World War II
March 14, 2025
Marching Empire (Lecture with Dr. Felicidad A. Prudente)
Military Music in the Philippines Under Japanese Rule (Roderick Hall Memorial Lectures)
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March 15, 2024
Breaking the Silence, Shifting Perspectives
Evolving Narratives and Representations of Filipino Comfort Women (A free lecture)
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March 7, 2024
Kamlon’s Rebellion, 1948-1955
A Forgotten Sulu Insurgency and the Hidden Legacies of World War II (A free webinar)
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February 13, 2024
The Afterlives of Art: Problematising the Anti-War Message
The Roderick Hall Memorial Lectures returns on February 24. Free admission.
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January 5, 2024
Book Talk: Dauntless by Marie Silva Vallejo
January 20, 2024. Free Admission.
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March 21, 2023
The Roderick Hall Memorial Lectures
Save the date: April 1 & 15, 10AM PHT on Zoom and FB Live
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March 10, 2023
Planes, Trains, and Batels: Transportation in WW2 Philippines
A free webinar with Dr. Ricardo Jose on March 18, 2023
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September 8, 2022
Liberation Talks with Joseph McCallus
A free webinar on September 24, 2022
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August 17, 2022
After the War: Fashioning the Philippines
A free webinar on the work of Salvacion Lim Higgins…
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July 16, 2022
Liberation: War and Hope exhibit formally launched
The exhibition, free to all visitors, runs from July 15, 2022 until September 25, 2022.
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May 27, 2022
Free Exhibit | Liberation: War and Hope
27 May 2022 – 23 Oct 2022 | Ayala Museum
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March 23, 2022
The Making of “Liberation: War and Hope”
Our inaugural exhibition is coming soon! Watch our mini documentary.
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March 11, 2022
Liberation: War & Hope | Official Trailer
Coming to your screens on March 23, 2022.
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March 1, 2022
Popcorn at the Barracks: A free webinar on March 5
Learn about national cinema after the war in a new talk with Nick Deocampo
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June 15, 2021
Shaping City Sense: A free webinar on June 26
Three historians reflect on the changing urban forms of three cities…
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April 9, 2021
Bataan Death March: April 9 – 17, 1942
A mini-virtual exhibition on Instagram
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October 21, 2020
Dreams of Cake and Ice Cream: Coping with Hunger in WW2
Free webinar tells how private kitchens in a time of crisis became a source of public strength
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July 30, 2020
Liberation Talks: The Aftermath of WWII on Aug 15
Speakers: Dr. Ricardo Jose, Cecilia Gaerlan, and James Scott | Q&A moderated by Desiree Benipayo
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June 16, 2020
War Through the Eyes of the Child
A virtual exhibition on the experiences of children during the war
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February 3, 2020
Hope is the Thing with Feathers*
When we think of war and the great tragedy it imposes on those left behind to remember it, we often do so with great solemnity, anger, and pain…
Read More A Battle Yet to be Won
The Battle of Manila is a war that speaks hundreds of stories and destroyed hundreds of lives, yet history overlooks the gore of the catastrophic battle…
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James Scott’s lecture about the Battle of Manila gave me my first real glimpse into the horrors of the first and only urban battle…
Read More The Battle of Manila: A Reflection and A Hope
The Battle of Manila of 1945 is one of the many bloody encounters between the American forces and the Japanese Army…
Read More The Passing of Manila
I believe that we, as a nation, had lost a great and integral portion of our written and unwritten history when the bombs and artillery fell…
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The relevance of the Battle of Manila in the wider scope of Philippine history cannot be understated, as it remains the bloody climax…
Read More A Light for the Filipino People
The Battle of Manila is described as “a fight unlike any other in the Pacific War…”
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November 13, 2019
FHL brings ‘Women and War’ exhibit and ‘Honor’ film to Iloilo
Women and War is open to the public and will run until December 12, 2019.
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November 5, 2019
WWII Film Marathon on November 23
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Manila during World War II
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May 2, 2019
Women and War exhibition on Google Arts & Culture
We are proud to present the online version…
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March 2, 2019
RAMPAGE author launches book, visits universities
Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott launched his latest book Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita…
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January 19, 2019
Book Launch: RAMPAGE by James M. Scott (Feb 12)
Rampage delivers the definitive history of the monstrous twenty-nine-day battle…
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