Lorelei de Viana, Ph.D. is an Architect, Art Historian, and Academic Lecturer. She worked for the National Historical Institute, now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, as Historical Researcher and later as Supervising Architect. She was Dean for Architecture and Fine Arts of the Far Eastern University and later a Research Fellow of the FEU Public Policy Center.

She was President of the Manila Studies Association and the Council of Deans and Heads of Architecture Schools in the Philippines. She has authored books and written journal articles on architectural history, heritage and conservation.


As main speaker
ILS 13 – 19th Century Spanish Manila in Times of Epidemics


About the Intramuros Learning Sessions

The Intramuros Learning Sessions (ILS) is the educational webinar series of the Intramuros Administration (IA). The IA is an attached national government agency under the Department of Tourism. 

Topics are interdisciplinary and cover themes related to Intramuros and Manila studies, Philippine studies, as well as cultural heritage studies. Pursuant to IA’s charter, the ILS aims to contribute to the strengthening of the Filipino’s national identity and sense of belonging and pride.

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