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

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The UP Asian Center and the Australian Embassy in Manila will be hosting an onsite lecture "Geoeconomics and Economic Resilience in the Face of Dynamic Shifts in Trade, Geopolitics, and Supply Chains" on 29 May 2026, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM, PHT (GMT+8) at the Seminar Room, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots. 

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The UP Asian Center and Japan Foundation Manila will be hosting "Revisiting the Past, Weaving the Future Together: A Multi-Stakeholder Symposium on the 70th Anniversary of Philippines-Japan Friendship" on 19 June 2026, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8) at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots. 

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The UP Asian Center will be holding an online lecture on "East-Asian Silk Road Hellenism in Antiquity: A Prospect of Cultural Understanding" on 1 June 2026, at 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8) or 8:00 AM, CET, 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 and the Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia Project based in Linnaeus University, Sweden, will be holding the online roundtable "Revisiting Philippine Diplomatic Histories: Treaties and Treaty-Making in the Early Modern Period" on 21 May 2026, at 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8) or 8:00 AM, CET, 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, in partnership with UP CIFAL Philippines and CIFAL York, is organizing the On-site Project Exhibition, "Co-Creating the Climate-induced Displacement Citizen Science Lab (CCID-CS Lab) in the Philippines," on 12 May 2026, 9 AM to 3:30 PM, PHT at the ASEAN-Japan Hall, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots.