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

  • Asia and Trump 2.0: Geopolitical Outlooks | A Panel Discussion

    The UP Asian Center will hold the panel discussion "Asia and Trump 2.0: Geopolitical Outlooks" on 12 February 2025, 2:00 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. 

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  • Book Talk and Signing Tour with Haenim Sunim

    The UP Asian Center in partnership with UP Korea Research Center and Fully Booked is organizing a Book Talk and Signing Tour Featuring Haenim Sunim on 24 January 2025, 10:00 AM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

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  • CALL FOR ENTRIES: Youth-In-Charge: Environmental Action of the Youth as Champions of Sustainability | A Competition

    The UP Asian Center and UP CIFAL Philippines are now accepting entries for the 2025 competition, Youth-In-Charge: Environmental Action of the Youth as Champions of Sustainability.  The deadline for submission is on 17 February 2025, Monday. The competition is open only for high school and college student organizations based in the National Capital Region, Philippines.

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The UP Asian Center with the support of the UP Office of the President invites the public to attend the upcoming launch of the exhibit titled “PateroSpunkS: Fashioning Fine Arts” on 8 December 2024, 4:00 PM, at the Japan Hall, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. Register for the event through the link provided.

The UP TriCollege PhD Philippine Studies Program and the UP Asian Center will hold a Writing Bootcamp on 7 and 14 December 2024, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, PST (GMT+8) at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is FREE OF CHARGE. Limited slots are available. Registrations are on a first-come, first-serve basis. All registrants are expected to attend the two-day boot camp.  The deadline for registration is on 5 December 2024.

The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Embassy of Malaysia in Manila will hold the forum "60 Years of Malaysia-Philippines Relations: Deepening Cooperation in a Dynamic World" on 5 December 2024, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. Lunch and refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

The UP Asian Center and the Department of Foreign Affairs will hold the ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS of the International Conference on Philippine Studies, Dialogo: Philippine Studies Goes Global, on 29 November 2024, 9:00 AM, PST (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required. LIMITED SLOTS ONLY. 

The UP Asian Center will hold the online launch and roundtable "Pioneering Philippine Ethnography and Prehistory: The Digital Release of the Works of F. Landa Jocano" on 19 November 2024, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), Online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required.