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



***

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.