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

  • CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | 2025 Graduate Student Conference:
  • Honoring a Life Well Lived: Dr. Grace Odal-Devora, Former AC Alumni Association President, passes away at 68
  • Taiwan’s Regional Environment and Cross-Strait Relations | A Special Lecture

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The UP Asian Center is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2025 AC Graduate Student Conference, “The Philippines in a Multipolar World.” The deadline for submission is on 21 April 2025, Monday, 5:00 PM (Manila Time). The conference is open only to the students currently enrolled at the UP Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program.

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Dr. Grace Odal-Devora, beloved student of the UP Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippines Studies and former president of the AC Alumni Association, passed away on 19 March 2025. He was 68.

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The UP Asian Center will hold the special lecture "Taiwan’s Regional Environment and Cross-Strait Relations" on 2 April 2025, 2 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP Department of Women and Development Studies and the UP Center for Women and Gender Studies, will hold the lecture "Women’s/Gender Studies Across Asia: Tales of Epistemic Struggles, Institutional Transformations, Volatilities and Transformations" on 14 March 2025, 4:30 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Audio-Visual Room, CSWCD, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Art Studies Class of Asst. Prof. Szusza Velasco of the UP Department of Art Studies,  presents the documentary film showing of Carving the Divine, on 4 April 2025, 1:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman, Quezon City. The event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.