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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Celebrate with us on our 66th birthday! As part of its celebration, there will be a month-long series of online activities (via Zoom) that are free and open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center will be hosting a webinar via Zoom, “Geopolitical Competition in Central Asia and Its Implications to the Middle East, Russia, South Asia, and East Asia” on 9 November 2021,  2:00 pm–5:00 pm (Philippine Standard Time).

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The UP Asian Center is looking for one (1) graduate assistant. Deadline of applications is on 15 November. The graduate student is expected to start at the soonest possible time after the necessary papers are processed.

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The UP Asian Center is accepting applications to its graduate programs on Asian Studies and on Philippine Studies for the second semester, Academic Year 2021–2022, which starts in February 2022.

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Themed "Margins and Mobilities in Asia," the latest issue of Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia–Volume 57, Issue 2, Year 2021—is now available in the journal's website.