Dr. Jeffry Ocay is Keynote Speaker in Radical Democracy in the Philippines Conference

Dr. Jeffry Ocay, professor of Philosophy at the Eastern Visayas State University, will be the Keynote Speaker in the 4th Philippine Politics and Culture Conference this coming April 22, 2022. The theme of the event is "Radical Politics and the Future of Philippine Democracy." Other confirmed speakers include Dr. Juichiro Tanabe (Kumamoto and Waseda University), Ms. Asuna Yoshizawa (Kyoto University), Dr. Rey Luis Montesclaros (MSU-IIT), PD Bruce Colao (Department of the Interior and Local Government), and Prof. Ian Clark Parcon (Ateneo de Davao University).

Politics in the Philippines, explains Wataru Kusaka (2017) and Benjiemen Labastin (2018), is rooted in contestation. Radical democracy, a post-modern approach to understanding politics, looks beyond consensus and recognizes the agonistic nature of modern democracy. While it sets aside the moral aspect of the politics of Liberalism, it is cognizant nevertheless of the fact that a political order can be achieved by acknowleding various differences in the polity.

The first Philippine Politics and Culture Conference was held at Nagoya University in Japan in 2018. It was organized by Dr. Wataru Kusaka and Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, whose research on radical democracy in the Philippines was presented in the same conference. The second conference was arranged by Cor Jesu College with Dr. Kusaka as Guest speaker while the 3rd was hosted by La Salle University - Ozamiz.

The 4th installment is co-sponsored by the Social Ethics Society and Cor Jesu College. It will also be synchronized as the 3rd installment of The Future of Philippine Democracy Webinar Series that serves to educate voters on the forthcoming National Elections. The online event will be hosted by Dr. Rogelio Bayod of Cor Jesu. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc is the convenor. Limited slots for paper presentations are available. For inquiries, email the PPCC 4 Secretariat at roger.bayod@gmail.com.

Thomas Pogge to mentor AdDU prof in ASAP Global Justice Fellowship at Yale

Professor Thomas Pogge of Yale University will be the mentor of Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc in the ASAP Global Justice Program Fellowship at Yale University. Prof. Pogge is the author of World Poverty and Human Rights. Dr. Maboloc will write his research on structural issues in Muslim Mindanao using the perspectives of Iris Marion Young and Thomas Pogge. ASAP is an acronym for Academics Stand Against Poverty. According to its website, it utilizes "scholarship to influence policy and public attitudes to poverty. Established in 2010, (ASAP) is a non-partisan, independent global organization aiming to eradicate severe poverty worldwide." It is based in New Haven, Connecticut. It is under the Global Justice Program at Yale. Fourteen scholars around the world were chosen for the ASAP Program. Pogge is the most prominent scholar on global justice. He proposed the global difference principle as a critique to John Rawls's A Theory of Justice. Rawls was Pogge's adviser at H...

Christopher Ryan Maboloc: An Intellectual Biography

By Menelito Mansueto (MSU-IIT) Christopher Ryan Maboloc is a Davao-based Filipino scholar known for his work in Social and Political Philosophy, Bioethics, Philippine Democracy, and the Philosophy of Technology. He is an Associate Professor at Ateneo de Davao University and a Visiting Professor at Silliman University. His body of work often engages with topics of social justice, structural inequality, and political ethics, particularly in the context of the Philippines. An Erasmus Mundus scholar, the author was trained in political party building and democratic governance at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Bonn and Berlin, Germany. A recipient of the Public Intellectual Prize from the Philosophical Association of the Philippines in 2020 and the founding President of the Social Ethics Society (SES), his noteworthy contribution is the use of philosophical theories to understand different socio-political issues and problems. Maboloc explores the juxtapositions between moral the...

Program, Philosophy of Science Webinar (Theory, Science and Religion)

The Theology Department of Ateneo de Davao University invites you to this Philosophy of Science Webinar navigating the intersections between theory, science, and religion this coming November 16, 2024 from 8am to 11am via Zoom. PROGRAM 8:00 Opening Remarks - Dr. Roawie Quimba, Chair Theology Department, Ateneo de Davao University 8:10 - Introduction of Speakers 8:15 First Lecture - Dr. Juichiro Tanabe (Waseda University, Japan) - The Role of Science in Peace and Conflict Studies 8:45 Second Lecture - Dr. Rogelio Bayod (North Valley College) - Ethics of Technology: Contributions from Indigenous Wisdom 9:15 Third Lecture - Dr. Layne Hartsell (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok) - Sandra Mitchell's Integrative Pluralism 9:45 Fourth Lecture - Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc (Ateneo de Davao University) - Cloning the First Human: The Strange Case of Dr. Hwang 10:15 Open Forum 11:00 End of Program Host - Prof. Menelito Mansueto, MSU-IIT This online event is sponsored by the Theology D...

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