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

  • ANNYEONG! Free Online Intermediate Korean Language Class @ UP Asian Center

    The UP Asian Center in partnership with the Asia Center, Seoul National University through the generous support of the Korea Foundation, will offer a free INTERMEDIATE Korean Language classes to be held every Wednesday starting 31 January 2026, Online via Zoom. Applications for limited slots are open to AC Korea Majors, Asian Center students, and UP students. The deadline for registration for AC and UP Students is on 26 January 2026, 11:59 PM, PHT

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  • Job Opportunity: Graduate Assistant @ UP Asian Center (Second Semester, AY 2025–2026)

    The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman is looking for graduate assistants for the Office of the Dean, External Affairs, and the Research and Publications Office for the Second Semester, AY 2025–2026. The deadline for applications is 20 January 2026. This is open to all UP Diliman graduate students. AC graduate students are highly encouraged to apply.

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  • Guidelines for the Second Semester, AY 25-26, are OUT now!

    The UP Asian Center is releasing its guidelines for the Second Semester, Academic Year 2025-2026. We are currently implementing Phase 3 of the curriculum revisions for our Asian Studies and Philippine Studies programs. Click on the button below.  

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The TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program is now accepting applications for the January/February 2026 intake (Second Semester, Academic Year 2025-2026). The deadline for applications is 30 November 2025.

The UP Asian Center is now accepting applications for the January/February 2026 intake (Second Semester, Academic Year 2025-2026). The deadline for applications is 30 November 2025.

The UP Asian Center, the UP Center for International Studies, and the Program on Alternative Development, UP Center for Integrative and
Development Studies (CIDS) will host the onsite symposium "Global South Action on Palestine: A Symposium Engaging the Hague Group" on 29 October 2025, 2 PM, PHT, at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Diliman. The symposium is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged due to limited slots.

The UP Asian Center and the UP Department of Political Science will host the onsite book talk, "Putin’s Russia and Southeast Asia: The Kremlin’s Pivot to Asia and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War," on 4 November 2025, 10 to 11:30 AM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, Second Floor of the Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold a Research Writing Workshop on  17 - 18 October 2024, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (GMT+8), ONSITE at the Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public.