What is "filipinology"

In general, Filipinology or Philippine Studies refers to the study of the Philippines and the Filipino people. Belinda A. Aquino, former director of the Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, defines Philippine Studies as "studies of Philippine culture and society, (which) started in the early 1900s when the Philippines became a colony of the United States. It encompasses the study of Filipino history, Filipino culture, Philippine languages, Filipino society, Filipino life, Filipino psyche or Filipino psychology, Filipino politics, and Filipino government. The approaches or perspectives of Philippine Studies could be theoretical, interdisciplinary, comparative, transnational, and global. Filipinology was developed in the University of the Philippines Diliman and had become part of curricula in some colleges and universities inside and outside the Philippines.