Main Themes and Events of the 1998 Celebrations

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Month/Date	Theme	Main Events/Venues	Main Celebrant/s	Collaborating Institutions
January 28, 1998	Launching of the 1998 Celebrations	Launching Ceremonies / UP Manila 1998 Centennial Celebrations UP Decade 1998-2008 Website of Centennial Calendar of Events Apolinario Mabini Carillon One-Billion UP Alumni Centennial Fund	UP System UP Manila	Malacañang – Phil. Centennial Comm. (PCC) – National Comm. on Culture and Arts (NCCA) – National Historical Institute - LGUs of Manila, Quezon City – UP Manila Alumni Assn. – KAANAK
February 9-13	The Literature of the Revolution	Centennial Book Fair Diliman Week / UP Diliman MOA Signing : Centers of Local History and Culture (UP, CHED, PASUC)	UP System UP Diliman	UP Press – Univ. Presses – UPS Lib. – Sentro ng Wikang Filipino – Phil. Press Inst. – Asian Inst. Of Journalism and Comm. – Publishers’ Assn. of the Phil. –Phil. Independent Church – PCC - CHED – PASUC
March 9-13	Women of the Revolution	National Conference on Women of the Revolution / UP Diliman	UP System Univ. Center for Womens’ Studies (UCWS)	Quezon City Gov’t. – Women’s Chapter of PCC – Nat’l. Comm. On the Role of Filipino Women – Women NGOs
April 6-10	Freedom Trail: The Philippine Revolution in Southern Tagalog	Lakbay-aral sa Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Quezon	UP System UP Los Baños	LGUs of Cavite, Batangas, Laguna and Quezon – PCC – ADHIKA – Prov’l. Historical Societies – CHED
May 1-4	Laboring to Make a Nation	1998 UP faculty Conference on Nationalism	UP System UP Diliman	LGUs of Manila and Quezon City, – PCC - Labor Unions – DOLE
June 9-21	The Celebrations	June 9-11 International Conference on the Treaty of Paris/UP Diliman June 12 Independence Day / Rizal Park June 18 Foundation Day / UP Diliman Fiesta Filipina in UP/UP Diliman June 19 Launching of the CIDS Lecture Series on Nationalism / UP Diliman June 20-21 Grand UP Alumni Homecoming	UP System All AUs UPAA	CHED – PCC – Nat’l. Historical Institute – Q.C. Gov’t. – NCCA – DFA - Embassies of Spain, United States, Cuba
July 6-10	Founding Fathers of the Nation	Kadatuan II Conference / Davao City UP Mindanao – Davao City Local Government Celebration	UP System UP Mindanao	CIDS- PCC- NHI – ARMM – Kadatuan Org.
August 23-28	Sigaw sa Pugad Lawin: The Philippine revolution in the Manila Area	Re-enactment of Sigaw sa Pugad Lawin / Pugad Lawin	UP System UP Diliman	LGUs of Q.C., Caloocan, Manila, San Juan, Marikina – PCC - Phil. Independent Church
September 13-18	The Philippine Revolution in Central Luzon	Constitutionalism: The Malolos Congress (Re-enactment of the Malolos Congress/ Malolos) Presentation, Sandaang Taon, Sandaang Aklat / UP Diliman (Sept 14-18)	UP System UP Diliman	Malacañang – Senate – Congress – PCC – Prov’l. Gov’t. of Bulacan – Regina Carmeli College - Parish of Malolos
October 20-23	The Philippine Revolution in the Visayas	Commemoration of the Balangiga Encounter at Balangiga, Samar (UP Tacloban and UP Manila School of Health Sciences) Re-enactment of the Inauguration of the Revolutionary Gov’t. of the Visayas in Sta. Barbara (Iloilo) / Launching of the Graciano Lopez Jaena Carillon (UPV Miag-ao) / Centennial Golf Tournament, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo Heroism of Lapu-Lapu / UPV Cebu	UP Visayas (Tacloban, Iloilo, Cebu) UP Manila SHS	PCC – LGUs of Eastern Samar, Iloilo and Cebu – DFA - DOT – NHI – Phil. National Historical Society. – Leyte-Samar Historical Society – CHED
November 9-13	The Philippine Revolution: Catalyst of Revolutions in Asia	Launching of the "Filipiniana On-Line" Teleconferencing of Asian countries Philippines – Mexico Conference	UP System UP Open Univ.	PCC – DFA - Diplomatic Corps- Other universities in Southeast Asia
December 17-18	Patriotism	Closing Ceremonies Maiden musical presentation commemorating 1998 Centennial and 90^th year of UP (R. Cayabyab, Music & B. Lumbera, Libretto), Dec. 17 Systemwide Lantern Parade / Rizal Park, Dec. 18	UP System All AUs	LGUs of Manila and Quezon City – Department of Tourism – PCC – NCCA