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

Research Affiliates

The Asian Center extends affiliation to visiting researchers who are interested in undertaking research on the Philippines or on other countries and peoples of Asia. In recent years, the Center has hosted affiliates from:
  • Taiwan Medical University (Taiwan)
  • Beijing University (China)
  • University of Jyvaskyla (Finland)
  • Dong-eui University (South Korea)
  • Oxford University (UK)
  • School of Oriental and African Studies (UK)
  • Sophia University (Japan)
  • Kobe University (Japan)
  • Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences (China)
  • Hua Qiao University (China)
  • Carleton College (USA)
  • Georgia Southern University (USA)
  • Columbia University (USA)
  • Northern Territory University (Australia)
  • Asia-Europe Institute (Malaysia)
  • Uppsala University (Sweden)