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

  • Read Japan Expands UP Asian Center’s Library Collection
  • UP Asian Center Hosts Launch of Book on WWII Filipino Infantry Regiments
  • ADZU Students pays a visit to UP Asian Center

  • Read Japan Expands UP Asian Center’s Library Collection

    The UP Asian Center has been selected as one of the recipients of materials by the Read Japan Project. The impressive collection covered the fields Japanese Culture and History, Japanese contemporary society, and even Japanese architecture. A total of fifty-four (54) books were donated to the UP Asian Center Library on 26 March 2024.

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  • UP Asian Center Hosts Launch of Book on WWII Filipino Infantry Regiments

    The UP Asian Center organized a book launch of "Dauntless: The 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, United States Army," authored by Marie Silva Vallejo. Held on 18 April 2024, at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, the event included a public lecture shedding light on the critical role played by these Filipino regiments in World War II.

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  • ADZU Students pays a visit to UP Asian Center

    The International Studies Organization of Ateneo de Zamboanga University visited the UP Asian Center last 17 April 2024 as part of their educational tour. The Center welcomed a total of 29 visitors at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center.

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The UP Asian Center will hold an Academic Programs Information Session on 14 November 2023, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with UP CIFAL Philippines, UP Population Institute, Quezon City Public Employment Service Office, and the National Commission of Senior Citizens, will be hosting the public forum, “Migration, Ageing, and the Future of Care” on 25 October 2023, 1:00 PM to 4:15 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Lecture Hall 1, School of Statistics New Building, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The event is free and open to the public.

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Five (5) UP Asian Center faculty members received the 2023 UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chairs and Faculty Grants in recognition of their research and mentoring efforts in the previous year. The awards were formally conferred during the University Council meeting on 16 October 2023. Below are the awardees from the UP Asian Center.

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The UP Asian Center will co-host the 7th NACAI International Symposium: Energy and Environment Nexus and the Future of the Asia-Pacific Region on 17 November 2023, at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Auditorium. The event is strictly by-invitation only.

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines in partnership with the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University will hold the online international conference, “Asia Today: Meaningful Change in the Post-Pandemic Transition” on 9 - 10 November 2023, 2 – 4 PM, (GMT+8), via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but registration is required.