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

ORGANIZERS

  • Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • National Historical Commission of the Philippines
  • Office of the Initiative for Culture and the Arts, University of the Philippines Diliman

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

  • Ariel Lopez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Noel Christian Moratilla, PhD, Assistant Professor, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman