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, in partnership with UP CIFAL Philippines and CIFAL York, is organizing the On-site Project Exhibition, "Co-Creating the Climate-induced Displacement Citizen Science Lab (CCID-CS Lab) in the Philippines," on 12 May 2026, 9 AM to 3:30 PM, PHT at the ASEAN-Japan Hall, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots. 

The UP Asian Center, in partnership with Stop the War Coalition, International Peace Bureau, and the UP CIDS-Alternative Development Program, will be hosting "Military Spending or Funding Our Future? A Multisectoral Forum on Peace and Human Security," on 15 May 2026, 2 - 5 PM, PHT, at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online due to limited slots. 

The UP Asian Center will hold an Academic Programs Information Session on 25 May 2026, 3:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but online registration is required.

Asian Center Students were recognized for their outstanding academic and extra-curricular achievements for 2025 during the "Parangal sa Mag-aaral 2026." As part of the Linggo ng Parangal 2026, the awarding ceremonies were held on 4 May 2026 at the University Theater, UP Diliman. 

The UP Asian Center, led by the AS 254 Class, will be holding the onsite Roundtable Discussion, "Re-imagining Early Southeast Asia: Debating the Origins and Development of Complex Societies in the Late Austronesian World," on 11 May 2026, 2:00 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.