The intense social protests that shook Chile in 2019 were democratically channeled into an unprecedented process that promised to give the country a new constitution that would replace the one inherited from the Pinochet dictatorship. However, the progressive proposal drafted by an assembly elected for this purpose was widely rejected by the population in a recent referendum. How should we understand this outcome? What happened to the Chilean constitutional process? In this talk, Professor Cristobal Bellolio will address these and other questions for those interested in political-constitutional processes and  Latin American political phenomena.

Cristóbal Bellolio is Associate Professor at Adolfo Ibañez University's School of Government in Santiago, Chile. He holds a PhD in Political Philosophy and an MA in Legal & Political Theory from University College London (UK), and Law and Political Science degrees from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His area of research is normative political theory, mainly focused on liberalism and its relations with science, religion, and populism. His research has been published in academic journals such as Res Publica, Social Epistemology, Religions, Philosophy of Education, Law & Philosophy, Politics, Educational Philosophy & Theory, among others. He is also the author of several books and articles on Chilean politics and the constitutional debate, as well as an active contributor to public debates in Chilean and international media outlets. He is co-director of the project Razones Constituyentes, a podcast aimed at a deepening public understanding of the recent Chilean constituent process.

This event is co-sponsored by the Law School's International Programs, ILS and LLSA. 

This event is open to the public. Lunch will be provided.