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

Professor Ed Tadem of the Asian Center Takes Part in a Philippine Studies Symposium in Honolulu

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Professor Eduardo C. Tadem of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman presented a paper at an international symposium, Philippine and Filipino Studies: Forty Years Hence, held from 9 to 10 April 2015 at the Imin Conference Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.

In his paper,  Special Economic Zones and the Filipino Peasantry: The Case of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport (APECO), Dr. Tadem looks at the specific case of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority, a 12,923-hectare project that “will dislocate 590 small peasant families, 1,432 fisherfolk, and 546 indigenous Agta households.” Professor Tadem also explores how APECO will harm the environment and analyzes the contradictions of government policies whose “growth-oriented programs clash with equity-based policies.”

The international symposium was held in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Center for Philippine Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa. For more information, visit the symposium website.

Professor Tadem teaches graduate courses on Southeast Asia and on Theories and Perspectives in Asian Studies. Visit his faculty profile here. Photo: Dr. Tadem (R) with keynote speaker, Alfred McCoy. Courtesy of Ed Tadem. 

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The Asian Center offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. The Center offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. Click here to get an overview of the Asian Center's graduate programs. The Asian Center also publishes Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the latest issue of which can be downloaded here.