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Thursday, March 03, 2011

Manila and Moscow: A Public Lecture



Manila and Moscow:

A Public Lecture

  

March 10, 2011, 10:00a.m.-12:00noon

Third World Studies Center,

Lower Ground Floor, Palma Hall,

University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City





ABSTRACT:

Apart from campaigns to attract Russian tourists to the Philippines, scholarly conversations between Russian and Filipino academics, film festivals, sister city agreements—in short, recent activity between the two nations that the local media finds newsworthy, how else have the Republic of the Philippines and the Russian Federation made the most of their diplomatic ties during recent years? Are current dealings between the occupants of the Kremlin and MalacaƱang marked with cordiality? Thirty-five years after officially establishing diplomatic ties, continuing virtually without negative incident, are there any signs of relations between the two nations going awry anytime soon? This lecture seeks to answer these questions, among others, to spark interest in a largely unexamined though potentially significant relationship. 


PROGRAM


9:30a.m.-10:00a.m.       REGISTRATION

10:00a.m.-10:05a.m.     OPENING REMARKS
                  
                                           Maria Ela L. Atienza
                                           Director
                                           Third World Studies Center
                                           College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
                                           University of the Philippines-Diliman

10:05a.m.-10:10a.m.      INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKERS
                                       
10:10a.m. -10:50a.m.     LECTURE:
"Manila and Moscow – The Current State of Relations between 
the Republic of the Philippines and the Russian Federation" 


                                           Nikolay R. Kudashev
                                           Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
                                           Embassy of the Russian Federation 
                                             in the Philippines

10:50a.m.-11:10a.m.       REACTION
                                     
                                           Herman Manalo Bognot
                                           Assistant Professor
                                           Department of European Languages
                                           College of Arts and Letters
                                           University of the Philippines-Diliman

11:10a.m.-11:55a.m.       OPEN FORUM

11:55a.m.-12:00noon      SYNTHESIS


                                           MODERATOR
                                           Ronald C. Molmisa
                                           Assistant Professor
                                           Department of Political Science
                                           College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
                                           University of the Philippines-Diliman


Organized by the UP Third World Studies Center 
with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Philippines