26/08/2026
The UP Third World Studies Center invites the public to the ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ก๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: โ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ" titled "๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ'๐ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐."
๐ ๐๐๐ง๐: September 2, 2026 (Wednesday)
โฐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐จ๐: Pilar Herrera Lecture Hall, Palma Hall, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman
๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ: https://bit.ly/TWSCpcas
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ก๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
The UP Third World Studies Center will mark its 50th year as a research institution next year. It was a half-century driven by critical inquiry and activism, by pioneering research that exposed the oppressive qualities of power and the empty promises of progress. The Center stood both as chronicler and critic of the nation's recent struggles. It is these struggles that the TWSC will highlight in the ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ก๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ titled โ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ."
With numerous movements and campaigns blooming into essence in what seems to be an unyielding cycle of injustice, this series celebrates the victories that have already been won, the scholarship generated in complement, and the failures that have redirected the path of these movementsโfor better or for worse.
The first half of the series will present lectures both from scholars and activists on academic freedom, peace efforts, and human rights.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ โ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ดโ ๐ก๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ. ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
Since AY 2025-2026, the yearly public forum series of the UP Third World Studies Center has been called the Francisco โDodongโ Nemenzo Jr. Public Forum Series. TWSC was the brainchild of Dodong, eminent scholar-activist, who passed away on December 19, 2024. When the Center started as a program in 1977, autocrats were jockeying to lay claim on leadership of the Third World, or the so-called non-aligned or developing states. Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was one such claimant; Dodong, then dean of the UP Diliman College of Arts and Sciences, saw opportunity in the dictatorโs ambition. With Randy David, he carved out a space for scholars who, like them, were disinclined to follow orthodoxies, labored to counter imperialist interventions, or resisted co-optation by the fascist โNew Societyโโa space named, by Dodongโs design, precisely after what the New Societyโs chieftain desired to dominate. While later gaining renown for research and publications, TWSC started with colloquia and in-house lectures, gathering thinkers critical of the dictatorship or prevailing discourses on dependency, development, and democracy for incisive and insightful exchanges, contributing to finding emancipatory alternatives. As with the discussions and lectures organized by TWSC since, Francisco โDodongโ Nemenzo Jr. Public Forum Series keeps alive this tradition of timely, unhindered, and purposeful critique.
