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

  • Free Yoga Class @ AC | Asian Center Wellness Program
  • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Subic SQUAD Forum 2026
  • Intersecting Horizons: Flows and Encounters in Philippine Borderlands | An Onsite Academic Conference

  • Free Yoga Class @ AC | Asian Center Wellness Program

    The UP Asian Center, sponsored by the Copylandia Foundation, Inc., will be hosting a Free Yoga Class at the UP Asian Center"  as part of the Asian Center Wellness Program on 10 April 2026, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The event is free and open only to the public. LIMITED SLOTS ONLY!!! Online registration is REQUIRED due to limited slots. 

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  • CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | Subic SQUAD Forum 2026

    The UP Asian Center, in collaboration with the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS), La Trobe Asia, the Philippines–Australia Forum, FACTS Asia, and We Protect our Seas (WPS) is NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for the Subic SQUAD Forum 2026. The deadline for submission is 31 March 2026. 

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  • Intersecting Horizons: Flows and Encounters in Philippine Borderlands | An Onsite Academic Conference

    The UP Asian Center, with the support of the UP Diliman - Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (OICA), is CALLING FOR PARTICIPANTS for the Onsite Academic Conference, “Intersecting Horizons: Flows and Encounters in Philippine Borderlands” on 26 February 2026, Thursday, 9 AM (Manila Time). The conference is FREE and open to the public. Food and conference materials will be provided but SLOTS ARE LIMITED. 

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The UP Asian Center in collaboration with the International Consortium for Indian Ocean Studies will be holding the online roundtable "Rethinking the Indian Ocean World: Exchanges, Connections and Comparisons through Time" on 28 January 2025, 3:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), Online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. 

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Asia Center, Seoul National University through the generous support of the Korea Foundation, will offer a free INTERMEDIATE Korean Language classes to be held every Wednesday starting 31 January 2026, Online via Zoom. Applications for limited slots are open to AC Korea Majors, Asian Center students, and UP students. The deadline for registration for AC and UP Students is on 26 January 2026, 11:59 PM, PHT. 

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman is looking for graduate assistants for the Office of the Dean, External Affairs, and the Research and Publications Office for the Second Semester, AY 2025–2026. The deadline for applications is 20 January 2026. This is open to all UP Diliman graduate students. AC graduate students are highly encouraged to apply.

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The UP Asian Center is releasing its guidelines for the Second Semester, Academic Year 2025-2026. We are currently implementing Phase 3 of the curriculum revisions for our Asian Studies and Philippine Studies programs. Click on the button below.  

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Almost all UP Asian Center faculty members were awarded the ONE UP Professorial Chair Grant for the 2025-2027 cycle in recognition of their research, teaching, public service and creative work. Out of the 17, eleven (11) members of the faculty were given the award.