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

  • Pioneering Philippine Ethnography and Prehistory: The Digital Release of the Works of F. Landa Jocano | Online Launch and Roundtable
  • UP Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program Information Session | A Webinar [for Second Semester, AY 24-25]
  • Meet the New Asian Center Dean: Associate Professor Noel Christian A. Moratilla, Ph.D.

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For International Women’s Day this 2022, we pay tribute to a pioneering scholar—Dr. Josefa Saniel—who blazed the trail for Japanese Studies in the Philippines in the 1960s. 

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman is looking for one (1) graduate assistant in the Dean's Office for the Second Semester AY 2021  - 2022.

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Two students of the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman will be presenting their research on 5 March 2022, the first day of a  symposium, “Evolving Perspectives on China and Chinese,” hosted by the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies. 

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The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman will be taking part in an online roundtable, “Global Networks for Asian Studies,” on 2 March 2022, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time, United States. Registration required.

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For IMMEDIATE HIRING: The UP Asian Center is looking for three (3) full-time non-UP contractual Research Assistants for an Academic Program Improvement engagement in 2022.  Two research assistants will serve as members of the project staff from March to December 2022 (10 months) and one will join the project from September to December 2022 (4 months).