The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Japan Foundation Manila, will hold a Research Writing Workshop Caravan on 22 November - 4 December 2024, in UP Baguio, UP Tacloban, UP Mindanao, and MSU-General Santos. The event is free and open to the public.
22 NOVEMBER 2024 | 8:30 AM, PST | UP Baguio
Ima mo Tsuzuku Ryukyu Shobun (The Continuing Ryukyu Disposition): Marginality and Social Realism in China Sadao and Okamoto Osami’s Koganei no Hana Osami’s Koganei no Hana
MATTHEW CONSTANCIO M. SANTAMARIA, Doctor of Laws
Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman
2 DECEMBER 2024 | UP Mindanao
3 DECEMBER 2024 | MSU General Santos City
Spaces in Between: Intercultural Discourse on the Oriental Experience and Otherness in Essay Manga “Satoko to Nada”
INDA S. PRATIDINA, Ph.D.
Department of Communication, Faculty of Social and and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia
Indah Santi Pratidina is a permanent lecturer at the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia. She received her Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication at Universitas Indonesia and then a Master's and Doctoral degrees from the Institute for the Study of Global Issues - Graduate School of Social Sciences at Hitotsubashi University, Japan. Before entering academics, she worked as a fiction book editor and translator at Gramedia Pustaka Utama, a publisher in Indonesia. Her research interests include media studies, intercultural communication, popular culture, and the use of social media by the public and communities. She is the author of "Motherhood Revisited: Pushing Boundaries in Indonesia's Online Discourse" in Digital Hate Book: The Global Conjuncture of Extreme Speech, Indiana University Press, 2021; dan “The Appetite for Revenge and Murder in Translation: Japanese Mystery Novels and their Social Media Savvy Indonesian Readers” in Border Crossings: The Journal of Japanese Language Literature Studies, 2020. In 2023, she co-authored an Indonesian film analysis paper, “R.A. Kartini" (1982) and "Kartini" (2017): Anguish and Silent Struggles in the Narratives of Indonesian Women's Empowerment Role Model” with Rouli Esther Pasaribu in Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia.
4 DECEMBER 2024 | 8:30 AM, PST | UP Tacloban College
Mapping the Space of Indigenous Peoples' Participation in Museums in Japan
MARIANNE F. UBALDE, Ph.D.
Professorial Lecturer, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman
Senior Museum Researcher, Ethnology Division National Museum of the Philippines
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Authors of semi-finalists of the 7th Japanese Research Development Competition will come together for the second phase of the competition. This three-day writing workshop aims to critique the papers through selected reviewers.
COMPETITION PRIZES AND PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY
• The most well-developed research papers will be judged as winners of the competition.
• Winners will get the latest Apple iPad from the Japan Foundation Manila.
• All finalists will have the chance to publish in the Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia.
PHASE 3: RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTATIONS FOR SHORTLISTED PROPOSALS
• All finalists will be required to do an oral presentation during a public forum in March 2024. The presentation must not exceed 15 minutes.
• Failure to present their papers means ineligibility for the competition prizes. Presentations by proxies are not allowed.
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The research competition aims to encourage Japan-related research among Filipino students, to disseminate knowledge and exchange perspectives on Japanese Studies. The public forum and research competition features paper presentations from undergraduate and graduate students in the Philippines. The event is organized by the UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation, Manila
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
The research competition is organized by the UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation, Manila. It aims to encourage Japan-related research among Filipino students, to disseminate knowledge, and exchange perspectives on Japanese Studies.
For inquiries, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 8 981 8500 local 3586.
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. For other news and upcoming events at the Asian Center, click here.
