Lecturers | Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman

Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Cheng Chua, Karl Ian, Ph.D.

Professorial Lecturer

Japanese Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Cultural Studies; Identity and Culture; Cross Cultural Studies

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

AS 221 Modern Japanese Texts

AS 234 Special Topics: Northeast Asia (History in/with/from Comics)

Int Jap A Elementary Japanese

Int Jap B Intermediate Japanese

Adiong, Nassef M., Ph.D.

Professorial Lecturer

Interdisciplinary research between Islam and International Relations; Policy and legal issues in Bangsamoro

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

AS 211 - Security Issues in the Asia Pacific

Bacalso, Mary Aileen D.

Senior Lecturer
International Relations; Human Rights Issues in Asia

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

PS 279 Special Topics in Philippine Foreign Relations (Human Rights and Philippine Interests)

Navallo, Katrina, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor
Labor Migration in Asia; Healthcare; Japan Studies

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

AS 234 Special Problems: Northeast Asia (Migration, Aging and Care Work in East Asia)

Heydarian, Richard Javad

Senior Lecturer
International Relations; Political Science; Political Economy; Geopolitics

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

AS 212 Regionalism and Community Building in Asia

PS 282 The Philippines in Global South

Ubalde, Marriane F., Ph.D.

Professorial Lecturer
Minority and Indigenous People; Ainu; Identity and Culture; Japan Studies; Participatory Museum

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

AS 230 Seminar on Northeast Asia

Gonzalez, Eduardo T., Ph.D.

Professorial Lecturer and Former Dean
Public Policy; Policy Development; Public Administration

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

PS 237 The Philippines and Global Futures

Rabena, Aaron Jed, Ph.D.

Professorial Lecturer
Strategic Studies; Greater East Asian Geopolitics and Multilateral Politics; Political Risk; Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

AS 235.1 Social and Economic Development in China

AS 235.2 Politics and Governance in China

AS 235.3 Culture and Society in China

PS 285 Alternative Futures for Philippine Foreign Policy

Sobritchea, Carolyn I., Ph.D.

Professorial Lecturer and Former Dean
Women and Gender Studies; Society and Culture; Anthropology

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

AS 255.3 Culture and Society in Southeast Asia

PS 288.1 Readings in Philippine Society and Culture