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

Chairs

Noel Christian A. Moratilla, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman

Ariel C. Lopez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman