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17 May 2009

Pinoy poet to receive Italy's top prize

Pinoy poet to receive Italy's top prize
Philippine Star
Updated May 17, 2009 12:00 AM

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Gemino Abad

MANILA, Philippines – Poet and critic Gémino Abad has been named this year’s recipient of Italy’s most coveted literary prize, the Prize Premio Feronia – Citta di Fiano 2009 under the foreign author category. The prize will be conferred on July 11 during the Nomination Ceremony at the historic Castle of Fiano Romano outside Rome.

In a letter from President of the Committee Filippo Bettini, Abad has been requested to personally attend the ceremony to receive his prize, which includes a cash award of 3,600 euros. Abad has also been invited to attend the Italian Festival Mediterranea in Rome.

Abad holds the highest rank of University Professor at the University of the Philippines (UP), and teaches creative writing at the College of Arts and Letters as Professor Emeritus. He also sits on the Board of Advisors of the UP Institute of Creative Writing.

Originally from Cebu, Abad earned his B.A. in English from the University of the Philippines in 1964 and his Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Chicago in 1970. He served UP in various capacities, as secretary of the university, secretary of the Board of Regents, vice president for academic affairs, while teaching English, comparative literature and creative writing. Abad co-founded the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC), which published Caracoa, a poetry journal in English.

Among his many books of poetry and critical essays are Fugitive Emphasis (1973), his first book of poetry; In Another Light (poems and critical essays, 1976); A Formal Approach to Lyric Poetry (critical theory, 1978); The Space Between (poems and critical essays, 1985); Poems and Parables (1988); Index to Filipino Poetry in English, 1905-1950 (with Edna Zapanta Manlapaz, 1988) and State of Play (letter-essays and parables, 1990). He edited landmark anthologies of Filipino poetry in English, among them Man of Earth (1989), A Native Clearing (1993) and A Habit of Shores: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, ’60s to the ’90s (1999).

The work for he has been cited is In Ordinary Time: Poems, Parables, Poetics (2004), his own selection of his poems and parables from 1973 to 2003. Ten each of these are arranged under six themes which suggest, generally, a possible terrain of signification: Things (“each thing’s special signature”), Words (“not meaning but meaningfulness”), Self (“the imagination, the self’s primary activity, creates our humanity”), Love (“the self’s deepest moral sense”).

Country (“what one’s imagination owes its allegiance to”), and God (“every person’s imagination’s Word”).

“A poetics of the word” runs through a number of poems and parables, and ends with the poet’s essay, “What for Me a Poem Is,” an essential poetics of finding one’s own path through language and making one’s own clearing there.

The Premio Feronia was established 16 years ago by the Associazione Culturale Allegorein and gives awards in four categories: poetry, narrative, criticism and a special award to a foreign author.

Previous winners of the prize include Gunter Grass, John Coetzee, Leroi Jones, Gao Xingjian, Kunwar Narain, Ismail Kadare and Yvonne Vera.

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QS.com Asian University Rankings 2009: The top Asian universities in Arts & Humanities

QS.com Asian University Rankings 2009

Top 200 Universities

2009 rank School Name Country
101= SHANDONG University China
101= The CATHOLIC University of Korea Korea, South
103 HALLYM University Korea, South
104 ULSAN University Korea, South
105 National TAIWAN NORMAL University Taiwan
106 SAITAMA University Japan
107 HANKUK University of Foreign Studies Korea, South
108 KASETSART University Thailand
109 PRINCE OF SONGKLA University Thailand
110= BEIJING Normal University China
110= University of CALCUTTA India
112 RITSUMEIKAN University Japan
113 KHON KAEN University Thailand
114= CHUNG-ANG University Korea, South
114= National CHUNG HSING University Taiwan
116 JILIN University China
117 National CHENGCHI University Taiwan
118 HIROSAKI University Japan
119 BOGOR Agricultural University Indonesia
120 SHINSHU University Japan
121 NANKAI University China
122 KITASATO University Japan
123 KANGNUNG National University Korea, South
124 DOSHISHA University Japan
125= AOYAMA GAKUIN University Japan
125= SUN YAT-SEN University China
127 FU JEN Catholic University Taiwan
128 Kinki University (Kindai University) Japan
129 KONKUK University Korea, South
130= AIRLANGGA University Indonesia
130= University of MUMBAI India
130= YAMAGUCHI University Japan
133 GYEONGSANG National University Korea, South
134 Dongguk University Korea, South
135 SOONCHUNHYANG University Korea, South
136 YAMAGATA University Japan
137 SHIZUOKA University Japan
138 DONG-A University Korea, South
139 DANKOOK University Korea, South
140 EAST CHINA University of Science and Tec... China
141 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur... India
142 KYOTO Institute of Technology Japan
143 HUNAN University China
144= NANJING Agricultural University China
144= University of SANTO TOMAS Philippines
146 BEIJING Institute of Technology China
147 KOCHI University Japan
148 EAST CHINA Normal University China
149 SEJONG University Korea, South
150= LANZHOU University China
150= University of SEOUL Korea, South
151= BURAPHA University Thailand
151= SAGA University Japan
151= AKITA Prefectural University Japan
151= CHOSUN University Korea, South
151= HANNAM University Korea, South
151= XIAMEN University China
151= Cheju National University Korea, South
151= YUNNAN University China
151= DALIAN University of Technology China
151= IWATE University Japan
161= DONGHUA University China
161= KYUSHU Institute of Technology Japan
161= SEONAM University Korea, South
161= KUMOH National Institute of Technology Korea, South
161= SOOCHOW University China
161= ANDONG National University Korea, South
161= China Agricultural University China
161= NANJING University of Aeronautics and As... China
161= HUAZHONG University of Science and Techn... China
171= HONGIK University Korea, South
171= Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati ... India
171= Pukyong National University Korea, South
171= RENMIN University of China China
171= DIPONEGORO University Indonesia
171= ANYANG University Korea, South
171= NORTHWESTERN Polytechnical University China
171= Myongji University Korea, South
171= MULTIMEDIA University Malaysia
171= SEBELAS Maret University Indonesia
181= Changwon National University Korea, South
181= BEIHANG University (former BAUU) China
181= PAICHAI University Korea, South
181= SICHUAN University China
181= CENTRAL SOUTH University China
181= International CHRISTIAN University Japan
181= SOUTH CHINA University of Technology China
181= YAMAGUCHI Prefectural University Japan
181= SILLA University Korea, South
181= Kookmin University Korea, South
191= University of BRAWIJAYA Indonesia
191= GAKUSHUIN University Japan
191= NANJING Normal University China
191= RIKKYO University Japan
191= Keimyung University Korea, South
191= NORTHEAST Normal University China
191= BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES University China
191= National CHUNG CHENG University Taiwan
191= National KAOHSIUNG Normal University Taiwan
191= KANSAI University Japan
191= SOPHIA University Japan
1 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong
2 The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
3 University of TOKYO Japan
4 HONG KONG University of Science and Tech... Hong Kong
5 KYOTO University Japan
6 OSAKA University Japan
7 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie... Korea, South
8 SEOUL National University Korea, South
9 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
10= National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore
10= PEKING University China
12 NAGOYA University Japan
13 TOHOKU University Japan
14 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
15= KYUSHU University Japan
15= TSINGHUA University China
17 Pohang University of Science and Technol... Korea, South
18 CITY University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
19 University of TSUKUBA Japan
20= HOKKAIDO University Japan
20= KEIO University Japan
22 National TAIWAN University Taiwan
23 KOBE University Japan
24 University of Science and Technology of ... China
25 YONSEI University Korea, South
26 FUDAN University China
27 NANJING University China
28 HIROSHIMA University Japan
29 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China
30= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... India
30= MAHIDOL University Thailand
32 ZHEJIANG University China
33 KOREA University Korea, South
34 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (I... India
35 CHULALONGKORN University Thailand
36 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... India
37 WASEDA University Japan
38 The HONG KONG Polytechnic University Hong Kong
39 Universiti Malaya (UM) Malaysia
40 National TSING HUA University Taiwan
41 CHIBA University Japan
42 EWHA WOMANS University Korea, South
43 National CHENG KUNG University Taiwan
44 SUNGKYUNKWAN University Korea, South
45 NAGASAKI University Japan
46 HANYANG University Korea, South
47 National YANG MING University Taiwan
48 TOKYO Metropolitan University Japan
49 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (I... India
50 University of INDONESIA Indonesia
51 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Malaysia
52 SHOWA University Japan
53 KUMAMOTO University Japan
54 YOKOHAMA NATIONAL University Japan
55 YOKOHAMA CITY University Japan
56 OKAYAMA University Japan
57 KYUNG HEE University Korea, South
58 PUSAN National University Korea, South
59 GIFU University Japan
60 University of DELHI India
61 SOGANG University Korea, South
62 KANAZAWA University Japan
63= Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (... India
63= OSAKA CITY University Japan
63= Universitas GADJAH MADA Indonesia
63= University of the PHILIPPINES Philippines
67 TOKYO University of Science (TUS) Japan
68 GUNMA University Japan
69 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Malaysia
70 TIANJIN University China
71 National SUN YAT-SEN University Taiwan
72 National TAIWAN University of Science an... Taiwan
73 Hong Kong BAPTIST University Hong Kong
74 National CHIAO TUNG University Taiwan
75 XI'AN JIAOTONG University China
76 DE LA SALLE University Philippines
77 National CENTRAL University Taiwan
78 NIIGATA University Japan
79 OCHANOMIZU University Japan
80 BANDUNG Institute of Technology (ITB) Indonesia
81 CHIANG MAI University Thailand
82= KYUNGPOOK National University Korea, South
82= Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Malaysia
84 Ateneo de MANILA University Philippines
85 THAMMASAT University Thailand
86 TOKAI University Japan
87 MIE University Japan
88 CHONNAM National University Korea, South
89 KAGOSHIMA University Japan
90 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Malaysia
91 CHANG GUNG University Taiwan
92 INHA University Korea, South
93 TOKYO University of Agriculture and Tech... Japan
94 TONGJI University China
95 SOUTHEAST University China
96 HITOTSUBASHI University Japan
97 CHONBUK National University Korea, South
98 AJOU University Korea, South
99 CHUNGNAM National University Korea, South
100 University of PUNE India

QS.com Asian University Rankings 2009

Arts & Humanities

The top Asian universities in Arts & Humanities

2009 rank School Name Country Arts Score


1 University of TOKYO Japan 100.0
2 PEKING University China 99.0
3 KYOTO University Japan 90.7
4 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 88.2
5 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong 77.9
6 SEOUL National University Korea, South 75.0
7 WASEDA University Japan 68.9
8 TSINGHUA University China 66.3
9 FUDAN University China 62.0
10 CHULALONGKORN University Thailand 59.2
11 The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 57.2
12 University of the PHILIPPINES Philippines 54.6
13 National TAIWAN University Taiwan 54.5
14 Universitas GADJAH MADA Indonesia 51.9
15 University of INDONESIA Indonesia 51.4
16 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU University India 50.7
17 NANJING University China 49.6
18 YONSEI University Korea, South 49.5
19 Ateneo de MANILA University Philippines 48.9
20 KEIO University Japan 47.5
21 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore 46.2
22 OSAKA University Japan 46.1
23 University of DELHI India 45.4
24 KOREA University Korea, South 41.7
25 CITY University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 40.9
26 Universiti Malaya (UM) Malaysia 38.8
27 SOGANG University Korea, South 36.7
28 THAMMASAT University Thailand 35.4
29 University of CALCUTTA India 35.3
30 KYUSHU University Japan 35.2
31 ZHEJIANG University China 35.1
32 HITOTSUBASHI University Japan 34.8
33 EWHA WOMANS University Korea, South 34.3
34 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China 33.5
35 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Malaysia 33.3
36 University of TSUKUBA Japan 31.3
37 The HONG KONG Polytechnic University Hong Kong 31.0
38 RITSUMEIKAN University Japan 30.6
39 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan 29.6
40 National TSING HUA University Taiwan 29.2
41= University of Science and Technology of ... China 28.7
41= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... India 28.7
41= TOHOKU University Japan 28.7
44 DE LA SALLE University Philippines 28.4
45= MAHIDOL University Thailand 28.1
45= KOBE University Japan 28.1
47 HONG KONG University of Science and Tech... Hong Kong 27.9
48= HIROSHIMA University Japan 27.7
48= DOSHISHA University Japan 27.7
50 BANDUNG Institute of Technology (ITB) Indonesia 27.6
51 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie... Korea, South 27.4
52 National CHENGCHI University Taiwan 27.2
53 NAGOYA University Japan 26.6
54 CHIANG MAI University Thailand 26.5
55= TONGJI University China 25.6
55= University of SANTO TOMAS Philippines 25.6
57 University of PUNE India 25.2
58 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Malaysia 24.9
59 National CHENG KUNG University Taiwan 24.8
60 HOKKAIDO University Japan 24.2
61 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Malaysia 24.1
62 HANYANG University Korea, South 24.0
63 University of MUMBAI India 23.7
64 KYUNG HEE University Korea, South 23.5
65 TOKAI University Japan 22.6
66 CHIBA University Japan 22.4
67 FU JEN Catholic University Taiwan 21.8
68 TIANJIN University China 21.1
69 National TAIWAN NORMAL University Taiwan 21.0
70 SOUTHEAST University China 19.7
71 SHANDONG University China 19.5
72= INHA University Korea, South 19.4
72= Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (I... India 19.4
72= Indian Institute of Technology Madras (I... India 19.4
75 TOKYO Metropolitan University Japan 19.3
76 National SUN YAT-SEN University Taiwan 18.7
77 PUSAN National University Korea, South 18.6
78 YOKOHAMA NATIONAL University Japan 18.3
79 OCHANOMIZU University Japan 17.7
80 XI'AN JIAOTONG University China 16.7
81= CHUNGNAM National University Korea, South 16.6
81= AOYAMA GAKUIN University Japan 16.6
83 National CENTRAL University Taiwan 15.5
84 SUNGKYUNKWAN University Korea, South 15.4
85 JILIN University China 15.1
86= Pohang University of Science and Technol... Korea, South 14.8
86= BOGOR Agricultural University Indonesia 14.8
88 National CHIAO TUNG University Taiwan 14.6
89 CHONBUK National University Korea, South 14.2
90 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Malaysia 13.7
91 PRINCE OF SONGKLA University Thailand 13.4
92 AIRLANGGA University Indonesia 13.3
93 KHON KAEN University Thailand 13.1
94 CHONNAM National University Korea, South 12.6
95 National TAIWAN University of Science an... Taiwan 12.5
96 DIPONEGORO University Indonesia 11.4
97 KUMAMOTO University Japan 11.3
98= Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... India 11.0
98= NAGASAKI University Japan 11.0
100= OSAKA CITY University Japan 10.7
100= KASETSART University Thailand 10.7
Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.topuniversities.com). With permission.
Copyright © 2004-2008 QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.

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Only 4 RP schools among Top 200 Asian universities

KATRINA ELAINE ALBA and KATRINA LOUISE FRANCISCO, GMANews.TV
Article posted May 12, 2009 - 09:50 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Four Philippine schools have made it to the Top 200 Asian Universities list of the Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. (QS.com) for 2009.

Leading the Philippine schools was the University of the Philippines (UP), which shared No. 63 spot with Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee of India, Osaka City University of Japan and Universitas Gadjah Mada of Indonesia.

De La Salle University (DLSU) was 76th, Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) was 84th, while the University of Santo Tomas (UST) shared 144th spot with Nanjing Agricultural University of China.

Japan had the most number of schools in the list at 58, including 10 in the top 20 ranks.

South Korea was next with 46 universities, of which three were in the top 20, while China had 39, including two in the top 20.

Taiwan had 15; India, 11; Thailand and Indonesia had 8 each; and Malaysia, 6.

Hong Kong also had only six, but four were in the top 20, three of which occupied the 1st, 2nd and 4th slots.

Singapore had only two universities in the list, but both were in the top 20 slots.

Occupying the Top 10 slots were:

1. University of Hong Kong;
2. Chinese University of Hong Kong;
3. University of Tokyo (Japan);
4. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK);
5. Kyoto University (Japan);
6. Osaka University (Japan);
7. KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea);
8. Seoul National University, South Korea;
9. Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan);
10. National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore and Peking University (China).

For the complete list, check http://www.qs.com.

Results of the first QS.com survey was officially released on Tuesday.

Managing Director Nunzio Quacquarelli said the results of the Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers.

While the Philippine universities were way below the rankings, QS Managing Director Nunzio Quacquarelli had this to say: “Philippines universities have performed well, with high recruiter review scores. These results make study in the Philippines an attractive option for international students studying abroad,"

Quacquarelli said QS based the first ever top Asian universities list on regionally relevant measures of excellence, selecting schools noted not only for quality, but also for high research productivity compared to the institution’s regional peers.

The ranking of Asian universities used to be done yearly by Asiaweek, a Hong Kong-based English newsmagazine, which folded up in December 2001 due to a downturn in advertising revenues.


Subject rankings

When it came to the 2009 Asian university subject rankings, University of the Philippines (UP) rose to the 12th spot under Arts and Humanities, while ADMU, DSLU, and UST got the 19th, 44th, and 55th slots respectively.

Under Life Sciences and Biomedicine, UP was 47th, ADMU was 52nd, DSLU was 79th, and UST was 85th.

The Social Sciences list placed UP as 22nd, ADMU as 28th, DSLU as 51st, and UST as 75th.

In subjects under Information Technology & Engineering, UP ranked 63rd, ADMU was 64th, and DSLU was 79th.

Under Natural Sciences, ADMU took the 24th spot, UP got the 32nd, UST got the 94th, while DSLU placed 97th.

The THE-QS 2008 world’s top 500 universities rankings had raised eyebrows when ADMU overran other Philippine schools in the top 500 list by rising from somewhere between 401st and 500th in 2007 to 254th, edging out UP which ranked 398th in 2007 and fell to 276th the next year.

DLSU and UST ranked 415th and 470th respectively.

UP officials earlier doubted the survey’s credibility, since the organizers refused to disclose where it acquired the data used, thus making the methodology “problematic."

Officials also revealed the “business side" of the survey where QS sold its various services to help universities improve rankings.

On the other hand, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) refused to comment on the rankings, pointing out that Chairman Emmanuel Angeles, who also presides over the UP Board of Regents, was out of the country.

QS research chief Ben Sowter said “the advantage of regional rankings is in the richer picture we can create when comparing universities at a regional rather than global level, through the inclusion of additional factors."

Sowter added that the shift to a regional focus proved to be significant, “The position of institutions in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore was to be expected, but the stronger performance of South Korean institutions in contrast to the world rankings suggests a strength known in the region that has yet to be fully acknowledged globally."

QS.com, which conducted the Times Higher Education-QS University Rankings, is the world’s leading information specialist in the higher education sector. – GMANews.TV

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