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2 ARAW NA LANG!
Get ready to experience history like never before! ALAS NG BAYAN 2.0 An exhibit honoring the unbroken line of Filipina heroism — from the[READ]
3 ARAW NA LANG!
Filipinas as superheroes? Absolutely. ⚡️ Catch Alas ng Bayan 2.0—a bold reimagining of Filipina heroism from the 19th century to today. Five women. Five[READ]
Filipinas in history as Superheroes? Oh yes. See them reimagined in an exciting new exhibit in Quezon City! #FightLikeGirls!
Filipinas in history as Superheroes? Oh yes. See them reimagined in an exciting new exhibit in Quezon City! #FightLikeGirls!Alas ng Bayan 2.0 is a riveting[READ]
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‘Alas ng Bayan 2.0’ Exhibit Highlights Filipina Heroes Through Art and History
March12, 2026 | Text by: Charmaine A. Lingdas
Photos by: Sarah Hazel Moces S. Pulumbarit
The University of the Philippines Manila Museum of a History of Ideas (MHI) launched the “Alas ng Bayan 2.0” exhibit on March 10, 2026, as part of the university’s celebration of National Women’s Month, highlighting the stories of five Filipina heroes through comic-inspired artworks that reimagine them as modern-day superheroes.
Organized in partnership with the UP Center for Gender and Women’s Studies, the Constantino Foundation, and the 350 Pilipinas, the exhibit features Gregoria “Oriang” de Jesus, Apolonia Catra, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso “Kumander Liwayway,” Ma. Lorena Barros, and[READ]
Pasts Revisited
The historian Renato Constantino was ahead of his time. Around 30 years ago he was already calling for the kind of thinking that is accepted today as necessary wisdom. #PioneerIntellectual #APastRevisited
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Building Bridges Through History: NHCP at Letizia: A Life in Letters
We were honored to host representatives from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines at the Letizia: A Life in Letters exhibit. The visit offered a meaningful occasion for scholarly exchange on historical memory, archival curation, and inclusive heritage interpretation. Through engaging dialogue over merienda, we explored avenues for collaboration and[READ]
Historian Xiao Chua recently visited the Letizia: A Life in Letters exhibit, offering insightful reflections on Letizia Constantino’s legacy.
SIR IS THE ARCHITECT AND MA'AM IS THE CARPENTER Post Independence Day post. Among the work of historians, one of the most towering text that tells of the Philippine struggle to stand on its own two feet was nationalist historian Renato Constantino's The Philippines: A Past Revisited and the sequel[READ]
Keepers of Memory
by Red Constantino “[H]ow do we exist, save on the lips of our friends?” wrote Virginia Woolf to Molly MacCarthy on 11 June 1939. The day before, Woolf said, “you were absolutely incandescent.” After three days of a pewter sky came sunshine. Zachary See, an intellectual who hides the fact that[READ]
