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

News @ UP Asian Center

  • Osaka University brings international certificate program to UP Asian Center
  • Former AC Professorial Lecturer, Dr. Raul Pertierra, passes away at 82
  • Dauntless: The 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, United States Army | Book Launch and Public Lecture

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The UP Asian Center successfully hosted of four (4) undergraduate students from Osaka University under the Osaka University International Certificate Program (OUICP-S). Held last 14 to 20 March 2024, this activity marks a significant milestone in the UP Asian Center’s Japan Studies program.

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Former Asian Center Professorial Lecturer, Dr. Raul Pertierra, passed away on 7 April 2024. He was 82.

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The UP Asian Center will be holding the book launch of Dauntless: The 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, United States Army, and a public lecture on 18 April 2024, 2–4 PM (Philippine time) at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged.

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UP Asian Center graduate, Alleson D. Villota II, Ph.D., recently obtained his doctoral degree at the University of Tokyo. He earned his Ph.D. in Information, Technology, and Society from the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies on 8 March 2024.

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UP Asian Center alumnus Aemir M. Villafania recently received the prestigious Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship Program 2024 from the Japanese government. He will enter Nagoya University in Japan in the spring semester of 2024 under the Linguistics and Cultural Studies Program of the Graduate School of Humanities as a research student.