Event Calendar
Upcoming Events
The Authoritarian Imaginary: Intimacy, Autoimmune Community and Democracy in the Philippines
November 14, 2024 | Belknap Academic Building 218 | 4 p.m.
Prof. Vicente Rafael will deliver remarks based on his recent book, The Sovereign Trickster: Death and Laughter in the Age of Duterte. Rafael illuminates the power of populist vulgarity, as well as paths towards deepening democracy through photojournalism and social movements. An interdisciplinary panel will respond to Rafael’s work from diverse perspectives in social sciences and the humanities.
Past Events
The Representation Trap: How and Why Muslims Struggle to Maintain Power in India with Harvard University Professor, Feyaad Allie
October 24, 2024 | Ford Hall Room 407 | 12:30 p.m.
At the core of India’s democratic health is the treatment and inclusion of its largest religious minority, Muslims. Prof. Feyaad Allie examines the political representation of Indian Muslims and why, even when they make it to office, they struggle to maintain political power. His research highlights forces that hinder the positive benefits of descriptive representation.
September 26, 2024 | Ford Hall Room 407 | 12:30 p.m.
Hindu temples feature prominently in today’s Indian politics, most visibly in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s consecration and patronage and of the Rama Temple in Ayodhya. Prof. Richard Eaton highlights moments in India’s precolonial and colonial past to illustrate how the ghosts of those periods haunt, and inform, the present.
April 15, 2024 | Ford Hall Room 307 | 12:30 p.m.
How do religion and nationalism combine in Philippine politics? And how does this combination change political claims-making, from the death penalty to divorce to LGBTQ+ protections? CAD’s Visiting Fellow Jayeel Cornelio discusses his book manuscript on these crucial topics to the future of democracy in the country.
2024 Annual Lecture on Asian Democracy: Some People Need Killing with Patricia Evangelista
March 5, 2024 | Speed Art Museum | 6 p.m.
On Tuesday, March 5, the Center for Asian Democracy hosted the 2024 Annual Lecture on Asian Democracy with trauma journalist and former investigative reporter, Patricia Evangelista. The event centered on Evangelista’s debut book Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country, which focuses on violence during the drug war of former-President Rodrigo Duterte.
Outsourcing Oppression: Everyday State Power in China with Professor Lynette Ong
February 26, 2024 | Ford Hall Room 307 | 12 p.m.
How do states coerce citizens into compliance while minimizing backlash? The Chinese state regularly engages in local and political coercion, yet seems to have provoked minimal recent social turmoil. Ong joins CAD to discuss how state authorities deploy local thugs and power brokers to pursue state interests while maintaining public support.
Islam, Democracy in Indonesia and Citizenship with Professor Robert Hefner
February 5, 2024 | Ford Hall Room 307 | 12 p.m.
Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, and a vibrant democracy. Its February 2024 elections will bring well over 100 million Indonesians to the polls. How does Islam impact democracy and citizenship in the country? And could new trends challenge established patterns of pluralism? Prof. Robert Hefner takes up these topics in his talk at CAD.
Political Paths out of Civil War? Myanmar's Conflict in Comparative Perspective with Professor Jacques Bertrand
January 18, 2024 | Ford Hall Room 307 | 12 p.m.
Since February 2021, Myanmar has descended into one of the worst periods of its long-lasting civil war. After two years of intense conflict, are there pathways out of civil war? Professor Jacques Bertrand joined CAD to analyze the current prospects for political resolution, drawing on insights from other civil wars in Indonesia and the Philippines.
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