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Philippine Youth Essay Contest On Atrocity Prevention ​ Requirements Youth & Atrocity Prevention in the Philippines in the Context of the COVID-19 pandemic 10,000 PHP cash prize for the authors of the top 2 essays of each category plus a certificate of high merit and the opportuniy to participate in a youth panel webinar to …

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The Department of Political Science is happy to announce that we have received a grant from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation or Agencia Español de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) for the implementation of project entitled “Surfacing Narratives Towards Transitional Justice in the North and South: Weaving Women’s Voices – A Memory Project in …

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WEBINAR: Critical Perspectives on the Martial Law Era or Critical Perspectives on the Martial Law Regime Thursday, September 24, 2020 Features, the following discussants: Millard O Lim , Martial Law and Coup d’Etat in 1972; Carmel V Abao, PhD, Is Duterte A Resurrected Marcos: Dictatorship and Authoritarian Populist Regimes; Jennifer S Oreta, PhD, The Military during Martial …

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LEST WE FORGET Activism & Political Discourse on the 48th Year since the Declaration of Martial Rule in the Philippines Virtual Tour Event Registration Lest We Forget Activism and Political Discourse is a platform for staging voices on the 48 years of remembering Martial Law in the Philippines. Find out more by visiting Insights and …

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Podcast: Pandemic Leadership: Duterte Versus Leni showcases Dr Melay Abao’s critique of Duterte’s crude crisis messaging while she presents the importance of  decisive speech in crisis mobilization during a pandemic. Read and listen to her in Rappler’s rendition 

The Department of Political Science of the School of Social Sciences of the Ateneo de Manila University has been recently awarded the Ambassador Rodolfo C Severino Jr Endowment for Diplomacy and International Relations last August 17, 2020. The endowment is established in honor of Amb Rodolfo Severino Jr’s distinguished contribution to Philippine foreign policy  and scholarship in the …

Department of Political Science of the School of Social Sciences of ADMU, is Ambassador Rodolfo C Severino Jr Endowment for Diplomacy and International Relations Grantee Read More »

The term “oligarchy” is often mentioned in Philippine politics.  Very recently, Representative Mike Defensor used it in Congressional hearings on the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise, in reference to ABS-CBN owners (the Lopez family).   He claimed (roughly translated from Taglish) that “when the President mentions that we should dismantle the oligarchy in the Philippines,  …

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