Apart from being a historian, Constantino was engaged in foreign service, working for the Philippine Mission to the United Nations and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
14 Facts About Renato Constantino
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Renato Constantino is the father of former Civil Service Commission Chairperson Karina Constantino-David and father-in-law of University of the Philippines Diliman sociology professor emeritus Randy David.
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Renato Constantino attended the University of the Philippines where he became the youngest editor of the university's student publication, The Philippine Collegian.
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Renato Constantino wrote editorial columns criticizing President Manuel Quezon, which earned the attention of the President by responding to the article in one of his speeches.
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Renato Constantino worked as a counselor for the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1949 to 1951.
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Renato Constantino held professorial positions at the University of the Philippines, Far Eastern University, Adamson University, and Arellano University.
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Renato Constantino was a visiting lecturer in universities in London, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Malaysia and Thailand.
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Renato Constantino served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Trustee of Focus on the Global South in Bangkok.
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Renato Constantino wrote around 30 books and numerous pamphlets and monographs.
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Renato Constantino wrote The Making of a Filipino, The Essential Tanada, Neo-colonial Identity and Counter-Consciousness, and The Nationalist Alternative.
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Renato Constantino received nationalism awards from Quezon City in 1987, Manila in 1988, The Civil Liberties Union in 1988, and the University of the Philippines Manila in 1989.
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Renato Constantino was the Manila's Diwa ng Lahi awardee in 1989.
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Renato Constantino was conferred the Doctor of Arts and Letters from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 1989 and a Doctor of Laws from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1990.
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Today, Renato Constantino is regarded as one of the leading Filipino nationalist historians of the mid-20th century, who advocated for a Filipino-centric view of the country's history, alongside his contemporaries Teodoro Agoncillo and Horacio de la Costa.