SEACoast Slow Seminar: A History of Families: Bosses, Bullies, and Dictators in the Modern Philippines

The Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) invites you to join us for our winter Slow Seminar, “A History of Families: Bosses, Bullies, and Dictators in the Modern Philippines,” on February 5, 2026 from 11:00 am – 1:00pm.

Professor Steve McKay (Sociology) will facilitate our conversation focused on a selection of classic and contemporary scholarship on regional politics in the Philippines. With the present Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. presidency and the International Criminal Court case against former president Rodrigo Duterte in mind, we look forward to a critical discussion of historical and contemporary Southeast Asian politics

Please register for the Slow Seminar by filling out this Google Form. Registered guests will receive copies of the selected readings via email.

This is a Hybrid event. Participants may join in-person or by Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants at least 1 hour before the event.

New to Slow Seminars? Check out SEACoast’s definition here.