Title: The Writer as Artist and Citizen Speaker: Dr. Miguel Syjuco, International Writer-in-Residence, Nanyang Technological University Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize for the Novel Date: December 4th (Thu.), 2014, 16:00 - 18:00 Place: Tonan-tei (Room No. 201), CSEAS, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University   Abstract: Every serious writer, and artist, considers deeply their role in society. Propaganda is anathema, but increasingly so is art for art's sake. Coming from creative and critical literary traditions influenced by social realism, I've sought as a Filipino to write in ways that are political and artistic, imaginative and informed. Through a trilogy of novels, I'm experimenting with how unconventional narrative structures […]