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

  • Doctor of Law in Political Science, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Master of Law in Political Science, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, Japan, 1993 
  • Master in International Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1989
  • Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1985

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Politics
  • Performance studies
  • Japan and Southeast Asia
  • Sama-Bajau studies
  • Philippine culture