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

  • Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals
  • Encounters: Global and Diplomatic Histories of the Philippines | An Onsite Research Colloquium
  • M-uliʔ: The Asian Center Homecoming 2025

  • Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals

    The UP Asian Center together with the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the President, through the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs—Office of Student Development Services (OVPAA-OSDS), and UP CIFAL Philippines will host the two-day capacity-building event, "Champions of Change and Innovation: UP Youth Summit on Sustainable Development Goals." The event is open to all Constituent Units of the University of the Philippines.

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  • Encounters: Global and Diplomatic Histories of the Philippines | An Onsite Research Colloquium

    The UP Asian Center will be holding the onsite research colloquium "Encounters: Global and Diplomatic Histories of the Philippines" on 10 December 2025, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Snacks will be served. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating. 

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  • M-uliʔ: The Asian Center Homecoming 2025

     The UP Asian Center its first-ever Alumni Homecoming, "M-uliʔ: The Asian Center Homecoming" on 29 November 2025, 6:00 PM (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is BY INVITATION ONLY.

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In celebration of its 69th founding anniversary, the UP Asian Center will hold a Flag Raising Ceremony and Keynote Lecture on 18 November 2024, 8:00 AM, PST (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Lawn and Seminar Room. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is recommended due to limited slots.

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman End-of-Term Report 2021-2024 is now available for download.  The report contains the highlights, projects, and achievements during the three-year term of incumbent Dean Henelito A. Sevilla, Jr., Ph.D. beginning August 2021 to 2024. 

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Six (6) UP Asian Center faculty members received the 2024 UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chairs and Faculty Grants in recognition of their research and mentoring efforts in the previous year. The award was formally conferred during the University Council meeting on 21 October 2024.

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The UP Asian Center will hold the public lecture "The Tibetan Struggle: Search for Freedom and Justice" on 25 October 2024, 9:30 AM, PST (GMT+8), Online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is required.

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The 2024 Search Committee for the Deanship of the UP Asian Center will be holding a Public Forum and Stakeholder Interviews as part of the search for the next AC Dean. We invite everyone to participate in the forum and interviews scheduled for 15 - 16 October 2024 at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center. The forum will be conducted onsite and virtually while the stakeholder meetings will be held by appointment only.