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

  • Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN | A Photo Contest
  • Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage | A Gastronomic Fair
  • Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 | An Onsite Forum

  • Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN | A Photo Contest

    The UP Asian Center is now accepting photo entries to the photo contest, "Flavors of Friendship: Food Across the ASEAN" co-organized with DFA - Office of Cultural Diplomacy and the Asian Center Student Organization. The deadline for applications is 6 November 2025. The call is open to the public.

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  • Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage | A Gastronomic Fair

    The UP Asian Center will hold the on-site gastronomic fair, "Flavors of Friendship: A Taste of ASEAN Heritage" on 10 November 2025, 8 AM to 12 PM (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.

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  • Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 | An Onsite Forum

    The UP Asian Center is co-hosting the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 on 10 November 2025 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel and 11 November 2025 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, 9 AM - 5 PM, PHT (Manila Time). Both days of the forum are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Pre-registration is recommended due to limited available slots. Food and refreshments will be provided. 

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The UP Asian Center will be hosting the roundtable discussion, “Precarious Times? EDCA, Peace and Stability in the Philippines and Beyond” on 11 April 2023, 2:00 PM, PHT (GMT+8),  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 will be hosting a public lecture, The Geopolitics of the South China/West Philippine Sea on 21 March 2023, 2:00 PM, PST, at the Seminar Room, UP Asian Center. The event is free and open to the public! Walk-ins are allowed but pre-registration is encouraged.

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The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The Fifth Japanese Studies Research Competition, via Zoom, on 18 March 2023, 8:30 AM – 2 PM, Philippine Standard Time (GMT+8). The event is free and open to the public. Participation requires signing into a (free) Zoom account.

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The UP Asian Center, in partnership with K. Matsushita Foundation, will be hosting a special lecture, Comparing Religion in the Philippines and Japan: A Viewpoint from the "Majority Religion" and Debriefing Seminar with the 2022 K. Matsushita Japan Study Tour Participants on 9 March 2023, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, PHT, 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 will be hosting a hybrid roundtable discussion, The Rise of the “Indo-Pacific”: Entanglements with China and Southeast Asia on 7 March 2023, 2:00 PM (Philippine Standard Time, GMT+8). The event is free and open only to the guests and students of the UP Asian Center. Online registration (on-site) and signing in to a Zoom account (online) are required.