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 AND COURSES TAUGHT

Education and Research

    • BA Philippine Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1996
    • MA Filipino Language, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2002
    • MA History, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 2006
    • D. History, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 2009
    • Postdoctoral Studry, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 2016-2017

Courses Taught

    • AS 250 Seminar on Southeast Asia
    • AS 252 Independent Study on Southeast Asia
    • AS 236.2 (Politics and Governance in Japan)  
    • PS 330 (Development: Perspectives from Major Filipino Thinkers)