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

  • Thriving at the Asian Center: Managing Pressure, Preventing Burnout, and Strengthening Workplace Relationships  |  A Seminar-Workshop
  • Finishing Strong: A Thesis Survival Session | An Online Peer-to-Peer Learning Session
  • Exploring Japan Through the MCM Santamaria Collection: Selected Works on and from Japan | A Special Discussion

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The UP Asian Center is now accepting applications for the January/February 2025 intake (Second Semester, Academic Year 2024-2025). The deadline for application is on 30 November 2024.

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The UP Asian Center will hold a Faculty Salon Series featuring Lectures from New Asian Center Faculty on 30 September 2024, 10:00 AM, PST (GMT+8) and 9 October 2024, 2:00 PM, PST (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman (ONSITE). The event is free and open to the public. Online pre-registration is recommended due to limited seating.

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The UP Asian Center in partnership with FACTS Asia and the UP Department of Political Science will be hosting the roundtable, “The Philippines Amidst Major Power Rivalry in Southeast Asia” on 01 October 2024, 2:00 PM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The event is by invitation only.

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The UP Asian Center further expanded its academic network by collaborating with the Eurasia Center of John von Neumann University, Hungary. Last 9 September 2024, the two institutions conducted the international symposium “The Practice of Area Studies in the Philippines and Hungary” at the Seminar Room of the UP Asian Center.

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The UP Asian Center hosted scholars from Japan and the Philippines for a symposium on “Migration within and from Southeast Asia” held last 6 September 2024 at the Seminar Room of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. Researchers and students from universities such as UP Diliman, UP Manila, and Rizal Technological University attended the event.