Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Tallara

Journal Articles

[Forthcoming]. 2025. “Sacred Space in Non-Places: An Analysis of Filipino Catholicism in the Age of Supermodernity.” International Journal of Asian Christianity.

2025. “Colonial Iconography: An Analysis of Baroque Catholicism in the Ibero-Latin American-Southeast Asian Religious and Historical Connections.” CHARTS Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 1 (1): 77-98.

2023. “Maranao-Muslim Food Culture in Quiapo: Reimagining the Role of Food and Commensality in Interreligious Understanding in Manila.” Kritika Kultura 41: 112-130. 

2023. “Quiapo and Antipolo, Connected Places for Performing Panata: An Analysis on the Idea of Commutatio and Transitio in the Study of Alay Lakad in the Philippines.” The PASCHR Journal 5 (1): 17-25. 

2022. Symbolism and Expression of Performing Panata in the Philippines: An Ethnohistorical Analysis of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno of Quiapo. Religions 13 (4): 272. 

Book Chapters

2023. “Virtual Catholicism in the Philippines: An Analysis of Technology, Religion, and Kalooban in Time of Isolation”. In Philosophies of Appropriated Religions, edited by Sorah Hongladarom, Jeremiah Joven Joaquin, and Frank J. Hoffman, 303-321. Singapore: Springer. 

2022. “Understanding Catholicism in a Shared Space for Religious Practices: An Analysis of Performing Sacred Vow to Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno of Quiapo.” In Black Nazarene: Devotion and Discourse, Nazareno Studies. Manila: UST and Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene.

Education and Research

    • Ph.D. in Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, 2018
    • MA in Philosophy, University of Santo Tomas, 2007
    • BA in Philosophy, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, 2002

Courses Taught

    • AS 202: Asia in Antiquity
    • AS 203: Asian Encounters
    • AS 255.2: Politics and Governance in Southeast Asia
    • PS 215: Special Topics in Philippine Socio-Cultural Studies

Essays

2021. “Enhancing the eLearning ‘white space’ in a fully-online course on Southeast Asian Studies at De La Salle University.” Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia (11). 

Conference Proceedings

2020. “Quiapo and Antipolo as Shared Spaces for Performing Panata: An Ethnohistorical Analysis of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno and Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje.” In Pamana at Sining: Valuing the Arts, Rediscovering Heritage and Reaffirming Identities (Proceedings of the 13th DLSU Arts Congress). Manila: De La Salle University.

2020. “Shared Catholicism in Southeast Asia: Overseas Filipino Prayer Groups and the Charismatic Spaces in Singapore, An Ethnohistorical Analysis.” In Building Resilient, Innovative, and Sustainable Societies (Proceedings of DLSU Research Congress), Vol. 8. Manila: De La Salle University.

2017. “Mga Milagro ng Birheng Maria: Symbolism and Expression of Marian Devotion in the Philippines.” In Transcultural Dynamics of Asia and Europe: Mobility, Negotiation, and Transformation (Proceedings of the 9th Next Generation Global Workshop). Kyoto: Kyoto University Asian Studies Unit.

Book Reviews

2016. “Review of Mother Figured: Marian Apparitions and The Making of a Filipino Universal by Deirdre de la Cruz.” Southeast Asian Studies 5 (3): 567-70.