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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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Japan Foundation Manila, successfully held the undergraduate leg of the “Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 6th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition” on 9 March 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with FACTS Asia hosted the closed-door roundtable “India in a World of Asymmetrical Multipolarity” on 27 February 2024, at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP Center for International Studies and UP Korea Research Center, successfully hosted the special lecture, “Kung Ano Ang Natutunan Ko Bilang Manunulat sa Panonood ng K-Dramas Tungkol sa Kasaysayan” (What I Learned as a Writer From Watching Historical K-Dramas) last 23 February 2024 at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Auditorium, UP Diliman.

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The Association of Southeast Asian Studies – UK is now accepting submissions for its “ASEAS International Ph.D. Workshop” to be held on 21-22 May 2024. The workshop is hosted by Brawijaya University in Malang, Indonesia and sponsored by the University of Leeds. The deadline for submission is on 31 March 2024.

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The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the "Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The 6th Japanese Studies Research Development Competition” on 9 March 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT+8) and 23 March 2024, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (GMT+8), both at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public.