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

EDUCATION & RESEARCH

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in History, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2018
  • Research MA (MPhil) in History, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2012
  • Advanced BA in History, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2010
  • BA in History, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2007

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Indonesian Studies
  • Colonial and Maritime History
  • Philippine History
  • Southeast Asian History