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

  • Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN | A Photo Contest
  • Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage | A Gastronomic Fair
  • Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 | An Onsite Forum

  • Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN | A Photo Contest

    The UP Asian Center is now accepting photo entries to the photo contest, "Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN" co-organized with DFA - Office of Cultural Diplomacy and the Asian Center Student Organization. The deadline for applications is 6 November 2025. The call is open to the public.

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  • Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage | A Gastronomic Fair

    The UP Asian Center will hold the on-site gastronomic fair, "Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage" on 10 November 2025, 8 AM to 12 PM (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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  • Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 | An Onsite Forum

    The UP Asian Center is co-hosting the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 on 10 November 2025 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel and 11 November 2025 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, 9 AM - 5 PM, PHT (Manila Time). Both days of the forum are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Pre-registration is recommended due to limited available slots. Food and refreshments will be provided. 

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The UP Asian Center warmly congratulates the esteemed faculty promoted during the 2025 Faculty Merit Promotions of the University of the Philippines.  

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The UP Asian Center, UP Center for International Studies, and the De La Salle University Southeast Asia Research Center and Hub is CALLING FOR PARTICIPANTS for the Hybrid International Conference on the Asian-African Conference of 1955, “Sejiwa: The Spirit of Bandung at 70” on 5 - 8 November 2025 at De La Salle University Manila and the Asian Center, UP Diliman. Attendance requires payment of registration fees. 

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The UP Asian Center and the Maningning Miclat Art Foundation, Inc. (MMAFI) will host the Onsite Launch of the 15th Anniversary Edition in Coffee Table Book Form of Mario I. Miclat’s Secrets of the Eighteen Mansions and the 2025 Maningning Miclat Poetry Awards, Alaala Alang-alang sa Sining, on 29 September 2025, 4 PM, PHT, at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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The UP Asian Center will host the online roundtable, “Navigating Partnerships: Lessons from 50 Years of Philippines-China Relations” on 22 September 2025, 2 PM (GMT+8), online via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public, but signing in to a (free) Zoom account is required. 

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The UP Asian Center will host the onsite book talk of Barkong Pabrika ng Alimasag: Bersiyong Filipino ng Kanikōsen ni Takiji Kobayashi by Dr. Gonzalo A. Campoamor on 18 September 2025, 2 PM (GMT+8), at the ASEAN and Japan Halls, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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