Two students of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman will be presenting their research on 5 March 2022, the first day of a once-a-week symposium this month, “Evolving Perspectives on China and Chinese,” hosted by the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS). 

Science in Stride: The Philippines-China Science and Technology (S&T) Cooperation on Agricultural Research and Development

Kae Principe

Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Confucian Heritage

Minju Park

The conference is organized by the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies (PACS).To learn more about the symposium, please visit the PACS website. 

Ms. Principe and Ms. Park are taking up their masters degree in Asian Studies at the UP Asian Center, which offers specializing in four areas: Northeast Asia (with country specializations on China, Japan, or Korea), Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. Learn more about these area studies programs, which accepts applications every semester.

The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The UP Asian 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. It also 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. As an area studies institution, 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.