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

MA Students of the UP Asian Center Take Part, Form Panel in Philippine Studies Conference in Kagoshima

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Some of the participants at the 21st Young Scholars’ Conference on Philippine Studies in Japan. Photo by Nina Rafer.

Several graduate students of the UP Asian Center presented their papers at the 21st Young Scholars’ Conference on Philippine Studies in Japan, which was held from 25 to 26 June 2016 at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Humanities, Korimoto Campus, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.

The Asian Center delegation was composed of three Asian Studies majors, four Philippine Studies majors, and one Ph.D. student of the Philippine Studies program.

Sa Bingit ng Panganib: Pagsalba at Pagprotekta sa Wika at Kalikasan at Pagsipat sa Kalagayan ng Kalikasan sa Pilipinas sa mga Akdang Pampanitikan sa Wikang Filipino (On the Brink of Risk: Saving and Protecting Language and Environment and Overseeing the Condition of Philippine Environment in Literary Writings Written in Filipino Language)

  •  Romeo P. Peña (Tricollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program)

Fighters for Love and Honor: (Re)presenting Filipino and Japanese gays in wartime film, Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita 

  • Nina Rafer 

Perceptions of Philippines and Japan on Security Challenges and Interests: An Assessment on the expansion of Philippine-Japan Defense Cooperation

  • Anica Alcopra

Re-assessing Connections: Japan Image and Filipino Youth Mobility

  • Alexandra David 

Is the Philippines Asia’s Latin America? Interrogating the political and geographical embeddedness of the Philippines in the South East Asian Region

  • Yvan Yonaha*

Philippine Society and Culture: The Importance of Folk Catholicism in Understanding Philippine Studies

  • Albert Padlan* 

What Went Wrong: Assessing Government Response in Addressing Indigenous Peoples’ Demand in the Philippines

  • Mychal Feraren*

Perspectives of Filipino Consumers on the Authenticity of Japanese Food in Little Tokyo

  • Michiko Acaylar

  • Karen Calimlim 

  • Gemma Pagulayan and

  • Kamille Untalan

VIEW THE PROGRAM and READ THE ABSTRACTS | VISIT CONFERENCE WEBSITE

Held annually in different universities in Japan, the Young Scholars’ Conference on Philippine Studies in Japan was organized by Kagoshima University and whose organizing committee was chaired by Professor Satoru Nishimura of Kagoshima University.

* These students were accepted and their papers are listed in the program, but they were not able to attend.

The UP 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. Get an overview of these programs. The Asian Center also houses a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia. It has published several books and monographs, and hosts or organizes various lectures and conferences.