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Visiting Research Fellow Program
ACAS welcomes researchers, writers and other professionals who may need its academic resources and network for their projects on Asian society and culture.
Scholars from around the world working on a wide range of topics such as religion and politics/secularism in Philippines, Filipino diaspora in Japan and cyberspace, and international labor migration, have been hosted by ACAS in recent years. As affiliates, they are provided a work space at ACAS and access to university facilities. The lectures that usually cap their research stay at ACAS invariably draws great interest from the Ateneo community.
| Name of Visitor | Institutional Affiliations | Duration of Affiliation | Topic of Research and/or Teaching |
| Sy, Nicholas Michael | Radboud University Nijmegen; Princeton University | 02/2024 - 08/2024 | Drops of blood and silver: enslavement in Spain’s empire in Asia, 1620-1762 |
| Park, Hong Gyun | Sunchon National University | 02/2023 - 08/2023 | A technical application plan of the last mile in a big city with a focus on Seoul and Manila |
| Chow, Jonathan | University of Macau | 02/2018 | Catholic Church and Transnational Human Rights |
| Nagai, Hitoshi | Hiroshima Peace University Hiroshima City University |
06/2016 – 03/2017 | Mutual perception between Japanese and Filipino on World War II |
| Mount, Guy Emerson | University of Chicago | 02/2016 | African American in the Philippines |
| Ohmura, Yukika | Center for On-site Education and Research, Kyoto University | 02/2016 | The relationship between Yaya and Alaga |
| Taylor, Timothy W. | University of California, Davis | 07/2015 – 10/2015 | Foreign Economics Flow and Civic Engagement |
| Ohmura, Yukika | Center for On-site Education and Research, Kyoto University | 07/2015 – 10/2015 | The relationship between Yaya and Alaga |
| Fitriani | Cranfield University, UK | 07/2015 – 10/2015 | Assessment on UN Peacekeeping Training on Women Peacekeepers in the Philippines |
| Soon, Chuan Yean | Universiti Sains Malaysia | 07/2015 – 10/2015 | Politics of Agrarian Transportation |
| Lim, Sang Woo | Sogang University | 04/2014 – 03/2015 | Korea's Place in ASEAN +3 and its Implications in Southeast Asia |
| Buckley, David T. | University of Louisville | 04/2014 – 03/2015 | Religion and Politics/ Secularism in Philippines |
| Davidson, Jamie S. | National University of Singapore | 04/2014 – 03/2015 | The Politics of Rice Policy in Southeast Asia |
| Mouton, Morgan | LATTS – Universitè Paris – Est. | 04/2014 – 03/2015 | Urban studies particularly social housing in the Philippines |
| Kovács, Balázs Áron | University of New England, Australia | 04/2014 – 03/2015 | Infrastructures for peace: Institutional dynamics and change at the local level in a peace- and-development context in the Philippines (PAMANA) |
| Figer, Reggy C. | Nagoya University of Commerce & Business | 04/2013 – 03/2014 | Filipino Diaspora in Japan and Cyberspace |
| Minhao, Yu | Nagoya University of Commerce & Business | 04/2013 – 03/2014 | China’s Foreign Policy with focus on Sino-Japan Relations |
| Crosser, Zachary A. | Fulbright Program | 04/2013 – 03/2014 | Sari-Sari Economics: Microenterprise, Convenience, and Culture |
| Mallari, Aaron Abel T. | University of the Philippines, Diliman | 04/2013 – 03/2014 | Prison system in the Philippines during the American Colonial Period |
| Lee, Don S. | University of California, San Diego | 04/2013 – 03/2014 | Presidential cabinet formation in Asian democracies |
| Calimag, Joeffrey M. | Hanyang University/ Ulsan University | 04/2012 – 03/2013 | |
| Collantes, Christianne F. | School of Oriental and African Studies | 01/21/12 – 05/30/13 | Reproductive Health Bill |
| Milallos, Ma. Theresa R. | Murdoch University | 12/10/12 – 2/28/13 | The Great Ormoc Flood of 1991 in Leyte Philippines |
| Hawkley, Ethan P. | Northeastern University | 10/2/12 – 10/1/13 | Philippine History |
| Linder, Christian | University of Stuttgart | 8/24/12 – 10/5/12 | Leadership Ethics |
| Justiniano, Maureen | University of Wisconsin – Madison | 5/30/12 – 11/22/12 | Social History of Manila; Philippines Nationalism |
| Phoothong, Patporn | Asian Public Intellectual – Nippon Foundation | 5/2/12 – 7/2/12 | Towards Peace and Reconciliation: Case Studies of Peace Museums in Japan and the Philippines |
| Lim, Sang Woo | Sogang University | 2/6/12 – 4/30/12 | Korean history |
| Khuat, Thu Hong | Institute for Social Development Studies | 1/13/12 – 1/28/12 | International Labor Migration |
| Canilao, Kritsana | University of the Philippines – Diliman | 11/21/11 – 5/21/12 | Standard Thai Tone Perception by Filipino Students |
| Kyungmin, Bae | University of the Philippines – Diliman | 11/7/11 – 3/31/12 | A Case Study of a Non-native Korean Language Teacher in the Philippines |
| Kim, Dong-Yeob | Pusan University of Foreign Studies | 8/22/11 – 2/21/12 | Philippine Politics |
| Kerkvliet, Benedict | Australian National University | 4/20/11 – 10/19/11 | Vietnam Political Dissent |
| Molnar, Nicholas | Rutgers University | 3/13/11 – 4/1/11 | Racializations of Mestizos |
| Yellen, Jeremy | Harvard University | 2/16/11 – 3/16/11 | Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; Japanese Occupation of the Philippines |
| Olivera, Jon Ariston | University of Washington | 2/1/11 – 4/20/11 | American Empire/ Labor Recruitment |
| Chu, Richard T. | University of Massachusetts, USA | 1/1/11 – 3/8/11 | Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of the Philippines |
| Terashima, Yu | FNA/Fukuoka NGO | 11/25/10 – 1/2 /11 | Dams in the Philippines and Thailand: Social and Environmental Impact and People’s Participation |
| Lumba, Allan Edward | University of Washington | 11/10/10 – 8/15/11 | History of Money in the Philippines |
| Caballero, Ferdinand D. | York Center for Asian Research (YCAR), York University | 10/1/10 – 2/28/11 | The Entangled Relations of Local Politics and Religion in Centeral Luzon |
| Giblin, Anne Louise | UW-Madison, USA | 10/15/10 – 1/4/11 | Japanese Pre-War Migration |
| Buckley, David | Georgetown University, USA | 8/8/10 – 8/26/10 | Religion and Politics/ Secularism in Philippines |
| Figer, Reggy | University of Tsukuba, Japan | 8/2/10 – 8/30/10 | Filipino Diaspora in Japan and Cyberspace |
| Nakano, Satoshi | Hitotsubashi University | 8/1/10 – 7/31/12 | Battle for Manila |
| Sven, Matthiessen | University of Sheffield/ Tohoko University | 8/1/10 – 8/30/10 | Japan-Asianism and the Philippines |
| Kiba, Saya | Kobe University, Japan | 8/1/09 – 9/30/09 | Political Behavior of the Urban Poor |
| Terada, Takefumi | Sophia University, Japan | 4/1/09 – 3/31/11 | Christian Churches During WWII |
| Yoon, Prabda | 7/1/09 – 8/31/09 | Indigenous People and Their Nature Worship Ceremonies | |
| Soon, Chuan Yean | Universiti Sains, Malaysia/USM | 5/17/09 – 5/16/10 | Politics and Religion in Tanauan City, Batangas |
| Chai-Itthipornwong, Nilubol | Thai Judicialization and Social Health Institute | 3/14/09 – 4/30/09 | Judicialization in Asia |
| Maolanond, Pichet | Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University | 3/14/09 – 4/30/09 | Judicialization in Asia |
| Toshihiko, Kishi | Kanagawa University | 4/1/09 – 9/31/09 | East Asian History |
| Sugaya, Nariko | Ehime University, Japan | 4/1/09 – 3/31/10 | Philippine History |
| Chow, Jonathan C. | University of California, Berkeley | 1/15/09 – 2/19/09 | Catholic Church and Reproductive Health |
| Woon, Toh Kin | Asian Public Intellectual – Nippon Foundation | 12/1/08 – 2/13/09 | The Class Character of the Legislature and its Impact on Social Justice |
Guidelines for Visiting Research Fellows
The Ateneo Center for Asian Studies (ACAS), aiming to serve as a hub for critical, interdisciplinary scholarship on the diverse and evolving Asian realities, welcomes scholars and researchers seeking a strategic base for in-depth engagement with the region’s complex socio-cultural, political, and economic landscapes.
The Visiting Research Fellow Program is an initiative of the ACAS aimed at strengthening and expanding our global network and culture of research and scholarship by collaborating with students, scholars, experts, institutions, and worldwide to engage in research and professional development in the Philippines.
Services and facilities which research fellows may avail are:
- Use of office space, facilities, and equipment such as Internet connection, telephone, scanning machine, and printer.
- Access to the University Library and use of its facilities and services
- Referrals to subject matter specialists
- General assistance in day-to-day organizational concerns
- Others that may be jointly agreed upon by the contracting parties.
Obligations of research fellows include:
- Conduct the approved research activity and other scholarly activities needed within the designated appointment period.
- Provide regular progress reports and updates on the ongoing research.
- Payment of the following:
- Affiliation fee in the amount of USD 100 per month covering the entire period of the fellowship;
- Expenses incurred in reproduction of research materials, if any;
- Long distance and overseas telephone calls, if any;
- Technical services, such as translation and interpretation, typing, encoding, if any;
- Service of research assistant, if applicable.
- If the research is published, we request that ACAS be acknowledged in a manner the fellows deem proper.
- At any point in time during their affiliation with ACAS, research fellows may be requested to present the tentative or final result of their research through a lecture or any other public forum.
Applications are open any time of the year. Scholars or researchers from here or abroad who wish to be affiliated with ACAS must have the intellectual capacity to undertake productive research and are requested to express their intention to the Executive Director through an email (acas.soss@ataeneo.edu) and by filling out the form "Application for Affiliation as Visiting Research Fellow.”