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

AC Staff, Faculty Travel to Rome and Kuala Lumpur

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Dr. Aileen Baviera recently returned from teaching a module on the “Legal, Institutional and Governance Frameworks of ASEAN” at the Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The course was held from 30 September 2013 to 11 October 2013. 

Among other subjects, she discussed the theory and practice of regionalism, the implications of the ASEAN Charter, the community building initiatives of the regional grouping, engagement of nonstate actors with ASEAN, and ASEAN's external relations.

The photo (right) shows Dr. Baviera and her students celebrating the end of two weeks' intensive lecture-discussions, reports, and simulation games.  

A Visiting Professor at the AEI, Dr. Baviera has been handling the said course since 2011. It is part of the International Masters in ASEAN Studies (IMAS) program of the AEI, one of the institute's flagship offerings which boasts of students from Europe, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. 

The AEI focuses on the study of and research on Asian and European relations in Southeast Asia.  

Dino Carlo Santos, Assistant to the Curator of the Asian Center Museum, presented a paper at the International Conference on Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management at the Roma Tre University in Rome from 11-12 October 2013.

In “The Holy Week Procession of Marikina: Struggles for Space and Power in Curating a Community’s Cultural Heritage,” Santos tackles the institutional and organizational issues arising from the Holy Week procession in a Philippine context and perceives it as a community tradition run by the dynamic interplay of space and power generated by the individual and collective participation of the stakeholder(s).

The theme of the conference, “Societies, Institutions, and Networks,” reflects on the wide range of values that "hinders" cultural heritage development. It is the first conference on Cultural Heritage Management organized by the Department of Business Studies, Roma Tre University and supported by Roma Capitale and Provincia di Roma.