The two-day conference will feature a series of panels focusing on Duterte's presidency, the media, polarization, and Duterte's war on drugs. Register here.
Full program:
OCTOBER 17
5:30 - 6:20 PM Book Launch, A Duterte Reader: Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte’s Early Presidency, Edited by Nicole Curato (University of Canberra)
6:20 PM - 6:45 PM Reception
7:00 - 9:30 PM Film Screening of Ma’ Rosa - 515 Dodge Hall, Columbia University
Introduction by, and Q & A after the show, with Neferti Tadiar (Columbia University) and Vicente Rafael (University of Washington)
OCTOBER 18
9:00-9:15 AM Welcome
9:15 -10:45 AM Panel I Where in the World is Duterte’s Philippines?
Moderator: Ann Marie Murphy (Columbia/Seton Hall)
John Gershman (New York University)
Andy Nathan (Columbia University)
Maria Ortuoste (California State University)
10:45 - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 - 12:30 PM Panel II Duterte and the Politics of Populism
Moderator: Duncan McCargo
Nicole Curato (University of Canberra)
Leloy Claudio (University of De La Salle)
Glenda Gloria (Harvard University)
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 PM Panel III Drugs, Policing and Extrajudicial Killings
Moderator: Eduardo Moncada (Barnard College of Columbia University)
Alfred McCoy (University Wisconsin)
Sheila Coronel (Columbia University)
Steffen Jensen (University of Aalborg)
3:00 - 3:15 PM Coffee Break
3:15 - 4:45 PM Panel IV Resistance
Moderator: Neferti Tadiar
Albert Alejo (Loyola School of Theology)
Kiri Dalena (Resbak)
Ea Torrado (Daloy Dance Company)
4:45 - 6:15 PM Panel V Photographing Duterte’s Drug War
Moderator: Sheila Coronel
Daniel Berehulak (New York Times)
Vicente Rafael (University of Washington)
Raffy Lerma (freelance photographer)
Co-Sponsors:
Columbia Journalism School
New York Southeast Asia Network
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Columbia CSER: Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Columbia Center for Justice
Asian American Writers Workshop
University of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre
Co-Organizers: Sheila Coronel, Duncan McCargo, Neferti Tadiar