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

Asian Center Faculty: Showcasing Interdisciplinary Expertise

The Asian Center has 12 full-time faculty whose expertise in various disciplines dovetails with the Asian Center's interdisciplinary thrust as an area studies institution. They specialize in any of four regions (and specific countries therein): Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia.

Associate Professor

Ph.D. in International Studies, Waseda University
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Contemporary Japan • Japan-PH Relations • Filipino Migration to Japan • Family and Youth Studies 

Professor

Ph.D. in Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman
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China Studies • Chinese in the Philippines • Philippine Economic History • Development Studies 

Associate Professor

Ph.D. in History, Leiden University
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Indonesian Studies • Colonial and Maritime History • Philippine History • Southeast Asian History

Associate Professor

Ph.D. in Sociology, Xavier University
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Religion and development • Mindanao studies • Indigenous people, culture and development

Associate Professor

Ph.D. in Philippine Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman
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Resistance literature • Marxist/postcolonial studies • Testimonial writings • Diaspora • Critical pedagogy

Associate Professor and College Secretary

Ph.D. in Sociomedical Sciences/Anthropology, Columbia University
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Medical anthropology •  political economy of health • gender • sexuality • religion • secularism • history and anthropology of science and medicine

Associate Professor

Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations, Yonsei University
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Korean Studies • Filipino migration to Korea • Environmental politics •  Korea and Southeast Asia 

Professor

Ph.D. in Political Science, City University of New York Graduate Center
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Political economy of late development • Southeast Asian Studies • comparative political institutions • globalization and IPE

Professor

Doctor of Law in Political Science, Kyoto University
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Politics • performance studies • Japan and Southeast Asia • Sama-Bajau studies • Philippine culture

Professor

Ph.D. in South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
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Indian studies • migration studies • Philippine culture and society • maritime history  • Southeast Asian political economy

Dean and Professor

Ph.D. in International Relations, University of Tehran
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Mindanao • PH-Middle East relations • political economy of West Asia • Energy security • Persian Gulf security • Middle Easterners in PH

Professor

MA in Asian Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman
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West Asia • Iraq • Philippine studies • development studies