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Jones" class="img-fluid image-style-news-thumbnail" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><div class="field-content"><div class="news-title"><a href="/news/2024-08-05t190414/jamie-jones-receives-named-scholar-position-college-las" hreflang="en">Jamie Jones receives named scholar position from the College of LAS</a> </div><div class="news-content"><em class="news-date">2024-08-05 -</em> English professor <a href="https://english.illinois.edu/directory/profile/jaljones">Jamie L. Jones</a> was among 15 professors honored by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences with a named scholar or professorship position. These positions recognize contributions to research and education at the University of Illinois. 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Capino spent the summer of 2017 researching in European archives and interviewing people for his book on the late Lino Brocka, an influential Filipino filmmaker. He did not expect that his work would get two of Brocka’s most accomplished films—“Jaguar”<em> </em>and “Bona”—restored. 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