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 Welcomes Visiting Scholar Dr. Reinaruth Carlos from Japan

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 The UP Asian Center proudly welcomes Dr. Maria Reinaruth D. Carlos as the Center's new adjunct professor from June to January 2026. A Doctor of Economics and a Professor at the Ryukoku University Graduate School of International Studies in Kyoto, Japan,  Dr. Carlos joins the Center bringing her rich academic and professional background, which spans multiple countries and disciplines.

 

ABOUT THE NEW AC ADJUNCT PROFESSOR

Dr. Maria Reinaruth Carlos is currently a Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Kyoto, Japan. She was previously appointed to research and teaching positions at the Third World Studies Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, the Language Institute, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, and is currently also affiliated as a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Dr. Carlos brings with her a unique perspective grounded in both scholarly rigor and policy relevance as a recipient of the Japan Foundation Asia Center Fellowship Program for Fiscal 2019.

Dr. Carlos’s research explores pressing global themes through the lens of Philippine migration. During her time at the Asian Center, she will work on her current research projects, focusing on the international mobility of skilled Filipino workers, particularly nurses and teachers, and the complexities of their migration pathways, integration, and post-retirement plans. She also examines recruitment and retention strategies in ageing societies, such as Japan and the UK, and investigates the socio-economic roles of Filipino communities in Japan during times of crisis. Dr. Carlos’s adjunct professorship is part of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Asian Center and the Graduate School and Faculty of International Studies. Her presence will contribute to the promotion of the Center’s Asian and Philippine Studies programs, notably on research areas of migration, labor mobility, and transnational identities.

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The UP Asian 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. It also 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. For an overview of these graduate programs, click here. As an area studies institution, the Asian Center also publishes Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the latest issue of which can be downloaded at the journal's website.