The Institute of Religion and the Center for Theology, Religious Studies and Ethics of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila will hold this year’s Saliksikan and Leonardo Legaspi, OP Lectures on November 13, 2023, (Monday), from 9:00 – 6:00pm. The hybrid event will UST Central Laboratory Auditorium and Zoom. This year’s conversation has the theme, “Cultivating Global Citizenship within the Framework of Caring for Creation” and will bring together theologians, philosophers, and scientists to provide their perspectives on the issues of ecology and climate change. CTRSE Director Joel C. Sagut, PhD and College of Science Dean Rey Donne S. Papa, PhD will be the main speakers.
Moreover, the event is part of the ongoing collaboration among the Faculty of Theology of the University of Fribourg (Fribourg, Switzerland)under the chairmanship of Prof. Helmut Zander for Comparative History of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue, the Dominican University (Ibadan, Nigeria), and the University of Santo Tomas (Manila, Philippines). The collaboration is dubbed as CoMIF (Collaboration among Manila, Ibadan and Fribourg) and will host the afternoon Symposium/Workshop on ‘Ecology and Climate Change.’
Interested scholars, faculty members and students are invited to register through https://bit.ly/Saliksikan-LLLS_2023 or the QR code provided on the poster. Updates related to this event will be released through the Facebook page of UST Institute of Religion (https://www.facebook.com/USTreligion).