NRCP Quincentennial Commemorations Public Lecture Series

The National Research Council of the Philippines presents: Public Lecture Series for the Quincentennial Commemorations. This year, with the theme: Breakthroughs for Solidarity – NRCP Presents a one-of-a-kind

Lecture Series in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan and the

500th anniversary of the Philippine part in the first circumnavigation of the world.

The next lecture will be on November 17, 2021

Topic: Ang Panitikan at ang Pambansang

Kasaysayan at Kaunlaran

Speaker: Virgilio S Almario, Ph.D.

National Artist

Professor Emeritus, University of the Philippines Diliman

Topic: Marine Science Research in the

Philippines – Imagining the Future by Examining the Past

Speaker: Gil S. Jacinto, Ph.D.

Ret. Professor, Marine Science Institute

University of the Philippines

The Public Lecture Series has ended.

Watch the lecture recordings below!

Lecture Series 6 | November 17, 2021

Topic: Ang Panitikan at ang Pambansang

Kasaysayan at Kaunlaran

Speaker: Virgilio S Almario, Ph.D.

National Artist

Professor Emeritus, University of the Philippines Diliman

Topic: Marine Science Research in the

Philippines – Imagining the Future by Examining the Past

Speaker: Gil S. Jacinto, Ph.D.

Ret. Professor, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines

Lecture Series 5 | October 13, 2021

Topic: Developing STEM talent in

public high schools and SUCs

Speaker: Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J.

National Scientist

Former NRCP Board Member


Topic: The archival documentary

heritage and its actual value: Different

approaches to the 1st Circumnavigation

Speaker: Antonio Sánchez de Mora, Ph.D.

Spanish Historian and Archivist

Lecture Series 4 | September 15, 2021

Topic: Understanding the Mamanwa:

Gentle People of the Philippines

Speaker: Prof. Larry R. Dillo

St. Paul University Surigao



Topic: Lumad and Bangsamoro

Resistance and Identity

Speaker: Prof. Arnold P. Alamon

Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology

Lecture Series 3 | August 18, 2021

Topic: Pre-Colonial Eastern

Visayas in Alcina’s Historiade Bisayas

Speaker: Rolando O. Borrinaga, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Health Sciences

University of the Philippines Manila

Topic: Saving the Historic Lapulapu and Sugbu

from Myths and Misconceptions

Speaker: Jose Eleazar R. Bersales, Ph.D.

Full Professor, Department of Anthropology,

Sociology and History

Director, University of San Carlos Museum

Lecture Series 2 | July 15, 2021

Topic: Homo luzonensis: New

Species of Ancient Human

Speaker: Armand Salvador B. Mijares, Ph.D.

NRCP Regular Member, Social Sciences Division

Professor or Archaeology, University of the Philippines Diliman

Topic: The Pre-Colonial Period in

Cordillera Historiography

Speaker: Maria Nela B. Florendo, Ph.D.

Professor of History, University of the Philippines Baguio

Lecture Series 1 | June 14, 2021

Topic: Historicizing the Present

Speaker: Maria Serena I. Diokno, Ph.D.

NRCP Member, Social Sciences Division

Professor Emeritus, University of the

Philippines Diliman

Topic: Quincentennial Commemorations: A Search for National Meaning

Speaker: Prof. Randolf S. David

NRCP Member, Social Sciences Division

Professor Emeritus, University of the

Philippines Diliman