Quirino Foundation lecture series kicks off with Winnie Monsod economic lecture

The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in partnership with the President Elpidio Quirino Foundation (PEQF) is holding the 1st of a series of lectures in line with the celebration of the President Elpidio Quirino's 125th birthday celebration this year. 

 

Professor Solita "Winnie" C. Monsod kicks off with a lecture on the Philippines' postwar economy under President Elpidio Quirino at the GT Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, Magsaysay Avenue, UP Diliman. It is aptly entitled: "The Economy and Polity: EQ 1948-1953."

 

“The lecture series was designed to give the youth today a better understanding of the challenges that our country faced after the war under the administration of President Elpidio Quirino,” said Atty. Aleli Angela “Lila” Quirino, President of the Quirino Foundation.  

“We hope that by doing this, we are able to give them a wider and deeper perspective of history that will hopefully guide them when it’s their turn to lead our country,” she added.

 

The next lectures of the series lined up are on Education by Dr. Jaime Laya; Philippine-Japan Relations by Dr. Ambeth Ocampo; and Mr. Bernard Kerblat on the History of Refugee Arrivals in the Philippines.

 

The lecture series, which is open to the general public, is part of the year-long celebration the Foundation has lined up in commemoration of the late former President Elpidio Quirino in a campaign recently launched, EQ 125. 

 

Interested participants may call NHCP at 536-3181 / 254-7482 loc 131 / 143 or PEQF at 463-5572 / 0915-8946290.

 

Press release from President Elpidio Quirino Foundation