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

UP CIDS, Asian Center Organize a Forum on Cold War Archives on Sino-Southeast Asian Relations

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The UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) and the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman organized a forum, “Archival Research on Sino-Southeast Asian Relations During the Cold War,” on 3 July 2015 at the ERP Room, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, Ang Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines Diliman.

Delivering the lecture was Dr. Chen Bo, Associate Professor at the Center for Cold War International History Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

He provided an overview of the archives that pertain to China's relations with various Southeast Asian countries; many of these documents are found in the Foreign Ministry Archive and deal with “reports from diplomatic branches in Southeast Asian countries” and “documents on bilateral relations from the lower officials in the ministry.” Local and provincial archives in China such as those in Yunnan and Guangdong also hold a wealth of papers on, among other things, China's ties with Vietnam.   

The forum was attended by various by UP faculty, students, and public intellectuals. Dr. Ricardo Jose, Director of the Third World Studies Center, served as moderator-reactor, while Associate Professor Rolando Talampas of the Asian Center and Dr. Rhodora Azanza, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the Office of International Linkages delivered the welcome and closing remarks, respectively.

For more information on the forum, read the CIDS press release. Photo: Dr. Chen Bo (3rd from the right) with CIDS and Asian Center staff, and attendees of the forum.

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.