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The World-System in Crisis: Whither the Third World? (A Public Forum with George Aseniero, PhD)

In celebration of its 35th anniversary, the Third World Studies Center presents the public forum, "The World System in Crisis: Whither the Third World?" with Dr. George Aseniero, President of the Amistad Filipino-Cuban Friendship Association. Discussants include Prof. Alex Magno of the UP Diliman Department of Political Science and Dr. Sylvia Estrada Claudio of the UP Diliman Center for Women's Studies.


SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 15, 2012; 2:30-5:00 PM


VENUE
Third World Studies Center Conference Room, Lower Ground Floor, Palma Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City


Please click here for a playlist of the video recordings of the forum.


PROGRAM

2:30 – 2:40
REGISTRATION

2:40 – 2:45
WELCOME REMARKS
Caesar A. Saloma, PhD (TBC)
Chancellor
University of the Philippines-Diliman

2:45 – 2:50
INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER AND DISCUSSANTS

2:50 – 3:20
SPEAKER
George Aseniero, PhD
President, Amistad Filipino-Cuban Friendship Association

3:20 – 3:30
DISCUSSANT
Alexander R. Magno
Professor
Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

3:30 – 3:40
DISCUSSANT
Sylvia Estrada Claudio, PhD
Director
Center for Women's Studies
University of the Philippines-Diliman

3:40 – 4:25
OPEN FORUM

4:25 – 4:30
CLOSING REMARKS
Francisco Nemenzo, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman


MODERATOR
Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, PhD
Professor
Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman



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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
From 1979 to 1991, Dr. Aseniero worked for the United Nations University (UNU), first in Geneva and then at the UN headquarters in Tokyo. He was in charge, on the UNU side, of the research project on development headed by Johan Galtung, regional studies for Latin America headed by Pablo Gonzalez Casanova, and the project on Africa headed by Samir Amin. These UNU research projects, which also included regional studies of Europe and Asia, were carried out by a network of academic institutions in different countries and regions (one of which – for the Asian region – was the UP Third World Studies Center). As UNU researcher, he was assigned to work with the Max Planck Institut in Starnberg, Germany, which was the center for coordinating research by scholars identified with World-System Theory.

He studied at the University of the Philippines and then pursued post-graduate studies in Sweden at the International Graduate School of the University of Stockholm. He became involved in Peace Research at the University of Uppsala, where he met Johan Galtung. Years later, he was invited by Galtung to join him at the University of Geneva, where he pursued post-graduate studies in development economics and doctoral studies in International Relations while working as Galtung’s assistant in the UNU research project called “Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development”. Later, at the UNU headquarters in Tokyo, he worked under Vice Rector Kinhide Mushakoji until the latter’s retirement.

His publications have been primarily in world-system studies and have been published in various countries and languages.

Developing a Human Security Index for the Philippines

Sponsors:
UP Third World Studies Center, Social Sciences and Philosophy Research Foundation, Inc., Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process-Conflict Prevention and Peace Building, United Nations Development Programme, and UN Act for Peace

Date:
December 4, 2008 (Thursday), 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Venue:
Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City

Registration (9:00-9:30)

Welcome Remarks (9:30-9:35)

Zosimo E. Lee
Dean, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman

Project Overview and Presentation of Research Results (9:35-10:10)

Maria Ela L. Atienza
Deputy Director, Third World Studies Center
University of the Philippines-Diliman

Reactions (10:10-10:55)

Milo S. Ibrado
Deputy Director-General, National Security Council

Nymia Pimentel Simbulan
Executive Director, Philippine Human Rights Information Center

Raymund Jose Quilop
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
University of the Philippines-Diliman

Open Forum (10:55-11:40)

Concluding Comments from the Speaker (11:40-11:55)

Closing Remarks (11:55-12:00)

Teresa s. Encarnacion Tadem
Director, Third World Studies Center
University of the Philippines-Diliman

Moderator

Perlita Frago
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
University of the Philippines-Diliman

Theorizing Social Movements in Southeast Asia

TWSC 30th Anniversary Lecture Series on Social Movements in the South

Vincent Boudreau
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science
City College of New York, USA

2 March 2007, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Asian Center Conference Hall
Romulo Hall
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City

This talk proposes an approach to the comparative study of social movements that incorporates the conditions of under-developed, repressive, poorly institutionalized, or deeply impoverished settings into the analysis. Where political institutions are less established, where protest more likely encounters repression (rather than organizational routines) and where public policy making processes do not allocate most state resources or activity, social movements feed on distinct triggers, develop different laws of motion, and pursue different objectives than those commonly assumed in established theory. The talk suggests a strategy for identifying systematic variation in the parameters of social movements, and then illustrates these ideas with consideration of contemporary Southeast Asian, and especially Philippine, protest. In the end, the talk seeks a way toward a more broadly integrated approach to the study of protest and political contention.

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Third World Studies Center Lecture Series on Social Movements in the South interrogates the relations of contention and collective action to democracy in contemporary history. It focuses especially on movements in the South, using a variety of cases of recent national and cross-border mobilization and protest. The series will address the following questions:Are social movements in the South agents of democratization? How do social movements contribute to (or hinder) the democratization process in various spheres (local, regional, and transnational)? How do deepening interstate relations affect social movement politics? What role do Southern social movements play in the wider global political arena? Are social movements in the South always engaged in contentious politics? How do they interact within the boundaries of institutional politics? Given the present historical conjuncture, what lies ahead for social movements in the South?

The Rise and Fall of the Philippine Student Movement: A Belated and Partial Report

TWSC 30th Anniversary Lecture Series on Social Movements in the South

PATRICIO N. ABINALES
Kyoto University

01 March 2007 (Thursday)
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Third World Studies Center
Basement Palma Hall
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
University of the Philippines-Diliman


This belated and incomplete report tracks the history and dynamics of the Philippine student movement from the 1960s to the 1980s, and suggests a couple of exploratory explanations as to its phenomenal contributions to a rich tradition of political activism but also its subsequent decline and marginalization in the very own movements and organizations it helped built. It also tries to explain the still peculiar discrepancy between the pervasive veneration given to it by scholars and activists, and the scantiness of empirically-grounded analyses of the movement.

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Third World Studies Center Lecture Series on Social Movements in the South interrogates the relations of contention and collective action to democracy in contemporary history. It focuses especially on movements in the South, using a variety of cases of recent national and cross-border mobilization and protest. The series will address the following questions:Are social movements in the South agents of democratization? How do social movements contribute to (or hinder) the democratization process in various spheres (local, regional, and transnational)? How do deepening interstate relations affect social movement politics? What role do Southern social movements play in the wider global political arena? Are social movements in the South always engaged in contentious politics? How do they interact within the boundaries of institutional politics? Given the present historical conjuncture, what lies ahead for social movements in the South?