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

  • UP Asian Center Library, Recipient of Japan Foundation Headquarters Grant
  • Read Japan Expands UP Asian Center’s Library Collection
  • UP Asian Center Hosts Launch of Book on WWII Filipino Infantry Regiments

  • UP Asian Center Library, Recipient of Japan Foundation Headquarters Grant

    The UP Asian Center has been selected as one of the recipients of books and materials by the Japan Foundation Grant Program 2023. Under the Japan Foundation Grant Program for Japanese Studies Projects (Library Support), a total of 39 books were donated to the UP Asian Center Library on 1 April 2024.

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  • 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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The Tri-College Ph.D. Philippines Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman will hold the conference and exhibit, PAKARADYAAN: Women Weaving Mëranaw Culture on 28 March to 1 April 2023, at the UP Asian Center and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. The event is on-site, free, and open to the public.

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The UP Diliman Asian Center alumni held atheir first General Assembly on 28 January 2023, its first since the pandemic.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP Center for International Studies, will be holding an on-site lecture on 21-22 February 2023, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm (PST) for Day 1 and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm (PST) for Day 2, at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required.

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The UP Asian Center is implementing blended learning starting Second Semester AY 2022-2023. Following the UP Diliman’s return-to-campus announcement, a combination of online sessions and face-to-face classes will be applied. The schedule of face-to-face sessions are coordinated and was based on the student consultation held in October 2022.

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman and the Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh will hold the two-day online conference,  Global Asia: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities, from 4 – 5 February 2023 via Zoom, 8 AM, Philippine Standard Time (GMT + 8) [3 - 4 February 2023, 7 PM, EDT]. The event is free and open to the public. Registration and signing in to a Zoom account are required.