Schedule for the UP Centennial Lecture Series
Listed below are the tentative schedules for the UP Centennial Lecture Series (EDITED: November 17, 2008).
UP: The Insider’s View
| Date | Venue | Centennial Fellow | Lecture |
| February 15, Friday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Prof. Francisco Nemenzo | Beyond the Clasroom: Rebuilding a Damaged Nation |
| February 29, Friday2 - 4 p.m. | UP Mindanao | Prof. Gemino H. Abad | As Imagined, As Lived: Sense for Language, Sense of Country |
| March 27, Thursday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Prof. Edgardo D. Gomez | Changing Attitudes as a Key to Success for UP’s SecondCentury |
| May 7, Wednesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Prof. Emmanuel S. de Dios | Secular Morality and the University |
| June 19, Thursday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Prof. Cecilia A. Florencio | Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, Pag-asa ng Bayan |
| July 22, Tuesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Prof. Jose V. Abueva | Learning for Leadership and Social Transformation: TheRole of UP as the National University |
| August 29, Friday2 - 4 p.m. | UP Baguio | Prof. Randolf S. David | Modernity and the UP: The First 100 Years |
| September 18, Thursday2 - 4 p.m. | UP Manila | Prof. Ernesto O. Domingo | UP Manila: Created out of a vision, is it fulfilling itsmission? |
| September 26, Friday2 - 4 p.m. | UP Los Baños | Prof. Wilfredo P. David | Reassessing UPLB’s commitment to excellence, academic freedom and social responsibility |
| November 18, Tuesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Prof. Maria Serena I. Diokno | Living in Old Glory and Other Comfort Zones, But What of the Future? |
| November 28, Friday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Prof. Jose M. Magpantay | Is UP a Cause or Consequence of the Country’s Weak Industry? |
| December 5, Friday2 - 5 p.m. | Abellardo Hall (UP College of Music) |
Prof. Ramon P. Santos | UP and the Cultivate Filipino: In Search of Spirit-Self in a Culture of Humanism and Aesthetic Judgment |
UP: The View from Outside
| Date | Venue | Centennial Lecturer | Lecture |
| May 21, Wednesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Mr. Ramon del Rosario | The National University in the Nation’s Service |
| July 10, Thursday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Cong. Saturnino “Satur” Ocampo | UP will forge through risk-filled neo-liberal era; so will militant activism persist |
| July 31, Thursday2 - 4 p.m. | UP Manila | Rev. Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J. | Building Internationally Competitive Institutions and Overcoming Poverty: Can These Two Paths Converge? |
| August 22, Friday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Ms. Sheila Coronel | Media Power and People Power: Citizens, Journalists and the University in the Internet Age |
| September 3, Wednesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | Dr. Washington SyCip | Questions for the Future of U.P. |
Lectures by Distinguished Fellows
| Date | Venue | Distinguished Fellow | Lecture |
| January 9, Wednesday9 - 11:30 a.m. | UP Film Center | Dr. David Jonathan Gross | The Lessons of Science |
| January 16, Wednesday2 - 4:30 p.m. | UP Film Center | Dr. Baldomero Olivera | From Cone Snail Venom to Drugs: The Scientific Oddysey of a UP Graduate |
| March 15, Saturday2 - 4 p.m. | UP School of Economics Auditorium | Dr. Douglass C. North | Why Institutions Matter |
| August 12, Tuesday2- 4 p.m. | UP NISMED | H.E. Fidel V. Ramos | Peace and Development:The Noblest Aspiration of Mankind |
Experts on Burning Issues of the Day
| Date | Venue | Lecture |
| January 31, Thursday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED |
POVERTY ALLEVIATION Convenor: Dr. Raul Fabella A Centennial Conversation”Poverty, Facts, Theories, and Remedies” 1.) Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan(UPSE Professor and SEARCA)”What we know and Don’t” 2.) Dr. Dante B. Canlas(UPSE Professor)”Why the Poor Remain Poor” 3.) Dr. Raul V. Fabella”Globalization and Governance: Do They Matter?” |
| March 11, Tuesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED |
WOMEN Convenor: Dr. Carolyn Sobritchea Women Contesting Fundamentalisms and Various Forms of Intolerance |
| May 14, Wednesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED |
GLOBAL WARMING Convenor: Dr. Perry Ong Anthropogenic Global Warming: Beyond the Hype Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason(with reactors) |
| July 2, Wednesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED |
PEACE Convenor: Prof. Miriam Ferrer Peace ngayon, war bukas, pwede ba yon?The Constitutional Imperative to Pursue Peace |
| September 9, Tuesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP Manila |
STATE OF NATION’S HEALTH Convenor: Dr. Alberto Romualdez |
| October 2, Thursday2 - 4 p.m. | UP Baguio / Malcolm Hall(tentative) |
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Convenor: UP College of Law Dean Prof. Marvic Leonen |
| November 12, Wednesday2 - 4 p.m. | UP NISMED |
STATE OF RP EDUCATION When Reforms Don’t Transform: Reflections on Philippine Education A Joint Lecture by Dr. Cynthia Rose Bautista, Dr. Allan B.I. Bernardo, and Dr. Dina Ocampo |
