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 will be hosting the public lecture, “The Samurai of the Philippines: Exploring the Genealogy of a Popular Trope” on 28 Februray 2024, 2:00 PM (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. Online registration is required.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with UP Center for International Studies, UP Korea Research Center, and the Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas of the College of Arts and Letters, will be holding a public 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) on 23 February 2024, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (GMT+8), PH Time, at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-serve.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the Embassy of Japan, the UP Center for International Studies, and the English Rakugo Association hosted a production of “Rakugo in English” on 23 November 2023, Thursday, 6:00 PM, at the GT-Toyota Auditorium, Asian Center, Diliman.

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The UP Asian Center successfully hosted the 7th NACAI International Symposium with the theme “Energy and Environment Nexus and the Future of the Asia-Pacific Region” last 17 November 2023 at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. The event was conducted in a hybrid format.

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman is looking for one (1) graduate assistant for the Office of the Dean for the Second Semester, AY 2023–2024. The deadline for applications is on 12 February 2024. This is open to all UP Diliman graduate students. AC graduate students are highly encouraged to apply.