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

  • Making Disasters Visible: Tsismis, Social Media and Community Communication in Disaster Response | An Online Lecture
  • Araw ng Pagkilala 2026 | Mana: Dunong at Diwang Mapagpalaya
  • Incomplete Conquests: The Limits of Spanish Empire in the Seventeenth-Century Philippines | An Onsite Book Talk

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The UP Asian Center, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, and the International Development and Security Cooperation (IDSC) in partnership with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations, J7 (OJ7), Armed Forces of the  Philippines will host the roundtable discussion, Deradicalization of the Violent Extremists in Achieving Lasting Peace in Marawi  on 24 May 2024, at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center. The event is by-invitation only.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the University of the Philippines Diliman Office of the Chancellor, College of Arts and Letters and the TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program , will co-host the public forum, Sulagad: Kalikasan, Kabuhayan, at Katutubong Pamamahala on 17 May 2024, 2:00 PM (PHT, GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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The UP Asian Center is now accepting applications for the August/September 2024 intake (First Semester, Academic Year 2024-2025). The deadline for application is on 12 July 2024.

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The UP Asian Center is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2024 AC Graduate Student Conference, “Asia in an Era of (Un)Certainties: Transitions and Trajectories.” The deadline for submission is on 15 May 2024, Wednesday, 5:00 PM. The conference is open only for the students of the UP Asian Center and TriCollege Ph.D. Philippine Studies Program.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the UP-CIFAL Philippines, will be holding a forum, "Bridging the Gender Health Gap: A Forum on Addressing Period Poverty in the Philippines" on 9 May 2024, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PH Time, GMT+8) at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Online registration is encouraged.