Intramuros Learning Sessions episode no. 59
Overview
This webinar will discuss the Colegio de San Juan de Letran’s 400-year history, highlighting its importance as a Philippine national treasure, as well as the the milestones of the school and its alumni in six periods: 1620 -1700 – The founding fathers and their continuing legacies; 1700 -1826 – The rise of Church ministers, missionaries and martyrs; 1820-1872 – The fate of native secular priests and the awakening of a national identity; 1873-1920 – The road to Philippine revolution and independence; 1920-1970 – The task of nation building and defying the pervasive neo-colonial influence; and 1970-2020 – The Filipinization of Letran and the Philippine Dominican Province.
- Guest speaker: Francisco Liongson IV
- Moderator: Rancho Arcilla
About the guest speaker: Francisco Liongson IV
Francisco R. Liongson IV is a Filipino author, banker, entrepreneur, and management consultant. He has an MBA from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, an ABMP from the Asian Institute of Management, and a BS in Marketing from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He is author of LETRAN An Untold History, and in 2018 he received from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran the Letran Grandes Figuras Award.
About the moderator: Rancho Arcilla
John Paul Escandor Arcilla, known professionally as Rancho Arcilla, is the author of the Intramuros Register of Styles (2021). He served as Chairperson of the Intramuros Technical Committee on Architectural Standards (TCAS) from June 2022 to May 2024. As TCAS Chairperson, Arcilla oversaw the review of all development, including new constructions, in the Walled City.
Arcilla was also the first Archivist of the Intramuros Administration. With a mandate from Atty. Guiller Asido, Administrator of Intramuros from 2017 to 2022, Arcilla established the Administration’s Archives and Central Records Section, serving as its first Section Head from July 2019 to June 2024.
He has an MA in Philippine Studies from UP Diliman and a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Santo Tomas. Arcilla specializes on colonial architecture.
In 2021, Arcilla was instrumental in the development of the Revised 2021 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Presidential Decree No. 1616, the main framework and legal instrument in the management of Intramuros District. The architectural provisions of the IRR and the Intramuros Register of Styles (2021) is based on his MA thesis Walls within Walls: The Architecture of Intramuros (2021).
About the Intramuros Learning Sessions
The Intramuros Learning Sessions (ILS) is the educational lecture 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.
Episode no. 59 Letran: A Philippine National Treasure was produced in partnership with the Colegio de San Juan de Letran
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