26/08/2026
The UP Third World Studies Center invites the public to the 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: “𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗮" titled "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽'𝘀 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀."
📆 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: September 2, 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
📍 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗘: Pilar Herrera Lecture Hall, Palma Hall, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman
📝 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥: https://bit.ly/TWSCpcas
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
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 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 titled “𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗮."
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 movements—for 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.
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 “𝗗𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗴” 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗝𝗿. 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
Since AY 2025-2026, the yearly public forum series of the UP Third World Studies Center has been called the Francisco “Dodong” 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 dictator’s 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 “New Society”—a space named, by Dodong’s design, precisely after what the New Society’s 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 “Dodong” Nemenzo Jr. Public Forum Series keeps alive this tradition of timely, unhindered, and purposeful critique.
