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 and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program Information Session | A Webinar [for the Second Semester, AY 25-26]
  • Eight UP Asian Center Faculty receives 2025 UP Diliman Centennial Awards
  • Republic of Korea-ASEAN Connectivity Forum: Advancing Regional Cooperation under the Philippines’ 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship | An Onsite Forum

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The UP Asian Center and the UP Department of Political Science will host the onsite book talk, "Putin’s Russia and Southeast Asia: The Kremlin’s Pivot to Asia and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War," on 4 November 2025, 10 to 11:30 AM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, Second Floor of the Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold a Research Writing Workshop on  17 - 18 October 2024, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (GMT+8), ONSITE at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center is now accepting applications (abstracts) for student presenters to the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 co-organized with UP CIFAL Philippines, the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center of Stanford University (APARC), and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future (BKMF). The deadline for applications is 13 October 2025, 12 PM (Manila Time). The call is open only to senior-level undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in any university in the Philippines.

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The UP Asian Center will host a special discussion, "Rethinking Rarity: Intellectual Resonance and the MCM Book Collection," on 9 October 2025, 2 PM to 4 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, Second Floor of the Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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The UP Asian Center will host the online roundtable, "Reimagining Asian Studies: Perspectives from Central Asia" on 22 October 2025, 2 PM, PHT (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.