Leloy Claudio
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Leloy Claudio | |
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| Born | Lisandro Elias Estrada Claudio September 23, 1984 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality |  Philippines |
| Citizenship | Filipino |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, academic, author, political analyst |
| Awards | Philippine National Book Award (2014) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ateneo de Manila University (AB) University of Melbourne (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | "Taming People's Power: The EDSA Revolutions and Their Contradictions" (2013) |
| Website | https://sseas.berkeley.edu/people/lisandro-claudio |
Lisandro Elias "Leloy" Estrada Claudio is a Filipino professor, academic and an author. He is currently an assistant professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California Berkeley.
Early life and education
[edit]Claudio is the son of Dr. Rafael Claudio, a twin brother of former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s Political Adviser Gabriel Claudio, and Sylvia Estrada Claudio. He has two brothers, Basil Claudio and Redd Claudio. His maternal grandfather is Horacio Estrada, and his maternal grandmother is Rita Maurat Domingo Estrada.
Claudio earned his Bachelor of Arts (AB) degree in Communication from Ateneo de Manila University in 2007, graduating as Class Valedictorian and Magna Cum Laude. He later obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Asian History from the University of Melbourne in 2011.
Profile
[edit]Claudio worked as an academic at Ateneo de Manila University,[1][2] and later with De La Salle University. Claudio also writes for some websites like newmandala.org.[3] Claudio authored Basagan Ng Trip, which tackles some issues of the Philippine society.[4]
In 2013, he criticized then-Senator Tito Sotto for plagiarizing Robert F. Kennedy’s “Day of Affirmation” speech in South Africa in 1966 on a privilege speech translated to Tagalog language. With Miguel Syjuco, a writer, they challenged Sotto to a debate about reproductive health law, a top issue that year, which the latter refused.[1][5] Sotto is known for being an opposition to reproductive health laws.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Quiros, Conrado de (September 10, 2012). "Plagiarizing the past". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ "Ateneo's Leloy Claudio's wake up call for Duterte die-hards: You're elite too - POLITIKO". politiko.com.ph. March 27, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ "Lisandro Claudio, Author at New Mandala". New Mandala. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ Claudio, Lisandro (November 9, 2017). Basagan ng Trip: Complaints About Filipino Culture and Politics. Anvil Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-971-27-3348-2.
- ^ Nery, John (January 7, 2013). "Rejoinders: Pacman, Sotto, atbp". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ Macaraig, Ayee (September 5, 2012). "Sotto says no to tag-team debate". RAPPLER. Retrieved September 1, 2024.