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

The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman would like to introduce its administration officials led by the dean, Dr. Joefe B. Santarita, who was appointed for a second term by the UP Board of Regents.

The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman would like to introduce its administration officials led by the dean, Dr. Joefe B. Santarita, who was appointed for a second term by the UP Board of Regents. Standing from left to right is Dr. Noel Moratilla, Eustaquia Landa, Dean Joefe Santarita, Ma. Cecila T. Medina, and Michelle Palumbarit.

Name

Position

Phone

Email

Joefe B. Santarita, PhD

Dean

63.2.981.8500 local 3577

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Rolando Talampas

College Secretary;  Secretariat Head, PhD Tricollege Philippine Studies Program 

63.2.981.8500 local 3578

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Maria Cecilia T. Medina, Ph.D.

Assistant to the Dean for Administration and Public Affairs

63.2.981.8500
local 3577

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 Michelle Palumbarit,  PhD

Assistant to the Dean for Research and Publications 63.2.981.8500 local 3578  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Noel Christian Moratilla, PhD Asian Center TriCollege Coordinator 63.2.981.8500 local 3578 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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. For an overview of these graduate programs, click here. 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. For other news and upcoming events at the Asian Center, click here.