The USC Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites you to the third lecture of Rudolf Rahmann Lecture Series.
Professor Randy David will give a lecture on "The Role of Public Intellectuals in the Social Transformation of the Philippines” on August 19, 2010, Thursday, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Rigney Hall, Talamban campus.
Randy David is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. A media personality, Professor David writes a long-running column (Public Lives) for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and hosted one of the longest-running public affairs talk shows on Philippine television, Public Forum. He is also a multi-awarded author and has penned books on Sociology and Philippine Society. Two of his books, Reflections on Sociology and Philippine Society (2002) and Nation, Self, and Citizenship: An Invitation to Philippine Sociology (2003) won the Manila Critics' Circle National Book Awards.
The Rudolf Rahmann Lecture Series is organized by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology. It is named after Rev. Rudolf Rahmann, SVD in recognition of his contribution to the development of social sciences at USC. A renowned ethnologist, he ordered the establishment of San Carlos publications and became its first editor. He also established anthropology at all degree levels. He began his stint at USC as head of the graduate school and later became president of the university. Rahmann earned his PhD in ethnology from the University of Vienna.
Author: Department of Sociology and Anthropology
30 / July / 2010
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