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

09:15 am • Keynote 1: Southeast Asia and the Quincentennial Commemoration of the First Circumnavigation of the World

9:15 am–9:45 am
KEYNOTE LECTURE

Southeast Asia and the Quincentennial Commemoration of the First Circumnavigation of the World
Dr. Rene R. Escalante, Chair, National Historical Commission of the Philippines