Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
Room 204, Hall of Wisdom
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Japanese Studies • Southeast Asian Studies • Cultural Studies • Identity and Culture • Cross-Cultural Studies
▼ ESSAYS
Essays
2020. “Covid-19 and Popular Culture in Southeast Asia” CSEAS Newsletter 78.
2014. "Educational Komiks: Shifting Perspectives." Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 16.
▼ BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Chapters
2023. “Flirting with gender purrspetives: Contemporary Women’s activist comics in the Philippines.” In Activism and Authoritarian Governance in Asia, edited by Amy Barrow and Sara Fuller. Routledge. (Co-authored with Kristine Michelle L. Santos)
2022. “Wife, Child, Illegal: Static Representations of Filipinos in Japanese Manga.” In Transnationalism in East and Southeast Asian Comics Art, edited by John A. Lent, Wend Siuyi Wong, and Benjamin Wai-ming Ng. Palgrave Macmillan. (Co-authored with Benjamin San Jose)
2022. “Static Narratives: Nationalism and World War II History Textbooks in the Philippines.” In Colonialism and Modernity: Re-Mapping Philippine Histories, edited by Oscar V. Campomanes, Nobutaka Suzuki, and Yoshio Nagano. Naga City, Camarines Sur: Ateneo de Naga University Press.
2021. “Revisiting 'Cool Japan': The Southeast Asian Gaze toward Japanese Manga and Anime.” In The Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era, edited by John D. Ciociari and Kiyoteru Tsutsui, 248 – 76., MI, USA: University of Michigan Press.
2021. “Philippines: Overlooked by soft power and media mix.” In Japanese Animation in Asia: Transnational Industry, Audiences, and Success, edited by Marco Pellitteri and Wong Heung-wah, 163 - 78. Routledge. (Co-authored with Herb L. Fondevilla)
2019. “Japanese Representation in Philippine Media” In The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity, edited by Steven Ratuva, 416-26. Palgrave Macmillan.
2015. "Teaching our Children: Education in Japan since the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present." In Connecting "Infrastructure" and "Superstructure": Developments Towards Far-Reaching Impacts, 228-239. Bangkok, Thailand: API Regional Coordinating Institution.
2015. "Pinoy manga in Philippine komiks." In Global Manga: 'Japanese' Comics without Japan, edited by Casey Brienza, 185-201. Routledge. (Co-authored with Kristine Michelle Santos)
2014. "Syonan for Children: Representations of Nan'yo in Shonen Kurabu in the 1930s." In Japan and Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change in Modern Times, edited by Teow See Heng, Lydia Yu-Jose, Ricardo Trota Jose, and Yoshimura Mako, 41-60. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
2013. "Friend or Foe: Representations of Japan in the Print Media in the Philippines, 1940s to the Present." In Imagining Japan in Post-War East Asia: Identity politics, schooling and popular culture, edited by Paul Morris, Naoko Shimazu, and Edward Vickers, 85-105. Routledge.
2013. "Representing the War in Manga." In Controversial History Education in Asian Contexts, edited by Mark Baildon, Kah Seng Loh, Ivy Maria Lim, Gulhnan, and Junaidah Jaffar, 123-39, Routledge.
▼ JOURNAL ARTICLES
Journal Articles
2023. “Philippine-Japan Relations: Friends with Benefits.” Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia 34.
2018. “Japanese Popular Culture and its Re-definition from the Peripheries.” Orientaliska Studier 156 (2018). 28 – 37.
2017. “Revisiting Japanese Studies in Southeast Asia.” Border Crossing: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 5 (1). 137 – 49.
2015. “Boy meets World: the Worldview of Shōnen Kurabu in the 1930s.” Japan Forum 28 (1): 74–98..
2005. “The Stories They Tell: Komik Strips during the Japanese Occupation Period of the Philippines, 1942-44.” Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints 53 (1): 59 – 90.
▼ EDUCATION & RESEARCH
Education & Research
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- AB in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and History), Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, 2001
- MA in Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2005
- D. Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 2010
Courses Taught
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- AS 221 Modern Japanese Texts
- AS 234 Special Topics: Northeast Asia (History in/with/from Comics)
- Int Jap A Elementary Japanese
- Int Jap B Intermediate Japanese
▼ ESSAYS
Essays
2020. “Covid-19 and Popular Culture in Southeast Asia” CSEAS Newsletter 78.
2014. "Educational Komiks: Shifting Perspectives." Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 16.
▼ BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Chapters
2023. “Flirting with gender purrspetives: Contemporary Women’s activist comics in the Philippines.” In Activism and Authoritarian Governance in Asia, edited by Amy Barrow and Sara Fuller. Routledge. (Co-authored with Kristine Michelle L. Santos)
2022. “Wife, Child, Illegal: Static Representations of Filipinos in Japanese Manga.” In Transnationalism in East and Southeast Asian Comics Art, edited by John A. Lent, Wend Siuyi Wong, and Benjamin Wai-ming Ng. Palgrave Macmillan. (Co-authored with Benjamin San Jose)
2022. “Static Narratives: Nationalism and World War II History Textbooks in the Philippines.” In Colonialism and Modernity: Re-Mapping Philippine Histories, edited by Oscar V. Campomanes, Nobutaka Suzuki, and Yoshio Nagano. Naga City, Camarines Sur: Ateneo de Naga University Press.
2021. “Revisiting 'Cool Japan': The Southeast Asian Gaze toward Japanese Manga and Anime.” In The Courteous Power: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Indo-Pacific Era, edited by John D. Ciociari and Kiyoteru Tsutsui, 248 – 76., MI, USA: University of Michigan Press.
2021. “Philippines: Overlooked by soft power and media mix.” In Japanese Animation in Asia: Transnational Industry, Audiences, and Success, edited by Marco Pellitteri and Wong Heung-wah, 163 - 78. Routledge. (Co-authored with Herb L. Fondevilla)
2019. “Japanese Representation in Philippine Media” In The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity, edited by Steven Ratuva, 416-26. Palgrave Macmillan.
2015. "Teaching our Children: Education in Japan since the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present." In Connecting "Infrastructure" and "Superstructure": Developments Towards Far-Reaching Impacts, 228-239. Bangkok, Thailand: API Regional Coordinating Institution.
2015. "Pinoy manga in Philippine komiks." In Global Manga: 'Japanese' Comics without Japan, edited by Casey Brienza, 185-201. Routledge. (Co-authored with Kristine Michelle Santos)
2014. "Syonan for Children: Representations of Nan'yo in Shonen Kurabu in the 1930s." In Japan and Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change in Modern Times, edited by Teow See Heng, Lydia Yu-Jose, Ricardo Trota Jose, and Yoshimura Mako, 41-60. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
2013. "Friend or Foe: Representations of Japan in the Print Media in the Philippines, 1940s to the Present." In Imagining Japan in Post-War East Asia: Identity politics, schooling and popular culture, edited by Paul Morris, Naoko Shimazu, and Edward Vickers, 85-105. Routledge.
2013. "Representing the War in Manga." In Controversial History Education in Asian Contexts, edited by Mark Baildon, Kah Seng Loh, Ivy Maria Lim, Gulhnan, and Junaidah Jaffar, 123-39, Routledge.
▼ JOURNAL ARTICLES
Journal Articles
2023. “Philippine-Japan Relations: Friends with Benefits.” Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia 34.
2018. “Japanese Popular Culture and its Re-definition from the Peripheries.” Orientaliska Studier 156 (2018). 28 – 37.
2017. “Revisiting Japanese Studies in Southeast Asia.” Border Crossing: The Journal of Japanese-Language Literature Studies 5 (1). 137 – 49.
2015. “Boy meets World: the Worldview of Shōnen Kurabu in the 1930s.” Japan Forum 28 (1): 74–98..
2005. “The Stories They Tell: Komik Strips during the Japanese Occupation Period of the Philippines, 1942-44.” Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints 53 (1): 59 – 90.
▼ EDUCATION & RESEARCH
Education & Research
-
- AB in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and History), Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, 2001
- MA in Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2005
- D. Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 2010
Courses Taught
-
- AS 221 Modern Japanese Texts
- AS 234 Special Topics: Northeast Asia (History in/with/from Comics)
- Int Jap A Elementary Japanese
- Int Jap B Intermediate Japanese