MICHAEL “XIAO” CHUA
PUBLIC history, or the bringing of history closer to the people through the technology and means of a certain time, is being developed for inclusion in the graduate programs of the DLSU history department under its chairman, Dr. Ma. Florina Orillos-Juan. In one of the discussions on the different areas of public history, our colleague Dr. Fernando Santiago noted that I had done work in all those areas. His remark made me happy that someone had even noticed. It is really hard work to do academic research alone. That is why it is not often that a historian engages in media, consultancy, training and organization; and heritage work, all at the same time.