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

The UP Asian Center will be hosting the onsite lecture, "F. Landa Jocano and the Quest for Filipino Identity" on 20 July 2026, 2 PM, PHT, at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public, but online registration is recommended due to limited slots. 

The UP Asian Center will be hosting Sanaysayan: The Asian Center Thesis Writeshop on 27 July 2026, 1:00 - 6:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8) at the Seminar Room, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open only to UP Students. The deadline for applications is EXTENDED to 24 July 2026, 5 PM.

 Seventy years after the Philippines and Japan normalized diplomatic relations, scholars, diplomats, military officials, and civil society leaders gathered at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium in UP Diliman on 19 June 2026 for a day-long symposium on the two countries' partnership.

The UP Asian Center is now accepting abstract submissions for Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 9th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition. Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in Philippine Universities may submit any topic related to Japanese Studies (except topics that focus solely on natural sciences, medical sciences, and engineering). The deadline for submissions is 31 August 2026, 5:00 PM, PHT.

The UP Asian Center will be hosting an on-site public lecture, Spectacle of Colonial Modernity: The Manila Carnival and Its Dual Legacies (1908-1939), on 20 July 2026, 10:00 AM, PHT (GMT+8) at the Japan Hall, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots.