography

Jose Wendell P. Capili earned his degrees from the University of Santo Tomas (UST), University of the Philippines (UP) , The University of Tokyo, The University of Cambridge and The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), Australian National University (ANU), where he earned his PhD on the emergence of Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia from 1972 to 2006.

He is a Professor of Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at the College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman and Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs and Director, Office of Alumni Relations, University of the Philippines System. He was a holder of Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair (1998-99; 2000-01) and the UP Centennial Professorial Chair / Grant (2008-2009; 2009-2010; 2010-2011). Previously, he was Program Development Associate to the UP Diliman Chancellor (1997-1999; 1999-2001); and UP CAL Associate Dean for Administration and Development (2000-2003; 2003-2004), Associate Dean for Research, Creative Works and Publications (April-May 2007) and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2007-2009). He received Carlos Palanca, Cultural Center of the Philippines , UST and UP awards for his poetry and essays as well as scholarships, grants and fellowships from the Cambridge Overseas Trust, British Council, The Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho), The University of Hong Kong, Korea Foundation, Asia-Europe Institute and Cultural Centre of The University of Malaya, UP and ANU in the fields of creative writing, literature, social anthropology and history.

His books are: A Madness of Birds (poems, University of the Philippines Press, 1998); Bloom and Memory (essays, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2002), Mabuhay to Beauty! (pop culture, Milflores Publishing, 2003), From the Editors: Migrant Communities and Emerging Australian Community (Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, 2007) and Salu-Salo: In Conversation with Filipinos(with John Cheeseman, Blacktown and Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia: Blacktown Arts Centre and Casula Powerhouse, 2008)Salu-Salo: In Conversation with Filipinos, (Blacktown and Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia: Blacktown Arts Centre and Casula Powerhouse, 2008). With John Jack Wigley he translated and edited Lupito and the Circus Village (written by Rowald Almazar, artworks by Jose Santos III, Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2008). His poems, reviews, creative/critical essays, newspaper articles and academic papers were published in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Austria, Malaysia, Singapore, England, Australia and the United States, including The Literary Review (Farleigh Dickinson University), The Poet's Voice (University of Graz, Austria), Korea Times, Korea Herald, The Philippines Free Press, Manila Chronicle, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Diliman Review (UP), Solidarity, Caracoa, Anagram (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Mabuhay (Philippine Air Lines), Budhi (Ateneo de Manila), Philippine Studies (Ateneo de Manila), Westerly (University of Western Australia) and the PEN International Poetry Anthology (Japan PEN).

In 2005, Capili was a visiting scholar at The National University of Singapore, The University of Sydney, The University of Western Australia, The University of Melbourne, and The University of Queensland. He was a featured writer during the 2000 British Council Seminar on the Contemporary Writer, the 2001 Hong Kong International Literary Festival, the 2007 & 2008 Sydney Writers' Festival, and the 76th PEN International Congess (Tokyo, 2011).

Administrative Positions

Program Development Associate to the UP Diliman Chancellor (1997-1999; 1999-2001)

UP CAL Associate Dean for Administration and Development,, UP College of Arts and Letters (2000-2003; 2003-2004)

Associate Dean for Research, Creative Works and Publications, , UP College of Arts and Letters (April-May 2007)

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UP College of Arts and Letters (2007-2009]

Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs and Director of the Information Office, UP System (2009-2011)

Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs and Director of the Office of Alumni Relations, UP System (2011-present)

Courses handled

College of Arts and Letters (CAL)

CL 298 Directed Readings: Literatures from the Diaspora (Japan, Australia, United States)

CL 250 Philippine Literatures in English I

CL 150 The Literature of the Philippines in English I

CL 145 The Literature of Japan

CL 121 Critical Approaches to Literature I

CW 240/241 Creative Nonfiction I and II

CW 140 Creative Nonfiction I

CW 120 Poetry I

CW 100 Introduction to Creative Writing

CW 10 Creative Writing for Beginners

Center for International Studies (CIS)

Japan Studies 100 An Overview Of Contemporary Japanese Culture And Society

Japan Studies 101 Japanese Culture And Society I

SEA 30 Asian Emporiums: Networks of Culture & Trade in Southeast Asia

College of Science (CS)

STS Science, Technology and Society

Publications

Books:

Poetry

A Madness of Birds, (Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1998)

Essays

Bloom and Memory, (Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2002)

Popular culture

(as editor) Mabuhay to Beauty!, (Quezon City: Milflores Publishing, 2003)

Anthology

(as editor) From the Editors: Migrant Communities and Emerging Australian Literature, (Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia: Casula Powerhouse, 2007)

(as co-editor, with John Cheeseman) Salu-Salo: In Conversation with Filipinos, (Blacktown and Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia: Blacktown Arts Centre and Casula Powerhouse, 2008)

Translation

(translated and edited with John Jack Wigley) Lupito and the Circus Village (translation of Si Lupito at ang Barrio Sirkero written by Rowald Almazar, artworks by Jose Santos III), (Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2008)

Awards and Recognitions

• Palanca Awards
• Cultural Center of the Philippines Literature Award
• British Council fellowship, Downing College, Cambridge
• Visiting Scholar at the University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, Seoul National University, National University of Singapore, University of Sydney, Waseda University, University of Western Australia and Yonsei University
• Japan PEN grant
• Sydney Writers Festival 2007
• Sydney Writers Festival 2008
• Standard Chartered Bank and University of Hong Kong 1st Hong Kong International Literary Festival
• Waseda University grant
• Korea Foundation Research Fellowship
• University of Malaya Asia-Europe Institute grant
• University of Malaya Cultural Centre grant
• Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair, U.P. Diliman
• University of the Philippines Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair
• University of the Philippines Diliman Gawad Chancellor
• University of the Philippines President's International Publication Award
• University of the Philippines System creative writing grant
• British Council Fellow, 5th Philippine-British Literary Conference, University of St. La Salle-Bacolod
• Australian National University Vice Chancellor's PhD Scholarship
• Australian National University Graduate School Travel Award
• University of the Philippines Doctoral Studies Fellowship
• Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship, Clare Hall, Cambridge
• Meguro UNESCO travel grant
• National Olympics Memorial Youth Centre (Japan) grant
• Monbusho (文部科学省, Monbukagakushō?) Research Scholarship
• Mowelfund Film Institute and Quezon City International Short Film Festival Essay Competition
• The Humanist: A Magazine of Critical Inquiry and Social Concern (New York and Washington D.C.: American Humanist Association) North American Essay Contest
• University of the Philippines Outstanding Student Artist
• Writing Fellow, 18th U.P. National Writers Workshop
• Writing Fellow, 28th National Writers Workshop

References

• Philippine Literature Portal
• Review of Flippin': Filipinos on America
• Austlit - The Australian Literature Resource
• 1st Hong Kong International Literary Festival
• Nestle Philippines - Nestle Bear Brand Milk TV Commercial
• Sydney Writers Festival 2007
• Sydney Writers Festival 2008
• Tokyo hosts 76th PEN Congress
• University of the Philippines website
• College of Arts and Letters website

See Also

• UP College of Arts and Letters
• Department of English and Comparative Literature