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

  • Yoga and Meditation Day | Asian Center Wellness Program
  • 2025 Graduate Student Conference | The Philippines in a Multipolar World
  • Special Lecture and Exchange with UP Diliman Students | 77th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC)

  • Yoga and Meditation Day | Asian Center Wellness Program

    The UP Asian Center, sponsored by the Bharati Indian Expat Women's Association Manila, will hosting the "Yoga and Meditation Day"  as part of the Asian Center Wellness Program on 29 May 2025, 10:00 AM, 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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  • 2025 Graduate Student Conference | The Philippines in a Multipolar World

    The UP Asian Center will hold the 2025 Graduate Student Conference: The Philippines in a Multipolar World on 31 May 2025 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Walk-ins are welcome, but participants are encouraged to register online.

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  • Special Lecture and Exchange with UP Diliman Students | 77th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC)

    The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, will be hosting a "Special Lecture and Exchange with UP Diliman Students with the Participants of the 77th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) " on 4 June 2025, 8:30 PM - 1:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to UP Diliman students only. Online registration is REQUIRED due to limited seating. The deadline for registrations is 2 June 2025.

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Former Asian Center Professorial Lecturer, Dr. Raul Pertierra, passed away on 7 April 2024. He was 82.

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The UP Asian Center will be holding the book launch of Dauntless: The 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, United States Army, and a public lecture on 18 April 2024, 2–4 PM (Philippine time) at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged.

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UP Asian Center graduate, Alleson D. Villota II, Ph.D., recently obtained his doctoral degree at the University of Tokyo. He earned his Ph.D. in Information, Technology, and Society from the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies on 8 March 2024.

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UP Asian Center alumnus Aemir M. Villafania recently received the prestigious Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship Program 2024 from the Japanese government. He will enter Nagoya University in Japan in the spring semester of 2024 under the Linguistics and Cultural Studies Program of the Graduate School of Humanities as a research student.

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The UP Asian Center co-hosted the inaugural International Symposium on Cultural Tourism and Heritage Studies (ISCTHS) on March 6-10, 2024, at The Evitel Resort Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. This symposium is in collaboration with the University of the Philippines Manila - Museum of a History of Ideas, Springer, The Faura Project, and the Bunga Artslink Multimedia Production.